הַיּ֧וֹם הַחִלֹּ֛תִי לשאול־[לִשְׁאָל־] ל֥וֹ בֵאלֹהִ֖ים חָלִ֣ילָה לִּ֑י אַל־יָשֵׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ בְּעַבְדּ֤וֹ דָבָר֙ בְּכָל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔י כִּ֠י לֹֽא־יָדַ֤ע עַבְדְּךָ֙ בְּכָל־זֹ֔את דָּבָ֥ר קָטֹ֖ן א֥וֹ גָדֽוֹל׃
·Debug: verse number 7720Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
/ha-y-yōm haḥillṓtī *li *šᵉʾāl lō vē ʾlōhī́m ḥālī́lā-l-lī ʾal yāśḗm ha-m-mélex bᵉ ʿavdṓ dāvā́r bᵉ xol bēt ʾāvī́ kī lō yādáʿ ʿavdᵉxā́ bᵉ xol zōt dāvā́r qāṭṓn ʾō gādṓl /
Gloss translation
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- haḥillṓtī
- defile
- v √hi perf I sg
- *li
- to
- prep
- *šᵉʾāl
- ask
- v √qal infcon abs
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- vē
- in
- prep
- ʾlōhī́m
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- ḥālī́lā
- be it far
- intj
- -l-lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- ʾal
- not
- ptcl—
- yāśḗm
- put
- 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
- dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- bēt
- house
- n m sg con
- ʾāvī́
- father
- n m sg abs + I sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yādáʿ
- know
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʿavdᵉxā́
- servant
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- zōt
- this
- prod f sg
- dāvā́r
- word
- n m sg abs
- qāṭṓn
- small
- a m sg abs
- ʾō
- or
- cnj
- gādṓl
- great
- a m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - ha yyôm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- haḥillōˈṯî
- Time reference
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- *li *šᵊʔāl
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vē ʔlōhîˈm
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- ḥālîˈlā
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - llî
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔal
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāśēˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕavdôˈ bᵊ ḵol bêṯ ʔāvîˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḏāvāˈr
- Negation
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāḏaˈʕ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕavdᵊḵāˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ḵol zōṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - dāvāˈr qāṭōˈn ʔô ḡāḏôˈl
- Conjunction