אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ הִ֔וא בְּמֵיטַ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ הוֹשֵׁ֥ב אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אַחֶ֑יךָ יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן וְאִם־יָדַ֗עְתָּ וְיֶשׁ־בָּם֙ אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֔יִל וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם שָׂרֵ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה עַל־אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי׃
Debug: verse number 1427the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
/ʾéreṣ miṣráyim lᵉ fānéxā hiw bᵉ mēṭáv hā ʾā́reṣ hōšḗv ʾet ʾāvī́xā wᵉ ʾet ʾaḥéxā yēšᵉvū́ bᵉ ʾéreṣ gṓšen wᵉ ʾim yādáʿtā wᵉ yeš bām ʾanšē ḥáyil wᵉ śamtā́m śārḗ miqné ʿal ʾăšer lī /
Gloss translation
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg con
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- fānéxā
- face
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- hiw
- she
- prop III f sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- mēṭáv
- best
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- hōšḗv
- sit
- v √hi imp! II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾāvī́xā
- father
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾaḥéxā
- brother
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- yēšᵉvū́
- sit
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg con
- gṓšen
- Goshen
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- yādáʿtā
- know
- v √qal perf II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yeš
- existence
- n sg abs
- bām
- in
- prep + III m pl
- ʾanšē
- man
- n m pl con
- ḥáyil
- power
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- śamtā́m
- put
- v √qal perf II m sg + III m pl
- śārḗ
- chief
- n m pl con
- miqné
- purchase
- n m sg abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
Syntactic structures
- Clauses without predicationCasus pendens
- Fronted element
Nominal phrase - ʔeˈreṣ miṣraˈyim
- Fronted element
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Resumption- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ fāneˈʸḵā
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hiw
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-imperative-null clause
Resumption- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ mêṭaˈv hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hôšēˈv
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʔāvîˈḵā wᵊ ʔeṯ ʔaḥeˈʸḵā
- Complement
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yēšᵊvûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʔeˈreṣ gōˈšen
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāḏaˈʕtā
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Existence
Nominal phrase - yeš
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bām
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔanšê ḥaˈyil
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- śamtāˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - śārêˈ miqneˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Adjunctive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʕal ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Relative