--- title: 1 Chronicles 15:16 — And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethre… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — David — and what happens in the verse to singers, brethren, voice, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 29 chapters of 1 Chronicles on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִיד֮ לְשָׂרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּם֒ לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד אֶת־אֲחֵיהֶם֙ הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֛יר נְבָלִ֥ים וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם מַשְׁמִיעִ֥ים לְהָרִֽים־בְּק֖וֹל לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃פ [And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.608/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:1CH:555 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִיד֮ לְשָׂרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּם֒ לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד אֶת־אֲחֵיהֶם֙ הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֛יר נְבָלִ֥ים וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם מַשְׁמִיעִ֥ים לְהָרִֽים־בְּק֖וֹל לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃פ # verse = 1CH.15.16 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_15:16!1|MId=o130150160011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1CH_15:16!1|MId=o130150160012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:130150160021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 דָּוִיד֮ דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=David|Ref=1CH_15:16!2|MId=o130150160021|Strong=1732 4-5 לְשָׂרֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1CH_15:16!3|MId=o130150160031|Strong=3807a 5 שָׂרֵ֣י שַׂר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=the.leaders|Ref=1CH_15:16!3|MId=o130150160032|Strong=8269 6-7 הַלְוִיִּם֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=1CH_15:16!4|MId=o130150160041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 לְוִיִּם֒ לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.Levites|Ref=1CH_15:16!4|MId=o130150160042|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 8-9 לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1CH_15:16!5|MId=o130150160051|Strong=3807a 9 הַֽעֲמִ֗יד עָמַד VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 2 advcl _ Gloss=appoint|Ref=1CH_15:16!5|MId=o130150160052|Strong=5975|Frame=AA:130150160032;A0:130150160071;|Type=infinitive_construct 10 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1CH_15:16!6|MId=o130150160061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 אֲחֵיהֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 אֲחֵי אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 obj _ Gloss=relatives|Ref=1CH_15:16!7|MId=o130150160071|Strong=0251 12 הֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=1CH_15:16!7|MId=o130150160072|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 13-14 הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1CH_15:16!8|MId=o130150160081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 מְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים שִׁיר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=POLEL|Number=Plur 11 appos _ Gloss=singers|Ref=1CH_15:16!8|MId=o130150160082|Strong=7891|Frame=A0:130150160071;|Type=participle_active 15-16 בִּכְלֵי־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=1CH_15:16!9|MId=o130150160091|Strong=0871a 16 כְלֵי־ כְּלִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 obl _ Gloss=instruments|Ref=1CH_15:16!9|MId=o130150160092|Strong=3627 17 שִׁ֛יר שִׁיר NOUN _ Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.song|Ref=1CH_15:16!10|MId=o130150160101|Strong=7892 18 נְבָלִ֥ים נֵבֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 appos _ Gloss=lyres|Ref=1CH_15:16!11|MId=o130150160111|Strong=5035a 19-20 וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_15:16!12|MId=o130150160121|Strong=2050b 20 כִנֹּר֖וֹת כִּנּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 conj _ Gloss=harps|Ref=1CH_15:16!12|MId=o130150160122|Strong=3658 21-22 וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_15:16!13|MId=o130150160131|Strong=2050b 22 מְצִלְתָּ֑יִם מְצִלְתַּיִם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 18 conj _ Gloss=cymbals|Ref=1CH_15:16!13|MId=o130150160132|Strong=4700 23 מַשְׁמִיעִ֥ים שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur 9 xcomp _ Gloss=sounding.aloud|Ref=1CH_15:16!14|MId=o130150160141|Strong=8085|Type=participle_active 24-25 לְהָרִֽים־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1CH_15:16!15|MId=o130150160151|Strong=3807a 25 הָרִֽים־ רוּם VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 9 advcl _ Gloss=raise|Ref=1CH_15:16!15|MId=o130150160152|Strong=7311|Frame=A0:130150160071;|Type=infinitive_construct 26-27 בְּק֖וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=(in).a|Ref=1CH_15:16!16|MId=o130150160161|Strong=0871a 27 ק֖וֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=sound|Ref=1CH_15:16!16|MId=o130150160162|Strong=6963 28-29 לְשִׂמְחָֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=1CH_15:16!17|MId=o130150160171|Strong=3807a 29 שִׂמְחָֽה שִׂמְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=joy|Ref=1CH_15:16!17|MId=o130150160172|Strong=8057 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=1CH_15:16!17|SpaceAfter=No 31 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=1CH_15:16!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | דָּוִיד *David* | | | | | הַֽעֲמִיד *appoint* | infinitive construct · hiphil | אֲחֵי *relatives* | | | שָׂרֵי *the leaders* | | מְשֹׁרְרִים *singers* | participle active · polel | אֲחֵי *relatives* | | | | | הָרִֽים־ *raise* | infinitive construct · hiphil | אֲחֵי *relatives* | | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.608/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). 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