וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵהֶ֜ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מִֽי־יִתֵּ֨ן מוּתֵ֤נוּ בְיַד־יְהוָה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּשִׁבְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ עַל־סִ֣יר הַבָּשָׂ֔ר בְּאָכְלֵ֥נוּ לֶ֖חֶם לָשֹׂ֑בַע כִּֽי־הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם אֹתָ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְהָמִ֛ית אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָ֥ל הַזֶּ֖ה בָּרָעָֽב׃ (ס)
Debug: verse number 1951“If only we had died by the lord’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ʾălēhém bᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl mī yittḗn mūtḗnū vᵉ yad ʾădōnāy bᵉ ʾéreṣ miṣráyim bᵉ šivtḗnū ʿal sīr ha-b-bāśā́r bᵉ ʾoxlḗnū léḥem lā śṓvaʿ kī hōṣētém ʾōtā́nū ʾel ha-m-midbā́r ha-z-ze lᵉ hāmī́t ʾet kol ha-q-qāhā́l ha-z-ze bā rāʿā́v /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- mī
- who
- pro?
- yittḗn
- give
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- mūtḗnū
- die
- v √qal infcon abs + I pl
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- yad
- hand
- n sg con
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg con
- miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- šivtḗnū
- sit
- v √qal infcon abs + I pl
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- sīr
- pot
- n sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-bāśā́r
- flesh
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾoxlḗnū
- eat
- v √qal infcon abs + I pl
- léḥem
- bread
- n sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- śṓvaʿ
- satiety
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- hōṣētém
- go out
- v √hi perf II m pl
- ʾōtā́nū
- [object marker]
- prep + I pl
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-midbā́r
- desert
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-ze
- this
- prod m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hāmī́t
- die
- v √hi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -q-qāhā́l
- assembly
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-ze
- this
- prod m sg
- bā
- in
- prep
- rāʿā́v
- hunger
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlēheˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - bᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yittēˈn
- Subject
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Object clause- Predicate with subject suffix
Verbal phrase- mûṯēˈnû
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - vᵊ yaḏ [yᵊhwāh]
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʔeˈreṣ miṣraˈyim
- Predicate with subject suffix
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with subject suffix
Verbal phrase- bᵊ šivtēˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal sîr ha bbāśāˈr
- Predicate with subject suffix
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with subject suffix
Verbal phrase- bᵊ ʔoḵlēˈnû
- Object
Nominal phrase - leˈḥem
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lā śōˈvaʕ
- Predicate with subject suffix
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hôṣēṯeˈm
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ha mmiḏbāˈr ha zze
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hāmîˈṯ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ kol ha qqāhāˈl ha zze
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bā rāʕāˈv
- Predicate