וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אִם־יָב֥וֹא עֵשָׂ֛ו אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הָאַחַ֖ת וְהִכָּ֑הוּ וְהָיָ֛ה הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַנִּשְׁאָ֖ר לִפְלֵיטָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 937Edit time markersHe thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾim yāvṓ ʿēśā́w ʾel ha-m-maḥăné hā ʾaḥát wᵉ hikkā́hū wᵉ hāyā́ ha-m-maḥăné ha-n-nišʾā́r li fᵉlēṭā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- yāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʿēśā́w
- Esau
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-maḥăné
- camp
- n sg abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾaḥát
- one
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hikkā́hū
- strike
- v √hi perf III m sg + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hāyā́
- be
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-maḥăné
- camp
- n sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-nišʾā́r
- remain
- a √ni part m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- fᵉlēṭā́
- escape
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāvôˈ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʕēśāˈw
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ha mmaḥᵃneˈ hā ʔaḥaˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- hikkāˈhû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmaḥᵃneˈ ha nnišʔāˈr
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - li fᵊlêṭāˈ
- Conjunction