כָּל־מַ֨כֵּה־נֶ֔פֶשׁ לְפִ֣י עֵדִ֔ים יִרְצַ֖ח אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֑חַ וְעֵ֣ד אֶחָ֔ד לֹא־יַעֲנֶ֥ה בְנֶ֖פֶשׁ לָמֽוּת׃
Debug: verse number 4877Edit time markersIf anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
/kol mákkē néfeš lᵉ fī ʿēdī́m yirṣáḥ ʾet hā rōṣḗaḥ wᵉ ʿēd ʾeḥā́d lō yaʿăné vᵉ néfeš lā mūt /
Gloss translation
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- mákkē
- strike
- n √hi part m sg con
- néfeš
- soul
- n f sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- fī
- mouth
- n m sg con
- ʿēdī́m
- witness
- n m pl abs
- yirṣáḥ
- kill
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- rōṣḗaḥ
- kill
- n √qal part m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿēd
- witness
- n m sg abs
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yaʿăné
- answer
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- néfeš
- soul
- n f sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- mūt
- die
- v √qal infcon abs
Syntactic structures
- Clauses without predicationCasus pendens
- Fronted element
Nominal phrase - kol maˈkkē neˈfeš
- Fronted element
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Resumption- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ fî ʕēḏîˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yirṣaˈḥ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ hā rōṣēˈₐḥ
- Adjunct
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕēḏ ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yaʕᵃneˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vᵊ neˈfeš
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā mûṯ
- Predicate