וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֵלָ֣יו ׀ כָּֽל־נְשִֽׂיאֵיהֶ֡ם מַטֶּה֩ לְנָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד מַטֶּ֨ה לְנָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת וּמַטֵּ֥ה אַהֲרֹ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ מַטּוֹתָֽם׃
·Debug: verse number 4251So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.
/wa yᵉdabbḗr mōšé ʾel bᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl wa-y-yittᵉnū́ ʾēlā́w kol nᵉśīʾēhem maṭṭéh lᵉ nāśī́ ʾeḥā́d maṭṭé lᵉ nāśī́ ʾeḥā́d lᵉ vēt ʾăvōtā́m šᵉnēm ʿāśā́r maṭṭṓt ū maṭṭḗ ʾahărṓn bᵉ tōx maṭṭōtā́m /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉdabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi wy III m sg
- mōšé
- Moses
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yittᵉnū́
- give
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- nᵉśīʾēhem
- chief
- n m pl abs + III m pl
- maṭṭéh
- staff
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- nāśī́
- chief
- n m sg abs
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- maṭṭé
- staff
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- nāśī́
- chief
- n m sg abs
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- vēt
- house
- n m sg con
- ʾăvōtā́m
- father
- n m pl abs + III m pl
- šᵉnēm
- two
- n 2 abs
- ʿāśā́r
- -teen
- n sg abs
- maṭṭṓt
- staff
- n m pl abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- maṭṭḗ
- staff
- n m sg con
- ʾahărṓn
- Aaron
- pn m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- tōx
- midst
- n m sg con
- maṭṭōtā́m
- staff
- n m pl abs + III m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊḏabbēˈr
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - mōšeˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel bᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyittᵊnûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol nᵊśîʔêhem
- Object
Nominal phrase - maṭṭeˈh lᵊ nāśîˈ ʔeḥāˈḏ maṭṭeˈ lᵊ nāśîˈ ʔeḥāˈḏ šᵊnêm ʕāśāˈr maṭṭôˈṯ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ vêṯ ʔᵃvōṯāˈm
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - maṭṭēˈ ʔahᵃrōˈn
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ṯôḵ maṭṭôṯāˈm
- Conjunction