וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לוֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה מַה־מָּת֣וֹק מִדְּבַ֔שׁ וּמֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵאֲרִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י לֹ֥א מְצָאתֶ֖ם חִידָתִֽי׃
·Debug: verse number 6929Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
/wa-y-yṓmᵉrū lō ʾanšḗ hā ʿīr ba -y-yōm ha-š-šᵉvīʿī́ bᵉ ṭérem yāvṓ ha ḥársā ma-m-mātṓq mi-d-dᵉvaš ū me ʿaz mē ʾărī wa-y-yṓmer lāhém lūlḗ ḥăraštém bᵉ ʿeglātī́ lō mᵉṣātém ḥīdātī́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmᵉrū
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾanšḗ
- man
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šᵉvīʿī́
- seventh
- a m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ṭérem
- beginning
- n sg con
- yāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥársā
- sun
- n m sg abs
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -m-mātṓq
- sweet
- a m sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -d-dᵉvaš
- honey
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- me
- what
- pro?
- ʿaz
- strong
- a m sg abs
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʾărī
- lion
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- lūlḗ
- unless
- cnj
- ḥăraštém
- plough
- v √qal perf II m pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿeglātī́
- cow
- n f sg abs + I sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- mᵉṣātém
- find
- v √qal perf II m pl
- ḥīdātī́
- riddle
- n f sg abs + I sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmᵊrû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔanšêˈ hā ʕîr
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - ba yyôm ha ššᵊvîʕîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- bᵊ ṭeˈrem
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāvōˈ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ha ḥaˈrsā
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ma
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- mmāṯôˈq mi ddᵊvaš
- Subject
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - me
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ʕaz mē ʔᵃrî
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lûlēˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥᵃrašteˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕeḡlāṯîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mᵊṣāṯeˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḥîḏāṯîˈ
- Negation