וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֗הוּ הָ֚בָה נִלְבְּנָ֣ה לְבֵנִ֔ים וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה וַתְּהִ֨י לָהֶ֤ם הַלְּבֵנָה֙ לְאָ֔בֶן וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לַחֹֽמֶר׃
Debug: verse number 270And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ʾīš ʾel rēʿḗhū hā́vā nilbᵉnā́ lᵉvēnī́m wᵉ niśrᵉfā́ li śᵉrēfā́ wa-t-tᵉhī lāhém ha-l-lᵉvēnā́ lᵉ ʾā́ven wᵉ ha ḥēmā́r hāyā́ lāhém la ḥṓmer /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- rēʿḗhū
- fellow
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- hā́vā
- give
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- nilbᵉnā́
- make brick
- v √qal imperf I pl
- lᵉvēnī́m
- brick
- n f pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- niśrᵉfā́
- burn
- v √qal imperf I pl
- li
- to
- prep
- śᵉrēfā́
- burning
- n f sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-tᵉhī
- be
- v √qal wy III f sg
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- ha
- the
- art
- -l-lᵉvēnā́
- brick
- n f sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾā́ven
- stone
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥēmā́r
- bitumen
- n m sg abs
- hāyā́
- be
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- la
- to
- prep
- ḥṓmer
- clay
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
Adjunctive clause- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔîš
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel rēʕēˈhû
- Subject
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāˈvā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nilbᵊnāˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - lᵊvēnîˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niśrᵊfāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - li śᵊrēfāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttᵊhî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha llᵊvēnāˈ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʔāˈven
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ḥēmāˈr
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - la ḥōˈmer
- Conjunction