וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְנֵ֜ר אֶל־יוֹאָ֗ב וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הֲלָנֶ֙צַח֙ תֹּ֣אכַל חֶ֔רֶב הֲל֣וֹא יָדַ֔עְתָּה כִּֽי־מָרָ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה בָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה וְעַד־מָתַי֙ לֹֽא־תֹאמַ֣ר לָעָ֔ם לָשׁ֖וּב מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃
·Debug: verse number 7993Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
/wa-y-yiqrā́ ʾavnḗr ʾel yōʾā́v wa-y-yṓmer hă lā néṣaḥ tṓxal ḥérev hă lō yādáʿtā kī mārā́ tihyé bā ʾaḥărōnā́ wᵉ ʿad mātáy lō tōmár lā ʿām lā šūv mē ʾaḥărḗ ʾăḥēhém /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yiqrā́
- call
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾavnḗr
- Abner
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- yōʾā́v
- Joab
- pn m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lā
- to
- prep
- néṣaḥ
- glory
- n m sg abs
- tṓxal
- eat
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- ḥérev
- dagger
- n f sg abs
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yādáʿtā
- know
- v √qal perf II m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- mārā́
- bitter
- a f sg abs
- tihyé
- be
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʾaḥărōnā́
- at the back
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿad
- unto
- prep
- mātáy
- when
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- tōmár
- say
- v √qal imperf II m sg
- lā
- to
- prep
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- šūv
- return
- v √qal infcon abs
- mē
- from
- prep
- ʾaḥărḗ
- after
- n m pl con
- ʾăḥēhém
- brother
- n m pl abs + III m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiqrāˈ
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ʔavnēˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel yôʔāˈv
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - lā neˈṣaḥ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tōˈḵal
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḥeˈrev
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lô
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāḏaˈʕtā
- Question
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- mārāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯihyeˈ
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - bā ʔaḥᵃrônāˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase- ʕaḏ māṯaˈy
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯōmaˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lā ʕām
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lā šûv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mē ʔaḥᵃrêˈ ʔᵃḥêheˈm
- Predicate