וַתַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַמַּלְכָּה֙ וַתֹּאמַ֔ר אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ט֑וֹב תִּנָּֽתֶן־לִ֤י נַפְשִׁי֙ בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְעַמִּ֖י בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃
Debug: verse number 20347Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
/wa-t-táʿan ʾestḗr ha-m-malkā́ wa-t-tōmár ʾim māṣā́tī ḥēn bᵉ ʿēnéxā ha-m-mélex wᵉ ʾim ʿal ha-m-mélex ṭōv tinnā́ten lī nafšī́ bi šᵉʾēlātī́ wᵉ ʿammī́ bᵉ vaqqāšātī́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-táʿan
- answer
- v √qal wy III f sg
- ʾestḗr
- Esther
- pn f sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-malkā́
- queen
- n f sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -t-tōmár
- say
- v √qal wy III f sg
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- māṣā́tī
- find
- v √qal perf I sg
- ḥēn
- grace
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿēnéxā
- eye
- n f 2 abs + II m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- tinnā́ten
- give
- v √ni imperf III f sg
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- nafšī́
- soul
- n f sg abs + I sg
- bi
- in
- prep
- šᵉʾēlātī́
- request
- n f sg abs + I sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿammī́
- people
- n m sg abs + I sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- vaqqāšātī́
- request
- n f sg abs + I sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttaˈʕan
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔestēˈr ha mmalkāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ttōmaˈr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- māṣāˈṯî
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḥēn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕêneˈʸḵā
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ
- Vocative
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal ha mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭôv
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tinnāˈṯen
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - nafšîˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bi šᵊʔēlāṯîˈ
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕammîˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ vaqqāšāṯîˈ
- Conjunction