וַיִּשָּׁבַ֞ע הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר חַי־יְהוָ֞ה את אֲשֶׁר֩ עָשָׂה־לָ֨נוּ אֶת־הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ הַזֹּאת֙ אִם־אֲמִיתֶ֔ךָ וְאִם־אֶתֶּנְךָ֗ בְּיַד֙ הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ (ס)
·Debug: verse number 12427But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the lord lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
/wa-y-yiššāváʿ ha-m-mélex ṣidqiyyā́hū ʾel yirmᵉyā́hū ba -s-sḗter lē ʾmōr ḥay ʾădōnāy *ʾăšer ʿāśā lā́nū ʾet ha-n-néfeš ha-z-zōt ʾim ʾămītéxā wᵉ ʾim ʾettenᵉxā́ bᵉ yad hā ʾănāšī́m hā ʾḗlle ʾăšer mᵉvaqšī́m ʾet nafšéxā /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiššāváʿ
- swear
- v √ni wy III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ṣidqiyyā́hū
- Zedekiah
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- yirmᵉyā́hū
- Jeremiah
- pn m sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -s-sḗter
- hiding place
- n m sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ḥay
- alive
- a m sg abs
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- *ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʿāśā
- make
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-néfeš
- soul
- n f sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zōt
- this
- prod f sg
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- ʾămītéxā
- die
- v √hi imperf I sg + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- ʾettenᵉxā́
- give
- v √qal imperf I sg + II m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- yad
- hand
- n sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾănāšī́m
- man
- n m pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾḗlle
- these
- prod pl
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- mᵉvaqšī́m
- seek
- v √pi part m pl abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- nafšéxā
- soul
- n f sg abs + II m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiššāvaˈʕ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ ṣiḏqiyyāˈhû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel yirmᵊyāˈhû
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ba ssēˈṯer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ḥay
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - [yᵊhwā]
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- *ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕāśā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha nneˈfeš ha zzōṯ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Complement clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃmîṯeˈḵā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʔettenᵊḵāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ yaḏ hā ʔᵃnāšîˈm hā ʔēˈlle
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊvaqšîˈm
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ nafšeˈḵā
- Relative