וַיְהִ֞י כִּרְא֣וֹת מֶֽלֶךְ־הָעַ֗י וַֽיְמַהֲר֡וּ וַיַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּ וַיֵּצְא֣וּ אַנְשֵֽׁי־הָעִ֣יר לִקְרַֽאת־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל לַֽמִּלְחָמָ֞ה ה֧וּא וְכָל־עַמּ֛וֹ לַמּוֹעֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֣י הָֽעֲרָבָ֑ה וְהוּא֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּֽי־אֹרֵ֥ב ל֖וֹ מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י הָעִֽיר׃
·Debug: verse number 6018When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set against him behind the city.
/wa yᵉhī ki rᵉʾōt mélex hā ʿay wa yᵉmahărū́ wa-y-yaškī́mū wa-y-yēṣᵉʾū́ ʾanšḗ hā ʿīr li qᵉrat yiśrāʾḗl la -m-milḥāmā́ hū wᵉ xol ʿammṓ la -m-mōʿḗd li fᵉnē hā ʿărāvā́ wᵉ hū lō yādáʿ kī ʾōrḗv lō mē ʾaḥărḗ hā ʿīr /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉhī
- be
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ki
- as
- prep
- rᵉʾōt
- see
- v √qal infcon con
- mélex
- king
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿay
- Ai
- pn sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉmahărū́
- hasten
- v √pi wy III m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yaškī́mū
- rise early
- v √hi wy III m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yēṣᵉʾū́
- go out
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾanšḗ
- man
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- qᵉrat
- encounter
- v √qal infcon con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- -m-milḥāmā́
- war
- n f sg abs
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʿammṓ
- people
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- la
- to
- prep
- -m-mōʿḗd
- appointment
- n m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- fᵉnē
- face
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿărāvā́
- desert
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yādáʿ
- know
- v √qal perf III m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʾōrḗv
- lie in ambush
- n √qal part m sg abs
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʾaḥărḗ
- after
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊhî
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ki rᵊʔôṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - meˈleḵ hā ʕay
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊmahᵃrûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyaškîˈmû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyēṣᵊʔûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔanšêˈ hā ʕîr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li qᵊraṯ
- Object
Proper-noun phrase - yiśrāʔēˈl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la mmilḥāmāˈ
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hû wᵊ ḵol ʕammôˈ
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - la mmôʕēˈḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - li fᵊnê hā ʕᵃrāvāˈ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hû
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāḏaˈʕ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔōrēˈv
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - mē ʔaḥᵃrêˈ hā ʕîr
- Conjunction