כִּ֣י לֹ֧א קִדְּמ֛וּ אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּלֶּ֣חֶם וּבַמָּ֑יִם וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר עָלָ֤יו אֶת־בִּלְעָם֙ לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ הַקְּלָלָ֖ה לִבְרָכָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 21419because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
/kī lō qiddᵉmū́ ʾet bᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl ba -l-léḥem ū va -m-mā́yim wa-y-yiśkṓr ʿālā́w ʾet bilʿā́m lᵉ qallō wa-y-yahăfṓx ʾĕlōhḗnū ha-q-qᵉlālā́ li vᵉrāxā́ /
Gloss translation
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- qiddᵉmū́
- be in front
- v √pi perf III pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -l-léḥem
- bread
- n sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- va
- in
- prep
- -m-mā́yim
- water
- n m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiśkṓr
- hire
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʿālā́w
- upon
- prep + III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- bilʿā́m
- [prophet]
- pn m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- qallō
- be slight
- v √pi infcon abs + III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yahăfṓx
- turn
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾĕlōhḗnū
- god(s)
- n m pl abs + I pl
- ha
- the
- art
- -q-qᵉlālā́
- curse
- n f sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- vᵉrāxā́
- blessing
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qiddᵊmûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ bᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ba lleˈḥem û va mmāˈyim
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiśkōˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕālāˈʸw
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ bilʕāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- lᵊ qallô
- Predicate with object suffix
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyahᵃfōˈḵ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵉlōhêˈnû
- Object
Nominal phrase - ha qqᵊlālāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - li vᵊrāḵāˈ
- Conjunction