וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו אֲדֹנִ֤י יֹדֵ֙עַ֙ כִּֽי־הַיְלָדִ֣ים רַכִּ֔ים וְהַצֹּ֥אן וְהַבָּקָ֖ר עָל֣וֹת עָלָ֑י וּדְפָקוּם֙ י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וָמֵ֖תוּ כָּל־הַצֹּֽאן׃
Debug: verse number 974Edit time markersBut Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾēlā́w ʾădōnī́ yōdḗaʿ kī ha yᵉlādī́m rakkī́m wᵉ ha-ṣ-ṣōn wᵉ ha-b-bāqā́r ʿālṓt ʿālā́y ū dᵉfāqūm yōm ʾeḥā́d wā mḗtū kol ha-ṣ-ṣōn /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾădōnī́
- lord
- n m sg abs + I sg
- yōdḗaʿ
- know
- v √qal part m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- yᵉlādī́m
- boy
- n m pl abs
- rakkī́m
- tender
- a m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -ṣ-ṣōn
- cattle
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-bāqā́r
- cattle
- n sg abs
- ʿālṓt
- nurse
- v √qal part f pl abs
- ʿālā́y
- upon
- prep
- ū
- and
- cnj
- dᵉfāqūm
- drive
- v √qal perf III pl + III m pl
- yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- wā
- and
- cnj
- mḗtū
- die
- v √qal perf III pl
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -ṣ-ṣōn
- cattle
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃḏōnîˈ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yōḏēˈₐʕ
- Subject
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yᵊlāḏîˈm
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- rakkîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ṣṣōn wᵊ ha bbāqāˈr
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ʕālôˈṯ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕālāˈy
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ḏᵊfāqûm
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - yôm ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mēˈṯû
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol ha ṣṣōn
- Conjunction