וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְאַבְרָ֗ם יָדֹ֨עַ תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי־גֵ֣ר ׀ יִהְיֶ֣ה זַרְעֲךָ֗ בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ לֹ֣א לָהֶ֔ם וַעֲבָד֖וּם וְעִנּ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 374Edit time markersThen the lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own; they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
/wa-y-yṓmer lᵉ ʾavrā́m yādṓaʿ tēdáʿ kī gēr yihyé zarʿăxā́ bᵉ ʾéreṣ lō lāhém wa ʿăvādū́m wᵉ ʿinnū́ ʾōtā́m ʾarbáʿ mēʾṓt šānā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾavrā́m
- Abram
- pn m sg abs
- yādṓaʿ
- know
- adv √qal infabs abs
- tēdáʿ
- know
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- gēr
- sojourner
- n m sg abs
- yihyé
- be
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- zarʿăxā́
- seed
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʿăvādū́m
- work, serve
- v √qal perf III pl + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿinnū́
- be lowly
- v √pi perf III pl
- ʾōtā́m
- [object marker]
- prep + III m pl
- ʾarbáʿ
- four
- n sg con
- mēʾṓt
- hundred
- n f pl abs
- šānā́
- year
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʔavrāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- yāḏōˈₐʕ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tēḏaˈʕ
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ḡēr
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yihyeˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - zarʕᵃḵāˈ
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʔeˈreṣ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Negation
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʕᵃvāḏûˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕinnûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈm
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - ʔarbaˈʕ mēʔôˈṯ šānāˈ
- Conjunction