כִּ֣י שְׁאַל־נָא֩ לְיָמִ֨ים רִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֗יךָ לְמִן־הַיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ בָּרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ אָדָם֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּלְמִקְצֵ֥ה הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְעַד־קְצֵ֣ה הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם הֲנִֽהְיָ֗ה כַּדָּבָ֤ר הַגָּדוֹל֙ הַזֶּ֔ה א֖וֹ הֲנִשְׁמַ֥ע כָּמֹֽהוּ׃
·Debug: verse number 5038Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
/kī šᵉʾal nā lᵉ yāmī́m rišōnīm ʾăšer hāyū́ lᵉ fānéxā lᵉ min ha-y-yōm ʾăšer bārā́ ʾĕlōhī́m ʾādā́m ʿal hā ʾā́reṣ ū lᵉ mi qᵉṣē ha-š-šāmáyim wᵉ ʿad qᵉṣē ha-š-šāmā́yim hă nihyā́ ka -d-dāvā́r ha-g-gādōl ha-z-ze ʾō hă nišmáʿ kāmṓhū /
Gloss translation
- kī
- that
- cnj
- šᵉʾal
- ask
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- nā
- yeah
- intj
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- yāmī́m
- day
- n m pl abs
- rišōnīm
- first
- a m pl abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- hāyū́
- be
- v √qal perf III pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- fānéxā
- face
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- min
- from
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- bārā́
- create
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʾĕlōhī́m
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- mi
- from
- prep
- qᵉṣē
- end
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šāmáyim
- heavens
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- qᵉṣē
- end
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šāmā́yim
- heavens
- n m pl abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- nihyā́
- be
- v √ni perf III m sg
- ka
- as
- prep
- -d-dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -g-gādōl
- great
- a m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-ze
- this
- prod m sg
- ʾō
- or
- cnj
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- nišmáʿ
- hear
- v √ni perf III m sg
- kāmṓhū
- like
- prep + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šᵊʔal
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- nā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ yāmîˈm rišōnîm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ fāneˈʸḵā
- Relative
- Verbal clausesx-imperative-null clause
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ min ha yyôm
- Complement
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- bārāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵉlōhîˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔāḏāˈm
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - ʕal hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesx-imperative-null clause
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - û lᵊ mi qᵊṣē ha ššāmaˈyim wᵊ ʕaḏ qᵊṣē ha ššāmāˈyim
- Complement
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nihyāˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ka ddāvāˈr ha ggāḏôl ha zze
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔô
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nišmaˈʕ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - kāmōˈhû
- Conjunction