אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַיְּהוּדִ֣ים ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּכָל־עִיר־וָעִ֗יר לְהִקָּהֵל֮ וְלַעֲמֹ֣ד עַל־נַפְשָׁם֒ לְהַשְׁמִיד֩ וְלַהֲרֹ֨ג וּלְאַבֵּ֜ד אֶת־כָּל־חֵ֨יל עַ֧ם וּמְדִינָ֛ה הַצָּרִ֥ים אֹתָ֖ם טַ֣ף וְנָשִׁ֑ים וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם לָבֽוֹז׃
Debug: verse number 20365By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
/ʾăšer nātán ha-m-mélex la -y-yᵉhūdī́m ʾăšer bᵉ xol ʿīr wā ʿīr lᵉ hiqqāhēl wᵉ la ʿămōd ʿal nafšā́m lᵉ hašmīd wᵉ la hărōg ū lᵉ ʾabbḗd ʾet kol ḥēl ʿam ū mᵉdīnā́ ha-ṣ-ṣārī́m ʾōtā́m ṭaf wᵉ nāšī́m ū šᵉlālā́m lā vōz /
Gloss translation
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- nātán
- give
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- -y-yᵉhūdī́m
- Jewish
- n m pl abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hiqqāhēl
- assemble
- v √ni infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿămōd
- stand
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- nafšā́m
- soul
- n f sg abs + III m pl
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hašmīd
- destroy
- v √hi infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- la
- to
- prep
- hărōg
- kill
- v √qal infcon abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾabbḗd
- perish
- v √pi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ḥēl
- power
- n m sg con
- ʿam
- people
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mᵉdīnā́
- district
- n f sg abs
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -ṣ-ṣārī́m
- damage
- v √qal part m pl abs
- ʾōtā́m
- [object marker]
- prep + III m pl
- ṭaf
- [those unable to march]
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nāšī́m
- woman
- n f pl abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- šᵉlālā́m
- plunder
- n m sg abs + III m pl
- lā
- to
- prep
- vōz
- spoil
- v √qal infcon abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāṯaˈn
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la yyᵊhûḏîˈm
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḵol ʕîr wā ʕîr
- Relative
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hiqqāhēl
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ʕᵃmōḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal nafšāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hašmîḏ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la hᵃrōḡ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ ʔabbēˈḏ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ kol ḥêl ʕam û mᵊḏînāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- ṣṣārîˈm
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔōṯāˈm
- Relative
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Object
Prepositional phrase - ṭaf wᵊ nāšîˈm
- Object
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Object
Nominal phrase - šᵊlālāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā vôz
- Predicate