וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה לֹ֤א נָכוֹן֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֔ן כִּ֚י תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת מִצְרַ֔יִם נִזְבַּ֖ח לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ הֵ֣ן נִזְבַּ֞ח אֶת־תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א יִסְקְלֻֽנוּ׃
Debug: verse number 1737But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
/wa-y-yṓmer mōšé lō nāxōn la ʿăśōt kēn kī tōʿăvát miṣráyim nizbáḥ la ʾădōnāy ʾĕlōhḗnū hēn nizbáḥ ʾet tōʿăvát miṣráyim lᵉ ʿēnēhém wᵉ lō yisqᵉlúnū /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- mōšé
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- nāxōn
- be firm
- v √ni perf III m sg
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿăśōt
- make
- v √qal infcon abs
- kēn
- thus
- adv
- kī
- that
- cnj
- tōʿăvát
- abomination
- n f sg con
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- nizbáḥ
- slaughter
- v √qal imperf I pl
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ʾĕlōhḗnū
- god(s)
- n m pl abs + I pl
- hēn
- behold
- intj
- nizbáḥ
- slaughter
- v √qal imperf I pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- tōʿăvát
- abomination
- n f sg con
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʿēnēhém
- eye
- n f 2 abs + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yisqᵉlúnū
- stone
- v √qal imperf III m pl + I pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - mōšeˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāḵôn
- Negation
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ʕᵃśôṯ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- kēn
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - tôʕᵃvaˈṯ miṣraˈyim
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
Subject clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nizbaˈḥ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la [yhwā] ʔᵉlōhêˈnû
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hēn
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nizbaˈḥ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ tôʕᵃvaˈṯ miṣraˈyim
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʕênêheˈm
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yisqᵊluˈnû
- Conjunction