אִם־אָמַרְנוּ֩ נָב֨וֹא הָעִ֜יר וְהָרָעָ֤ב בָּעִיר֙ וָמַ֣תְנוּ שָׁ֔ם וְאִם־יָשַׁ֥בְנוּ פֹ֖ה וָמָ֑תְנוּ וְעַתָּ֗ה לְכוּ֙ וְנִפְּלָה֙ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֔ם אִם־יְחַיֻּ֣נוּ נִֽחְיֶ֔ה וְאִם־יְמִיתֻ֖נוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ׃
Debug: verse number 9630If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
/ʾim ʾāmarnū́ nāvṓ hā ʿīr wᵉ hā rāʿā́v bā ʿīr wā mátnū šām wᵉ ʾim yāšávnū fō wā mā́tᵉnū wᵉ ʿattā́ lᵉxū wᵉ nippᵉlā́ ʾel maḥănḗ ʾărām ʾim yᵉḥayyúnū niḥyé wᵉ ʾim yᵉmītúnū wā mā́tᵉnū /
Gloss translation
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- ʾāmarnū́
- say
- v √qal perf I pl
- nāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf I pl
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- rāʿā́v
- hunger
- n m sg abs
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- wā
- and
- cnj
- mátnū
- die
- v √qal perf I pl
- šām
- there
- adv
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- yāšávnū
- sit
- v √qal perf I pl
- fō
- here
- adv
- wā
- and
- cnj
- mā́tᵉnū
- die
- v √qal perf I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿattā́
- now
- adv
- lᵉxū
- walk
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nippᵉlā́
- fall
- v √qal imperf I pl
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- maḥănḗ
- camp
- n sg con
- ʾărām
- Aram
- pn sg abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- yᵉḥayyúnū
- be alive
- v √pi imperf III m pl + I pl
- niḥyé
- be alive
- v √qal imperf I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- yᵉmītúnū
- die
- v √hi imperf III m pl + I pl
- wā
- and
- cnj
- mā́tᵉnū
- die
- v √qal perf I pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmarnûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāvôˈ
- Complement
Nominal phrase - hā ʕîr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā rāʕāˈv
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bā ʕîr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- maˈṯnû
- Locative
Adverbial phrase- šām
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāšaˈvnû
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- fō
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- māˈṯᵊnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʕattāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊḵû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nippᵊlāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel maḥᵃnēˈ ʔᵃrām
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yᵊḥayyuˈnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niḥyeˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yᵊmîṯuˈnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- māˈṯᵊnû
- Conjunction