וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־הַכּוּשִׁ֔י הֲשָׁל֥וֹם לַנַּ֖עַר לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכּוּשִׁ֗י יִהְי֤וּ כַנַּ֙עַר֙ אֹֽיְבֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־קָ֥מוּ עָלֶ֖יךָ לְרָעָֽה׃ (ס)
·Debug: verse number 8428The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”
/wa-y-yṓmer ha-m-mélex ʾel ha-k-kūšī́ hă šālṓm la -n-náʿar lᵉ ʾavšālṓm wa-y-yṓmer ha-k-kūšī́ yihyū́ xa -n-náʿar ʾṓyᵉvē ʾădōnī́ ha-m-mélex wᵉ xōl ʾăšer qā́mū ʿāléxā lᵉ rāʿā́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -k-kūšī́
- Ethiopian
- n m sg abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- šālṓm
- peace
- n m sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- -n-náʿar
- boy
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾavšālṓm
- Absalom
- pn m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -k-kūšī́
- Ethiopian
- n m sg abs
- yihyū́
- be
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- xa
- as
- prep
- -n-náʿar
- boy
- n m sg abs
- ʾṓyᵉvē
- be hostile
- n √qal part m pl con
- ʾădōnī́
- lord
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xōl
- whole
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- qā́mū
- arise
- v √qal perf III pl
- ʿāléxā
- upon
- prep + II m sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- rāʿā́
- evil
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ha kkûšîˈ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - šālôˈm
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - la nnaˈʕar lᵊ ʔavšālôˈm
- Question
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha kkûšîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yihyûˈ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ḵa nnaˈʕar
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔōˈyᵊvê ʔᵃḏōnîˈ ha mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḵōl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qāˈmû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕāleˈʸḵā
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ rāʕāˈ
- Relative