וַיַּעַמְד֡וּ הַמַּיִם֩ הַיֹּרְדִ֨ים מִלְמַ֜עְלָה קָ֣מוּ נֵד־אֶחָ֗ד הַרְחֵ֨ק מְאֹ֜ד באדם [מֵֽאָדָ֤ם] הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מִצַּ֣ד צָֽרְתָ֔ן וְהַיֹּרְדִ֗ים עַ֣ל יָ֧ם הָעֲרָבָ֛ה יָם־הַמֶּ֖לַח תַּ֣מּוּ נִכְרָ֑תוּ וְהָעָ֥ם עָבְר֖וּ נֶ֥גֶד יְרִיחֽוֹ׃
Debug: verse number 5911Edit time markersthe flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
/wa-y-yaʿamᵉdū́ ha-m-mayím ha-y-yōrᵉdī́m mi lᵉ máʿlā qā́mū nēd ʾeḥā́d harḥḗq mᵉʾōd *mē *ʾādā́m hā ʿīr ʾăšer mi-ṣ-ṣad ṣārᵉtā́n wᵉ ha-y-yōrᵉdī́m ʿal yom hā ʿărāvā́ yom ha-m-mélaḥ támmū nixrā́tū wᵉ hā ʿām ʿāvᵉrū́ néged yᵉrīḥṓ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yaʿamᵉdū́
- stand
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mayím
- water
- n m pl abs
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -y-yōrᵉdī́m
- descend
- v √qal part m pl abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- máʿlā
- top
- n sg abs
- qā́mū
- arise
- v √qal perf III pl
- nēd
- barrier
- n m sg abs
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- harḥḗq
- be far
- adv √hi infabs abs
- mᵉʾōd
- might
- adv m sg abs
- *mē
- from
- prep
- *ʾādā́m
- Adam
- pn sg abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- mi
- from
- prep
- -ṣ-ṣad
- side
- n m sg con
- ṣārᵉtā́n
- Zarethan
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -y-yōrᵉdī́m
- descend
- v √qal part m pl abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- yom
- sea
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿărāvā́
- desert
- n f sg abs
- yom
- sea
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélaḥ
- salt
- n m sg abs
- támmū
- be complete
- v √qal perf III pl
- nixrā́tū
- cut
- v √ni perf III pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ʿāvᵉrū́
- pass
- v √qal perf III pl
- néged
- counterpart
- prep m sg con
- yᵉrīḥṓ
- Jericho
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyaʕamᵊḏûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmayiˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yyōrᵊḏîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi lᵊ maˈʕlā
- Relative
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qāˈmû
- Adjunct
Nominal phrase - nēḏ ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- harḥēˈq mᵊʔōḏ
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - *mē *ʔāḏāˈm hā ʕîr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - mi ṣṣaḏ ṣārᵊṯāˈn
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Subject clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yyōrᵊḏîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal yom hā ʕᵃrāvāˈ yom ha mmeˈlaḥ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- taˈmmû
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niḵrāˈṯû
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʕām
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕāvᵊrûˈ
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - neˈḡeḏ yᵊrîḥôˈ
- Conjunction