וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ הַכֹּהֵ֗ן הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ צִוַּ֣נִי דָבָר֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י אִ֣ישׁ אַל־יֵ֧דַע מְא֛וּמָה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִ֥י שֹׁלֵֽחֲךָ֖ וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֣ים יוֹדַ֔עְתִּי אֶל־מְק֥וֹם פְּלֹנִ֖י אַלְמוֹנִֽי׃
Debug: verse number 7692Edit time markers“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
/wa-y-yṓmer dāwíd la ʾăḥīmélex ha-k-kōhḗn ha-m-melex ṣiwwánī dāvā́r wa-y-yṓmer ʾēláy ʾīš ʾal yḗdaʿ mᵉʾū́mā ʾet ha-d-dāvā́r ʾăšer ʾānōxī́ šōlēḥăxā́ wa ʾăšer ṣiwwītíxā wᵉ ʾet ha-n-nᵉʿārī́m yōdáʿtī ʾel mᵉqōm pᵉlōnī́ ʾalmōnī́ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾăḥīmélex
- Ahimelech
- pn m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -k-kōhḗn
- priest
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-melex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ṣiwwánī
- command
- v √pi perf III m sg + I sg
- dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾēláy
- to
- prep
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- yḗdaʿ
- know
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- mᵉʾū́mā
- something
- adv f sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʾānōxī́
- i
- prop I sg
- šōlēḥăxā́
- send
- v √qal part m sg abs + II m sg
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ṣiwwītíxā
- command
- v √pi perf I sg + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-nᵉʿārī́m
- boy
- n m pl abs
- yōdáʿtī
- know
- v √poa perf I sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- mᵉqōm
- place
- n m sg con
- pᵉlōnī́
- a certain
- n m sg abs
- ʾalmōnī́
- stranger
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - dāwiˈḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la ʔᵃḥîmeˈleḵ ha kkōhēˈn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeleḵ
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ṣiwwaˈnî
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḏāvāˈr
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlaˈy
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔîš
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yēˈḏaʕ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- mᵊʔûˈmā
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha ddāvāˈr
- Subject
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔānōḵîˈ
- Participle with object suffix
Verbal phrase- šōlēḥᵃḵāˈ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ṣiwwîṯiˈḵā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha nnᵊʕārîˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yôḏaˈʕtî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel mᵊqôm pᵊlōnîˈ ʔalmônîˈ
- Conjunction