וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו הֲיָדֹ֤עַ תֵּדַע֙ כִּ֞י בַּעֲלִ֣יס ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֗וֹן שָׁלַח֙ אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָ֔ה לְהַכֹּתְךָ֖ נָ֑פֶשׁ וְלֹא־הֶאֱמִ֣ין לָהֶ֔ם גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָֽם׃
·Debug: verse number 12471and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ ʾēlā́w hă yādṓaʿ tēdáʿ kī baʿălī́s mélex bᵉnē ʿammṓn šāláḥ ʾet yišmāʿḗl ben nᵉtanyā́ lᵉ hakkōtᵉxā́ nā́feš wᵉ lō heʾĕmī́n lāhém gᵉdalyā́hū ben ʾăḥīqā́m /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- yādṓaʿ
- know
- adv √qal infabs abs
- tēdáʿ
- know
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- baʿălī́s
- Baalis
- pn m sg abs
- mélex
- king
- n m sg con
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʿammṓn
- Ammon
- pn sg abs
- šāláḥ
- send
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- yišmāʿḗl
- Ishmael
- pn m sg abs
- ben
- son
- n m sg con
- nᵉtanyā́
- Nethaniah
- pn m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hakkōtᵉxā́
- strike
- v √hi infcon abs + II m sg
- nā́feš
- soul
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- heʾĕmī́n
- be firm
- v √hi perf III m sg
- lāhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- gᵉdalyā́hū
- Gedaliah
- pn m sg abs
- ben
- son
- n m sg con
- ʾăḥīqā́m
- Ahikam
- pn m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- yāḏōˈₐʕ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tēḏaˈʕ
- Question
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - baʕᵃlîˈs meˈleḵ bᵊnê ʕammôˈn
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šālaˈḥ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ yišmāʕēˈl ben nᵊṯanyāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hakkōṯᵊḵāˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - nāˈfeš
- Predicate with object suffix
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- heʔᵉmîˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāheˈm
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - gᵊḏalyāˈhû ben ʔᵃḥîqāˈm
- Conjunction