וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל כֹּֽה־תֹאמְר֣וּ לְדָוִ֗ד אֵֽין־חֵ֤פֶץ לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּמֹ֔הַר כִּ֗י בְּמֵאָה֙ עָרְל֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים לְהִנָּקֵ֖ם בְּאֹיְבֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְשָׁא֣וּל חָשַׁ֔ב לְהַפִּ֥יל אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
Debug: verse number 7618Edit time markersSaul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
/wa-y-yṓmer šāʾū́l kō tōmᵉrū́ lᵉ dāwíd ʾēn ḥḗfeṣ la -m-mélex bᵉ mṓhar kī bᵉ mēʾā́ ʿorlṓt pᵉlištī́m lᵉ hinnāqḗm bᵉ ʾōyᵉvḗ ha-m-mélex wᵉ šāʾū́l ḥāšáv lᵉ happī́l ʾet dāwíd bᵉ yad pᵉlištī́m /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- kō
- thus
- adv
- tōmᵉrū́
- say
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- ḥḗfeṣ
- pleasure
- n m sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- mṓhar
- marriage-money
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- mēʾā́
- hundred
- n f sg abs
- ʿorlṓt
- foreskin
- n f pl con
- pᵉlištī́m
- Philistine
- n m pl abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hinnāqḗm
- avenge
- v √ni infcon abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾōyᵉvḗ
- be hostile
- n √qal part m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- ḥāšáv
- account
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- happī́l
- fall
- v √hi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- yad
- hand
- n sg con
- pᵉlištī́m
- Philistine
- n m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - šāʔûˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- kō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯōmᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ḏāwiˈḏ
- Modifier
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔên
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḥēˈfeṣ la mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ mōˈhar
- Negative copula
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ mēʔāˈ ʕorlôˈṯ pᵊlištîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hinnāqēˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʔōyᵊvêˈ ha mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - šāʔûˈl
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥāšaˈv
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ happîˈl
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ dāwiˈḏ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ yaḏ pᵊlištîˈm
- Predicate