וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ אֵלָיו֮ לְעֵינֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִים֒ וְחָלְצָ֤ה נַעֲלוֹ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְל֔וֹ וְיָרְקָ֖ה בְּפָנָ֑יו וְעָֽנְתָה֙ וְאָ֣מְרָ֔ה כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽיו
·Debug: verse number 5558his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
/wᵉ niggᵉšā́ yᵉvimtṓ ʾēlāw lᵉ ʿēnḗ ha-z-zᵉqēnīm wᵉ ḥālᵉṣā́ naʿălṓ mē ʿal raglṓ wᵉ yārᵉqā́ bᵉ fānā́w wᵉ ʿā́nᵉtā wᵉ ʾāmᵉrā́ kā́xā yēʿāśé lā ʾīš ʾăšer lō yivné ʾet bēt ʾāḥíw /
Gloss translation
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- niggᵉšā́
- approach
- v √ni perf III f sg
- yᵉvimtṓ
- brother's widow
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- ʾēlāw
- to
- prep + III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʿēnḗ
- eye
- n f 2 con
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zᵉqēnīm
- old
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ḥālᵉṣā́
- draw off
- v √qal perf III f sg
- naʿălṓ
- sandal
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- raglṓ
- foot
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yārᵉqā́
- spit
- v √qal perf III f sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- fānā́w
- face
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿā́nᵉtā
- answer
- v √qal perf III f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāmᵉrā́
- say
- v √qal perf III f sg
- kā́xā
- thus
- adv
- yēʿāśé
- make
- v √ni imperf III m sg
- lā
- to
- prep
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yivné
- build
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- bēt
- house
- n m sg con
- ʾāḥíw
- brother
- n m sg abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niggᵊšāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - yᵊvimtôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāʸw
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʕênêˈ ha zzᵊqēnîm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥālᵊṣāˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - naʕᵃlôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mē ʕal raḡlôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yārᵊqāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ fānāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕāˈnᵊṯā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmᵊrāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- kāˈḵā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yēʕāśeˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lā ʔîš
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yivneˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ bêṯ ʔāḥiˈʸw
- Relative