וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־אָכִ֗ישׁ אִם־נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ יִתְּנוּ־לִ֣י מָק֗וֹם בְּאַחַ֛ת עָרֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְאֵ֣שְׁבָה שָּׁ֑ם וְלָ֨מָּה יֵשֵׁ֧ב עַבְדְּךָ֛ בְּעִ֥יר הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ׃
Debug: verse number 7853Edit time markersThen David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
/wa-y-yṓmer dāwíd ʾel ʾāxī́š ʾim nā māṣā́tī ḥēn bᵉ ʿēnéxā yittᵉnū lī māqṓm bᵉ ʾaḥát ʿārḗ ha-ś-śādé wᵉ ʾḗšᵉvā-š-šām wᵉ lā́mmā yēšḗv ʿavdᵉxā́ bᵉ ʿīr ha-m-mamlāxā́ ʿimmā́x /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾāxī́š
- Achish
- pn m sg abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- nā
- yeah
- intj
- māṣā́tī
- find
- v √qal perf I sg
- ḥēn
- grace
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿēnéxā
- eye
- n f 2 abs + II m sg
- yittᵉnū
- give
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- māqṓm
- place
- n m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʾaḥát
- one
- n f sg con
- ʿārḗ
- town
- n f pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -ś-śādé
- open field
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾḗšᵉvā
- sit
- v √qal imperf I sg
- -š-šām
- there
- adv
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- yēšḗv
- sit
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʿavdᵉxā́
- servant
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mamlāxā́
- kingdom
- n f sg abs
- ʿimmā́x
- with
- prep + 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 - ʔel ʔāḵîˈš
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- nā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- māṣāˈṯî
- Object
Nominal phrase - ḥēn
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕêneˈʸḵā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yittᵊnû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Object
Nominal phrase - māqôˈm bᵊ ʔaḥaˈṯ ʕārêˈ ha śśāḏeˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔēˈšᵊvā
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- ššām
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yēšēˈv
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕavdᵊḵāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ ʕîr ha mmamlāḵāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕimmāˈḵ
- Conjunction