וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ גִּזְר֛וּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֥לֶד הַחַ֖י לִשְׁנָ֑יִם וּתְנ֤וּ אֶֽת־הַחֲצִי֙ לְאַחַ֔ת וְאֶֽת־הַחֲצִ֖י לְאֶחָֽת׃
Debug: verse number 8759and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
/wa-y-yṓmer ha-m-mélex gizrū́ ʾet ha-y-yéled ha ḥay li šᵉnā́yim ū tᵉnū ʾet ha ḥăṣī lᵉ ʾaḥát wᵉ ʾet ha ḥăṣī lᵉ ʾeḥā́t /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- gizrū́
- cut
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -y-yéled
- boy
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥay
- alive
- a m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- šᵉnā́yim
- two
- n 2 abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- tᵉnū
- give
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥăṣī
- half
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾaḥát
- one
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥăṣī
- half
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʾeḥā́t
- one
- n f sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha mmeˈleḵ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- gizrûˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha yyeˈleḏ ha ḥay
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - li šᵊnāˈyim
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṯᵊnû
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha ḥᵃṣî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʔaḥaˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha ḥᵃṣî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ ʔeḥāˈṯ
- Conjunction