וַתִּרְא֗וּ כִּֽי־נָחָ֞שׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ בְּנֵֽי־עַמּוֹן֮ בָּ֣א עֲלֵיכֶם֒ וַתֹּ֣אמְרוּ לִ֔י לֹ֕א כִּי־מֶ֖לֶךְ יִמְלֹ֣ךְ עָלֵ֑ינוּ וַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מַלְכְּכֶֽם׃
Debug: verse number 7389Edit time markersBut when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the lord your God was your king.
/wa-t-tirʾū́ kī nāḥā́š mélex bᵉnē ʿammōn bā ʿălēxém wa-t-tṓmᵉrū lī lō kī mélex yimlṓx ʿālḗnū wa ʾădōnāy ʾĕlōhēxém malkᵉxém /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-tirʾū́
- see
- v √qal wy II m pl
- kī
- that
- cnj
- nāḥā́š
- Nahash
- pn m sg abs
- mélex
- king
- n m sg con
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʿammōn
- Ammon
- pn sg abs
- bā
- come
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʿălēxém
- upon
- prep + II m pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-tṓmᵉrū
- say
- v √qal wy II m pl
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- kī
- that
- cnj
- mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- yimlṓx
- be king
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʿālḗnū
- upon
- prep + I pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ʾĕlōhēxém
- god(s)
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- malkᵉxém
- king
- n m sg abs + II m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttirʔûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - nāḥāˈš meˈleḵ bᵊnê ʕammôn
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- bā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕᵃlêḵeˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttōˈmᵊrû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Negation
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - meˈleḵ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yimlōˈḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕālêˈnû
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - [yhwā] ʔᵉlōhêḵeˈm
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - malkᵊḵeˈm
- Conjunction