בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא֩ אֲתָ֨א עֲלֵיה֜וֹן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה וּשְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לְהֹ֔ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לִבְּנֵ֔א וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃ (ס)
Debug: verse number 20884At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
/bēh zimnā́ ʾătā ʿălēhṓn tattᵉnáy paḥát ʿăvar nahărā́ ū šᵉtár bōzᵉnay ū xᵉnāwātᵉhṓn wᵉ xēn ʾomrī́n lᵉhōm man śām lᵉxōm ṭᵉʿēm bayᵉtā́ dᵉnā li-b-bᵉnē wᵉ ʾuššarnā́ dᵉnā lᵉ šaxlālā́ /
Gloss translation
- bēh
- in
- prep + III f sg
- zimnā́
- time
- n m sg emph
- ʾătā
- come
- v √pe perf III m sg
- ʿălēhṓn
- upon
- prep + III m pl
- tattᵉnáy
- Tattenai
- pn m sg abs
- paḥát
- governor
- n m sg con
- ʿăvar
- opposite bank
- n m sg con
- nahărā́
- river
- n m sg emph
- ū
- and
- cnj
- šᵉtár bōzᵉnay
- Shethar-Bozenai
- pn m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- xᵉnāwātᵉhṓn
- colleague
- n m pl abs + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xēn
- thus
- adv
- ʾomrī́n
- say
- v √pe part m pl abs
- lᵉhōm
- to
- prep + III m pl
- man
- who
- pro?
- śām
- place
- v √pe perf III m sg
- lᵉxōm
- to
- prep + II m pl
- ṭᵉʿēm
- sense
- n m sg abs
- bayᵉtā́
- house
- n m sg emph
- dᵉnā
- this
- prod m sg
- li
- to
- prep
- -b-bᵉnē
- build
- v √pe infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾuššarnā́
- [uncertain]
- n m sg emph
- dᵉnā
- this
- prod m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- šaxlālā́
- finish
- v √šaf infcon abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - bēh zimnāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃṯā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕᵃlêhôˈn
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - tattᵊnaˈy paḥaˈṯ ʕᵃvar nahᵃrāˈ û šᵊṯaˈr bôzᵊnay û ḵᵊnāwāṯᵊhôˈn
- Time reference
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ḵēn
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʔomrîˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊhōm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - man
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- śām
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵōm
- Object
Nominal phrase - ṭᵊʕēm
- Subject
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Object
Nominal phrase - bayᵊṯāˈ ḏᵊnā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li bbᵊnē
- Object
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔuššarnāˈ ḏᵊnā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ šaḵlālāˈ
- Conjunction