וַיִּצְמָ֨א שָׁ֤ם הָעָם֙ לַמַּ֔יִם וַיָּ֥לֶן הָעָ֖ם עַל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לָ֤מָּה זֶּה֙ הֶעֱלִיתָ֣נוּ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לְהָמִ֥ית אֹתִ֛י וְאֶת־בָּנַ֥י וְאֶת־מִקְנַ֖י בַּצָּמָֽא׃
Debug: verse number 1987But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
/wa-y-yiṣmā́ šām hā ʿām la -m-máyim wa-y-yā́len hā ʿām ʿal mōšé wa-y-yṓmer lā́mmā-z-zeh heʿĕlītā́nū mi-m-miṣráyim lᵉ hāmī́t ʾōtī́ wᵉ ʾet bānáy wᵉ ʾet miqnáy ba -ṣ-ṣāmā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiṣmā́
- be thirsty
- v √qal wy III m sg
- šām
- there
- adv
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- -m-máyim
- water
- n m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yā́len
- murmur
- v √hi wy III m sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- mōšé
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- -z-zeh
- this
- prod m sg
- heʿĕlītā́nū
- ascend
- v √hi perf II m sg + I pl
- mi
- from
- prep
- -m-miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hāmī́t
- die
- v √hi infcon abs
- ʾōtī́
- [object marker]
- prep + I sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- bānáy
- son
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- miqnáy
- purchase
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- -ṣ-ṣāmā́
- thirst
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiṣmāˈ
- Locative
Adverbial phrase- šām
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʕām
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la mmaˈyim
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyāˈlen
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʕām
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal mōšeˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā zzeh
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- heʕᵉlîṯāˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi mmiṣraˈyim
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hāmîˈṯ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯîˈ wᵊ ʔeṯ bānaˈy wᵊ ʔeṯ miqnaˈy
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ba ṣṣāmāˈ
- Predicate