וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל־אֶחָ֖יו מַה־מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ גַּם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם־אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃
Debug: verse number 1424“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
/wa-y-yṓmer parʿṓ ʾel ʾeḥā́w ma-m-maʿăśēxém wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ʾel parʿṓ rōʿḗ ṣōn ʿăvādéxā gam ʾănáḥnū gam ʾăvōtḗnū /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- parʿṓ
- pharaoh
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾeḥā́w
- brother
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -m-maʿăśēxém
- deed
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- parʿṓ
- pharaoh
- n m sg abs
- rōʿḗ
- pasture
- n √qal part m sg con
- ṣōn
- cattle
- n sg abs
- ʿăvādéxā
- servant
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾăvōtḗnū
- father
- n m pl abs + I pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Nominal phrase - parʕōˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔeḥāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ma
- Subject
Nominal phrase - mmaʕᵃśêḵeˈm
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel parʕōˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - rōʕēˈ ṣōn
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏeˈʸḵā gam ʔᵃnaˈḥnû gam ʔᵃvôṯêˈnû
- Predicate complement