וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַחֵ֤פֶץ לַֽיהוָה֙ בְּעֹל֣וֹת וּזְבָחִ֔ים כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ מִזֶּ֣בַח ט֔וֹב לְהַקְשִׁ֖יב מֵחֵ֥לֶב אֵילִֽים׃
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Debug: verse number 7499But Samuel declared: “Does the lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
/wa-y-yṓmer šᵉmūʾḗl ha ḥḗfeṣ la ʾădōnāy bᵉ ʿōlṓt ū zᵉvāḥī́m ki šᵉmōaʿ bᵉ qōl ʾădōnāy hinnḗ šᵉmōaʿ mi-z-zévaḥ ṭōv lᵉ haqšī́v mē ḥḗlev ʾēlī́m / ▶
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- šᵉmūʾḗl
- Samuel
- pn m sg abs
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- ḥḗfeṣ
- pleasure
- n m sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿōlṓt
- burnt-offering
- n f pl abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- zᵉvāḥī́m
- sacrifice
- n m pl abs
- ki
- as
- prep
- šᵉmōaʿ
- hear
- v √qal infcon abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- qōl
- sound
- n m sg con
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- šᵉmōaʿ
- hear
- v √qal infcon abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -z-zévaḥ
- sacrifice
- n m sg abs
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- haqšī́v
- give attention
- v √hi infcon abs
- mē
- from
- prep
- ḥḗlev
- fat
- n m sg con
- ʾēlī́m
- ram, despot
- n m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyṓmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase det- šᵉmūʾḗl
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Subject
Nominal phrase undet - ḥḗfeṣ la [yhwāh]
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase undet - bᵉ ʿōlṓt ū zᵉvāḥī́m
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ki šᵉmōaʿ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase det- bᵉ qōl [yᵉhwā]
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnḗ
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Subject clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šᵉmōaʿ
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase undet - mi zzévaḥ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭōv
- Adjunct
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Subject clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵉ haqšī́v
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase undet - mē ḥḗlev ʾēlī́m
- Adjunct