וַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ אֵלָ֔יו אֲנַ֥חְנוּ טְמֵאִ֖ים לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה נִגָּרַ֗ע לְבִלְתִּ֨י הַקְרִ֜ב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
·Debug: verse number 3973and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ hā ʾănāšī́m hā hḗmmā ʾēlā́w ʾănáḥnū ṭᵉmēʾī́m lᵉ néfeš ʾādā́m lā́mmā niggāráʿ lᵉ viltī́ haqrív ʾet qorbán ʾădōnāy bᵉ mōʿădō bᵉ tōx bᵉnē yiśrāʾḗl /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾănāšī́m
- man
- n m pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- hḗmmā
- they
- prod III m pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾănáḥnū
- we
- prop I pl
- ṭᵉmēʾī́m
- unclean
- a m pl abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- néfeš
- soul
- n f sg con
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- niggāráʿ
- clip
- v √ni imperf I pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- viltī́
- failure
- n sg con
- haqrív
- approach
- v √hi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- qorbán
- offering
- n m sg con
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- mōʿădō
- appointment
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- tōx
- midst
- n m sg con
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - hā ʔᵃnāšîˈm hā hēˈmmā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnaˈḥnû
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭᵊmēʔîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ neˈfeš ʔāḏāˈm
- Subject
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- niggāraˈʕ
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ viltîˈ haqriˈv
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ qorbaˈn [yᵊhwāh]
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ mōʕᵃḏô
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ṯôḵ bᵊnê yiśrāʔēˈl
- Predicate