וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה כִּ֣י לֹ֧א כַנָּשִׁ֛ים הַמִּצְרִיֹּ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת כִּֽי־חָי֣וֹת הֵ֔נָּה בְּטֶ֨רֶם תָּב֧וֹא אֲלֵהֶ֛ן הַמְיַלֶּ֖דֶת וְיָלָֽדוּ׃
Debug: verse number 1552The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
/wa-t-tōmárnā ha mᵉyallᵉdṓt ʾel parʿṓ kī lō xa -n-nāšī́m ha-m-miṣriyyṓt hā ʿivriyyṓt kī ḥāyṓt hḗnnā bᵉ ṭérem tāvṓ ʾălēhén ha mᵉyallédet wᵉ yālā́dū /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-tōmárnā
- say
- v √qal wy III f pl
- ha
- the
- art
- mᵉyallᵉdṓt
- bear
- n √pi part f pl abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- parʿṓ
- pharaoh
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- xa
- as
- prep
- -n-nāšī́m
- woman
- n f pl abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-miṣriyyṓt
- Egyptian
- a f pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿivriyyṓt
- Hebrew
- n f pl abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ḥāyṓt
- bearing easily
- a f pl abs
- hḗnnā
- they
- prop III f pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ṭérem
- beginning
- n sg con
- tāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- ʾălēhén
- to
- prep + III f pl
- ha
- the
- art
- mᵉyallédet
- bear
- n √pi part f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yālā́dū
- bear
- v √qal perf III pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttōmaˈrnā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mᵊyallᵊḏōˈṯ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel parʕōˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ḵa nnāšîˈm ha mmiṣriyyōˈṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʕivriyyōˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ḥāyôˈṯ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hēˈnnā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- bᵊ ṭeˈrem
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tāvôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlēheˈn
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mᵊyalleˈḏeṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yālāˈḏû
- Conjunction