וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה מַה־נֹּאמַר֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י מַה־נְּדַבֵּ֖ר וּמַה־נִּצְטַדָּ֑ק הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים מָצָא֙ אֶת־עֲוֺ֣ן עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ הִנֶּנּ֤וּ עֲבָדִים֙ לַֽאדֹנִ֔י גַּם־אֲנַ֕חְנוּ גַּ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־נִמְצָ֥א הַגָּבִ֖יעַ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃
Debug: verse number 1341“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
/wa-y-yṓmer yᵉhūdā́ ma-n-nōmár la ʾdōnī́ ma-n-nᵉdabbḗr ū ma-n-niṣṭaddā́q hā ʾĕlōhī́m māṣā́ ʾet ʿăwōn ʿăvādéxā hinnennū́ ʿăvādīm la ʾdōnī́ gam ʾănáḥnū gam ʾăšer nimṣā́ ha-g-gāvī́aʿ bᵉ yādṓ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- yᵉhūdā́
- Judah
- pn sg abs
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -n-nōmár
- say
- v √qal imperf I pl
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾdōnī́
- lord
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -n-nᵉdabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi imperf I pl
- ū
- and
- cnj
- ma
- what
- ptcl?
- -n-niṣṭaddā́q
- be just
- v √hit imperf I pl
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾĕlōhī́m
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- māṣā́
- find
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʿăwōn
- sin
- n m sg con
- ʿăvādéxā
- servant
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- hinnennū́
- behold
- intj + I pl
- ʿăvādīm
- servant
- n m pl abs
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾdōnī́
- lord
- n m sg abs + I sg
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- nimṣā́
- find
- v √ni perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -g-gāvī́aʿ
- cup
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- yādṓ
- hand
- n sg abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - yᵊhûḏāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ma
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nnōmaˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la ʔḏōnîˈ
- Object
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ma
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nnᵊḏabbēˈr
- Object
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ma
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nniṣṭaddāˈq
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʔᵉlōhîˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- māṣāˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʕᵃwōn ʕᵃvāḏeˈʸḵā
- Subject
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Interjection with subject suffix
Interjectional phrase- hinnennûˈ
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏîm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la ʔḏōnîˈ
- Interjection with subject suffix
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - gam ʔᵃnaˈḥnû
- Subject
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
Coordinated clause- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- gam
- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nimṣāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ggāvîˈₐʕ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ yāḏôˈ
- Modifier