KJV: And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
YLT: and they say unto him, 'Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;
Darby: And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!
ASV: And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ | And they said |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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אֵלָ֔יו | to him |
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion). |
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לָ֚מָּה | why |
Parse: Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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יְדַבֵּ֣ר | does say |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: דָּבַר Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing. |
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אֲדֹנִ֔י | my lord |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: אָדֹון Sense: firm, strong, lord, master. |
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כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים | words |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing. |
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؟ הָאֵ֑לֶּה | these |
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these. |
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חָלִ֙ילָה֙ | Far be it from us |
Parse: Interjection, third person feminine singular Root: חָלִיל Sense: far be it (from me), God forbid that, let it not be. |
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לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ | that your servants |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant. |
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מֵעֲשׂ֖וֹת | should do |
Parse: Preposition-m, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make. |
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כַּדָּבָ֥ר | a thing |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing. |
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הַזֶּֽה | such |
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such. |