יָֽשָׁב־נָ֤א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָֽשָׁב־נָ֤א

   ya-SHAV-NA

   Please let return
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יָֽשָׁב־נָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙

   ya-SHAV-NA av-DE-kha

   Please let return your servant
3. clause🔊 יָֽשָׁב־נָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְאָמ֣וּת בְּעִירִ֔י עִ֖ם קֶ֣בֶר אָבִ֖י וְאִמִּ֑י

   ya-SHAV-NA av-DE-kha ve-a-MUT be-i-RI IM KE-ver a-VI ve-i-MI

   Please let return your servant and I will die in my city with the grave of my father and my mother
4. sentence🔊 יָֽשָׁב־נָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְאָמ֣וּת בְּעִירִ֔י עִ֖ם קֶ֣בֶר אָבִ֖י וְאִמִּ֑י וְהִנֵּה֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ כִמְהָ֔ם יַֽעֲבֹר֙ עִם־אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַעֲשֵׂה־לּ֥וֹ אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁר־ט֣וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ׃

   ya-SHAV-NA av-DE-kha ve-a-MUT be-i-RI IM KE-ver a-VI ve-i-MI ve-hi-NE av-DE-kha khim-HEM ya-a-VOR im-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh va-a-SE-LO ET a-sher-TOV be-e-NE-kha

   Please let return your servant and I will die in my city with the grave of my father and my mother and behold your servant Chimham let him go over with my lord the king and do for him which is good in your eyes

Exegesis

The verse opens with the jussive yashav {יָשׁב | yā-šāv} ‘let remain’ and cohortative amut {אָמֻת | ʾā-muṯ} ‘let me die’, intensified by the entreaty particle na {נָא | nāʼ}.