וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם מַלְאָכִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מְלָאכָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָרֶ֑דֶת לָ֣מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֤ת הַמְּלָאכָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֔הָ וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃
Debug: verse number 21151So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
/wā ʾešlᵉḥā́ ʿălēhém malʾāxīm lē ʾmōr mᵉlāxā́ gᵉdōlā́ ʾănī ʿōśé wᵉ lō ʾūxál lā rédet lā́mmā tišbát ha-m-mᵉlāxā́ ka ʾăšer ʾarpéhā wᵉ yāradtī́ ʾălēxém /
Gloss translation
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ʾešlᵉḥā́
- send
- v √qal wy I sg
- ʿălēhém
- upon
- prep + III m pl
- malʾāxīm
- messenger
- n m pl abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- mᵉlāxā́
- work
- n f sg abs
- gᵉdōlā́
- great
- a f sg abs
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- ʿōśé
- make
- v √qal part m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾūxál
- be able
- v √qal imperf I sg
- lā
- to
- prep
- rédet
- descend
- v √qal infcon abs
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- tišbát
- cease
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mᵉlāxā́
- work
- n f sg abs
- ka
- as
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʾarpéhā
- be slack
- v √hi imperf I sg + III f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yāradtī́
- descend
- v √qal perf I sg
- ʾălēxém
- to
- prep + II m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔešlᵊḥāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕᵃlêheˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - malʔāḵîm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Object
Nominal phrase - mᵊlāḵāˈ ḡᵊḏôlāˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnî
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʕōśeˈ
- Object
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔûḵaˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā reˈḏeṯ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯišbaˈṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmᵊlāḵāˈ
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ka ʔᵃšer
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʔarpeˈhā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāraḏtîˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêḵeˈm
- Conjunction