וְלָמָ֣ה יְ֠הוָה מֵבִ֨יא אֹתָ֜נוּ אֶל־הָאָ֤רֶץ הַזֹּאת֙ לִנְפֹּ֣ל בַּחֶ֔רֶב נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ יִהְי֣וּ לָבַ֑ז הֲל֧וֹא ט֦וֹב לָ֖נוּ שׁ֥וּב מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃
·Debug: verse number 4112Why is the lord bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
/wᵉ lāmā́ ʾădōnāy mēvī́ ʾōtā́nū ʾel hā ʾā́reṣ ha-z-zōt li nᵉppōl ba ḥérev nāšḗnū wᵉ ṭappḗnū yihyū́ lā vaz hă lō ṭōv lā́nū šūv miṣrā́yᵉmā /
Gloss translation
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lāmā́
- why
- ptcl?
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- mēvī́
- come
- v √hi part m sg abs
- ʾōtā́nū
- [object marker]
- prep + I pl
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zōt
- this
- prod f sg
- li
- to
- prep
- nᵉppōl
- fall
- v √qal infcon abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- ḥérev
- dagger
- n f sg abs
- nāšḗnū
- woman
- n f pl abs + I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ṭappḗnū
- [those unable to march]
- n m sg abs + I pl
- yihyū́
- be
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- lā
- to
- prep
- vaz
- spoiling
- n m sg abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- šūv
- return
- v √qal infcon abs
- miṣrā́yᵉmā
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāmāˈ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - [yᵊhwā]
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mēvîˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel hā ʔāˈreṣ ha zzōṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li nᵊppōl
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ba ḥeˈrev
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - nāšêˈnû wᵊ ṭappēˈnû
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yihyûˈ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lā vaz
- Subject
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lô
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Subject clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šûv
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- miṣrāˈyᵊmā
- Predicate