וַיִּפְנ֣וּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ הָעַ֨י אַחֲרֵיהֶ֜ם וַיִּרְא֗וּ וְהִנֵּ֨ה עָלָ֜ה עֲשַׁ֤ן הָעִיר֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה בָהֶ֥ם יָדַ֛יִם לָנ֖וּס הֵ֣נָּה וָהֵ֑נָּה וְהָעָם֙ הַנָּ֣ס הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר נֶהְפַּ֖ךְ אֶל־הָרוֹדֵֽף׃
·Debug: verse number 6024When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
/wa-y-yifnū́ ʾanšḗ hā ʿay ʾaḥărēhém wa-y-yirʾū́ wᵉ hinnḗ ʿālā́ ʿăšan hā ʿīr ha-š-šāmáymā wᵉ lō hāyā́ vāhém yādáyim lā nūs hḗnnā wā hḗnnā wᵉ hā ʿām ha-n-nās ha-m-midbā́r nehpáx ʾel hā rōdḗf /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yifnū́
- turn
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾanšḗ
- man
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿay
- Ai
- pn sg abs
- ʾaḥărēhém
- after
- prep m pl abs + III m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yirʾū́
- see
- v √qal wy III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- ʿālā́
- ascend
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʿăšan
- smoke
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šāmáymā
- heavens
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- hāyā́
- be
- v √qal perf III m sg
- vāhém
- in
- prep + III m pl
- yādáyim
- hand
- n 2 abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- nūs
- flee
- v √qal infcon abs
- hḗnnā
- here
- adv
- wā
- and
- cnj
- hḗnnā
- here
- adv
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -n-nās
- flee
- v √qal part m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-midbā́r
- desert
- n m sg abs
- nehpáx
- turn
- v √ni perf III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- rōdḗf
- pursue
- n √qal part m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyifnûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔanšêˈ hā ʕay
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔaḥᵃrêheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyirʔûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕālāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃšan hā ʕîr
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- ha ššāmaˈymā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyāˈ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - vāheˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - yāḏaˈyim
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā nûs
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- hēˈnnā wā hēˈnnā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʕām
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- nnās
- Complement
Nominal phrase - ha mmiḏbāˈr
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nehpaˈḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel hā rôḏēˈf
- Predicate