הַעִידֹ֨תִי בָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ הַחַיִּ֤ים וְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְפָנֶ֔יךָ הַבְּרָכָ֖ה וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃
Debug: verse number 5729Edit time markersI call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. So choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
/haʿīdṓtī vāxém ha-y-yōm ʾet ha-š-šāmáyim wᵉ ʾet hā ʾāréṣ ha ḥayyī́m wᵉ ha-m-mā́wet nātáttī lᵉ fānéxā ha-b-bᵉrāxā́ wᵉ ha-q-qᵉlālā́ ū vā́ḥartā ba ḥayyī́m lᵉmáʿan tiḥyé ʾattā́ wᵉ zarʿéxā /
Gloss translation
- haʿīdṓtī
- warn, to witness
- v √hi perf I sg
- vāxém
- in
- prep + II m pl
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šāmáyim
- heavens
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾāréṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥayyī́m
- life
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mā́wet
- death
- n m sg abs
- nātáttī
- give
- v √qal perf I sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- fānéxā
- face
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-bᵉrāxā́
- blessing
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -q-qᵉlālā́
- curse
- n f sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vā́ḥartā
- examine
- v √qal perf II m sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- ḥayyī́m
- life
- n m pl abs
- lᵉmáʿan
- because of
- cnj
- tiḥyé
- be alive
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- ʾattā́
- you
- prop II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- zarʿéxā
- seed
- n m sg abs + II m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- haʕîḏōˈṯî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vāḵeˈm
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - ha yyôm
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha ššāmaˈyim wᵊ ʔeṯ hā ʔāreˈṣ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Object
Nominal phrase - ha ḥayyîˈm wᵊ ha mmāˈweṯ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāṯaˈttî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ fāneˈʸḵā
- Object
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Object
Nominal phrase - ha bbᵊrāḵāˈ wᵊ ha qqᵊlālāˈ
- Object
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- vāˈḥartā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ba ḥayyîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lᵊmaˈʕan
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tiḥyeˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔattāˈ wᵊ zarʕeˈḵā
- Conjunction