וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לוֹ֩ אֱמָר־נָ֨א שִׁבֹּ֜לֶת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר סִבֹּ֗לֶת וְלֹ֤א יָכִין֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר כֵּ֔ן וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ אוֹת֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁחָט֖וּהוּ אֶל־מַעְבְּר֣וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וַיִּפֹּ֞ל בָּעֵ֤ת הַהִיא֙ מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁנַ֖יִם אָֽלֶף׃
·Debug: verse number 6877they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
/wa-y-yṓmᵉrū lō ʾĕmor nā šibbṓlet wa-y-yṓmer sibbṓlet wᵉ lō yāxīn lᵉ dabbḗr kēn wa-y-yōḥăzū́ ʾōtṓ wa-y-yišḥāṭū́hū ʾel maʿbᵉrṓt ha-y-yardḗn wa-y-yippṓl bā ʿēt ha hī mē ʾefráyim ʾarbāʿī́m ū šᵉnáyim ʾā́lef /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmᵉrū
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾĕmor
- say
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- nā
- yeah
- intj
- šibbṓlet
- grain
- n f sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- sibbṓlet
- ear of grain
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yāxīn
- be firm
- v √hi imperf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- dabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi infcon abs
- kēn
- correct
- adv m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōḥăzū́
- seize
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾōtṓ
- [object marker]
- prep + III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yišḥāṭū́hū
- slaughter
- v √qal wy III m pl + III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- maʿbᵉrṓt
- ford
- n f pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yardḗn
- Jordan
- pn sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yippṓl
- fall
- v √qal wy III m sg
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʿēt
- time
- n sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- hī
- she
- prod III f sg
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʾefráyim
- Ephraim
- pn sg abs
- ʾarbāʿī́m
- four
- n m pl abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- šᵉnáyim
- two
- n 2 abs
- ʾā́lef
- thousand
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmᵊrû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔᵉmor
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- nā
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - šibbōˈleṯ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - sibbōˈleṯ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāḵîn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ ḏabbēˈr
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- kēn
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōḥᵃzûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔôṯôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yyišḥāṭûˈhû
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - ʔel maʕbᵊrôˈṯ ha yyardēˈn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyippōˈl
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bā ʕēṯ ha hî
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - mē ʔefraˈyim
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔarbāʕîˈm û šᵊnaˈyim ʔāˈlef
- Conjunction