וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם אַנְשֵׁ֨י מִקְנֶ֜ה הָי֤וּ עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ מִנְּעוּרֵ֣ינוּ וְעַד־עַ֔תָּה גַּם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם־אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ בַּעֲב֗וּר תֵּשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן כִּֽי־תוֹעֲבַ֥ת מִצְרַ֖יִם כָּל־רֹ֥עֵה צֹֽאן׃
Debug: verse number 1421you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
/wa ʾămartém ʾanšḗ miqné hāyū́ ʿăvādéxā mi-n-nᵉʿūrḗnū wᵉ ʿad ʿáttā gam ʾănáḥnū gam ʾăvōtḗnū ba ʿăvūr tēšᵉvū́ bᵉ ʾéreṣ gṓšen kī tōʿăvát miṣráyim kol rṓʿē ṣōn /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾămartém
- say
- v √qal perf II m pl
- ʾanšḗ
- man
- n m pl con
- miqné
- purchase
- n m sg abs
- hāyū́
- be
- v √qal perf III pl
- ʿăvādéxā
- servant
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- mi
- from
- prep
- -n-nᵉʿūrḗnū
- youth
- n f pl abs + I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- ʿáttā
- now
- adv
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾăvōtḗnū
- father
- n m pl abs + I pl
- ba
- in
- prep
- ʿăvūr
- way
- n m sg con
- tēšᵉvū́
- sit
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg con
- gṓšen
- Goshen
- pn sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- tōʿăvát
- abomination
- n f sg con
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- kol
- whole
- n m sg abs
- rṓʿē
- pasture
- v √qal part m sg con
- ṣōn
- cattle
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃmarteˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʔanšêˈ miqneˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏeˈʸḵā gam ʔᵃnaˈḥnû gam ʔᵃvōṯêˈnû
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - mi nnᵊʕûrêˈnû wᵊ ʕaḏ ʕaˈttā
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ba ʕᵃvûr
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tēšᵊvûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʔeˈreṣ gōˈšen
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ṯôʕᵃvaˈṯ miṣraˈyim
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- rōˈʕē
- Object
Nominal phrase - ṣōn
- Predicate complement