וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַיָּ֣שָׁב ׀ אֶל־יֶ֣תֶר חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אֵ֣לְכָה נָּ֗א וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־אַחַ֣י אֲשֶׁר־בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְאֶרְאֶ֖ה הַעוֹדָ֣ם חַיִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יִתְר֛וֹ לְמֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵ֥ךְ לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
Debug: verse number 1620Edit time markersThen Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
/wa-y-yḗlex mōšé wa-y-yā́šov ʾel yéter ḥōtᵉnṓ wa-y-yṓmer lō ʾḗlᵉxā-n-nā wᵉ ʾāšū́vā ʾel ʾaḥáy ʾăšer bᵉ miṣráyim wᵉ ʾerʾé ha ʿōdā́m ḥayyī́m wa-y-yṓmer yitrṓ lᵉ mōšé lēx lᵉ šālṓm /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yḗlex
- walk
- v √qal wy III m sg
- mōšé
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yā́šov
- return
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- yéter
- Jether
- pn m sg abs
- ḥōtᵉnṓ
- be father-in-law
- n √qal part m sg abs + III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾḗlᵉxā
- walk
- v √qal imperf I sg
- -n-nā
- yeah
- intj
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāšū́vā
- return
- v √qal imperf I sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾaḥáy
- brother
- n m pl abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾerʾé
- see
- v √qal imperf I sg
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- ʿōdā́m
- duration
- adv m sg abs + III m pl
- ḥayyī́m
- alive
- a m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- yitrṓ
- Jethro
- pn m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- mōšé
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- lēx
- walk
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- šālṓm
- peace
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyēˈleḵ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - mōšeˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyāˈšov
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel yeˈṯer ḥōṯᵊnôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔēˈlᵊḵā
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- nnā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāšûˈvā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔaḥaˈy
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ miṣraˈyim
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔerʔeˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Modifier with subject suffix
Adverbial phrase- ʕôḏāˈm
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ḥayyîˈm
- Question
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - yiṯrôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ mōšeˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lēḵ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ šālôˈm
- Predicate