וְרִדְּפָ֤ה אֶת־מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙ וְלֹֽא־תַשִּׂ֣יג אֹתָ֔ם וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָ֑א וְאָמְרָ֗ה אֵלְכָ֤ה וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־אִישִׁ֣י הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לִ֛י אָ֖ז מֵעָֽתָּה׃
Debug: verse number 14117Edit time markersShe will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
/wᵉ riddᵉfā́ ʾet mᵉʾahăvéhā wᵉ lō taśśī́g ʾōtā́m ū viqšā́tam wᵉ lō timṣā́ wᵉ ʾāmᵉrā́ ʾēlᵉxā́ wᵉ ʾāšū́vā ʾel ʾīšī́ hā rišṓn kī ṭōv lī ʾāz mē ʿā́ttā /
Gloss translation
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- riddᵉfā́
- pursue
- v √pi perf III f sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- mᵉʾahăvéhā
- love
- n √pi part m pl abs + III f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- taśśī́g
- overtake
- v √hi imperf III f sg
- ʾōtā́m
- [object marker]
- prep + III m pl
- ū
- and
- cnj
- viqšā́tam
- seek
- v √pi perf III f sg + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- timṣā́
- find
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāmᵉrā́
- say
- v √qal perf III f sg
- ʾēlᵉxā́
- walk
- v √qal imperf I sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾāšū́vā
- return
- v √qal imperf I sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾīšī́
- man
- n m sg abs + I sg
- hā
- the
- art
- rišṓn
- first
- a m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ṭōv
- be good
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- ʾāz
- then
- adv
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʿā́ttā
- now
- adv
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- riddᵊfāˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ mᵊʔahᵃveˈʸhā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯaśśîˈḡ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- viqšāˈṯam
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯimṣāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmᵊrāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔēlᵊḵāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāšûˈvā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔîšîˈ hā rišôˈn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Time reference
Adverbial phrase- ʔāz
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase- mē ʕāˈttā
- Conjunction