וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד שָׁ֠לַח אֶל־צָד֨וֹק וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָ֥ר הַכֹּהֲנִים֮ לֵאמֹר֒ דַּבְּר֞וּ אֶל־זִקְנֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיוּ֙ אַֽחֲרֹנִ֔ים לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּית֑וֹ וּדְבַר֙ כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּ֥א אֶל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃
·Debug: verse number 8440Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
/wᵉ ha-m-mélex dāwíd šāláḥ ʾel ṣādṓq wᵉ ʾel ʾevyātā́r ha-k-kōhănīm lē ʾmōr dabbᵉrū́ ʾel ziqnḗ yᵉhūdā́ lē ʾmōr lā́mmā tíhyū ʾaḥărōnīm lᵉ hāšī́v ʾet ha-m-mélex ʾel bētṓ ū dᵉvar kol yiśrāʾḗl bā ʾel ha-m-mélex ʾel bētṓ /
Gloss translation
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- dāwíd
- David
- pn m sg abs
- šāláḥ
- send
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ṣādṓq
- Zadok
- pn m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʾevyātā́r
- Abiathar
- pn m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -k-kōhănīm
- priest
- n m pl abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- dabbᵉrū́
- speak
- v √pi imp! II m pl
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ziqnḗ
- old
- n m pl con
- yᵉhūdā́
- Judah
- pn sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- lā́mmā
- why
- ptcl?
- tíhyū
- be
- v √qal imperf II m pl
- ʾaḥărōnīm
- at the back
- a m pl abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- hāšī́v
- return
- v √hi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bētṓ
- house
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- dᵉvar
- word
- n m sg con
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- yiśrāʾḗl
- Israel
- pn sg abs
- bā
- come
- v √qal perf III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bētṓ
- house
- n m sg abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ dāwiˈḏ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šālaˈḥ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ṣāḏôˈq wᵊ ʔel ʔevyāṯāˈr ha kkōhᵃnîm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- dabbᵊrûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ziqnêˈ yᵊhûḏāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lāˈmmā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯiˈhyû
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ʔaḥᵃrōnîm
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Specification- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ hāšîˈv
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha mmeˈleḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel bêṯôˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ḏᵊvar kol yiśrāʔēˈl
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- bā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ha mmeˈleḵ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel bêṯôˈ
- Conjunction