וָאוֹמַר֮ לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב אִגְּרוֹת֙ יִתְּנוּ־לִ֔י עַֽל־פַּחֲו֖וֹת עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲבִיר֔וּנִי עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־אָב֖וֹא אֶל־יְהוּדָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 21061I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
/wā ʾōmar la -m-melex ʾim ʿal ha-m-mélex ṭōv ʾiggᵉrōt yittᵉnū lī ʿal paḥăwṓt ʿḗver ha-n-nāhā́r ʾăšer yaʿăvīrū́nī ʿad ʾăšer ʾāvṓ ʾel yᵉhūdā́ /
Gloss translation
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ʾōmar
- say
- v √qal wy I sg
- la
- to
- prep
- -m-melex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- ʾiggᵉrōt
- letter
- n f pl abs
- yittᵉnū
- give
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- paḥăwṓt
- governor
- n m pl con
- ʿḗver
- opposite
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-nāhā́r
- stream
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yaʿăvīrū́nī
- pass
- v √hi imperf III m pl + I sg
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʾāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf I sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- yᵉhūdā́
- Judah
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔômar
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la mmeleḵ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal ha mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭôv
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔiggᵊrôṯ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yittᵊnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ʕal paḥᵃwôˈṯ ʕēˈver ha nnāhāˈr
- Object
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yaʕᵃvîrûˈnî
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Complement clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʕaḏ ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāvôˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel yᵊhûḏāˈ
- Conjunction