וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ לְשָׁא֔וּל לָ֧מָּה תִשְׁמַ֛ע אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י אָדָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֣ה דָוִ֔ד מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ רָעָתֶֽךָ׃
·Debug: verse number 7766and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
/wa-y-yṓmer dāwíd lᵉ šāʾū́l lā́mmā tišmáʿ ʾet divrḗ ʾādā́m lē ʾmōr hinnḗ dāwíd mᵉvaqqḗš rāʿātéxā /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- tišmáʿ
- hear
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- divrḗ
- word
- n m pl con
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- mᵉvaqqḗš
- seek
- v √pi part m sg abs
- rāʿātéxā
- evil
- n f sg abs + II m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - dāwiˈḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ šāʔûˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯišmaˈʕ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ divrêˈ ʔāḏāˈm
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ḏāwiˈḏ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊvaqqēˈš
- Object
Nominal phrase - rāʕāṯeˈḵā
- Interjection