פֶּן־יִרְדֹּף֩ גֹּאֵ֨ל הַדָּ֜ם אַחֲרֵ֣י הָרֹצֵ֗חַ כִּי־יֵחַם֮ לְבָבוֹ֒ וְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹ כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ וְהִכָּ֣הוּ נָ֑פֶשׁ וְלוֹ֙ אֵ֣ין מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֔וֶת כִּ֠י לֹ֣א שֹׂנֵ֥א ה֛וּא ל֖וֹ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃
·Debug: verse number 5414Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
/pen yirdṓf gōʾḗl ha-d-dām ʾaḥărḗ hā rōṣḗaḥ kī yēḥam lᵉvāvṓ wᵉ hiśśīgṓ kī yirbé ha-d-dérex wᵉ hikkā́hū nā́feš wᵉ lō ʾēn mišpaṭ mā́wet kī lō śōnḗ hū lō mi-t-tᵉmōl šilšṓm /
Gloss translation
- pen
- lest
- cnj
- yirdṓf
- pursue
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- gōʾḗl
- redeem
- n √qal part m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dām
- blood
- n m sg abs
- ʾaḥărḗ
- after
- prep m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- rōṣḗaḥ
- kill
- n √qal part m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- yēḥam
- be hot
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- lᵉvāvṓ
- heart
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hiśśīgṓ
- overtake
- v √hi perf III m sg + III m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- yirbé
- be many
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dérex
- way
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hikkā́hū
- strike
- v √hi perf III m sg + III m sg
- nā́feš
- soul
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- mišpaṭ
- justice
- n m sg con
- mā́wet
- death
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- śōnḗ
- hate
- v √qal part m sg abs
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- mi
- from
- prep
- -t-tᵉmōl
- yesterday
- n m sg abs
- šilšṓm
- day before yesterday
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- pen
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yirdōˈf
- Subject
Nominal phrase - gōʔēˈl ha ddām
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔaḥᵃrêˈ hā rōṣēˈₐḥ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yēḥam
- Subject
Nominal phrase - lᵊvāvôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- hiśśîḡôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yirbeˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ddeˈreḵ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- hikkāˈhû
- Object
Nominal phrase - nāˈfeš
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔên
- Subject
Nominal phrase - mišpaṭ māˈweṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- śōnēˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - mi ttᵊmôl šilšôˈm
- Conjunction