אַ֣ךְ ׀ רָח֣וֹק יִהְיֶ֗ה בֵּֽינֵיכֶם֙ ובינו [וּבֵינָ֔יו] כְּאַלְפַּ֥יִם אַמָּ֖ה בַּמִּדָּ֑ה אַֽל־תִּקְרְב֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו לְמַ֤עַן אֲשֶׁר־תֵּֽדְעוּ֙ אֶת־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֧א עֲבַרְתֶּ֛ם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ (ס)
Debug: verse number 5899Edit time markersBut keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
/ʾax rāḥṓq yihyé bḗnēxem *ū *vēnā́w kᵉ ʾalpáyim ʾammā́ ba -m-middā́ ʾal tiqrᵉvū́ ʾēlā́w lᵉmáʿan ʾăšer tḗdᵉʿū ʾet ha-d-dérex ʾăšer tḗlᵉxū vāh kī lō ʿăvartém ba -d-dérex mi-t-tᵉmōl šilšṓm /
Gloss translation
- ʾax
- only
- adv
- rāḥṓq
- remote
- a m sg abs
- yihyé
- be
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- bḗnēxem
- interval
- prep m pl abs + II m pl
- *ū
- and
- cnj
- *vēnā́w
- interval
- prep m pl abs + III m sg
- kᵉ
- as
- prep
- ʾalpáyim
- thousand
- n 2 abs
- ʾammā́
- cubit
- n f sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -m-middā́
- measured stretch
- n f sg abs
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- tiqrᵉvū́
- approach
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- lᵉmáʿan
- because of
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- tḗdᵉʿū
- know
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dérex
- way
- n sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- tḗlᵉxū
- walk
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- vāh
- in
- prep + III f sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʿăvartém
- pass
- v √qal perf II m pl
- ba
- in
- prep
- -d-dérex
- way
- n sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -t-tᵉmōl
- yesterday
- n m sg abs
- šilšṓm
- day before yesterday
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʔaḵ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- rāḥôˈq
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yihyeˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bêˈnêḵem *û *vênāˈʸw
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - kᵊ ʔalpaˈyim ʔammāˈ ba mmiddāˈ
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tiqrᵊvûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Negation
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lᵊmaˈʕan ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tēˈḏᵊʕû
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha ddeˈreḵ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tēˈlᵊḵû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vāh
- Relative
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕᵃvarteˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ba ddeˈreḵ
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - mi ttᵊmôl šilšôˈm
- Conjunction