וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב אֲלֵיהֶם֩ סֵ֨פֶר ׀ שֵׁנִ֜ית לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־לִ֨י אַתֶּ֜ם וּלְקֹלִ֣י ׀ אַתֶּ֣ם שֹׁמְעִ֗ים קְחוּ֙ אֶת־רָאשֵׁי֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי־אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֹ֧אוּ אֵלַ֛י כָּעֵ֥ת מָחָ֖ר יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה וּבְנֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ אֶת־גְּדֹלֵ֥י הָעִ֖יר מְגַדְּלִ֥ים אוֹתָֽם׃
Debug: verse number 9718Edit time markersThen Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
/wa-y-yixtṓv ʾălēhém sḗfer šēnī́t lē ʾmōr ʾim lī ʾattém ū lᵉ qōlī́ ʾattém šōmᵉʿī́m qᵉḥū ʾet rāšḗ ʾanšḗ vᵉnē ʾădōnēxém ū vṓʾū ʾēláy kā ʿēt māḥā́r yizrᵉʿélā ū vᵉnē ha-m-mélex šivʿī́m ʾīš ʾet gᵉdōlḗ hā ʿīr mᵉgaddᵉlī́m ʾōtā́m /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yixtṓv
- write
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- sḗfer
- letter
- n m sg abs
- šēnī́t
- second
- adv f sg abs
- lē
- to
- prep
- ʾmōr
- say
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- lī
- to
- prep + I sg
- ʾattém
- you
- prop II m pl
- ū
- and
- cnj
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- qōlī́
- sound
- n m sg abs + I sg
- ʾattém
- you
- prop II m pl
- šōmᵉʿī́m
- hear
- v √qal part m pl abs
- qᵉḥū
- take
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- rāšḗ
- head
- n m pl con
- ʾanšḗ
- man
- n m pl con
- vᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ʾădōnēxém
- lord
- n m pl abs + II m pl
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vṓʾū
- come
- v √qal imp! II m pl
- ʾēláy
- to
- prep
- kā
- as
- prep
- ʿēt
- time
- n sg abs
- māḥā́r
- next day
- adv m sg abs
- yizrᵉʿélā
- [town]
- pn sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- vᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- šivʿī́m
- seven
- n m pl abs
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- ʾet
- together with
- prep
- gᵉdōlḗ
- great
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʿīr
- town
- n f sg abs
- mᵉgaddᵉlī́m
- be strong
- v √pi part m pl abs
- ʾōtā́m
- [object marker]
- prep + III m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyiḵtōˈv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêheˈm
- Object
Nominal phrase - sēˈfer
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- šēnîˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lē ʔmōr
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - lî
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔatteˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - lᵊ qōlîˈ
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - ʔatteˈm
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- šōmᵊʕîˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- qᵊḥû
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ rāšêˈ ʔanšêˈ vᵊnê ʔᵃḏōnêḵeˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- vōˈʔû
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔēlaˈy
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - kā ʕēṯ māḥāˈr
- Complement
Adverbial phrase- yizrᵊʕeˈlā
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Subject
Nominal phrase - vᵊnê ha mmeˈleḵ šivʕîˈm ʔîš
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ gᵊḏōlêˈ hā ʕîr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊḡaddᵊlîˈm
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔôṯāˈm
- Predicate complement