וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֤ד אֶל־אֲבִישַׁי֙ וְאֶל־כָּל־עֲבָדָ֔יו הִנֵּ֥ה בְנִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥א מִמֵּעַ֖י מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֑י וְאַ֨ף כִּֽי־עַתָּ֜ה בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֗י הַנִּ֤חוּ לוֹ֙ וִֽיקַלֵּ֔ל כִּ֥י אָֽמַר־ל֖וֹ יְהוָֽה׃
Debug: verse number 8355Edit time markersThen David said to Abishai and all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the lord has told him so.
/wa-y-yṓmer dāwíd ʾel ʾăvīšáy wᵉ ʾel kol ʿăvādā́w hinnḗ vᵉnī ʾăšer yāṣā́ mi-m-mēʿáy mᵉvaqqḗš ʾet nafšī́ wᵉ ʾaf kī ʿattā́ ben ha yᵉmīnī́ hanníḥū lō wi yqallḗl kī ʾā́mar lō ʾădōnāy /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾăvīšáy
- Abishai
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʿăvādā́w
- servant
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- vᵉnī
- son
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yāṣā́
- go out
- v √qal perf III m sg
- mi
- from
- prep
- -m-mēʿáy
- bowels
- n m pl abs
- mᵉvaqqḗš
- seek
- v √pi part m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- nafšī́
- soul
- n f sg abs + I sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾaf
- even
- adv
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʿattā́
- now
- adv
- ben
- son
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- yᵉmīnī́
- Benjaminite
- n m sg abs
- hanníḥū
- settle
- v √hi imp! II m pl
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- wi
- and
- cnj
- yqallḗl
- be slight
- v √pi imperf III m sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʾā́mar
- say
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾădōnāy
- YHWH
- pn m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - dāwiˈḏ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʔᵃvîšaˈy wᵊ ʔel kol ʕᵃvāḏāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Interjection
Interjectional phrase- hinnēˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - vᵊnî
- Interjection
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāṣāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - mi mmēʕaˈy
- Relative
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊvaqqēˈš
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ nafšîˈ
- Predicate complement
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʔaf
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʕattāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ben ha yᵊmînîˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hanniˈḥû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wi
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yqallēˈl
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāˈmar
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - [yᵊhwā]
- Conjunction