וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד גִּלְעָ֛ד אֶֽת־מַעְבְּר֥וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְֽ֠הָיָה כִּ֣י יֹאמְר֞וּ פְּלִיטֵ֤י אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶעֱבֹ֔רָה וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ ל֧וֹ אַנְשֵֽׁי־גִלְעָ֛ד הַֽאֶפְרָתִ֥י אַ֖תָּה וַיֹּ֥אמֶֽר ׀ לֹֽא׃
·Debug: verse number 6876The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
/wa-y-yilkṓd gilʿā́d ʾet maʿbᵉrṓt ha-y-yardḗn lᵉ ʾefrā́yim wᵉ hāyā́ kī yōmᵉrū́ pᵉlīṭḗ ʾefráyim ʾeʿĕvṓrā wa-y-yṓmᵉrū lō ʾanšḗ gilʿā́d ha ʾefrātī́ ʾáttā wa-y-yōmer lō /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yilkṓd
- seize
- v √qal wy III m sg
- gilʿā́d
- Gilead
- pn sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- maʿbᵉrṓt
- ford
- n f pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yardḗn
- Jordan
- pn sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾefrā́yim
- Ephraim
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hāyā́
- be
- v √qal perf III m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- pᵉlīṭḗ
- escaped one
- n m pl con
- ʾefráyim
- Ephraim
- pn sg abs
- ʾeʿĕvṓrā
- pass
- v √qal imperf I sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmᵉrū
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾanšḗ
- man
- n m pl con
- gilʿā́d
- Gilead
- pn sg abs
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- ʾefrātī́
- Ephrathite
- n m sg abs
- ʾáttā
- you
- prop II m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyilkōˈḏ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - gilʕāˈḏ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ maʕbᵊrôˈṯ ha yyardēˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʔefrāˈyim
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationMacrosyntactic sign
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yōmᵊrûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - pᵊlîṭêˈ ʔefraˈyim
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔeʕᵉvōˈrā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmᵊrû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔanšêˈ ḡilʕāˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʔefrāṯîˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔaˈttā
- Question
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmer
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Negation