וַתֹּ֧אמֶר הַבְּכִירָ֛ה אֶל־הַצְּעִירָ֖ה אָבִ֣ינוּ זָקֵ֑ן וְאִ֨ישׁ אֵ֤ין בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ לָב֣וֹא עָלֵ֔ינוּ כְּדֶ֖רֶךְ כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
·Debug: verse number 489One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
/wa-t-tṓmer ha-b-bᵉxīrā́ ʾel ha-ṣ-ṣᵉʿīrā́ ʾāvī́nū zāqḗn wᵉ ʾīš ʾēn bā ʾā́reṣ lā vō ʿālḗnū kᵉ dérex kol hā ʾā́reṣ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-tṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III f sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-bᵉxīrā́
- first-born woman
- n f sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -ṣ-ṣᵉʿīrā́
- little
- n f sg abs
- ʾāvī́nū
- father
- n m sg abs + I pl
- zāqḗn
- be old
- v √qal perf III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- vō
- come
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʿālḗnū
- upon
- prep + I pl
- kᵉ
- as
- prep
- dérex
- way
- n sg con
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttōˈmer
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha bbᵊḵîrāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ha ṣṣᵊʕîrāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔāvîˈnû
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- zāqēˈn
- Subject
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔîš
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔên
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bā ʔāˈreṣ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā vô
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕālêˈnû
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - kᵊ ḏeˈreḵ kol hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Predicate