וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָ֜הּ אֶלְקָנָ֣ה אִישָׁ֗הּ חַנָּה֙ לָ֣מֶה תִבְכִּ֗י וְלָ֙מֶה֙ לֹ֣א תֹֽאכְלִ֔י וְלָ֖מֶה יֵרַ֣ע לְבָבֵ֑ךְ הֲל֤וֹא אָֽנֹכִי֙ ט֣וֹב לָ֔ךְ מֵעֲשָׂרָ֖ה בָּנִֽים׃
Debug: verse number 7137Edit time markers“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
/wa-y-yṓmer lāh ʾelqānā́ ʾīšā́h ḥannā́ lā́me tivkī́ wᵉ lā́meh lō tṓxᵉlī wᵉ lā́me yēráʿ lᵉvāvḗx hă lō ʾā́nōxī ṭōv lāx mē ʿăśārā́ bānī́m /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- lāh
- to
- prep + III f sg
- ʾelqānā́
- Elkanah
- pn m sg abs
- ʾīšā́h
- man
- n m sg abs + III f sg
- ḥannā́
- Hannah
- pn f sg abs
- lā́me
- why
- ptcl?
- tivkī́
- weep
- v √qal imperf II f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lā́meh
- why
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- tṓxᵉlī
- eat
- v √qal imperf II f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lā́me
- why
- ptcl?
- yēráʿ
- be evil
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- lᵉvāvḗx
- heart
- n m sg abs + II f sg
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾā́nōxī
- i
- prop I sg
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- lāx
- to
- prep + II f sg
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʿăśārā́
- ten
- n f sg abs
- bānī́m
- son
- n m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāh
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔelqānāˈ ʔîšāˈh
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Proper-noun phrase - ḥannāˈ
- Vocative
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Referral to the vocative- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈme
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯivkîˈ
- Question
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmeh
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯōˈḵᵊlî
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-X clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈme
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yēraˈʕ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - lᵊvāvēˈḵ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lô
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔāˈnōḵî
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāḵ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - mē ʕᵃśārāˈ bānîˈm
- Question