וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יוֹסֵ֤ף אֶל־אֶחָיו֙ אֲנִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף הַע֥וֹד אָבִ֖י חָ֑י וְלֹֽא־יָכְל֤וּ אֶחָיו֙ לַעֲנ֣וֹת אֹת֔וֹ כִּ֥י נִבְהֲל֖וּ מִפָּנָֽיו׃
Debug: verse number 1362Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
/wa-y-yṓmer yōsḗf ʾel ʾeḥāw ʾănī yōsḗf ha ʿōd ʾāvī́ ḥāy wᵉ lō yāxᵉlū́ ʾeḥāw la ʿănōt ʾōtṓ kī nivhălū́ mi-p-pānā́w /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- yōsḗf
- Joseph
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾeḥāw
- brother
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- yōsḗf
- Joseph
- pn m sg abs
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- ʿōd
- duration
- adv m sg abs
- ʾāvī́
- father
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ḥāy
- alive
- a m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yāxᵉlū́
- be able
- v √qal perf III pl
- ʾeḥāw
- brother
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿănōt
- answer
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾōtṓ
- [object marker]
- prep + III m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- nivhălū́
- disturb
- v √ni perf III pl
- mi
- from
- prep
- -p-pānā́w
- face
- n m pl abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - yôsēˈf
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔeḥāʸw
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnî
- Predicate complement
Proper-noun phrase - yôsēˈf
- Subject
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʕôḏ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔāvîˈ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ḥāy
- Question
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāḵᵊlûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔeḥāʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ʕᵃnôṯ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯôˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nivhᵃlûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi ppānāˈʸw
- Conjunction