וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֤ן בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְאֵיךְ֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣נִי פַרְעֹ֔ה וַאֲנִ֖י עֲרַ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽיִם׃ (פ)
Debug: verse number 1668Edit time markersBut in the lord’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
/wa yᵉdabbḗr mōšé li fᵉnē ʾădōnāy lē ʾmōr hēn bᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl lō šāmᵉʿū́ ʾēláy wᵉ ʾēx yišmāʿḗnī farʿṓ wa ʾănī ʿăral śᵉfātā́yim /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉdabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi wy III m sg
- mōšé
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- fᵉnē
- face
- n m pl con
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- hēn
- behold
- intj
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- šāmᵉʿū́
- hear
- v √qal perf III pl
- ʾēláy
- to
- prep
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾēx
- how
- ptcl?
- yišmāʿḗnī
- hear
- v √qal imperf III m sg + I sg
- farʿṓ
- pharaoh
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- ʿăral
- uncircumcised
- a m sg con
- śᵉfātā́yim
- lip
- n f 2 abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊḏabbēˈr
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - mōšeˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - li fᵊnê [yᵊhwā]
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hēn
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - bᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šāmᵊʕûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlaˈy
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ʔêḵ
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yišmāʕēˈnî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - farʕōˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnî
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ʕᵃral śᵊfāṯāˈyim
- Conjunction