--- title: 1 Chronicles 15:17 — So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; Who acts: Levites. 1 Chronicles 15:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [1 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/) / [chapter 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/15/) / 15:17 # 1 Chronicles 15:17 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים א **Who acts:** Levites · **What happens:** appoint · **To what, where:** Heman This is 1 Chronicles 15:17 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). 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 — Levites — and what happens in the verse to Heman, 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. וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ הַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֵ֚ת הֵימָ֣ן בֶּן־יוֹאֵ֔ל וּמִ֨ן־אֶחָ֔יו אָסָ֖ף בֶּן־בֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּס וּמִן־בְּנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם אֵיתָ֖ן בֶּן־קֽוּשָׁיָֽהוּ׃ [So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.609/) ## 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:556 # text = וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ הַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֵ֚ת הֵימָ֣ן בֶּן־יוֹאֵ֔ל וּמִ֨ן־אֶחָ֔יו אָסָ֖ף בֶּן־בֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּס וּמִן־בְּנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם אֵיתָ֖ן בֶּן־קֽוּשָׁיָֽהוּ׃ # verse = 1CH.15.17 1-2 וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_15:17!1|MId=o130150170011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ עָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.appointed|Ref=1CH_15:17!1|MId=o130150170012|Strong=5975|Frame=AA:130150170022;A0:130150170041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1CH_15:17!2|MId=o130150170021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 לְוִיִּ֗ם לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Levites|Ref=1CH_15:17!2|MId=o130150170022|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 5 אֵ֚ת אֵת ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1CH_15:17!3|MId=o130150170031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 6 הֵימָ֣ן הֵימָן PROPN _ _ 2 obj _ Gloss=Heman|Ref=1CH_15:17!4|MId=o130150170041|Strong=1968 7 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=1CH_15:17!5|MId=o130150170051|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 8 יוֹאֵ֔ל יוֹאֵל PROPN _ _ 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Joel|Ref=1CH_15:17!6|MId=o130150170061|Strong=3100 9-10 וּמִ֨ן־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_15:17!7|MId=o130150170071|Strong=2050b 10 מִ֨ן־ מִן ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=1CH_15:17!7|MId=o130150170072|Strong=4480 11-12 אֶחָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 אֶחָ֔י אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=relatives|Ref=1CH_15:17!8|MId=o130150170081|Strong=0251 12 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=1CH_15:17!8|MId=o130150170082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 13 אָסָ֖ף אָסָף PROPN _ _ 11 obj _ Gloss=Asaph|Ref=1CH_15:17!9|MId=o130150170091|Strong=0623 14 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=1CH_15:17!10|MId=o130150170101|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 15 בֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּ בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ PROPN _ _ 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Berekiah|Ref=1CH_15:17!11|MId=o130150170111|Strong=1296a|SpaceAfter=No 16 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 15 punct _ Ref=1CH_15:17!11 17-18 וּמִן־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_15:17!12|MId=o130150170121|Strong=2050b 18 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=1CH_15:17!12|MId=o130150170122|Strong=4480 19 בְּנֵ֤י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=the.descendants|Ref=1CH_15:17!13|MId=o130150170131|Strong=1121 20 מְרָרִי֙ מְרָרִי PROPN _ _ 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Merari|Ref=1CH_15:17!14|MId=o130150170141|Strong=4847 21-22 אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 אֲחֵי אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 appos _ Gloss=relatives|Ref=1CH_15:17!15|MId=o130150170151|Strong=0251 22 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=1CH_15:17!15|MId=o130150170152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 23 אֵיתָ֖ן אֵיתָן PROPN _ _ 19 obj _ Gloss=Ethan|Ref=1CH_15:17!16|MId=o130150170161|Strong=0387 24 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=1CH_15:17!17|MId=o130150170171|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 25 קֽוּשָׁיָֽהוּ קוּשָׁיָהוּ PROPN _ _ 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Kushaiah|Ref=1CH_15:17!18|MId=o130150170181|Strong=6984|SpaceAfter=No 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=1CH_15:17!18 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּעֲמִידוּ *they appointed* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | הֵימָן *Heman* | | | לְוִיִּם *Levites* | 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. [So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.609/) **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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