אִם־כֵּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם אֲחִיכֶ֣ם אֶחָ֔ד יֵאָסֵ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑ם וְאַתֶּם֙ לְכ֣וּ הָבִ֔יאוּ שֶׁ֖בֶר רַעֲב֥וֹן בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃
Debug: verse number 1272Edit time markersIf you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
/ʾim kēnī́m ʾattém ʾăḥīxém ʾeḥā́d yēʾāsḗr bᵉ vēt mišmarᵉxém wᵉ ʾattém lᵉxū hāvī́ʾū šéver raʿăvṓn bāttēxém /
Gloss translation
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- kēnī́m
- correct
- a m pl abs
- ʾattém
- you
- prop II m pl
- ʾăḥīxém
- brother
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- yēʾāsḗr
- bind
- v √ni imperf III m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- vēt
- house
- n m sg con
- mišmarᵉxém
- guard
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾattém
- you
- prop II m pl
- lᵉxū
- walk
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- hāvī́ʾū
- come
- v √hi imp! II m pl
- šéver
- corn
- n m sg con
- raʿăvṓn
- hunger
- n m sg con
- bāttēxém
- house
- n m pl abs + II m pl
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- kēnîˈm
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔatteˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃḥîḵeˈm ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yēʔāsēˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ vêṯ mišmarᵊḵeˈm
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-X-imperative clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔatteˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊḵû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāvîˈʔû
- Object
Nominal phrase - šeˈver raʕᵃvôˈn bāttêḵeˈm
- Predicate