וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ כָל־הָעָ֜ם אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הִתְפַּלֵּ֧ל בְּעַד־עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ וְאַל־נָמ֑וּת כִּֽי־יָסַ֤פְנוּ עַל־כָּל־חַטֹּאתֵ֙ינוּ֙ רָעָ֔ה לִשְׁאֹ֥ל לָ֖נוּ מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (ס)
Debug: verse number 7396Edit time markersThey pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the lord your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
/wa-y-yōmᵉrū́ xol hā ʿām ʾel šᵉmūʾḗl hitpallḗl bᵉʿad ʿăvādéxā ʾel ʾădōnāy ʾĕlōhéxā wᵉ ʾal nāmū́t kī yāsáfnū ʿal kol ḥaṭṭōtḗnū rāʿā́ li šᵉʾōl lā́nū mélex /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- šᵉmūʾḗl
- Samuel
- pn m sg abs
- hitpallḗl
- pray
- v √hit imp! II m sg
- bᵉʿad
- distance
- prep sg con
- ʿăvādéxā
- servant
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ʾĕlōhéxā
- god(s)
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- nāmū́t
- die
- v √qal imperf I pl
- kī
- that
- cnj
- yāsáfnū
- add
- v √qal perf I pl
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ḥaṭṭōtḗnū
- sin
- n f pl abs + I pl
- rāʿā́
- evil
- n f sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- šᵉʾōl
- ask
- v √qal infcon abs
- lā́nū
- to
- prep + I pl
- mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmᵊrûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḵol hā ʕām
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel šᵊmûʔēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hiṯpallēˈl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊʕaḏ ʕᵃvāḏeˈʸḵā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel [yᵊhwā] ʔᵉlōheˈʸḵā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāmûˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāsaˈfnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal kol ḥaṭṭōṯêˈnû
- Object
Nominal phrase - rāʕāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li šᵊʔōl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāˈnû
- Object
Nominal phrase - meˈleḵ
- Predicate