וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה שָׁנִ֜ים לְמָלְכ֗וֹ וְהוּא֙ עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ נַ֔עַר הֵחֵ֕ל לִדְר֕וֹשׁ לֵאלֹהֵ֖י דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יו וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֗ה הֵחֵל֙ לְטַהֵ֔ר אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִן־הַבָּמוֹת֙ וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃
Debug: verse number 23133Edit time markersIn the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
/ū vi šᵉmōné šānī́m lᵉ mālᵉxṓ wᵉ hū ʿōdénnū náʿar hēḥḗl li dᵉrōš lē ʾlōhḗ dāwī́d ʾāvíw ū vi šᵉttēm ʿeśrḗ šānā́ hēḥḗl lᵉ ṭahḗr ʾet yᵉhūdā́ wi yrūšālaim min ha-b-bāmōt wᵉ hā ʾăšērī́m wᵉ ha-p-pᵉsilī́m wᵉ ha-m-massēxṓt /
Gloss translation
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vi
- in
- prep
- šᵉmōné
- eight
- n sg abs
- šānī́m
- year
- n f pl abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- mālᵉxṓ
- be king
- v √qal infcon abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- ʿōdénnū
- duration
- adv m sg abs + III m sg
- náʿar
- boy
- n m sg abs
- hēḥḗl
- defile
- v √hi perf III m sg
- li
- to
- prep
- dᵉrōš
- inquire
- v √qal infcon abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾlōhḗ
- god(s)
- n m pl con
- dāwī́d
- David
- pn m sg abs
- ʾāvíw
- father
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vi
- in
- prep
- šᵉttēm
- two
- n f 2 abs
- ʿeśrḗ
- -teen
- n sg abs
- šānā́
- year
- n f sg abs
- hēḥḗl
- defile
- v √hi perf III m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ṭahḗr
- be clean
- v √pi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- yᵉhūdā́
- Judah
- pn sg abs
- wi
- and
- cnj
- yrūšālaim
- Jerusalem
- pn sg abs
- min
- from
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -b-bāmōt
- high place
- n f pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾăšērī́m
- asherah
- n f pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -p-pᵉsilī́m
- idol
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-massēxṓt
- molten image
- n f pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - vi šᵊmôneˈ šānîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with subject suffix
Verbal phrase- lᵊ mālᵊḵôˈ
- Predicate with subject suffix
- Clauses without predicationCasus pendens
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Fronted element
Personal pronoun phrase - hû
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Resumption- Modifier with subject suffix
Adverbial phrase- ʕôḏeˈnnû
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - naˈʕar
- Modifier with subject suffix
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hēḥēˈl
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li ḏᵊrôš
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lē ʔlōhêˈ dāwîˈḏ ʔāviˈʸw
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - vi šᵊttêm ʕeśrēˈ šānāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hēḥēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Complement clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ ṭahēˈr
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ yᵊhûḏāˈ wi yrûšālaim
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - min ha bbāmôṯ wᵊ hā ʔᵃšērîˈm wᵊ ha ppᵊsilîˈm wᵊ ha mmassēḵôˈṯ
- Predicate