וַיְהִ֖י בִּימֵ֣י אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ ה֣וּא אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ מֵהֹ֣דּוּ וְעַד־כּ֔וּשׁ שֶׁ֛בַע וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּמֵאָ֖ה מְדִינָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 20240This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
/wa yᵉhī bi ymē ʾăḥašwērṓš hū ʾăḥašwērṓš ha-m-mōlēx mē hṓddū wᵉ ʿad kūš šévaʿ wᵉ ʿeśrī́m ū mēʾā́ mᵉdīnā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉhī
- be
- v √qal wy III m sg
- bi
- in
- prep
- ymē
- day
- n m pl con
- ʾăḥašwērṓš
- Ahasuerus
- pn m sg abs
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- ʾăḥašwērṓš
- Ahasuerus
- pn m sg abs
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -m-mōlēx
- be king
- v √qal part m sg abs
- mē
- from
- prep
- hṓddū
- India
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- kūš
- Cush
- pn sg abs
- šévaʿ
- seven
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿeśrī́m
- twenty
- n m pl abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mēʾā́
- hundred
- n f sg abs
- mᵉdīnā́
- district
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊhî
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - bi ymê ʔᵃḥašwērôˈš
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hû
- Predicate complement
Proper-noun phrase - ʔᵃḥašwērôˈš
- Subject
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mmōlēḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mē hōˈddû wᵊ ʕaḏ kûš šeˈvaʕ wᵊ ʕeśrîˈm û mēʔāˈ mᵊḏînāˈ
- Relative