לֵךְ֩ כְּנ֨וֹס אֶת־כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֣ים בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן וְצ֣וּמוּ עָ֠לַי וְאַל־תֹּאכְל֨וּ וְאַל־תִּשְׁתּ֜וּ שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ לַ֣יְלָה וָי֔וֹם גַּם־אֲנִ֥י וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖י אָצ֣וּם כֵּ֑ן וּבְכֵ֞ן אָב֤וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־כַדָּ֔ת וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָבַ֖דְתִּי אָבָֽדְתִּי׃
Debug: verse number 20315“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink day or night for three days, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
/lēx kᵉnōs ʾet kol ha-y-yᵉhūdī́m ha-n-nimṣᵉʾī́m bᵉ šūšā́n wᵉ ṣū́mū ʿāláy wᵉ ʾal tōxᵉlū́ wᵉ ʾal tištū́ šᵉlṓšet yāmīm láylā wā yōm gam ʾănī wᵉ naʿărōtáy ʾāṣū́m kēn ū vᵉ xēn ʾāvṓ ʾel ha-m-mélex ʾăšer lō xa -d-dāt wᵉ xa ʾăšer ʾāvádtī ʾāvā́dᵉttī /
Gloss translation
- lēx
- walk
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- kᵉnōs
- gather
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yᵉhūdī́m
- Jewish
- n m pl abs
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -n-nimṣᵉʾī́m
- find
- v √ni part m pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- šūšā́n
- Susa
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ṣū́mū
- fast
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- ʿāláy
- upon
- prep
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- tōxᵉlū́
- eat
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- tištū́
- drink
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- šᵉlṓšet
- three
- n f sg con
- yāmīm
- day
- n m pl abs
- láylā
- night
- adv m sg abs
- wā
- and
- cnj
- yōm
- day
- adv m sg abs
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- naʿărōtáy
- girl
- n f pl abs
- ʾāṣū́m
- fast
- v √qal imperf I sg
- kēn
- thus
- adv
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- xēn
- thus
- adv
- ʾāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf I sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- xa
- as
- prep
- -d-dāt
- orders
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xa
- as
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʾāvádtī
- perish
- v √qal perf I sg
- ʾāvā́dᵉttī
- perish
- v √qal perf I sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lēḵ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- kᵊnôs
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ kol ha yyᵊhûḏîˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- nnimṣᵊʔîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ šûšāˈn
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṣûˈmû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕālaˈy
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tōḵᵊlûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tištûˈ
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - šᵊlōˈšeṯ yāmîm
- Time reference
Adverbial phrase- laˈylā wā yôm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - gam ʔᵃnî wᵊ naʕᵃrōṯaˈy
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāṣûˈm
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- kēn
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase- vᵊ ḵēn
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāvôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ha mmeˈleḵ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ḵa ddāṯ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ḵa ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāvaˈḏtî
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāvāˈḏᵊttî
- Predicate