ה֗וֹי רָ֚ב אֶת־יֹ֣צְר֔וֹ חֶ֖רֶשׂ אֶת־חַרְשֵׂ֣י אֲדָמָ֑ה הֲיֹאמַ֨ר חֹ֤מֶר לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וּפָעָלְךָ֖ אֵין־יָדַ֥יִם לֽוֹ׃ (ס)
·Debug: verse number 11087Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
/hōy rāv ʾet yōṣᵉrṓ ḥéreś ʾet ḥarśḗ ʾădāmā́ hă yōmár ḥṓmer lᵉ yṓṣᵉrō ma taʿăśé ū foʿolᵉxā́ ʾēn yādáyim lō /
Gloss translation
- hōy
- alas
- intj
- rāv
- contend
- v √qal part m sg abs
- ʾet
- together with
- prep
- yōṣᵉrṓ
- shape
- n √qal part m sg abs + III m sg
- ḥéreś
- clay
- n m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ḥarśḗ
- clay
- n m pl con
- ʾădāmā́
- soil
- n f sg abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yōmár
- say
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ḥṓmer
- clay
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- yṓṣᵉrō
- shape
- n √qal part m sg abs + III m sg
- ma
- what
- pro?
- taʿăśé
- make
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- foʿolᵉxā́
- doing
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- yādáyim
- hand
- n 2 abs
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hôy
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Subject clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- rāv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ yōṣᵊrôˈ
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ḥeˈreś ʔeṯ ḥarśêˈ ʔᵃḏāmāˈ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yōmaˈr
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḥōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ yōˈṣᵊrô
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ma
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- taʕᵃśeˈ
- Object
- Clauses without predicationCasus pendens
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Fronted element
Nominal phrase - foʕolᵊḵāˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Resumption- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔên
- Subject
Nominal phrase - yāḏaˈyim
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Negative copula