וַֽיְהִי֙ הֵ֣מָּה בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣ה בָ֔אָה אֶל־דָּוִ֖ד לֵאמֹ֑ר הִכָּ֤ה אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ אֶת־כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְלֹֽא־נוֹתַ֥ר מֵהֶ֖ם אֶחָֽד׃ (ס)
·Debug: verse number 8265While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!”
/wa yᵉhī hḗmmā va -d-dérex wᵉ ha-š-šᵉmuʿā́ vā́ʾā ʾel dāwíd lē ʾmōr hikkā́ ʾavšālōm ʾet kol bᵉnē ha-m-mélex wᵉ lō nōtár mēhém ʾeḥā́d /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉhī
- be
- v √qal wy III m sg
- hḗmmā
- they
- prop III m pl
- va
- in
- prep
- -d-dérex
- way
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šᵉmuʿā́
- report
- n f sg abs
- vā́ʾā
- come
- v √qal perf III f sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- hikkā́
- strike
- v √hi perf III m sg
- ʾavšālōm
- Absalom
- pn m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- nōtár
- remain
- v √ni perf III m sg
- mēhém
- from
- prep + III m pl
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊhî
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Adjunctive clause- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - hēˈmmā
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - va ddeˈreḵ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha ššᵊmuʕāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- vāˈʔā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel dāwiˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hikkāˈ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔavšālôm
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ kol bᵊnê ha mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nôṯaˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mēheˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Conjunction