וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י אֶחָ֗יו וְחֵיל֙ שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מָ֛ה הַיְּהוּדִ֥ים הָאֲמֵלָלִ֖ים עֹשִׂ֑ים הֲיַעַזְב֨וּ לָהֶ֤ם הֲיִזְבָּ֙חוּ֙ הַיְכַלּ֣וּ בַיּ֔וֹם הַיְחַיּ֧וּ אֶת־הָאֲבָנִ֛ים מֵעֲרֵמ֥וֹת הֶעָפָ֖ר וְהֵ֥מָּה שְׂרוּפֽוֹת׃
Debug: verse number 21108before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
/wa-y-yṓmer li fᵉnē ʾeḥā́w wᵉ ḥēl šōmᵉrōn wa-y-yṓmer mā ha-y-yᵉhūdī́m hā ʾămēlālī́m ʿōśī́m hă yaʿazᵉvū́ lāhém hă yizbā́ḥū ha yᵉxallū́ va -y-yōm ha yᵉḥayyū́ ʾet hā ʾăvānī́m mē ʿărēmṓt he ʿāfā́r wᵉ hḗmmā śᵉrūfṓt /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- li
- to
- prep
- fᵉnē
- face
- n m pl con
- ʾeḥā́w
- brother
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ḥēl
- power
- n m sg con
- šōmᵉrōn
- Samaria
- pn sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- mā
- what
- pro?
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yᵉhūdī́m
- Jewish
- n m pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾămēlālī́m
- decaying
- a m pl abs
- ʿōśī́m
- make
- v √qal part m pl abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yaʿazᵉvū́
- flag
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yizbā́ḥū
- slaughter
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yᵉxallū́
- be complete
- v √pi imperf III m pl
- va
- in
- prep
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yᵉḥayyū́
- be alive
- v √pi imperf III m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾăvānī́m
- stone
- n f pl abs
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʿărēmṓt
- heap
- n f pl con
- he
- the
- art
- ʿāfā́r
- dust
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hḗmmā
- they
- prop III m pl
- śᵉrūfṓt
- burn
- v √qal ppart f pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - li fᵊnê ʔeḥāˈʸw wᵊ ḥêl šōmᵊrôn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yyᵊhûḏîˈm hā ʔᵃmēlālîˈm
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʕōśîˈm
- Object
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yaʕazᵊvûˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yizbāˈḥû
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊḵallûˈ
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - va yyôm
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊḥayyûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ hā ʔᵃvānîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mē ʕᵃrēmôˈṯ he ʕāfāˈr
- Question
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hēˈmmā
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- śᵊrûfôˈṯ
- Conjunction