וַיִּקְרָא־בוֹ֩ לִפְנֵ֨י הָרְח֜וֹב אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י שַֽׁעַר־הַמַּ֗יִם מִן־הָאוֹר֙ עַד־מַחֲצִ֣ית הַיּ֔וֹם נֶ֛גֶד הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים וְהַמְּבִינִ֑ים וְאָזְנֵ֥י כָל־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־סֵ֥פֶר הַתּוֹרָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 21242So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
/wa-y-yiqrā vō li fᵉnē hā rᵉḥōv ʾăšer li fᵉnē šáʿar ha-m-máyim min hā ʾōr ʿad maḥăṣī́t ha-y-yōm néged hā ʾănāšī́m wᵉ ha-n-nāšī́m wᵉ ha-m-mᵉvīnī́m wᵉ ʾoznḗ xol hā ʿām ʾel sḗfer ha-t-tōrā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiqrā
- call
- v √qal wy III m sg
- vō
- in
- prep + III m sg
- li
- to
- prep
- fᵉnē
- face
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- rᵉḥōv
- open place
- n f sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- li
- to
- prep
- fᵉnē
- face
- n m pl con
- šáʿar
- gate
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-máyim
- water
- n m pl abs
- min
- from
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾōr
- light
- n sg abs
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- maḥăṣī́t
- half
- n f sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- néged
- counterpart
- prep m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾănāšī́m
- man
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-nāšī́m
- woman
- n f pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mᵉvīnī́m
- understand
- n √hi part m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾoznḗ
- ear
- n f 2 con
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- sḗfer
- letter
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -t-tōrā́
- instruction
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiqrā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vô
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - li fᵊnê hā rᵊḥôv
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - li fᵊnê šaˈʕar ha mmaˈyim
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - min hā ʔôr ʕaḏ maḥᵃṣîˈṯ ha yyôm
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - neˈḡeḏ hā ʔᵃnāšîˈm wᵊ ha nnāšîˈm wᵊ ha mmᵊvînîˈm
- Time reference
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔoznêˈ ḵol hā ʕām
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel sēˈfer ha ttôrāˈ
- Conjunction