וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁר֩ יִשְׁאָל֨וּן בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם מָחָר֙ אֶת־אֲבוֹתָ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֖ה הָאֲבָנִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
·Debug: verse number 5933Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾel bᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl lē ʾmōr ʾăšer yišʾālū́n bᵉnēxém māḥā́r ʾet ʾăvōtā́m lē ʾmōr mā hā ʾăvānī́m hā ʾḗlle /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yišʾālū́n
- ask
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- bᵉnēxém
- son
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- māḥā́r
- next day
- adv m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾăvōtā́m
- father
- n m pl abs + III m pl
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- mā
- what
- pro?
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾăvānī́m
- stone
- n f pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾḗlle
- these
- prod pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel bᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yišʔālûˈn
- Subject
Nominal phrase - bᵊnêḵeˈm
- Time reference
Adverbial phrase- māḥāˈr
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʔᵃvôṯāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʔᵃvānîˈm hā ʔēˈlle
- Predicate complement