וַיַּרְא֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֖ה לָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה עֹשֶׂה֙ לָעָ֔ם מַדּ֗וּעַ אַתָּ֤ה יוֹשֵׁב֙ לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ וְכָל־הָעָ֛ם נִצָּ֥ב עָלֶ֖יךָ מִן־בֹּ֥קֶר עַד־עָֽרֶב׃
Debug: verse number 2014Edit time markersWhen his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
/wa-y-yar ḥōtḗn mōšé ʾēt kol ʾăšer hū ʿōśé lā ʿām wa-y-yṓmer mā ha-d-dāvā́r ha-z-zeh ʾăšer ʾattā́ ʿōśéh lā ʿām maddū́aʿ ʾattā́ yōšḗv lᵉ vaddéxā wᵉ xol hā ʿām niṣṣā́v ʿāléxā min bṓqer ʿad ʿā́rev /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yar
- see
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ḥōtḗn
- be father-in-law
- n √qal part m sg con
- mōšé
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- ʾēt
- [object marker]
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- ʿōśé
- make
- v √qal part m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- mā
- what
- pro?
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zeh
- this
- prod m sg
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʾattā́
- you
- prop II m sg
- ʿōśéh
- make
- v √qal part m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- maddū́aʿ
- why
- ptcl?
- ʾattā́
- you
- prop II m sg
- yōšḗv
- sit
- v √qal part m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- vaddéxā
- linen, part, stave
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- niṣṣā́v
- stand
- v √ni part m sg abs
- ʿāléxā
- upon
- prep + II m sg
- min
- from
- prep
- bṓqer
- morning
- n m sg abs
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- ʿā́rev
- evening
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyar
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḥōṯēˈn mōšeˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔēṯ kol
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hû
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʕōśeˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lā ʕām
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ddāvāˈr ha zzeh
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔattāˈ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʕōśeˈh
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lā ʕām
- Relative
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- maddûˈₐʕ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔattāˈ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yôšēˈv
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ vaddeˈḵā
- Question
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḵol hā ʕām
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- niṣṣāˈv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕāleˈʸḵā
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - min bōˈqer ʕaḏ ʕāˈrev
- Conjunction