וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו הַגִּידָה־נָּ֣א לָ֔נוּ בַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר לְמִי־הָרָעָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לָ֑נוּ מַה־מְּלַאכְתְּךָ֙ וּמֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֔וֹא מָ֣ה אַרְצֶ֔ךָ וְאֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה עַ֖ם אָֽתָּה׃
·Debug: verse number 14544“Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ʾēlā́w haggīdā-n-nā lā́nū ba ʾăšer lᵉ mī hā rāʿā́ ha-z-zōt lā́nū ma-m-mᵉlaxtᵉxā́ ū mē ʾáyin tāvṓ mā ʾarṣéxā wᵉ ʾē mi-z-ze ʿam ʾā́ttā /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- haggīdā
- report
- v √hi imp! II m sg
- -n-nā
- yeah
- intj
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- ba
- in
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- mī
- who
- pro?
- hā
- the
- art
- rāʿā́
- evil
- n f sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zōt
- this
- prod f sg
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -m-mᵉlaxtᵉxā́
- work
- n f sg abs + II m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʾáyin
- whence
- ptcl?
- tāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- mā
- what
- pro?
- ʾarṣéxā
- earth
- n sg abs + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾē
- where
- ptcl?
- mi
- from
- prep
- -z-ze
- this
- prod m sg
- ʿam
- people
- n m sg abs
- ʾā́ttā
- you
- prop II m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- haggîḏā
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- nnā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Object clause- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ba ʔᵃšer lᵊ mî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā rāʕāˈ ha zzōṯ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Adjunct
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ma
- Subject
Nominal phrase - mmᵊlaḵtᵊḵāˈ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Complement
Prepositional phrase- mē ʔaˈyin
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tāvôˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔarṣeˈḵā
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate complement
Interrogative phrase- ʔê mi zze
- Modifier
Nominal phrase - ʕam
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔāˈttā
- Conjunction