בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם דַּבֵּ֤ר אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־עַמְּךָ֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֶ֕רֶץ כִּֽי־אָבִ֥יא עָלֶ֖יהָ חָ֑רֶב וְלָקְח֨וּ עַם־הָאָ֜רֶץ אִ֤ישׁ אֶחָד֙ מִקְצֵיהֶ֔ם וְנָתְנ֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ לָהֶ֖ם לְצֹפֶֽה׃
Debug: verse number 13644Edit time markers“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
/ben ʾādā́m dabbḗr ʾel bᵉnē ʿammᵉxā́ wᵉ ʾāmartā́ ʾălēhém ʾéreṣ kī ʾāvī́ ʿāléhā ḥā́rev wᵉ lāqᵉḥū́ ʿam hā ʾā́reṣ ʾīš ʾeḥā́d mi qᵉṣēhém wᵉ nātᵉnū́ ʾōtṓ lāhém lᵉ ṣōfé /
Gloss translation
- ben
- son
- n m sg con
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- dabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi imp! II m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʿammᵉxā́
- people
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāmartā́
- say
- v √qal perf II m sg
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʾāvī́
- come
- v √hi imperf I sg
- ʿāléhā
- upon
- prep + III f sg
- ḥā́rev
- dagger
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lāqᵉḥū́
- take
- v √qal perf III pl
- ʿam
- people
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- qᵉṣēhém
- end
- n m sg abs + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nātᵉnū́
- give
- v √qal perf III pl
- ʾōtṓ
- [object marker]
- prep + III m sg
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ṣōfé
- look out
- n √qal part m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Nominal phrase - ben ʔāḏāˈm
- Vocative
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
Referral to the vocative- Predicate
Verbal phrase- dabbēˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel bᵊnê ʕammᵊḵāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmartāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêheˈm
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationCasus pendens
- Fronted element
Nominal phrase - ʔeˈreṣ
- Fronted element
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Resumption- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāvîˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕāleˈʸhā
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḥāˈrev
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lāqᵊḥûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕam hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔîš ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi qᵊṣêheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāṯᵊnûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ṣōfeˈ
- Conjunction