כִּֽי־עָמַ֨ד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל אֶל־אֵ֣ם הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ בְּרֹ֛אשׁ שְׁנֵ֥י הַדְּרָכִ֖ים לִקְסָם־קָ֑סֶם קִלְקַ֤ל בַּֽחִצִּים֙ שָׁאַ֣ל בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים רָאָ֖ה בַּכָּבֵֽד׃
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Debug: verse number 13327For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
/kī ʿāmád melex bāvél ʾel ʾēm ha-d-dérex bᵉ rōš šᵉnē ha-d-dᵉrāxī́m li qᵉsom qā́sem qilqál ba ḥiṣṣīm šāʾál ba -t-tᵉrāfī́m rāʾā́ ba -k-kāvḗd / ▶
Gloss translation
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʿāmád
- stand
- v √qal perf III m sg
- melex
- king
- n m sg con
- bāvél
- Babel
- pn sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾēm
- mother
- n f sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dérex
- way
- n sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- rōš
- head
- n m sg con
- šᵉnē
- two
- n 2 con
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dᵉrāxī́m
- way
- n m pl abs
- li
- to
- prep
- qᵉsom
- practice divination
- v √qal infcon con
- qā́sem
- divination
- n m sg abs
- qilqál
- be slight
- v √pi perf III m sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- _
- the
- art
- ḥiṣṣīm
- arrow
- n m pl abs
- šāʾál
- ask
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- _
- the
- art
- -t-tᵉrāfī́m
- teraphim
- n m pl abs
- rāʾā́
- see
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- _
- the
- art
- -k-kāvḗd
- liver
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kī
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʿāmád
- Subject
Nominal phrase det- melex bāvél
- Complement
Prepositional phrase det- ʾel ʾēm ha ddérex bᵉ rōš šᵉnē ha ddᵉrāxī́m
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li qᵉsom
- Object
Nominal phrase undet - qā́sem
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qilqál
- Complement
Prepositional phrase det- ba ḥiṣṣīm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šāʾál
- Complement
Prepositional phrase det- ba ttᵉrāfī́m
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- rāʾā́
- Complement
Prepositional phrase det- ba kkāvḗd
- Predicate