וַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּ עַבְדֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד הַֽנְקַלָּ֤ה בְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ הִתְחַתֵּ֣ן בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִֽישׁ־רָ֥שׁ וְנִקְלֶֽה׃
Debug: verse number 7616Edit time markersBut when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
/wa yᵉdabbᵉrū́ ʿavᵉdḗ šāʾūl bᵉ ʾoznḗ dāwíd ʾet ha-d-dᵉvārī́m hā ʾḗlle wa-y-yṓmer dāwíd ha nᵉqallā́ vᵉ ʿḗnēxem hitḥattḗn ba -m-mélex wᵉ ʾānōxī́ ʾīš rāš wᵉ niqlé /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉdabbᵉrū́
- speak
- v √pi wy III m pl
- ʿavᵉdḗ
- servant
- n m pl con
- šāʾūl
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾoznḗ
- ear
- n f 2 con
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dᵉvārī́m
- word
- n m pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾḗlle
- these
- prod pl
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- nᵉqallā́
- be slight
- v √ni part f sg abs
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿḗnēxem
- eye
- n f 2 abs + II m pl
- hitḥattḗn
- be father-in-law
- v √hit infcon abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾānōxī́
- i
- prop I sg
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- rāš
- be poor
- a √qal part m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- niqlé
- contempt
- a √ni part m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊḏabbᵊrûˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕavᵊḏêˈ šāʔûl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʔoznêˈ ḏāwiˈḏ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha ddᵊvārîˈm hā ʔēˈlle
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - dāwiˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- nᵊqallāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vᵊ ʕêˈnêḵem
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Subject clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hiṯḥattēˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ba mmeˈleḵ
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔānōḵîˈ
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ʔîš rāš wᵊ niqleˈ
- Conjunction