כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת חֹ֠מוֹת בָּבֶ֤ל הָֽרְחָבָה֙ עַרְעֵ֣ר תִּתְעַרְעָ֔ר וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים בָּאֵ֣שׁ יִצַּ֑תּוּ וְיִֽגְע֨וּ עַמִּ֧ים בְּדֵי־רִ֛יק וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים בְּדֵי־אֵ֖שׁ וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ (ס)
Debug: verse number 12786Edit time markersThis is what the lord of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
/kō ʾāmár ʾădōnāy ṣᵉvāʾṓt ḥōmōt bāvél hā rᵉḥāvā́ ʿarʿḗr titʿarʿā́r ū šᵉʿāréhā ha-g-gᵉvōhī́m bā ʾēš yiṣṣáttū wᵉ yigʿū ʿammī́m bᵉ dē rīq ū lᵉʾummī́m bᵉ dē ʾēš wᵉ yāʿḗfū /
Gloss translation
- kō
- thus
- adv
- ʾāmár
- say
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ṣᵉvāʾṓt
- service
- n m pl abs
- ḥōmōt
- wall
- n f pl con
- bāvél
- Babel
- pn sg abs
- hā
- the
- art
- rᵉḥāvā́
- wide
- a f sg abs
- ʿarʿḗr
- strip
- adv √pi infabs abs
- titʿarʿā́r
- strip
- v √hit imperf III f sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- šᵉʿāréhā
- gate
- n m pl abs + III f sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -g-gᵉvōhī́m
- high
- a m pl abs
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʾēš
- fire
- n sg abs
- yiṣṣáttū
- kindle
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yigʿū
- be weary
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- ʿammī́m
- people
- n m pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- dē
- sufficiency
- n m sg con
- rīq
- emptiness
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉʾummī́m
- people
- n m pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- dē
- sufficiency
- n m sg con
- ʾēš
- fire
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yāʿḗfū
- be weary
- v √qal perf III pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- kō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmaˈr
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - [yᵊhwā] ṣᵊvāʔôˈṯ
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḥōmôṯ bāveˈl hā rᵊḥāvāˈ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʕarʕēˈr
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tiṯʕarʕāˈr
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - šᵊʕāreˈʸhā ha ggᵊvōhîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bā ʔēš
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiṣṣaˈttû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiḡʕû
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕammîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḏê rîq
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - lᵊʔummîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḏê ʔēš
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāʕēˈfû
- Conjunction