יְלָדִ֣ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵֽין־בָּהֶ֣ם כָּל־מאום [מוּם֩] וְטוֹבֵ֨י מַרְאֶ֜ה וּמַשְׂכִּילִ֣ים בְּכָל־חָכְמָ֗ה וְיֹ֤דְעֵי דַ֙עַת֙ וּמְבִינֵ֣י מַדָּ֔ע וַאֲשֶׁר֙ כֹּ֣חַ בָּהֶ֔ם לַעֲמֹ֖ד בְּהֵיכַ֣ל הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וּֽלֲלַמְּדָ֥ם סֵ֖פֶר וּלְשׁ֥וֹן כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃
Debug: verse number 20410young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
/yᵉlādī́m ʾăšer ʾēn bāhém kol *mūm wᵉ ṭōvḗ marʾé ū maśkīlī́m bᵉ xol ḥoxmā́ wᵉ yṓdᵉʿē dáʿat ū mᵉvīnḗ maddā́ʿ wa ʾăšer kōaḥ bāhém la ʿămōd bᵉ hēxál ha-m-mélex ū lă lammᵉdā́m sḗfer ū lᵉšōn kaśdī́m /
Gloss translation
- yᵉlādī́m
- boy
- n m pl abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- bāhém
- in
- prep + III m pl
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- *mūm
- blemish
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ṭōvḗ
- good
- a m pl con
- marʾé
- sight
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- maśkīlī́m
- prosper
- v √hi part m pl abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ḥoxmā́
- wisdom
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yṓdᵉʿē
- know
- a √qal part m pl con
- dáʿat
- knowledge
- n f sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mᵉvīnḗ
- understand
- a √hi part m pl con
- maddā́ʿ
- knowledge
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- kōaḥ
- strength
- n m sg abs
- bāhém
- in
- prep + III m pl
- la
- to
- prep
- ʿămōd
- stand
- v √qal infcon abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- hēxál
- palace
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lă
- to
- prep
- lammᵉdā́m
- learn
- v √pi infcon abs + III m pl
- sḗfer
- letter
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉšōn
- tongue
- n sg con
- kaśdī́m
- Chaldeans
- pn m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Object
Nominal phrase - yᵊlāḏîˈm
- Object
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔên
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bāheˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol *mûm
- Relative
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭôvêˈ marʔeˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- maśkîlîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḵol ḥoḵmāˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- yōˈḏᵊʕê ḏaˈʕaṯ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- mᵊvînêˈ maddāˈʕ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kōₐḥ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - bāheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- la ʕᵃmōḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ hêḵaˈl ha mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- lᵃ lammᵊḏāˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - sēˈfer û lᵊšôn kaśdîˈm
- Conjunction