כִּֽי־תָצ֣וּר אֶל־עִיר֩ יָמִ֨ים רַבִּ֜ים לְֽהִלָּחֵ֧ם עָלֶ֣יהָ לְתָפְשָׂ֗הּ לֹֽא־תַשְׁחִ֤ית אֶת־עֵצָהּ֙ לִנְדֹּ֤חַ עָלָיו֙ גַּרְזֶ֔ן כִּ֚י מִמֶּ֣נּוּ תֹאכֵ֔ל וְאֹת֖וֹ לֹ֣א תִכְרֹ֑ת כִּ֤י הָֽאָדָם֙ עֵ֣ץ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה לָבֹ֥א מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃
·Debug: verse number 5448When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
/kī tāṣū́r ʾel ʿīr yāmī́m rabbī́m lᵉ hillāḥḗm ʿāléhā lᵉ tofśā́h lō tašḥī́t ʾet ʿēṣā́h li nᵉddōaḥ ʿālāw garzén kī mimménnū tōxḗl wᵉ ʾōtṓ lō tixrṓt kī hā ʾādā́m ʿēṣ ha-ś-śādé lā vō mi-p-pānéxā ba -m-māṣṓr /
Gloss translation
- kī
- that
- cnj
- tāṣū́r
- bind
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- yāmī́m
- day
- n m pl abs
- rabbī́m
- much
- a m pl abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hillāḥḗm
- fight
- v √ni infcon abs
- ʿāléhā
- upon
- prep + III f sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- tofśā́h
- seize
- v √qal infcon abs + III f sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- tašḥī́t
- destroy
- v √hi imperf II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʿēṣā́h
- tree
- n m sg abs + III f sg
- li
- to
- prep
- nᵉddōaḥ
- wield
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʿālāw
- upon
- prep + III m sg
- garzén
- axe
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- mimménnū
- from
- prep + III m sg
- tōxḗl
- eat
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾōtṓ
- [object marker]
- prep + III m sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- tixrṓt
- cut
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- ʿēṣ
- tree
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -ś-śādé
- open field
- n m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- vō
- come
- v √qal infcon abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -p-pānéxā
- face
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- -m-māṣṓr
- siege
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯāṣûˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʕîr
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - yāmîˈm rabbîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hillāḥēˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕāleˈʸhā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- lᵊ ṯofśāˈh
- Predicate with object suffix
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯašḥîˈṯ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʕēṣāˈh
- Negation
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li nᵊddōₐḥ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕālāʸw
- Object
Nominal phrase - garzeˈn
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mimmeˈnnû
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯōḵēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯôˈ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯiḵrōˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - hā ʔāḏāˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕēṣ ha śśāḏeˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā vō
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi ppāneˈʸḵā
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ba mmāṣôˈr
- Predicate