וַיָּבֹא֩ דָוִ֨ד וַאֲבִישַׁ֥י ׀ אֶל־הָעָם֮ לַיְלָה֒ וְהִנֵּ֣ה שָׁא֗וּל שֹׁכֵ֤ב יָשֵׁן֙ בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל וַחֲנִית֥וֹ מְעוּכָֽה־בָאָ֖רֶץ מראשתו [מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו] וְאַבְנֵ֣ר וְהָעָ֔ם שֹׁכְבִ֖ים סביבתו [סְבִיבֹתָֽיו׃] (ס)
·Debug: verse number 7830That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
/wa-y-yāvṓ dāwíd wa ʾăvīšáy ʾel hā ʿām laylā́ wᵉ hinnḗ šāʾū́l šōxḗv yāšḗn ba -m-maʿgā́l wa ḥănītṓ mᵉʿūxā́ vā ʾā́reṣ *mᵉraʾăšōtā́w wᵉ ʾavnḗr wᵉ hā ʿām šōxᵉvī́m *sᵉvīvōtā́w /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yāvṓ
- come
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ʾăvīšáy
- Abishai
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- laylā́
- night
- adv m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- šōxḗv
- lie down
- v √qal part m sg abs
- yāšḗn
- sleeping
- a m sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -m-maʿgā́l
- camp circle
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- ḥănītṓ
- spear
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- mᵉʿūxā́
- squeeze
- v √qal ppart f sg abs
- vā
- in
- prep
- ʾā́reṣ
- earth
- n sg abs
- *mᵉraʾăšōtā́w
- head-place
- adv f pl abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾavnḗr
- Abner
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- šōxᵉvī́m
- lie down
- v √qal part m pl abs
- *sᵉvīvōtā́w
- surrounding
- n f pl abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyāvōˈ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ḏāwiˈḏ wa ʔᵃvîšaˈy
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel hā ʕām
- Time reference
Adverbial phrase- laylāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - šāʔûˈl
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- šōḵēˈv
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
Attributive clause- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- yāšēˈn
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ba mmaʕgāˈl
- Complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḥᵃnîṯôˈ
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊʕûḵāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vā ʔāˈreṣ
- Locative
Adverbial phrase- *mᵊraʔᵃšōṯāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔavnēˈr wᵊ hā ʕām
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- šōḵᵊvîˈm
- Complement
Nominal phrase - *sᵊvîvōṯāˈʸw
- Conjunction