לַֽעַזָּתִ֣ים ׀ לֵאמֹ֗ר בָּ֤א שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ הֵ֔נָּה וַיָּסֹ֛בּוּ וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־ל֥וֹ כָל־הַלַּ֖יְלָה בְּשַׁ֣עַר הָעִ֑יר וַיִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּ כָל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר עַד־א֥וֹר הַבֹּ֖קֶר וַהֲרְגְנֻֽהוּ׃
Debug: verse number 6953Edit time markersWhen the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
/la ʿazzātī́m lē ʾmōr bā šimšōn hḗnnā wa-y-yāsṓbbū wa-y-yeʾerᵉvū lō xol ha-l-láylā bᵉ šáʿar hā ʿīr wa-y-yitḥoršū́ xol ha-l-láylā lē ʾmōr ʿad ʾōr ha-b-bṓqer wa hărᵉgᵉnúhū /
Gloss translation
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿazzātī́m
- from Gaza
- n m pl abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- bā
- come
- v √qal perf III m sg
- šimšōn
- Samson
- pn m sg abs
- hḗnnā
- here
- adv
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yāsṓbbū
- turn
- v √qal wy III m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yeʾerᵉvū
- lie in ambush
- v √qal wy III m pl
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -l-láylā
- night
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- šáʿar
- gate
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yitḥoršū́
- be deaf
- v √hit wy III m pl
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -l-láylā
- night
- n m sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- ʾōr
- be light
- v √qal infcon con
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-bṓqer
- morning
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- hărᵉgᵉnúhū
- kill
- v √qal perf I pl + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la ʕazzāṯîˈm
- Complement
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- bā
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - šimšôn
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- hēˈnnā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyāsōˈbbû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyeʔerᵊvû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - ḵol ha llaˈylā
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ šaˈʕar hā ʕîr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiṯḥoršûˈ
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - ḵol ha llaˈylā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕaḏ ʔôr
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha bbōˈqer
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- hᵃrᵊḡᵊnuˈhû
- Conjunction