אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י עַל־דִּבְרַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֔ם לְבָרָ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְלִרְא֕וֹת שְׁהֶם־בְּהֵמָ֥ה הֵ֖מָּה לָהֶֽם׃
Debug: verse number 20079I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
/ʾāmártī ʾănī bᵉ libbī́ ʿal divrát bᵉnē hā ʾādā́m lᵉ vārā́m hā ʾĕlōhī́m wᵉ li rᵉʾōt šᵉ hem bᵉhēmā́ hḗmmā lāhém /
Gloss translation
- ʾāmártī
- say
- v √qal perf I sg
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- libbī́
- heart
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- divrát
- cause
- n f sg con
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- vārā́m
- purge
- v √qal infcon abs + III m pl
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾĕlōhī́m
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- li
- to
- prep
- rᵉʾōt
- see
- v √qal infcon abs
- šᵉ
- [relative]
- cnj
- hem
- they
- prop III m pl
- bᵉhēmā́
- cattle
- n f sg abs
- hḗmmā
- they
- prop III m pl
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔāmaˈrtî ʔᵃnî
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- bᵊ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- libbîˈ
- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʕal divraˈṯ
- Negative copula with subject suffix
Negative phrase- bᵊnê
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- hā
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔāḏāˈm lᵊ vārāˈm
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - hā ʔᵉlōhîˈm wᵊ
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - li rᵊʔôṯ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Predicative complement clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- šᵊ hem
- Object
Nominal phrase - bᵊhēmāˈ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- hēˈmmā
- Relative
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Subject
Demonstrative pronoun phrase - lāheˈm
- Subject