וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ הָעֶ֔בֶד אוּלַי֙ לֹא־תֹאבֶ֣ה הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה לָלֶ֥כֶת אַחֲרַ֖י אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את הֶֽהָשֵׁ֤ב אָשִׁיב֙ אֶת־בִּנְךָ֔ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥אתָ מִשָּֽׁם׃
Debug: verse number 597Edit time markersThe servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾēlāw hā ʿéved ʾūláy lō tōvé hā ʾiššā́ lā léxet ʾaḥăráy ʾel hā ʾā́reṣ ha-z-zōt he hāšḗv ʾāšīv ʾet binᵉxā́ ʾel hā ʾā́reṣ ʾăšer yāṣā́tā mi-š-šām /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾēlāw
- to
- prep + III m sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿéved
- servant
- n m sg abs
- ʾūláy
- perhaps
- adv
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- tōvé
- want
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾiššā́
- woman
- n f sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- léxet
- walk
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾaḥăráy
- after
- prep m pl abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zōt
- this
- prod f sg
- he
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- hāšḗv
- return
- adv √hi infabs abs
- ʾāšīv
- return
- v √hi imperf I sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- binᵉxā́
- son
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yāṣā́tā
- go out
- v √qal perf II m sg
- mi
- from
- prep
- -š-šām
- there
- adv
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāʸw
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʕeˈveḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʔûlaˈy
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯōveˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʔiššāˈ
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā leˈḵeṯ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔaḥᵃraˈy
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel hā ʔāˈreṣ ha zzōṯ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- he
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- hāšēˈv
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāšîv
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ binᵊḵāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāṣāˈṯā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase- mi ššām
- Relative