לָ֧מָּה נָמ֣וּת לְעֵינֶ֗יךָ גַּם־אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ גַּ֣ם אַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ קְנֵֽה־אֹתָ֥נוּ וְאֶת־אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ בַּלָּ֑חֶם וְנִֽהְיֶ֞ה אֲנַ֤חְנוּ וְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים לְפַרְעֹ֔ה וְתֶן־זֶ֗רַע וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א נָמ֔וּת וְהָאֲדָמָ֖ה לֹ֥א תֵשָֽׁם׃
Debug: verse number 1440Edit time markersWhy should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
/lā́mmā nāmū́t lᵉ ʿēnéxā gam ʾănáḥnū gam ʾadmātḗnū qᵉnē ʾōtā́nū wᵉ ʾet ʾadmātḗnū ba -l-lā́ḥem wᵉ nihyé ʾănáḥnū wᵉ ʾadmātḗnū ʿăvādī́m lᵉ farʿṓ wᵉ ten zéraʿ wᵉ níḥyeh wᵉ lō nāmū́t wᵉ hā ʾădāmā́ lō tēšā́m /
Gloss translation
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- nāmū́t
- die
- v √qal imperf I pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʿēnéxā
- eye
- n f 2 abs + II m sg
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾadmātḗnū
- soil
- n f sg abs + I pl
- qᵉnē
- buy
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- ʾōtā́nū
- [object marker]
- prep + I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾadmātḗnū
- soil
- n f sg abs + I pl
- ba
- in
- prep
- -l-lā́ḥem
- bread
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nihyé
- be
- v √qal imperf I pl
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾadmātḗnū
- soil
- n f sg abs + I pl
- ʿăvādī́m
- servant
- n m pl abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- farʿṓ
- pharaoh
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ten
- give
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- zéraʿ
- seed
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- níḥyeh
- be alive
- v √qal imperf I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- nāmū́t
- die
- v √qal imperf I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾădāmā́
- soil
- n f sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- tēšā́m
- be desolate
- v √qal imperf III f sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāmûˈṯ
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʕêneˈʸḵā
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - gam ʔᵃnaˈḥnû gam ʔaḏmāṯēˈnû
- Question
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qᵊnē
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈnû wᵊ ʔeṯ ʔaḏmāṯēˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ba llāˈḥem
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nihyeˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnaˈḥnû wᵊ ʔaḏmāṯēˈnû
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ farʕōˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯen
- Object
Nominal phrase - zeˈraʕ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niˈḥyeh
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāmûˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʔᵃḏāmāˈ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯēšāˈm
- Conjunction