כִּ֤י נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמִּ֔י לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד לַהֲר֣וֹג וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד וְ֠אִלּוּ לַעֲבָדִ֨ים וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּי כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין הַצָּ֛ר שֹׁוֶ֖ה בְּנֵ֥זֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ס)
Debug: verse number 20348For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
/kī nimkárnū ʾănī wᵉ ʿammī́ lᵉ hašmī́d la hărōg ū lᵉ ʾabbḗd wᵉ ʾillū́ la ʿăvādī́m wᵉ li šᵉfāḥṓt nimkárnū heḥĕráštī kī ʾēn ha-ṣ-ṣār šōé bᵉ nḗzeq ha-m-mélex /
Gloss translation
- kī
- that
- cnj
- nimkárnū
- sell
- v √ni perf I pl
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿammī́
- people
- n m sg abs + I sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hašmī́d
- destroy
- v √hi infcon abs
- la
- to
- prep
- hărōg
- kill
- v √qal infcon abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾabbḗd
- perish
- v √pi infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾillū́
- if
- cnj
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿăvādī́m
- servant
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- li
- to
- prep
- šᵉfāḥṓt
- maidservant
- n f pl abs
- nimkárnū
- sell
- v √ni perf I pl
- heḥĕráštī
- be deaf
- v √hi perf I sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -ṣ-ṣār
- adversary
- n m sg abs
- šōé
- be like
- v √qal part m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- nḗzeq
- damage
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nimkaˈrnû
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnî wᵊ ʕammîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hašmîˈḏ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la hᵃrôḡ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ ʔabbēˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔillûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la ʕᵃvāḏîˈm wᵊ li šᵊfāḥôˈṯ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nimkaˈrnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- heḥᵉraˈštî
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔên
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ṣṣār
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- šôeˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ nēˈzeq ha mmeˈleḵ
- Conjunction