וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־י֠וֹאָב וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁ֤י וְאֶת־אִתַּי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְאַט־לִ֖י לַנַּ֣עַר לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם וְכָל־הָעָ֣ם שָׁמְע֗וּ בְּצַוֺּ֥ת הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶת־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִ֖ים עַל־דְּבַ֥ר אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
·Debug: verse number 8401Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
/wa yᵉṣaw ha-m-mélex ʾet yōʾā́v wᵉ ʾet ʾăvīšáy wᵉ ʾet ʾittáy lē ʾmōr lᵉ ʾaṭ lī la -n-náʿar lᵉ ʾavšālṓm wᵉ xol hā ʿām šāmᵉʿū́ bᵉ ṣawwṓt ha-m-mélex ʾet kol ha-ś-śārī́m ʿal dᵉvar ʾavšālṓm /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- yᵉṣaw
- command
- v √pi wy III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- yōʾā́v
- Joab
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾăvīšáy
- Abishai
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʾittáy
- Ittai
- pn m sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾaṭ
- gentle
- n m sg abs
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- la
- to
- prep
- -n-náʿar
- boy
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾavšālṓm
- Absalom
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- šāmᵉʿū́
- hear
- v √qal perf III pl
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- ṣawwṓt
- command
- v √pi infcon con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -ś-śārī́m
- chief
- n m pl abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- dᵉvar
- word
- n m sg con
- ʾavšālṓm
- Absalom
- pn m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊṣaw
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ yôʔāˈv wᵊ ʔeṯ ʔᵃvîšaˈy wᵊ ʔeṯ ʔittaˈy
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʔaṭ
- Supplementary constituent
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la nnaˈʕar lᵊ ʔavšālôˈm
- Adjunct
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḵol hā ʕām
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šāmᵊʕûˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- bᵊ ṣawwōˈṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ kol ha śśārîˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal dᵊvar ʔavšālôˈm
- Predicate