וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע לָהֶ֤ם גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ וּלְאַנְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם אַל־תִּֽירְא֖וּ מֵעַבְדֵ֣י הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑ים שְׁב֣וּ בָאָ֗רֶץ וְעִבְד֛וּ אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל וְיִטַ֥ב לָכֶֽם׃ (ס)
Debug: verse number 10165And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
/wa-y-yiššāváʿ lāhém gᵉdalyā́hū ū lᵉ ʾanšēhém wa-y-yṓmer lāhém ʾal tī́rᵉʾū mē ʿavᵉdḗ ha-k-kaśdī́m šᵉvū vā ʾā́reṣ wᵉ ʿivᵉdū́ ʾet mélex bāvél wᵉ yiṭáv lāxém /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiššāváʿ
- swear
- v √ni wy III m sg
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- gᵉdalyā́hū
- Gedaliah
- pn m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾanšēhém
- man
- n m pl abs + III m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- tī́rᵉʾū
- fear
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʿavᵉdḗ
- servant
- n m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -k-kaśdī́m
- Chaldeans
- pn m pl abs
- šᵉvū
- sit
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- vā
- in
- prep
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿivᵉdū́
- work, serve
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- mélex
- king
- n m sg con
- bāvél
- Babel
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yiṭáv
- be good
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- lāxém
- to
- prep + II m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiššāvaˈʕ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm û lᵊ ʔanšêheˈm
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - gᵊḏalyāˈhû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tîˈrᵊʔû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mē ʕavᵊḏêˈ ha kkaśdîˈm
- Negation
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šᵊvû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vā ʔāˈreṣ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕivᵊḏûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ meˈleḵ bāveˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiṭaˈv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāḵeˈm
- Conjunction