וַאֲנַ֜חְנוּ נֵחָלֵ֣ץ חֻשִׁ֗ים לִפְנֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִם־הֲבִֽיאֹנֻ֖ם אֶל־מְקוֹמָ֑ם וְיָשַׁ֤ב טַפֵּ֙נוּ֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַמִּבְצָ֔ר מִפְּנֵ֖י יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃
·Debug: verse number 4737But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
/wa ʾănáḥnū nēḥālḗṣ ḥušī́m li fᵉnē bᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl ʿad ʾăšer ʾim hăvīʾōnum ʾel mᵉqōmā́m wᵉ yāšáv ṭappḗnū bᵉ ʿārḗ ha-m-mivṣā́r mi-p-pᵉnē yōšᵉvḗ hā ʾā́reṣ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- nēḥālḗṣ
- draw off
- v √ni imperf I pl
- ḥušī́m
- make haste
- v √qal ppart m pl abs
- li
- to
- prep
- fᵉnē
- face
- n m pl con
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- hăvīʾōnum
- come
- v √hi perf I pl + III m pl
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- mᵉqōmā́m
- place
- n m sg abs + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yāšáv
- sit
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ṭappḗnū
- [those unable to march]
- n m sg abs + I pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿārḗ
- town
- n f pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mivṣā́r
- fortification
- n m sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -p-pᵉnē
- face
- n m pl con
- yōšᵉvḗ
- sit
- n √qal part m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnaˈḥnû
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nēḥālēˈṣ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ḥušîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - li fᵊnê bᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʕaḏ ʔᵃšer ʔim
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- hᵃvîʔōnum
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel mᵊqômāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāšaˈv
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ṭappēˈnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕārêˈ ha mmivṣāˈr
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - mi ppᵊnê yōšᵊvêˈ hā ʔāˈreṣ
- Conjunction