וַיַּ֣רְא בִּלְעָ֗ם כִּ֣י ט֞וֹב בְּעֵינֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ לְבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלֹא־הָלַ֥ךְ כְּפַֽעַם־בְּפַ֖עַם לִקְרַ֣את נְחָשִׁ֑ים וַיָּ֥שֶׁת אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר פָּנָֽיו׃
Debug: verse number 4448Edit time markersAnd when Balaam saw that it pleased the lord to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.
/wa-y-yar bilʿā́m kī ṭōv bᵉ ʿēnḗ ʾădōnāy lᵉ vārḗx ʾet yiśrāʾḗl wᵉ lō hāláx kᵉ fáʿam bᵉ fáʿam li qᵉrat nᵉḥāšī́m wa-y-yā́šet ʾel ha-m-midbā́r pānā́w /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yar
- see
- v √qal wy III m sg
- bilʿā́m
- [prophet]
- pn m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ṭōv
- be good
- v √qal perf III m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿēnḗ
- eye
- n f 2 con
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- vārḗx
- bless
- v √pi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- hāláx
- walk
- v √qal perf III m sg
- kᵉ
- as
- prep
- fáʿam
- foot
- n f sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- fáʿam
- foot
- n f sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- qᵉrat
- encounter
- v √qal infcon con
- nᵉḥāšī́m
- spell
- n m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yā́šet
- put
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-midbā́r
- desert
- n m sg abs
- pānā́w
- face
- n m pl abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyar
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - bilʕāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕênêˈ [yᵊhwāh]
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ vārēˈḵ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ yiśrāʔēˈl
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hālaˈḵ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - kᵊ faˈʕam bᵊ faˈʕam
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li qᵊraṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - nᵊḥāšîˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyāˈšeṯ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ha mmiḏbāˈr
- Object
Nominal phrase - pānāˈʸw
- Conjunction