וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַגֹּאֵ֗ל לֹ֤א אוּכַל֙ לגאול־[לִגְאָל־] לִ֔י פֶּן־אַשְׁחִ֖ית אֶת־נַחֲלָתִ֑י גְּאַל־לְךָ֤ אַתָּה֙ אֶת־גְּאֻלָּתִ֔י כִּ֥י לֹא־אוּכַ֖ל לִגְאֹֽל׃
Debug: verse number 19847The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
/wa-y-yṓmer ha-g-gōʾḗl lō ʾūxál *li *gᵉʾāl lī pen ʾašḥī́t ʾet naḥălātī́ gᵉʾal lᵉxā ʾattā́ ʾet gᵉʾullātī́ kī lō ʾūxál li gᵉʾōl /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -g-gōʾḗl
- redeem
- n √qal part m sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾūxál
- be able
- v √qal imperf I sg
- *li
- to
- prep
- *gᵉʾāl
- redeem
- v √qal infcon abs
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- pen
- lest
- cnj
- ʾašḥī́t
- destroy
- v √hi imperf I sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- naḥălātī́
- heritage
- n f sg abs + I sg
- gᵉʾal
- redeem
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- lᵉxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- ʾattā́
- you
- prop II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- gᵉʾullātī́
- right of buying back
- n f sg abs + I sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾūxál
- be able
- v √qal imperf I sg
- li
- to
- prep
- gᵉʾōl
- redeem
- v √qal infcon abs
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - wa yyōˈmer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ha ggōʔēˈl lō
- Subject
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔûḵaˈl
- Subject
Nominal phrase - *li *ḡᵊʔāl
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lî pen ʔašḥîˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔeṯ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- naḥᵃlāṯîˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - gᵊʔal lᵊḵā ʔattāˈ
- Object
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ʔeṯ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- gᵊʔullāṯîˈ
- Question
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔûḵaˈl
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Nominal phrase - li
- Vocative
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ḡᵊʔōl
- Adjunct