וַאֲשֶׁר֩ יָבֹ֨א אֶת־רֵעֵ֥הוּ בַיַּעַר֮ לַחְטֹ֣ב עֵצִים֒ וְנִדְּחָ֨ה יָד֤וֹ בַגַּרְזֶן֙ לִכְרֹ֣ת הָעֵ֔ץ וְנָשַׁ֤ל הַבַּרְזֶל֙ מִן־הָעֵ֔ץ וּמָצָ֥א אֶת־רֵעֵ֖הוּ וָמֵ֑ת ה֗וּא יָנ֛וּס אֶל־אַחַ֥ת הֶעָרִים־הָאֵ֖לֶּה וָחָֽי׃
·Debug: verse number 5413If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
/wa ʾăšer yāvṓ ʾet rēʿḗhū va -y-yaʿar la ḥᵉṭōv ʿēṣīm wᵉ niddᵉḥā́ yādṓ va -g-garzén li xᵉrōt hā ʿēṣ wᵉ nāšál ha-b-barzél min hā ʿēṣ ū māṣā́ ʾet rēʿḗhū wā mēt hū yānū́s ʾel ʾaḥát he ʿārīm hā ʾḗlle wā ḥāy /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʾet
- together with
- prep
- rēʿḗhū
- fellow
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- va
- in
- prep
- -y-yaʿar
- wood
- n m sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- ḥᵉṭōv
- gather wood
- v √qal infcon con
- ʿēṣīm
- tree
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- niddᵉḥā́
- wield
- v √ni perf III f sg
- yādṓ
- hand
- n sg abs + III m sg
- va
- in
- prep
- -g-garzén
- axe
- n m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- xᵉrōt
- cut
- v √qal infcon con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿēṣ
- tree
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nāšál
- draw off
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-barzél
- iron
- n m sg abs
- min
- from
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿēṣ
- tree
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- māṣā́
- find
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- rēʿḗhū
- fellow
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- wā
- and
- cnj
- mēt
- die
- v √qal perf III m sg
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- yānū́s
- flee
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾaḥát
- one
- n f sg con
- he
- the
- art
- ʿārīm
- town
- n f pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾḗlle
- these
- prod pl
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ḥāy
- be alive
- v √qal perf III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāvōˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ rēʕēˈhû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - va yyaʕar
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ḥᵊṭōv
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʕēṣîm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niddᵊḥāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - yāḏôˈ va ggarzeˈn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li ḵᵊrōṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - hā ʕēṣ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāšaˈl
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha bbarzeˈl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - min hā ʕēṣ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- māṣāˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ rēʕēˈhû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mēṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
Resumption- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hû
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yānûˈs
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔaḥaˈṯ he ʕārîm hā ʔēˈlle
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥāy
- Conjunction