וַיְהִ֛י בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י וַיָּ֣מָת הַיָּ֑לֶד וַיִּֽרְאוּ֩ עַבְדֵ֨י דָוִ֜ד לְהַגִּ֥יד ל֣וֹ ׀ כִּי־מֵ֣ת הַיֶּ֗לֶד כִּ֤י אָֽמְרוּ֙ הִנֵּה֩ בִהְי֨וֹת הַיֶּ֜לֶד חַ֗י דִּבַּ֤רְנוּ אֵלָיו֙ וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע בְּקוֹלֵ֔נוּ וְאֵ֨יךְ נֹאמַ֥ר אֵלָ֛יו מֵ֥ת הַיֶּ֖לֶד וְעָשָׂ֥ה רָעָֽה׃
·Debug: verse number 8222On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
/wa yᵉhī ba -y-yōm ha-š-šᵉvīʿī́ wa-y-yā́mot ha-y-yā́led wa-y-yírʾū ʿavᵉdḗ dāwíd lᵉ haggī́d lō kī mēt ha-y-yéled kī ʾā́mᵉrū hinnḗ vi hᵉyōt ha-y-yéled ḥay dibbárnū ʾēlāw wᵉ lō šāmáʿ bᵉ qōlḗnū wᵉ ʾēx nōmár ʾēlā́w mēt ha-y-yéled wᵉ ʿāśā́ rāʿā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉhī
- be
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ba
- in
- prep
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šᵉvīʿī́
- seventh
- a m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yā́mot
- die
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yā́led
- boy
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yírʾū
- fear
- v √qal wy III m pl
- ʿavᵉdḗ
- servant
- n m pl con
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- haggī́d
- report
- v √hi infcon abs
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- mēt
- die
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yéled
- boy
- n m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʾā́mᵉrū
- say
- v √qal perf III pl
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- vi
- in
- prep
- hᵉyōt
- be
- v √qal infcon con
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yéled
- boy
- n m sg abs
- ḥay
- alive
- a m sg abs
- dibbárnū
- speak
- v √pi perf I pl
- ʾēlāw
- to
- prep + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- šāmáʿ
- hear
- v √qal perf III m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- qōlḗnū
- sound
- n m sg abs + I pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾēx
- how
- ptcl?
- nōmár
- say
- v √qal imperf I pl
- ʾēlā́w
- to
- prep + III m sg
- mēt
- die
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yéled
- boy
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿāśā́
- make
- v √qal perf III m sg
- rāʿā́
- evil
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊhî
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - ba yyôm ha ššᵊvîʕîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyāˈmoṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yyāˈleḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiˈrʔû
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕavᵊḏêˈ ḏāwiˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ haggîˈḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mēṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yyeˈleḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāˈmᵊrû
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- vi hᵊyôṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yyeˈleḏ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ḥay
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- dibbaˈrnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāʸw
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šāmaˈʕ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ qôlēˈnû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ʔêḵ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nōmaˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mēṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yyeˈleḏ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕāśāˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - rāʕāˈ
- Conjunction