וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֱמֶת֙ הָיָ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בְּאַרְצִ֑י עַל־דְּבָרֶ֖יךָ וְעַל־חָכְמָתֶֽךָ׃
And she said to the king, “True was the report that I heard in my land concerning your matters and concerning your wisdom,
Morphology
- וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (va-toʾmer) – Root: אמר (ʾ.m.r); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (consecutive imperfect) 3rd person feminine singular; Translation: “And she said”; Notes: Continues narrative sequence; subject is the Queen of Sheva.
- אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ʾel-ha-melekh) – Root: אל (ʾel) + מלך (m.l.k); Form: Preposition + definite noun, masculine singular; Translation: “to the king”; Notes: Refers to Shelomoh.
- אֱמֶת֙ (ʾemet) – Root: אמת (ʾ.m.t); Form: Noun, feminine singular absolute; Translation: “Truth”; Notes: Exclamation of affirmation.
- הָיָ֣ה (hayah) – Root: היה (h.y.h); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “was”; Notes: Verb confirming the truth of the report.
- הַדָּבָ֔ר (ha-davar) – Root: דבר (d.v.r); Form: Definite noun, masculine singular; Translation: “the report / the thing”; Notes: Refers to what was heard about Shelomoh.
- אֲשֶׁ֥ר (ʾasher) – Root: אשר (ʾasher); Form: Relative pronoun; Translation: “that”; Notes: Introduces relative clause modifying “the report.”
- שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי (shamaʿti) – Root: שמע (sh.m.ʿ); Form: Qal perfect 1st person common singular; Translation: “I heard”; Notes: The Queen is the speaker.
- בְּאַרְצִ֑י (be-artsi) – Root: ארץ (ʾ.r.ts); Form: Preposition + noun with 1st person singular suffix; Translation: “in my land”; Notes: Refers to Sheva.
- עַל־דְּבָרֶ֖יךָ (ʿal-devarekha) – Root: דבר (d.v.r); Form: Preposition + plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “concerning your matters”; Notes: Refers to Shelomoh’s deeds or sayings.
- וְעַל־חָכְמָתֶֽךָ (ve-ʿal-ḥokhmatekha) – Root: חכמה (ḥ.k.m); Form: Conjunction + preposition + noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “and concerning your wisdom”; Notes: Wisdom as the subject of the Queen’s testimony.