וַיֹּ֜אמֶר שַׂ֤ר הַסָּרִיסִים֙ לְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל יָרֵ֤א אֲנִי֙ אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מִנָּ֔ה אֶת־מַאֲכַלְכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מִשְׁתֵּיכֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֡ר לָמָּה֩ יִרְאֶ֨ה אֶת־פְּנֵיכֶ֜ם זֹֽעֲפִ֗ים מִן־הַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר כְּגִֽילְכֶ֔ם וְחִיַּבְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־רֹאשִׁ֖י לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
Debug: verse number 20416but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
/wa-y-yṓmer śar ha-s-sārīsīm lᵉ dāniyyēl yārḗ ʾănī ʾet ʾădōnī́ ha-m-mélex ʾăšer minnā́ ʾet maʾăxalᵉxém wᵉ ʾet mištēxém ʾăšer lāmmā́ yirʾé ʾet pᵉnēxém zōʿăfī́m min ha yᵉlādīm ʾăšer kᵉ gīlᵉxem wᵉ ḥiyyavtém ʾet rōšī́ la -m-mélex /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- śar
- chief
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -s-sārīsīm
- official
- n m pl abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- dāniyyēl
- Daniel
- pn m sg abs
- yārḗ
- fear
- v √qal part m sg abs
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾădōnī́
- lord
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- minnā́
- count
- v √pi perf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- maʾăxalᵉxém
- food
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- mištēxém
- drinking
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- lāmmā́
- why
- ptcl?
- yirʾé
- see
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- pᵉnēxém
- face
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- zōʿăfī́m
- be embittered
- a √qal part m pl abs
- min
- from
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- yᵉlādīm
- boy
- n m pl abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- kᵉ
- as
- prep
- gīlᵉxem
- age
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ḥiyyavtém
- be guilty
- v √pi perf II m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- rōšī́
- head
- n m sg abs + I sg
- la
- to
- prep
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Nominal phrase - śar ha ssārîsîm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ḏāniyyēl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yārēˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔᵃnî
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʔᵃḏōnîˈ ha mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- minnāˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ maʔᵃḵalᵊḵeˈm wᵊ ʔeṯ mištêḵeˈm
- Relative
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāmmāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yirʔeˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ pᵊnêḵeˈm
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
Attributive clause- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- zōʕᵃfîˈm
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - min ha yᵊlāḏîm
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - kᵊ ḡîlᵊḵem
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥiyyavteˈm
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ rōšîˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la mmeˈleḵ
- Conjunction