כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת חֹ֠מוֹת בָּבֶ֤ל הָֽרְחָבָה֙ עַרְעֵ֣ר תִּתְעַרְעָ֔ר וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים בָּאֵ֣שׁ יִצַּ֑תּוּ וְיִֽגְע֨וּ עַמִּ֧ים בְּדֵי־רִ֛יק וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים בְּדֵי־אֵ֖שׁ וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ (ס)
·Debug: verse number 12786Ainsi parle l’Éternel-Cebaot: "Les murs de la grande Babel s’écrouleront de fond en comble, ses portes, si hautes, deviendront la proie des flammes. Voilà comme les peuples travaillent pour le néant et les nations s’exténuent au profit du feu!"
/kō ʾāmár ʾădōnāy ṣᵉvāʾṓt ḥōmōt bāvél hā rᵉḥāvā́ ʿarʿḗr titʿarʿā́r ū šᵉʿāréhā ha-g-gᵉvōhī́m bā ʾēš yiṣṣáttū wᵉ yigʿū ʿammī́m bᵉ dē rīq ū lᵉʾummī́m bᵉ dē ʾēš wᵉ yāʿḗfū /
Gloss translation
- kō
- thus
- adv
- ʾāmár
- say
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ṣᵉvāʾṓt
- service
- n m pl abs
- ḥōmōt
- wall
- n f pl con
- bāvél
- Babel
- pn sg abs
- hā
- the
- art
- rᵉḥāvā́
- wide
- a f sg abs
- ʿarʿḗr
- strip
- adv √pi infabs abs
- titʿarʿā́r
- strip
- v √hit imperf III f sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- šᵉʿāréhā
- gate
- n m pl abs + III f sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -g-gᵉvōhī́m
- high
- a m pl abs
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʾēš
- fire
- n sg abs
- yiṣṣáttū
- kindle
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yigʿū
- be weary
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- ʿammī́m
- people
- n m pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- dē
- sufficiency
- n m sg con
- rīq
- emptiness
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉʾummī́m
- people
- n m pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- dē
- sufficiency
- n m sg con
- ʾēš
- fire
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yāʿḗfū
- be weary
- v √qal perf III pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- kō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāmaˈr
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - [yᵊhwā] ṣᵊvāʔôˈṯ
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḥōmôṯ bāveˈl hā rᵊḥāvāˈ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʕarʕēˈr
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tiṯʕarʕāˈr
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - šᵊʕāreˈʸhā ha ggᵊvōhîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bā ʔēš
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiṣṣaˈttû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiḡʕû
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕammîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḏê rîq
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - lᵊʔummîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḏê ʔēš
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāʕēˈfû
- Conjunction