וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֗ן וַיֵּט֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן אֶת־יָד֤וֹ בְמַטֵּ֙הוּ֙ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ וַתְּהִי֙ הַכִּנָּ֔ם בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה כָּל־עֲפַ֥ר הָאָ֛רֶץ הָיָ֥ה כִנִּ֖ים בְּכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
Debug: verse number 1728Edit time markersThis they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
/wa-y-yáʿăśū xēn wa-y-yēṭ ʾahărṓn ʾet yādṓ vᵉ maṭṭḗhū wa-y-yax ʾet ʿăfar hā ʾā́reṣ wa-t-tᵉhī ha-k-kinnā́m bā ʾādā́m ū va -b-bᵉhēmā́ kol ʿăfar hā ʾā́reṣ hāyā́ xinnī́m bᵉ xol ʾéreṣ miṣrā́yim /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yáʿăśū
- make
- v √qal wy III m pl
- xēn
- thus
- adv
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yēṭ
- extend
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾahărṓn
- Aaron
- pn m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- yādṓ
- hand
- n sg abs + III m sg
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- maṭṭḗhū
- staff
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yax
- strike
- v √hi wy III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʿăfar
- dust
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-tᵉhī
- be
- v √qal wy III f sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -k-kinnā́m
- gnat
- n m sg abs
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- va
- in
- prep
- -b-bᵉhēmā́
- cattle
- n f sg abs
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʿăfar
- dust
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- hāyā́
- be
- v √qal perf III m sg
- xinnī́m
- 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-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyaˈʕᵃśû
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ḵēn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyēṭ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔahᵃrōˈn
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ yāḏôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vᵊ maṭṭēˈhû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyaḵ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʕᵃfar hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttᵊhî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha kkinnāˈm
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - bā ʔāḏāˈm û va bbᵊhēmāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol ʕᵃfar hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyāˈ
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ḵinnîˈm
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḵol ʔeˈreṣ miṣrāˈyim
- Subject