וַיַּ֣עַן בִּלְעָ֗ם וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־עַבְדֵ֣י בָלָ֔ק אִם־יִתֶּן־לִ֥י בָלָ֛ק מְלֹ֥א בֵית֖וֹ כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב לֹ֣א אוּכַ֗ל לַעֲבֹר֙ אֶת־פִּי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔י לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת קְטַנָּ֖ה א֥וֹ גְדוֹלָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 4394Edit time markersBut Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the lord my God.
/wa-y-yáʿan bilʿā́m wa-y-yṓmer ʾel ʿavᵉdḗ vālā́q ʾim yitten lī vālā́q mᵉlō vētṓ késef wᵉ zāhā́v lō ʾūxál la ʿăvōr ʾet pī ʾădōnāy ʾĕlōhā́y la ʿăśōt qᵉṭannā́ ʾō gᵉdōlā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yáʿan
- answer
- v √qal wy III m sg
- bilʿā́m
- [prophet]
- pn m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʿavᵉdḗ
- servant
- n m pl con
- vālā́q
- Balak
- pn m sg abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- yitten
- give
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- vālā́q
- Balak
- pn m sg abs
- mᵉlō
- fullness
- n m sg con
- vētṓ
- house
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- késef
- silver
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- zāhā́v
- gold
- n m sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾūxál
- be able
- v √qal imperf I sg
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿăvōr
- pass
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- pī
- mouth
- n m sg con
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ʾĕlōhā́y
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿăśōt
- make
- v √qal infcon con
- qᵉṭannā́
- small
- n f sg abs
- ʾō
- or
- cnj
- gᵉdōlā́
- great
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyaˈʕan
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - bilʕāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʕavᵊḏêˈ vālāˈq
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yitten
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - vālāˈq
- Object
Nominal phrase - mᵊlō vêṯôˈ keˈsef wᵊ zāhāˈv
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔûḵaˈl
- Negation
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ʕᵃvōr
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ pî [yᵊhwā] ʔᵉlōhāˈy
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ʕᵃśôṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - qᵊṭannāˈ ʔô ḡᵊḏôlāˈ
- Predicate