וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו זִקְנֵ֣י יָבֵ֗ישׁ הֶ֤רֶף לָ֙נוּ֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים וְנִשְׁלְחָה֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים בְּכֹ֖ל גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאִם־אֵ֥ין מוֹשִׁ֛יעַ אֹתָ֖נוּ וְיָצָ֥אנוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
Debug: verse number 7365“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ʾēlā́w ziqnḗ yāvḗš héref lā́nū šivʿát yāmī́m wᵉ nišlᵉḥā́ malʾāxī́m bᵉ xōl gᵉvūl yiśrāʾḗl wᵉ ʾim ʾēn mōšī́aʿ ʾōtā́nū wᵉ yāṣā́nū ʾēléxā /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ziqnḗ
- old
- n m pl con
- yāvḗš
- Jabesh
- pn sg abs
- héref
- be slack
- v √hi imp! II m sg
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- šivʿát
- seven
- n f sg con
- yāmī́m
- day
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nišlᵉḥā́
- send
- v √qal imperf I pl
- malʾāxī́m
- messenger
- n m pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- xōl
- whole
- n m sg con
- gᵉvūl
- boundary
- n m sg con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- mōšī́aʿ
- help
- v √hi part m sg abs
- ʾōtā́nū
- [object marker]
- prep + I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yāṣā́nū
- go out
- v √qal perf I pl
- ʾēléxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ziqnêˈ yāvêˈš
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- heˈref
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Object
Nominal phrase - šivʕaˈṯ yāmîˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nišlᵊḥāˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - malʔāḵîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḵōl gᵊvûl yiśrāʔēˈl
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔên
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Subject clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- môšîˈₐʕ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈnû
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāṣāˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēleˈʸḵā
- Conjunction