וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה הַעַ֨ל אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲדֹנִ֔י לְדַבֵּ֖ר אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה הֲלֹ֣א עַל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ עַל־הַ֣חֹמָ֔ה לֶאֱכֹ֣ל אֶת חריהם [צוֹאָתָ֗ם] וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת אֶת־שיניהם [מימֵ֥י] [רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם] עִמָּכֶֽם׃
Debug: verse number 9970Edit time markersBut the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
/wa-y-yṓmer ʾălēhém rav-šāqḗ ha ʿal ʾădōnéxā wᵉ ʾēléxā šᵉlāḥánī ʾădōnī́ lᵉ dabbḗr ʾet ha-d-dᵉvārī́m hā ʾḗlle hă lō ʿal hā ʾănāšī́m ha-y-yṓšᵉvīm ʿal ha ḥōmā́ le ʾĕxōl ʾet *ṣōʾātā́m wᵉ li šᵉttōt ʾet *mḗmē *raglēhém ʿimmāxém /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yṓmer
- say
- v √qal wy III m sg
- ʾălēhém
- to
- prep + III m pl
- rav-šāqḗ
- rabshake
- n m sg abs
- ha
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ʾădōnéxā
- lord
- n m pl abs + II m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾēléxā
- to
- prep + II m sg
- šᵉlāḥánī
- send
- v √qal perf III m sg + I sg
- ʾădōnī́
- lord
- n m sg abs + I sg
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- dabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -d-dᵉvārī́m
- word
- n m pl abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾḗlle
- these
- prod pl
- hă
- [interrogative]
- ptcl?
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾănāšī́m
- man
- n m pl abs
- ha
- the
- cnj
- -y-yṓšᵉvīm
- sit
- v √qal part m pl abs
- ʿal
- upon
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥōmā́
- wall
- n f sg abs
- le
- to
- prep
- ʾĕxōl
- eat
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- *ṣōʾātā́m
- vomit
- n f sg abs + III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- li
- to
- prep
- šᵉttōt
- drink
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- *mḗmē
- water
- n m pl con
- *raglēhém
- foot
- n f 2 abs + III m pl
- ʿimmāxém
- with
- prep + II m pl
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōˈmer
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃlêheˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - rav-šāqēˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Question
Interrogative phrase- ha
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal ʔᵃḏōneˈʸḵā wᵊ ʔēleˈʸḵā
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- šᵊlāḥaˈnî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃḏōnîˈ
- Question
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- lᵊ ḏabbēˈr
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ha ddᵊvārîˈm hā ʔēˈlle
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Question
Interrogative phrase- hᵃ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal hā ʔᵃnāšîˈm
- Question
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yyōˈšᵊvîm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕal ha ḥōmāˈ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- le ʔᵉḵōl
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ *ṣôʔāṯāˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li šᵊttôṯ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ *mêˈmê *raḡlêheˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕimmāḵeˈm
- Conjunction