לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת֮ לְדָוִ֪ד מִ֫כְתָּ֥ם בִּשְׁלֹ֥חַ שָׁא֑וּל וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֥וּ אֶת־הַ֝בַּ֗יִת לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃
·Debug: verse number 16040For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him.
/la mᵉnaṣṣḗaḥ ʾal tašḥēt lᵉ dāwíd mixtā́m bi šᵉlōaḥ šāʾū́l wa-y-yišmᵉrū́ ʾet ha-b-báyit la hămītṓ /
Gloss translation
- la
- to
- prep
- mᵉnaṣṣḗaḥ
- prevail
- n √pi part m sg abs
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- tašḥēt
- destroy
- v √hi imperf II m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- mixtā́m
- [uncertain]
- n m sg abs
- bi
- in
- prep
- šᵉlōaḥ
- send
- v √qal infcon con
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yišmᵉrū́
- keep
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-báyit
- house
- n m sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- hămītṓ
- die
- v √hi infcon abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - la mᵊnaṣṣēˈₐḥ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tašḥēṯ
- Negation
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ḏāwiˈḏ
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - miḵtāˈm
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- bi šᵊlōₐḥ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - šāʔûˈl
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyišmᵊrûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha bbaˈyiṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- la hᵃmîṯôˈ
- Predicate with object suffix