וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח סְפָרִים֙ אֶל־כָּל־מְדִינ֣וֹת הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְאֶל־עַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ לִהְי֤וֹת כָּל־אִישׁ֙ שֹׂרֵ֣ר בְּבֵית֔וֹ וּמְדַבֵּ֖ר כִּלְשׁ֥וֹן עַמּֽוֹ׃ (פ)
·Debug: verse number 20261Il expédia des lettres dans toutes les provinces royales, dans chaque province selon son système d’écriture et dans chaque peuplade selon son idiome, [pour ordonner] que tout homme serait maître dans sa maison et s’exprimerait dans la langue de sa nation.
/wa-y-yišláḥ sᵉfārīm ʾel kol mᵉdīnṓt ha-m-mélex ʾel mᵉdīnā́ ū mᵉdīnā́ ki xᵉtāvā́h wᵉ ʾel ʿam wā ʿām ki lᵉšōnṓ li hᵉyōt kol ʾīš śōrḗr bᵉ vētṓ ū mᵉdabbḗr ki lᵉšōn ʿammṓ /
Gloss translation
- wa
- and
- cnj
- -y-yišláḥ
- send
- v √qal wy III m sg
- sᵉfārīm
- letter
- n m pl abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- mᵉdīnṓt
- district
- n f pl con
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-mélex
- king
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- mᵉdīnā́
- district
- n f sg abs
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mᵉdīnā́
- district
- n f sg abs
- ki
- as
- prep
- xᵉtāvā́h
- writing
- n m sg abs + III f sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- ʿam
- people
- n m sg abs
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ʿām
- people
- n m sg abs
- ki
- as
- prep
- lᵉšōnṓ
- tongue
- n sg abs + III m sg
- li
- to
- prep
- hᵉyōt
- be
- v √qal infcon con
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- śōrḗr
- rule
- v √qal part m sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- vētṓ
- house
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- ū
- and
- cnj
- mᵉdabbḗr
- speak
- v √pi part m sg abs
- ki
- as
- prep
- lᵉšōn
- tongue
- n sg con
- ʿammṓ
- people
- n m sg abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wa
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyišlaˈḥ
- Object
Nominal phrase - sᵊfārîm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel kol mᵊḏînôˈṯ ha mmeˈleḵ
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel mᵊḏînāˈ û mᵊḏînāˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ki ḵᵊṯāvāˈh
- Complement
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔel ʕam wā ʕām
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ki lᵊšônôˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li hᵊyôṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kol ʔîš
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Predicative complement clause- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- śōrēˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - bᵊ vêṯôˈ
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- û
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- mᵊḏabbēˈr
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ki lᵊšôn ʕammôˈ
- Conjunction