וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֲהָ֣הּ ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה לָ֠מָה הֵעֲבַ֨רְתָּ הַעֲבִ֜יר אֶת־הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן לָתֵ֥ת אֹתָ֛נוּ בְּיַ֥ד הָאֱמֹרִ֖י לְהַאֲבִידֵ֑נוּ וְלוּ֙ הוֹאַ֣לְנוּ וַנֵּ֔שֶׁב בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
·Debug: verse number 5985“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
/wa-y-yṓmer yᵉhōšúaʿ ʾăhāh ʾădōnā́y ʾădōnāy lāmā́ hēʿăvártā haʿăvī́r ʾet hā ʿām ha-z-zeh ʾet ha-y-yardḗn lā tēt ʾōtā́nū bᵉ yad hā ʾĕmōrī́ lᵉ haʾăvīdḗnū wᵉ lū hōʾálnū wa-n-nḗšev bᵉ ʿḗver ha-y-yardḗn /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- yᵉhōšúaʿ
- Joshua
- pn m sg abs
- ʾăhāh
- alas
- intj
- ʾădōnā́y
- Lord
- pn m sg abs
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- lāmā́
- why
- ptcl?
- hēʿăvártā
- pass
- v √hi perf II m sg
- haʿăvī́r
- pass
- adv √hi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zeh
- this
- prod m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yardḗn
- Jordan
- pn sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- tēt
- give
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾōtā́nū
- [object marker]
- prep + I pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- yad
- hand
- n sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾĕmōrī́
- Amorite
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- haʾăvīdḗnū
- perish
- v √hi infcon abs + I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lū
- if only
- cnj
- hōʾálnū
- begin
- v √hi perf I pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -n-nḗšev
- sit
- v √qal wy I pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿḗver
- opposite
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yardḗn
- Jordan
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - yᵊhôšuˈₐʕ
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- ʔᵃhāh
- Vocative
Proper-noun phrase - ʔᵃḏōnāˈy [yᵊhwi]
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāmāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hēʕᵃvaˈrtā
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- haʕᵃvîˈr
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ hā ʕām ha zzeh
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha yyardēˈn
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā ṯēṯ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ yaḏ hā ʔᵉmōrîˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- lᵊ haʔᵃvîḏēˈnû
- Predicate with object suffix
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lû
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hôʔaˈlnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nnēˈšev
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕēˈver ha yyardēˈn
- Conjunction