אִם־קֵהָ֣ה הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהוּא֙ לֹא־פָנִ֣ים קִלְקַ֔ל וַחֲיָלִ֖ים יְגַבֵּ֑ר וְיִתְר֥וֹן הכשיר [הַכְשֵׁ֖ר] חָכְמָֽה׃
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Debug: verse number 20205If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
/ʾim qēhā́ ha-b-barzél wᵉ hū lō fānī́m qilqál wa ḥăyālī́m yᵉgabbḗr wᵉ yitrṓn *haxšḗr ḥoxmā́ / ▶
Gloss translation
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- qēhā́
- be dull
- v √pi perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-barzél
- iron
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- fānī́m
- face
- n m pl abs
- qilqál
- be slight
- v √pi perf III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ḥăyālī́m
- power
- n m pl abs
- yᵉgabbḗr
- be superior
- v √pi imperf III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yitrṓn
- profit
- n m sg con
- *haxšḗr
- succeed
- n √hi infabs abs
- ḥoxmā́
- wisdom
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʾim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qēhā́
- Subject
Nominal phrase det- ha bbarzél
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵉ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase det- hū
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Object
Nominal phrase undet - fānī́m
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qilqál
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Object
Nominal phrase undet - ḥăyālī́m
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵉgabbḗr
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵉ
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase undet - yitrṓn *haxšḗr
- Subject
Nominal phrase undet - ḥoxmā́
- Conjunction