וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־תִּֽהְיֶ֨ה לְט֜וֹב לְהָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וּרְצִיתָ֔ם וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים וְהָי֥וּ לְךָ֛ עֲבָדִ֖ים כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃
Debug: verse number 22599Edit time markersThey replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
/wa yᵉdabbᵉrū́ ʾēlā́w lē ʾmōr ʾim tihyé lᵉ ṭōv lᵉ hā ʿām ha-z-zeh ū rᵉṣītā́m wᵉ dibbartā́ ʾălēhém dᵉvārī́m ṭōvī́m wᵉ hāyū́ lᵉxā ʿăvādī́m kol ha-y-yāmī́m /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉdabbᵉrū́
- speak
- v √pi wy III m pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- tihyé
- be
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ṭōv
- good
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-zeh
- this
- prod m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- rᵉṣītā́m
- like
- v √qal perf II m sg + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- dibbartā́
- speak
- v √pi perf II m sg
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- dᵉvārī́m
- word
- n m pl abs
- ṭōvī́m
- good
- a m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hāyū́
- be
- v √qal perf III pl
- lᵉxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- ʿăvādī́m
- servant
- n m pl abs
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yāmī́m
- day
- n m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊḏabbᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tihyeˈ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ hā ʕām ha zzeh
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- rᵊṣîṯāˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḏibbartāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlēheˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - dᵊvārîˈm ṭôvîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵā
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏîˈm
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - kol ha yyāmîˈm
- Conjunction