וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָעִבְרִ֖ים נִקְרָ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ נֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֡א דֶּרֶךְ֩ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֜ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וְנִזְבְּחָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ פֶּ֨ן־יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּ בַּדֶּ֖בֶר א֥וֹ בֶחָֽרֶב׃
Debug: verse number 1636“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the lord our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ʾĕlōhḗ hā ʿivrī́m niqrā́ ʿālḗnū nḗlăxā-n-nā derex šᵉlṓšet yāmī́m ba -m-midbā́r wᵉ nizbᵉḥā́ la ʾădōnāy ʾĕlōhḗnū pen yifgāʿḗnū ba -d-déver ʾō ve ḥā́rev /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾĕlōhḗ
- god(s)
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿivrī́m
- Hebrew
- n m pl abs
- niqrā́
- encounter
- v √ni perf III m sg
- ʿālḗnū
- upon
- prep + I pl
- nḗlăxā
- walk
- v √qal imperf I pl
- -n-nā
- yeah
- intj
- derex
- way
- n sg con
- šᵉlṓšet
- three
- n f sg con
- yāmī́m
- day
- n m pl abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -m-midbā́r
- desert
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nizbᵉḥā́
- slaughter
- v √qal imperf I pl
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ʾĕlōhḗnū
- god(s)
- n m pl abs + I pl
- pen
- lest
- cnj
- yifgāʿḗnū
- meet
- v √qal imperf III m sg + I pl
- ba
- in
- prep
- -d-déver
- pest
- n m sg abs
- ʾō
- or
- cnj
- ve
- in
- prep
- ḥā́rev
- dagger
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵉlōhêˈ hā ʕivrîˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niqrāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕālêˈnû
- Subject
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nēˈlᵃḵā
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- nnā
- Modifier
Nominal phrase - dereḵ šᵊlōˈšeṯ yāmîˈm
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - ba mmiḏbāˈr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nizbᵊḥāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la [yhwā] ʔᵉlōhêˈnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- pen
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yifgāʕēˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ba ddeˈver ʔô ve ḥāˈrev
- Conjunction