וַיֹּאמֶר֩ שָׁא֨וּל חָטָ֜אתִי שׁ֣וּב בְּנִֽי־דָוִ֗ד כִּ֠י לֹֽא־אָרַ֤ע לְךָ֙ ע֔וֹד תַּ֠חַת אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָקְרָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֛י בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה הִנֵּ֥ה הִסְכַּ֛לְתִּי וָאֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
·Debug: verse number 7844Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
/wa-y-yōmér šāʾū́l ḥāṭā́tī šūv bᵉnī dāwíd kī lō ʾāráʿ lᵉxā ʿōd taḥát ʾăšer yāqᵉrā́ nafšī́ bᵉ ʿēnéxā ha-y-yōm ha-z-ze hinnḗ hiskáltī wā ʾešgé harbḗ mᵉʾōd /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yōmér
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- šāʾū́l
- Saul
- pn m sg abs
- ḥāṭā́tī
- miss
- v √qal perf I sg
- šūv
- return
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- bᵉnī
- son
- n m sg abs + I sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾāráʿ
- be evil
- v √hi imperf I sg
- lᵉxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- ʿōd
- duration
- adv m sg abs
- taḥát
- under part
- prep m sg con
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yāqᵉrā́
- be precious
- v √qal perf III f sg
- nafšī́
- soul
- n f sg abs + I sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿēnéxā
- eye
- n f 2 abs + II m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yōm
- day
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -z-ze
- this
- prod m sg
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- hiskáltī
- be foolish
- v √hi perf I sg
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ʾešgé
- err
- v √qal wy I sg
- harbḗ
- be many
- adv √hi infabs abs
- mᵉʾōd
- might
- adv m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōmeˈr
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - šāʔûˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥāṭāˈṯî
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šûv
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Nominal phrase - bᵊnî ḏāwiˈḏ
- Vocative
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāraˈʕ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵā
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʕôḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- taḥaˈṯ ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāqᵊrāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - nafšîˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕêneˈʸḵā
- Time reference
Nominal phrase - ha yyôm ha zze
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hiskaˈltî
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔešgeˈ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- harbēˈ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- mᵊʔōḏ
- Conjunction