וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לֹ֤א נוּכַל֙ לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לָתֵת֙ אֶת־אֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ לְאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ עָרְלָ֑ה כִּֽי־חֶרְפָּ֥ה הִ֖וא לָֽנוּ׃
·Debug: verse number 995“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ʾălēhém lō nūxál la ʿăśōt ha-d-dāvā́r ha-z-ze lā tēt ʾet ʾăḥōtḗnū lᵉ ʾīš ʾăšer lō ʿorlā́ kī ḥerpā́ hiw lā́nū /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- nūxál
- be able
- v √qal imperf I pl
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿăśōt
- make
- v √qal infcon con
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-ze
- this
- prod m sg
- lā
- to
- prep
- tēt
- give
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾăḥōtḗnū
- sister
- n f sg abs + I pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʿorlā́
- foreskin
- n f sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ḥerpā́
- reproach
- n f sg abs
- hiw
- she
- prop III f sg
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nûḵaˈl
- Negation
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ʕᵃśôṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ha ddāvāˈr ha zze
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā ṯēṯ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʔᵃḥōṯēˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʔîš
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕorlāˈ
- Relative
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ḥerpāˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hiw
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Conjunction