וַיְהִ֨י הַשַּׁ֜עַר לִסְגּ֗וֹר בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים יָצָ֔אוּ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי אָ֥נָה הָלְכ֖וּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֑ים רִדְפ֥וּ מַהֵ֛ר אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם כִּ֥י תַשִּׂיגֽוּם׃
·Debug: verse number 5876At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
/wa yᵉhī ha-š-šáʿar li sᵉggōr ba ḥṓšex wᵉ hā ʾănāšī́m yāṣā́ʾū lō yādáʿtī ʾā́nā hālᵉxū́ hā ʾănāšī́m ridᵉfū́ mahḗr ʾaḥărēhém kī taśśīgū́m /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉhī
- be
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šáʿar
- gate
- n m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- sᵉggōr
- close
- v √qal infcon abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- ḥṓšex
- darkness
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾănāšī́m
- man
- n m pl abs
- yāṣā́ʾū
- go out
- v √qal perf III pl
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yādáʿtī
- know
- v √qal perf I sg
- ʾā́nā
- whither
- ptcl?
- hālᵉxū́
- walk
- v √qal perf III pl
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾănāšī́m
- man
- n m pl abs
- ridᵉfū́
- pursue
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- mahḗr
- hasten
- adv √pi infabs abs
- ʾaḥărēhém
- after
- prep m pl abs + III m pl
- kī
- that
- cnj
- taśśīgū́m
- overtake
- v √hi imperf II m pl + III m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊhî
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ššaˈʕar
- Subject
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li sᵊggôr
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - ba ḥōˈšeḵ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʔᵃnāšîˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāṣāˈʔû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāḏaˈʕtî
- Negation
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ʔāˈnā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hālᵊḵûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʔᵃnāšîˈm
- Question
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- riḏᵊfûˈ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- mahēˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔaḥᵃrêheˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ṯaśśîḡûˈm
- Conjunction