וַיִּקַּח֩ שֵׁ֨ם וָיֶ֜פֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ עַל־שְׁכֶ֣ם שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וַיְכַסּ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֑ם וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וְעֶרְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃
Debug: verse number 229Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
/wa-y-yiqqáḥ šēm wā yéfet ʾet ha-ś-śimlā́ wa-y-yāśī́mū ʿal šᵉxem šᵉnēhém wa-y-yḗlᵉxū ʾăḥōrannī́t wa yᵉxassū́ ʾēt ʿerwát ʾăvīhém ū fᵉnēhém ʾăḥōrannī́t wᵉ ʿerwát ʾăvīhém lō rāʾū́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiqqáḥ
- take
- v √qal wy III m sg
- šēm
- Shem
- pn m sg abs
- wā
- and
- cnj
- yéfet
- Japheth
- pn m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -ś-śimlā́
- mantle
- n f sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yāśī́mū
- put
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- šᵉxem
- shoulder
- n m sg con
- šᵉnēhém
- two
- n 2 abs + III m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yḗlᵉxū
- walk
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾăḥōrannī́t
- backwards
- adv
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉxassū́
- cover
- v √pi wy III m pl
- ʾēt
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʿerwát
- nakedness
- n f sg con
- ʾăvīhém
- father
- n m sg abs + III m pl
- ū
- and
- cnj
- fᵉnēhém
- face
- n m pl abs + III m pl
- ʾăḥōrannī́t
- backwards
- adv
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿerwát
- nakedness
- n f sg con
- ʾăvīhém
- father
- n m sg abs + III m pl
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- rāʾū́
- see
- v √qal perf III pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiqqaˈḥ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - šēm wā yeˈfeṯ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha śśimlāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyāśîˈmû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal šᵊḵem šᵊnêheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyēˈlᵊḵû
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- ʔᵃḥōrannîˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊḵassûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔēṯ ʕerwaˈṯ ʔᵃvîheˈm
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - fᵊnêheˈm
- Predicate complement
Adverbial phrase- ʔᵃḥōrannîˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʕerwaˈṯ ʔᵃvîheˈm
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- rāʔûˈ
- Conjunction