דַּבְּרוּ־נָ֞א בְּאָזְנֵ֨י כָל־בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶם֮ מַה־טּ֣וֹב לָכֶם֒ הַמְשֹׁ֨ל בָּכֶ֜ם שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ כֹּ֚ל בְּנֵ֣י יְרֻבַּ֔עַל אִם־מְשֹׁ֥ל בָּכֶ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־עַצְמֵכֶ֥ם וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם אָנִֽי׃
·Debug: verse number 6758“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
/dabbᵉrū nā bᵉ ʾoznḗ xol baʿălḗ šᵉxem ma-ṭ-ṭōv lāxém ha mᵉšōl bāxém šivʿī́m ʾīš kōl bᵉnē yᵉrubbáʿal ʾim mᵉšōl bāxém ʾīš ʾeḥā́d ū zᵉxartém kī ʿaṣmēxém ū vᵉśarᵉxém ʾānī́ /
Gloss translation
- dabbᵉrū
- speak
- v √pi imp! II m pl
- nā
- yeah
- intj
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾoznḗ
- ear
- n f 2 con
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- baʿălḗ
- lord, baal
- n m pl con
- šᵉxem
- Shechem
- pn sg abs
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -ṭ-ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- lāxém
- to
- prep + II m pl
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- mᵉšōl
- rule
- v √qal infcon abs
- bāxém
- in
- prep + II m pl
- šivʿī́m
- seven
- n m pl abs
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- kōl
- whole
- n m sg con
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- yᵉrubbáʿal
- Jerub-Baal
- pn m sg abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- mᵉšōl
- rule
- v √qal infcon abs
- bāxém
- in
- prep + II m pl
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- zᵉxartém
- remember
- v √qal perf II m pl
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʿaṣmēxém
- bone
- n f sg abs + II m pl
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vᵉśarᵉxém
- flesh
- n m sg abs + II m pl
- ʾānī́
- i
- prop I sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- dabbᵊrû
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- nā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʔoznêˈ ḵol baʕᵃlêˈ šᵊḵem
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ma
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāḵeˈm
- Subject
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mᵊšōl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bāḵeˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - šivʕîˈm ʔîš kōl bᵊnê yᵊrubbaˈʕal
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mᵊšōl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bāḵeˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔîš ʔeḥāˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- zᵊḵarteˈm
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʕaṣmēḵeˈm û vᵊśarᵊḵeˈm
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔānîˈ
- Conjunction