וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח מַלְאָכִ֜ים אֶל־בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֗וֹר פְּ֠תוֹרָה אֲשֶׁ֧ר עַל־הַנָּהָ֛ר אֶ֥רֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּ֖וֹ לִקְרֹא־ל֑וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר הִ֠נֵּה עַ֣ם יָצָ֤א מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ הִנֵּ֤ה כִסָּה֙ אֶת־עֵ֣ין הָאָ֔רֶץ וְה֥וּא יֹשֵׁ֖ב מִמֻּלִֽי׃
Debug: verse number 4381Edit time markershe sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
/wa-y-yišláḥ malʾāxī́m ʾel bilʿā́m ben bᵉʿōr pᵉtōrā́ ʾăšer ʿal ha-n-nāhā́r ʾéreṣ bᵉnē ʿammṓ li qᵉrō lō lē ʾmōr hinnḗ ʿam yāṣā́ mi-m-miṣráyim hinnḗ xissā́ ʾet ʿēn hā ʾā́reṣ wᵉ hū yōšḗv mi-m-mulī́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yišláḥ
- send
- v √qal wy III m sg
- malʾāxī́m
- messenger
- n m pl abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bilʿā́m
- [prophet]
- pn m sg abs
- ben
- son
- n m sg con
- bᵉʿōr
- Beor
- pn m sg abs
- pᵉtōrā́
- Pethor
- pn sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-nāhā́r
- stream
- n m sg abs
- ʾéreṣ
- earth
- n sg con
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʿammṓ
- people
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- li
- to
- prep
- qᵉrō
- call
- v √qal infcon abs
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- ʿam
- people
- n m sg abs
- yāṣā́
- go out
- v √qal perf III m sg
- mi
- from
- prep
- -m-miṣráyim
- Egypt
- pn sg abs
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- xissā́
- cover
- v √pi perf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʿēn
- eye
- n f sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- yōšḗv
- sit
- v √qal part m sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -m-mulī́
- front
- n m sg abs + I sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyišlaˈḥ
- Object
Nominal phrase - malʔāḵîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel bilʕāˈm ben bᵊʕôr
- Locative
Adverbial phrase- pᵊṯôrāˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal ha nnāhāˈr ʔeˈreṣ bᵊnê ʕammôˈ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li qᵊrō
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕam
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāṣāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi mmiṣraˈyim
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḵissāˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʕên hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hû
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yōšēˈv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi mmulîˈ
- Conjunction