וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ לְאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא כִּ֤י יָרֵא֙ לֵאמֹ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֔י פֶּן־יַֽהַרְגֻ֜נִי אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ עַל־רִבְקָ֔ה כִּֽי־טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה הִֽיא׃
Debug: verse number 700Edit time markersBut when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
/wa-y-yišʾălū́ ʾanšḗ ha-m-māqōm lᵉ ʾištṓ wa-y-yṓmer ʾăḥṓtī hiw kī yārḗ lē ʾmōr ʾištī́ pen yaharᵉgunī ʾanšḗ ha-m-māqōm ʿal rivqā́ kī ṭōvát marʾé hī /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yišʾălū́
- ask
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾanšḗ
- man
- n m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-māqōm
- place
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾištṓ
- woman
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾăḥṓtī
- sister
- n f sg abs + I sg
- hiw
- she
- prop III f sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- yārḗ
- fear
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾištī́
- woman
- n f sg abs + I sg
- pen
- lest
- cnj
- yaharᵉgunī
- kill
- v √qal imperf III m pl + I sg
- ʾanšḗ
- man
- n m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-māqōm
- place
- n m sg abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- rivqā́
- Rebekah
- pn f sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ṭōvát
- good
- a f sg con
- marʾé
- sight
- n m sg abs
- hī
- she
- prop III f sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyišʔᵃlûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔanšêˈ ha mmāqôm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʔištôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃḥōˈṯî
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hiw
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yārēˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʔištîˈ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- pen
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yaharᵊḡunî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔanšêˈ ha mmāqôm
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ʕal rivqāˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭôvaˈṯ marʔeˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hî
- Conjunction