וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ לִנְבִיאֵ֣י הַבַּ֗עַל בַּחֲר֨וּ לָכֶ֜ם הַפָּ֤ר הָֽאֶחָד֙ וַעֲשׂ֣וּ רִאשֹׁנָ֔ה כִּ֥י אַתֶּ֖ם הָרַבִּ֑ים וְקִרְאוּ֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖שׁ לֹ֥א תָשִֽׂימוּ׃
·Debug: verse number 9284Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾēliyyā́hū li nᵉvīʾḗ ha-b-báʿal baḥărū́ lāxém ha-p-pār hā ʾeḥā́d wa ʿăśū rišōnā́ kī ʾattém hā rabbī́m wᵉ qirʾū́ bᵉ šēm ʾĕlōhēxém wᵉ ʾēš lō tāśī́mū /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾēliyyā́hū
- Elijah
- pn m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- nᵉvīʾḗ
- prophet
- n m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-báʿal
- lord, baal
- n m sg abs
- baḥărū́
- examine
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- lāxém
- to
- prep + II m pl
- ha
- the
- art
- -p-pār
- young bull
- n m sg abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʿăśū
- make
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- rišōnā́
- first
- adv f sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʾattém
- you
- prop II m pl
- hā
- the
- art
- rabbī́m
- much
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- qirʾū́
- call
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- šēm
- name
- n m sg con
- ʾĕlōhēxém
- god(s)
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾēš
- fire
- n sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- tāśī́mū
- put
- v √qal imperf II m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔēliyyāˈhû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - li nᵊvîʔêˈ ha bbaˈʕal
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- baḥᵃrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāḵeˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - ha ppār hā ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕᵃśû
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- rišōnāˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔatteˈm
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - hā rabbîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qirʔûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ šēm ʔᵉlōhêḵeˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔēš
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯāśîˈmû
- Conjunction