וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֣י בָא֮ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י לָהֶ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְאָֽמְרוּ־לִ֣י מַה־שְּׁמ֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֹמַ֖ר אֲלֵהֶֽם׃
Debug: verse number 1593Edit time markersThen Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
/wa-y-yṓmer mōšé ʾel hā ʾĕlōhī́m hinnḗ ʾānōxī́ vā ʾel bᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl wᵉ ʾāmartī́ lāhém ʾĕlōhḗ ʾăvōtēxém šᵉlāḥánī ʾălēxém wᵉ ʾā́mᵉrū lī ma-š-šᵉmō mā ʾōmár ʾălēhém /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- mōšé
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾĕlōhī́m
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- ʾānōxī́
- i
- prop I sg
- vā
- come
- v √qal part m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāmartī́
- say
- v √qal perf I sg
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- ʾĕlōhḗ
- god(s)
- n m pl con
- ʾăvōtēxém
- father
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- šᵉlāḥánī
- send
- v √qal perf III m sg + I sg
- ʾălēxém
- to
- prep + II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾā́mᵉrū
- say
- v √qal perf III pl
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -š-šᵉmō
- name
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- mā
- what
- pro?
- ʾōmár
- say
- v √qal imperf I sg
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - mōšeˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel hā ʔᵉlōhîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔānōḵîˈ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- vā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel bᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmartîˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵉlōhêˈ ʔᵃvôṯêḵeˈm
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- šᵊlāḥaˈnî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêḵeˈm
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāˈmᵊrû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ma
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ššᵊmô
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔōmaˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlēheˈm
- Object