וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֒ אֱמֹר֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן נְטֵ֣ה אֶֽת־מַטְּךָ֔ וְהַ֖ךְ אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהָיָ֥ה לְכִנִּ֖ם בְּכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
Debug: verse number 1727Edit time markersThen the lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾădōnāy ʾel mōšéh ʾĕmōr ʾel ʾahărṓn nᵉṭē ʾet maṭṭᵉxā́ wᵉ hax ʾet ʿăfar hā ʾā́reṣ wᵉ hāyā́ lᵉ xinním bᵉ xol ʾéreṣ miṣrā́yim /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- mōšéh
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- ʾĕmōr
- say
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾahărṓn
- Aaron
- pn m sg abs
- nᵉṭē
- extend
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- maṭṭᵉxā́
- staff
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hax
- strike
- v √hi imp! II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʿăfar
- dust
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hāyā́
- be
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- xinním
- gnat
- n m pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg con
- miṣrā́yim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - [yᵊhwāh]
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel mōšeˈh
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔᵉmōr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔahᵃrōˈn
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nᵊṭē
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ maṭṭᵊḵāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- haḵ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʕᵃfar hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ḵinniˈm
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḵol ʔeˈreṣ miṣrāˈyim
- Conjunction