וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָב֗וֹת וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נִבְנֶ֣ה עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֣י כָכֶ֔ם נִדְר֖וֹשׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם ולא [וְל֣וֹ ׀] אֲנַ֣חְנוּ זֹבְחִ֗ים מִימֵי֙ אֵסַ֤ר חַדֹּן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר הַמַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖נוּ פֹּֽה׃
Debug: verse number 20859they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
/wa-y-yiggᵉšū́ ʾel zᵉrubbāvél wᵉ ʾel rāšḗ hā ʾāvṓt wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ lāhém nivné ʿimmāxém kī xāxém nidrṓš lē ʾlōhēxém *wᵉ *lō ʾănáḥnū zōvᵉḥī́m mi ymē ʾēsár ḥaddōn mélex ʾaššū́r ha-m-maʿălé ʾōtā́nū pō /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiggᵉšū́
- approach
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- zᵉrubbāvél
- Zerubbabel
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- rāšḗ
- head
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾāvṓt
- father
- n m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- nivné
- build
- v √qal imperf I pl
- ʿimmāxém
- with
- prep + II m pl
- kī
- that
- cnj
- xāxém
- as
- prep + II m pl
- nidrṓš
- inquire
- v √qal imperf I pl
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾlōhēxém
- god(s)
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- *wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- *lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- zōvᵉḥī́m
- slaughter
- v √qal part m pl abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- ymē
- day
- n m pl con
- ʾēsár ḥaddōn
- Esarhaddon
- pn m sg abs
- mélex
- king
- n m sg con
- ʾaššū́r
- Asshur
- pn sg abs
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -m-maʿălé
- ascend
- v √hi part m sg abs
- ʾōtā́nū
- [object marker]
- prep + I pl
- pō
- here
- adv
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiggᵊšûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel zᵊrubbāveˈl wᵊ ʔel rāšêˈ hā ʔāvôˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nivneˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ʕimmāḵeˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ḵāḵeˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niḏrôˈš
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lē ʔlōhêḵeˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- *wᵊ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - *lô
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnaˈḥnû
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- zōvᵊḥîˈm
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - mi ymê ʔēsaˈr ḥaddōn meˈleḵ ʔaššûˈr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mmaʕᵃleˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈnû
- Locative
Adverbial phrase- pō
- Relative