וַיַּ֣רְא דָּוִ֗ד כִּ֤י עֲבָדָיו֙ מִֽתְלַחֲשִׁ֔ים וַיָּ֥בֶן דָּוִ֖ד כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת הַיָּ֑לֶד וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֧ד אֶל־עֲבָדָ֛יו הֲמֵ֥ת הַיֶּ֖לֶד וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ מֵֽת׃
·Debug: verse number 8223When David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.
/wa-y-yar dāwíd kī ʿăvādāw mitlaḥăšī́m wa-y-yā́ven dāwíd kī mēt ha-y-yā́led wa-y-yṓmer dāwíd ʾel ʿăvādā́w hă mēt ha-y-yéled wa-y-yṓmᵉrū mēt /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yar
- see
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʿăvādāw
- servant
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- mitlaḥăšī́m
- whisper
- n √hit part m pl abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yā́ven
- understand
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- mēt
- die
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yā́led
- boy
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʿăvādā́w
- servant
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- mēt
- die
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yéled
- boy
- n m sg abs
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmᵉrū
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- mēt
- die
- v √qal perf III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyar
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - dāwiˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏāʸw
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - miṯlaḥᵃšîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyāˈven
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - dāwiˈḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
Object clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mēṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yyāˈleḏ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - dāwiˈḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʕᵃvāḏāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mēṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha yyeˈleḏ
- Question
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmᵊrû
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mēṯ
- Predicate