נַפְשִׁ֤י ׀ בְּת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם שִׁ֭נֵּיהֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְחִצִּ֑ים וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה׃
·Debug: verse number 16020My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
/nafšī́ bᵉ tōx lᵉvāʾim ʾeškᵉvā́ lōhăṭī́m bᵉnē ʾādā́m šínnēhem ḥănīt wᵉ ḥiṣṣī́m ū lᵉšōnā́m ḥérev ḥaddā́ /
Gloss translation
- nafšī́
- soul
- n f sg abs + I sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- tōx
- midst
- n m sg con
- lᵉvāʾim
- lion
- n m pl abs
- ʾeškᵉvā́
- lie down
- v √qal imperf I sg
- lōhăṭī́m
- devour
- n √qal part m pl abs
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- šínnēhem
- tooth
- n f 2 abs + III m pl
- ḥănīt
- spear
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ḥiṣṣī́m
- arrow
- n m pl abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉšōnā́m
- tongue
- n sg abs + III m pl
- ḥérev
- dagger
- n f sg abs
- ḥaddā́
- sharp
- a f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - nafšîˈ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ṯôḵ lᵊvāʔim
- Subject
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔeškᵊvāˈ
- Adjunct
Nominal phrase - lōhᵃṭîˈm
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationCasus pendens
- Fronted element
Nominal phrase - bᵊnê ʔāḏāˈm
- Fronted element
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Resumption- Subject
Nominal phrase - šiˈnnêhem
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ḥᵃnîṯ wᵊ ḥiṣṣîˈm
- Subject
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - lᵊšônāˈm
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ḥeˈrev ḥaddāˈ
- Conjunction