וַיַּ֨עַן אִ֥ישׁ מִשָּׁ֛ם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר וּמִ֣י אֲבִיהֶ֑ם עַל־כֵּן֙ הָיְתָ֣ה לְמָשָׁ֔ל הֲגַ֥ם שָׁא֖וּל בַּנְּבִאִֽים׃
Debug: verse number 7347Edit time markersThen a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
/wa-y-yáʿan ʾīš mi-š-šām wa-y-yṓmer ū mī ʾăvīhém ʿal kēn hāyᵉtā́ lᵉ māšā́l hă gam šāʾū́l ba -n-nᵉviʾī́m /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yáʿan
- answer
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -š-šām
- there
- adv
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mī
- who
- pro?
- ʾăvīhém
- father
- n m sg abs + III m pl
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- kēn
- thus
- adv
- hāyᵉtā́
- be
- v √qal perf III f sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- māšā́l
- proverb
- n m sg abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- gam
- even
- adv
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -n-nᵉviʾī́m
- prophet
- n m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyaˈʕan
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔîš mi ššām
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate complement
Interrogative pronoun phrase - mî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃvîheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase- ʕal kēn
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hāyᵊṯāˈ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ māšāˈl
- Adjunct
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ḡam šāʔûˈl
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ba nnᵊviʔîˈm
- Question