וַיִּבְחַ֡ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵי֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בִּ֜י מִכֹּ֣ל בֵּית־אָבִ֗י לִהְי֨וֹת לְמֶ֤לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְעוֹלָ֔ם כִּ֤י בִֽיהוּדָה֙ בָּחַ֣ר לְנָגִ֔יד וּבְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י וּבִבְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔י בִּ֣י רָצָ֔ה לְהַמְלִ֖יךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Debug: verse number 22344Yet the lord, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
/wa-y-yivḥár ʾădōnāy ʾĕlōhḗ yiśrāʾḗl bī mi-k-kōl bēt ʾāvī́ li hᵉyōt lᵉ mélex ʿal yiśrāʾḗl lᵉ ʿōlā́m kī vi yhūdā́ bāḥár lᵉ nāgī́d ū vᵉ vēt yᵉhūdā́ bēt ʾāvī́ ū vi vᵉnē ʾāvī́ bī rāṣā́ lᵉ hamlī́x ʿal kol yiśrāʾḗl /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yivḥár
- examine
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- ʾĕlōhḗ
- god(s)
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- bī
- in
- prep + I sg
- mi
- from
- prep
- -k-kōl
- whole
- n m sg con
- bēt
- house
- n m sg con
- ʾāvī́
- father
- n m sg abs + I sg
- li
- to
- prep
- hᵉyōt
- be
- v √qal infcon abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʿōlā́m
- eternity
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- vi
- in
- prep
- yhūdā́
- Judah
- pn sg abs
- bāḥár
- examine
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- nāgī́d
- chief
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- vēt
- house
- n m sg con
- yᵉhūdā́
- Judah
- pn sg abs
- bēt
- house
- n m sg con
- ʾāvī́
- father
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vi
- in
- prep
- vᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʾāvī́
- father
- n m sg abs + I sg
- bī
- in
- prep + I sg
- rāṣā́
- like
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hamlī́x
- be king
- v √hi infcon abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyivḥaˈr
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - [yᵊhwā] ʔᵉlōhêˈ yiśrāʔēˈl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi kkōl bêṯ ʔāvîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li hᵊyôṯ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ meˈleḵ ʕal yiśrāʔēˈl
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʕôlāˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vi yhûḏāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- bāḥaˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ nāḡîˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - vᵊ vêṯ yᵊhûḏāˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - bêṯ ʔāvîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - vi vᵊnê ʔāvîˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- rāṣāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hamlîˈḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal kol yiśrāʔēˈl
- Predicate