וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח סְפָרִים֙ אֶל־כָּל־מְדִינ֣וֹת הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְאֶל־עַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ לִהְי֤וֹת כָּל־אִישׁ֙ שֹׂרֵ֣ר בְּבֵית֔וֹ וּמְדַבֵּ֖ר כִּלְשׁ֥וֹן עַמּֽוֹ׃ (פ)
Debug: verse number 20261He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
/wa-y-yišláḥ sᵉfārīm ʾel kol mᵉdīnṓt ha-m-mélex ʾel mᵉdīnā́ ū mᵉdīnā́ ki xᵉtāvā́h wᵉ ʾel ʿam wā ʿām ki lᵉšōnṓ li hᵉyōt kol ʾīš śōrḗr bᵉ vētṓ ū mᵉdabbḗr ki lᵉšōn ʿammṓ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yišláḥ
- send
- v √qal wy III m sg
- sᵉfārīm
- letter
- n m pl abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- mᵉdīnṓt
- district
- n f pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- mᵉdīnā́
- district
- n f sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mᵉdīnā́
- district
- n f sg abs
- ki
- as
- prep
- xᵉtāvā́h
- writing
- n m sg abs + III f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʿam
- people
- n m sg abs
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ki
- as
- prep
- lᵉšōnṓ
- tongue
- n sg abs + III m sg
- li
- to
- prep
- hᵉyōt
- be
- v √qal infcon con
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- śōrḗr
- rule
- v √qal part m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- vētṓ
- house
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mᵉdabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi part m sg abs
- ki
- as
- prep
- lᵉšōn
- tongue
- n sg con
- ʿammṓ
- people
- n m sg abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyišlaˈḥ
- Object
Nominal phrase - sᵊfārîm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel kol mᵊḏînôˈṯ ha mmeˈleḵ
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel mᵊḏînāˈ û mᵊḏînāˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ki ḵᵊṯāvāˈh
- Complement
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʕam wā ʕām
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ki lᵊšônôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li hᵊyôṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol ʔîš
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Predicative complement clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- śōrēˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ vêṯôˈ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊḏabbēˈr
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ki lᵊšôn ʕammôˈ
- Conjunction