וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֔ק וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר רֵאשִׁ֤ית גּוֹיִם֙ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ עֲדֵ֥י אֹבֵֽד׃
·Debug: verse number 4467Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
/wa-y-yar ʾet ʿămālḗq wa-y-yiśśā́ mᵉšālṓ wa-y-yōmár rēšī́t gōyím ʿămālḗq wᵉ ʾaḥărītṓ ʿădē ʾōvḗd /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yar
- see
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʿămālḗq
- Amalek
- pn sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiśśā́
- lift
- v √qal wy III m sg
- mᵉšālṓ
- proverb
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmár
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- rēšī́t
- beginning
- n f sg con
- gōyím
- people
- n m pl abs
- ʿămālḗq
- Amalek
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾaḥărītṓ
- end
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- ʿădē
- unto
- prep
- ʾōvḗd
- perish
- n √qal part m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyar
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʕᵃmālēˈq
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiśśāˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - mᵊšālôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmaˈr
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - rēšîˈṯ gôyiˈm
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʕᵃmālēˈq
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔaḥᵃrîṯôˈ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕᵃḏê ʔōvēˈḏ
- Conjunction