וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ זִקְנֵ֨י גִלְעָ֜ד אֶל־יִפְתָּ֗ח לָכֵן֙ עַתָּה֙ שַׁ֣בְנוּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ עִמָּ֔נוּ וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֖ בִּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְהָיִ֤יתָ לָּ֙נוּ֙ לְרֹ֔אשׁ לְכֹ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֥י גִלְעָֽד׃
·Debug: verse number 6839They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ziqnḗ gilʿā́d ʾel yiftā́ḥ lāxḗn ʿattā́ šávnū ʾēléxā wᵉ hālaxtā́ ʿimmā́nū wᵉ nilḥamtā́ bi vᵉnē ʿammṓn wᵉ hāyī́tā-l-lā́nū lᵉ rōš lᵉ xōl yōšᵉvḗ gilʿā́d /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ziqnḗ
- old
- n m pl con
- gilʿā́d
- Gilead
- pn sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- yiftā́ḥ
- [judge]
- pn m sg abs
- lāxḗn
- therefore
- adv
- ʿattā́
- now
- adv
- šávnū
- return
- v √qal perf I pl
- ʾēléxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hālaxtā́
- walk
- v √qal perf II m sg
- ʿimmā́nū
- with
- prep + I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nilḥamtā́
- fight
- v √ni perf II m sg
- bi
- in
- prep
- vᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʿammṓn
- Ammon
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hāyī́tā
- be
- v √qal perf II m sg
- -l-lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- rōš
- head
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- xōl
- whole
- n m sg con
- yōšᵉvḗ
- sit
- n √qal part m pl con
- gilʿā́d
- Gilead
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ziqnêˈ ḡilʕāˈḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel yiftāˈḥ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- lāḵēˈn
- Time reference
Adverbial phrase- ʕattāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šaˈvnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēleˈʸḵā
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hālaḵtāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕimmāˈnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nilḥamtāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bi vᵊnê ʕammôˈn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyîˈṯā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - llāˈnû
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ rōš lᵊ ḵōl yōšᵊvêˈ ḡilʕāˈḏ
- Conjunction