וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אַבְנֵ֗ר נְטֵ֤ה לְךָ֙ עַל־יְמִֽינְךָ֙ א֣וֹ עַל־שְׂמֹאלֶ֔ךָ וֶאֱחֹ֣ז לְךָ֗ אֶחָד֙ מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים וְקַח־לְךָ֖ אֶת־חֲלִצָת֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֣ה עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל לָס֖וּר מֵאַחֲרָֽיו׃
·Debug: verse number 7988So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
/wa-y-yṓmer lō ʾavnḗr nᵉṭē lᵉxā ʿal yᵉmī́nᵉxā ʾō ʿal śᵉmōléxā we ʾĕḥōz lᵉxā ʾeḥā́d mē ha-n-nᵉʿārī́m wᵉ qaḥ lᵉxā ʾet ḥăliṣātṓ wᵉ lō ʾāvā́ ʿăśāhʾḗl lā sūr mē ʾaḥărā́w /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾavnḗr
- Abner
- pn m sg abs
- nᵉṭē
- extend
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- lᵉxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- yᵉmī́nᵉxā
- right-hand side
- n f sg abs + II m sg
- ʾō
- or
- cnj
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- śᵉmōléxā
- lefthand side
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- we
- and
- cnj
- ʾĕḥōz
- seize
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- lᵉxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- ʾeḥā́d
- one
- n sg abs
- mē
- from
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-nᵉʿārī́m
- boy
- n m pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- qaḥ
- take
- v √qal imp! II m sg
- lᵉxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ḥăliṣātṓ
- stripped
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʾāvā́
- want
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʿăśāhʾḗl
- Asahel
- pn m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- sūr
- turn aside
- v √qal infcon abs
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʾaḥărā́w
- after
- n m pl abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔavnēˈr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nᵊṭē
- Supplementary constituent
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal yᵊmîˈnᵊḵā ʔô ʕal śᵊmōleˈḵā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- we
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔᵉḥōz
- Supplementary constituent
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵā
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔeḥāˈḏ mē ha nnᵊʕārîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qaḥ
- Supplementary constituent
Prepositional phrase - lᵊḵā
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ḥᵃliṣāṯôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāvāˈ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʕᵃśāhʔēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā sûr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mē ʔaḥᵃrāˈʸw
- Predicate