וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ לֹ֥א נוּכַ֛ל לָתֵת־לָהֶ֥ם נָשִׁ֖ים מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אָר֕וּר נֹתֵ֥ן אִשָּׁ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (ס)
·Debug: verse number 7122But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
/wa ʾănáḥnū lō nūxál lā tēt lāhém nāšī́m mi-b-bᵉnōtḗnū kī nišbᵉʿū́ vᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl lē ʾmōr ʾārū́r nōtḗn ʾiššā́ lᵉ vinyāmín /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- nūxál
- be able
- v √qal imperf I pl
- lā
- to
- prep
- tēt
- give
- v √qal infcon abs
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- nāšī́m
- woman
- n f pl abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -b-bᵉnōtḗnū
- daughter
- n f pl abs + I pl
- kī
- that
- cnj
- nišbᵉʿū́
- swear
- v √ni perf III pl
- vᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾārū́r
- curse
- v √qal ppart m sg abs
- nōtḗn
- give
- v √qal part m sg abs
- ʾiššā́
- woman
- n f sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- vinyāmín
- Benjamin
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnaˈḥnû
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nûḵaˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā ṯēṯ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - nāšîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi bbᵊnôṯêˈnû
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nišbᵊʕûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - vᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʔārûˈr
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Subject clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- nōṯēˈn
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔiššāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ vinyāmiˈn
- Predicate complement