ע֣וֹד ׀ זֶ֣ה מְדַבֵּ֗ר וְזֶה֮ בָּ֣א וַיֹּאמַר֒ כַּשְׂדִּ֞ים שָׂ֣מוּ ׀ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֗ים וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֤וּ עַל־הַגְּמַלִּים֙ וַיִּקָּח֔וּם וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֖ים הִכּ֣וּ לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧ה רַק־אֲנִ֛י לְבַדִּ֖י לְהַגִּ֥יד לָֽךְ׃
·Debug: verse number 18608While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
/ʿōd ze mᵉdabbḗr wᵉ zeh bā wa-y-yōmár kaśdī́m śā́mū šᵉlōšā́ rāšī́m wa-y-yifšᵉṭū́ ʿal ha-g-gᵉmallīm wa-y-yiqqāḥū́m wᵉ ʾet ha-n-nᵉʿārī́m hikkū́ lᵉ fī ḥā́rev wā ʾimmālᵉṭā́ raq ʾănī lᵉ vaddī́ lᵉ haggī́d lāx /
Gloss translation
- ʿōd
- duration
- adv m sg abs
- ze
- this
- prod m sg
- mᵉdabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi part m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- zeh
- this
- prod m sg
- bā
- come
- v √qal part m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmár
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- kaśdī́m
- Chaldeans
- pn m pl abs
- śā́mū
- put
- v √qal perf III pl
- šᵉlōšā́
- three
- n f sg abs
- rāšī́m
- head
- n m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yifšᵉṭū́
- strip off
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -g-gᵉmallīm
- camel
- n m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiqqāḥū́m
- take
- v √qal wy III m pl + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-nᵉʿārī́m
- boy
- n m pl abs
- hikkū́
- strike
- v √hi perf III pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- fī
- mouth
- n m sg con
- ḥā́rev
- dagger
- n f sg abs
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ʾimmālᵉṭā́
- escape
- v √ni wy I sg
- raq
- only
- adv
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- vaddī́
- linen, part, stave
- n m sg abs + I sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- haggī́d
- report
- v √hi infcon abs
- lāx
- to
- prep + II m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʕôḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ze mᵊḏabbēˈr wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- zeh
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- bā
- Object
Nominal phrase - wa
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- yyōmaˈr
- Complement
Nominal phrase - kaśdîˈm śāˈmû šᵊlōšāˈ rāšîˈm wa yyifšᵊṭûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal ha ggᵊmallîm wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiqqāḥûˈm
- Complement
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- wᵊ ʔeṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha nnᵊʕārîˈm hikkûˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- fî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḥāˈrev
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - wā ʔimmālᵊṭāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- raq
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃnî lᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- vaddîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ haggîˈḏ lāḵ
- Complement