וַיַּ֨עַן שָׁא֜וּל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲל֨וֹא בֶן־יְמִינִ֤י אָ֙נֹכִי֙ מִקַּטַנֵּי֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ הַצְּעִרָ֔ה מִכָּֽל־מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת שִׁבְטֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלָ֙מָּה֙ דִּבַּ֣רְתָּ אֵלַ֔י כַּדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּֽה׃ (ס)
Debug: verse number 7329Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
/wa-y-yáʿan šāʾū́l wa-y-yṓmer hă lō ven yᵉmīnī́ ʾā́nōxī mi-q-qaṭannḗ šivṭḗ yiśrāʾḗl ū mišpaḥtī́ ha-ṣ-ṣᵉʿirā́ mi-k-kol mišpᵉḥṓt šivṭḗ vinyāmín wᵉ lā́mmā dibbártā ʾēláy ka -d-dāvā́r ha-z-ze /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yáʿan
- answer
- v √qal wy III m sg
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ven
- son
- n m sg con
- yᵉmīnī́
- Benjaminite
- n m sg abs
- ʾā́nōxī
- i
- prop I sg
- mi
- from
- prep
- -q-qaṭannḗ
- small
- n m pl con
- šivṭḗ
- rod
- n m pl con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mišpaḥtī́
- clan
- n f sg abs + I sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -ṣ-ṣᵉʿirā́
- little
- n f sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -k-kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- mišpᵉḥṓt
- clan
- n f pl con
- šivṭḗ
- rod
- n m pl con
- vinyāmín
- Benjamin
- pn sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- dibbártā
- speak
- v √pi perf II m sg
- ʾēláy
- to
- prep
- ka
- as
- prep
- -d-dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-ze
- this
- prod m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyaˈʕan
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - šāʔûˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lô
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ven yᵊmînîˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔāˈnōḵî
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - mi qqaṭannêˈ šivṭêˈ yiśrāʔēˈl
- Question
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - mišpaḥtîˈ
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ha ṣṣᵊʕirāˈ mi kkol mišpᵊḥôˈṯ šivṭêˈ vinyāmiˈn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- dibbaˈrtā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlaˈy
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ka ddāvāˈr ha zze
- Conjunction