וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מִי־יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי שֹׁפֵ֖ט בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְעָלַ֗י יָב֥וֹא כָּל־אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִ֥יב וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו׃
Debug: verse number 8311Edit time markersAnd he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾavšālṓm mī yᵉśimḗnī šōfḗṭ bā ʾā́reṣ wᵉ ʿāláy yāvṓ kol ʾīš ʾăšer yihye-l-lō rīv ū mišpā́ṭ wᵉ hiṣdaqtíw /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾavšālṓm
- Absalom
- pn m sg abs
- mī
- who
- pro?
- yᵉśimḗnī
- put
- v √qal imperf III m sg + I sg
- šōfḗṭ
- judge
- n √qal part m sg abs
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿāláy
- upon
- prep
- yāvṓ
- come
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yihye
- be
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- -l-lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- rīv
- law-case
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mišpā́ṭ
- justice
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hiṣdaqtíw
- be just
- v √hi perf I sg + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔavšālôˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mî
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- yᵊśimēˈnî
- Object
Nominal phrase - šōfēˈṭ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bā ʔāˈreṣ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕālaˈy
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāvôˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol ʔîš
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yihye
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - llô
- Subject
Nominal phrase - rîv û mišpāˈṭ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- hiṣdaqtiˈʸw
- Conjunction