וידבר [וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ] אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־הַ֠יּוֹם תִּֽהְיֶה־עֶ֜בֶד לָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וַֽעֲבַדְתָּ֔ם וַעֲנִיתָ֕ם וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים וְהָי֥וּ לְךָ֛ עֲבָדִ֖ים כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃
Debug: verse number 9076Edit time markersThey replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
/*wa *yᵉdabbᵉrū́ ʾēlā́w lē ʾmōr ʾim ha-y-yōm tíhye ʿéved lā ʿām ha-z-zeh wa ʿăvadtā́m wa ʿănītā́m wᵉ dibbartā́ ʾălēhém dᵉvārī́m ṭōvī́m wᵉ hāyū́ lᵉxā ʿăvādī́m kol ha-y-yāmī́m /
Gloss translation
- *wa
- and
- cnj
- *yᵉdabbᵉrū́
- speak
- v √pi wy III m pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- tíhye
- be
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- ʿéved
- servant
- n m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zeh
- this
- prod m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʿăvadtā́m
- work, serve
- v √qal perf II m sg + III m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʿănītā́m
- answer
- v √qal perf II m sg + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- dibbartā́
- speak
- v √pi perf II m sg
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- dᵉvārī́m
- word
- n m pl abs
- ṭōvī́m
- good
- a m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hāyū́
- be
- v √qal perf III pl
- lᵉxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- ʿăvādī́m
- servant
- n m pl abs
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yāmī́m
- day
- n m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- *wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- *yᵊḏabbᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - ha yyôm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tiˈhye
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʕeˈveḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lā ʕām ha zzeh
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʕᵃvaḏtāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʕᵃnîṯāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḏibbartāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêheˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - dᵊvārîˈm ṭôvîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵā
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏîˈm
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - kol ha yyāmîˈm
- Conjunction