וַתִּמְצָ֨א כַקֵּ֤ן ׀ יָדִי֙ לְחֵ֣יל הָֽעַמִּ֔ים וְכֶאֱסֹף֙ בֵּיצִ֣ים עֲזֻב֔וֹת כָּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲנִ֣י אָסָ֑פְתִּי וְלֹ֤א הָיָה֙ נֹדֵ֣ד כָּנָ֔ף וּפֹצֶ֥ה פֶ֖ה וּמְצַפְצֵֽף׃
·Debug: verse number 10381My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
/wa-t-timṣā́ xa -q-qēn yādī́ lᵉ ḥēl hā ʿammī́m wᵉ xe ʾĕsōf bēṣī́m ʿăzuvṓt kol hā ʾā́reṣ ʾănī ʾāsā́fᵉttī wᵉ lō hāyā́ nōdḗd kānā́f ū fōṣé fe ū mᵉṣafṣḗf /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-timṣā́
- find
- v √qal wy III f sg
- xa
- as
- prep
- -q-qēn
- nest
- n m sg abs
- yādī́
- hand
- n sg abs + I sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ḥēl
- power
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿammī́m
- people
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xe
- as
- prep
- ʾĕsōf
- gather
- v √qal infcon con
- bēṣī́m
- egg
- n f pl abs
- ʿăzuvṓt
- leave
- a √qal ppart f pl abs
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- ʾāsā́fᵉttī
- gather
- v √qal perf I sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- hāyā́
- be
- v √qal perf III m sg
- nōdḗd
- flee
- v √qal part m sg abs
- kānā́f
- wing
- n f sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- fōṣé
- open
- v √qal part m sg abs
- fe
- mouth
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mᵉṣafṣḗf
- whisper
- v √pi part m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttimṣāˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ḵa qqēn
- Subject
Nominal phrase - yāḏîˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ḥêl hā ʕammîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḵe ʔᵉsōf
- Object
Nominal phrase - bêṣîˈm ʕᵃzuvôˈṯ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Object
Nominal phrase - kol hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāsāˈfᵊttî
- Object
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Subject clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- nōḏēˈḏ
- Object
Nominal phrase - kānāˈf
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- fōṣeˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - fe
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊṣafṣēˈf
- Conjunction