וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ עֲבָדָ֗יו יְבַקְשׁ֞וּ לַאדֹנִ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה וְעָֽמְדָה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּתְהִי־ל֖וֹ סֹכֶ֑נֶת וְשָׁכְבָ֣ה בְחֵיקֶ֔ךָ וְחַ֖ם לַאדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
Debug: verse number 8637So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
/wa-y-yṓmᵉrū lō ʿăvādā́w yᵉvaqšū́ la ʾdōnī́ ha-m-mélex naʿărā́ vᵉtūlā́ wᵉ ʿā́mᵉdā li fᵉnē ha-m-mélex ū tᵉhī lō sōxénet wᵉ šāxᵉvā́ vᵉ ḥēqéxā wᵉ ḥam la ʾdōnī́ ha-m-mélex /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmᵉrū
- say
- v √qal wy III m pl
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʿăvādā́w
- servant
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- yᵉvaqšū́
- seek
- v √pi imperf III m pl
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾdōnī́
- lord
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- naʿărā́
- girl
- n f sg abs
- vᵉtūlā́
- virgin
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʿā́mᵉdā
- stand
- v √qal perf III f sg
- li
- to
- prep
- fᵉnē
- face
- n m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- tᵉhī
- be
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- sōxénet
- serve
- n √qal part f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šāxᵉvā́
- lie down
- v √qal perf III f sg
- vᵉ
- in
- prep
- ḥēqéxā
- lap
- n m sg abs + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ḥam
- be hot
- v √qal perf III m sg
- la
- to
- prep
- ʾdōnī́
- lord
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmᵊrû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃvāḏāˈʸw
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yᵊvaqšûˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la ʔḏōnîˈ ha mmeˈleḵ
- Object
Nominal phrase - naʕᵃrāˈ vᵊṯûlāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʕāˈmᵊḏā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - li fᵊnê ha mmeˈleḵ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯᵊhî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lô
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - sōḵeˈneṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šāḵᵊvāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - vᵊ ḥêqeˈḵā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥam
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - la ʔḏōnîˈ ha mmeˈleḵ
- Conjunction