וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר יְהוֹנָתָ֤ן בְּדָוִד֙ ט֔וֹב אֶל־שָׁא֖וּל אָבִ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵ֠לָיו אַל־יֶחֱטָ֨א הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ בְּעַבְדּ֣וֹ בְדָוִ֗ד כִּ֣י ל֤וֹא חָטָא֙ לָ֔ךְ וְכִ֥י מַעֲשָׂ֖יו טוֹב־לְךָ֥ מְאֹֽד׃
Debug: verse number 7627Edit time markersThen Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
/wa yᵉdabbḗr yᵉhōnātā́n bᵉ dāwíd ṭōv ʾel šāʾū́l ʾāvíw wa-y-yṓmer ʾēlāw ʾal yeḥĕṭā́ ha-m-mélex bᵉ ʿavdṓ vᵉ dāwíd kī lō ḥāṭā́ lāx wᵉ xī maʿăśā́w ṭōv lᵉxā mᵉʾōd /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉdabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi wy III m sg
- yᵉhōnātā́n
- Jehonathan
- pn m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- ṭōv
- good
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- ʾāvíw
- father
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾēlāw
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- yeḥĕṭā́
- miss
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿavdṓ
- servant
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ḥāṭā́
- miss
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lāx
- to
- prep + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xī
- that
- cnj
- maʿăśā́w
- deed
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- lᵉxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- mᵉʾōd
- might
- adv m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊḏabbēˈr
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - yᵊhônāṯāˈn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḏāwiˈḏ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel šāʔûˈl ʔāviˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlāʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yeḥᵉṭāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕavdôˈ vᵊ ḏāwiˈḏ
- Negation
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Negation
Negative phrase- lô
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥāṭāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lāḵ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ḵî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - maʕᵃśāˈʸw
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭôv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵā
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- mᵊʔōḏ
- Conjunction