--- title: 1 Chronicles 17:17 — And this was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; but Thou hast spoke… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And this was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; but Thou hast spoken of Thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me after the manner of a man of high degree, O LORD God. Who acts: this, Thou. 1 Chronicles 17:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.17.17/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/17/) / 17:17 # 1 Chronicles 17:17 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים א **Who acts:** this, Thou · **What happens:** be, speak, come, regard · **To what, where:** small thing, eyes, me · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Chronicles 17:17 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 — this, Thou — and what happens in the verse to small thing, eyes, me, 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. וַתִּקְטַ֨ן זֹ֤את בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר עַל־בֵּֽית־עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּרְאִיתַ֗נִי כְּת֧וֹר הָאָדָ֛ם הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִֽים׃ [And this was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; but Thou hast spoken of Thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me after the manner of a man of high degree, O LORD God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.683/) ## 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:628 # text = וַתִּקְטַ֨ן זֹ֤את בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר עַל־בֵּֽית־עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּרְאִיתַ֗נִי כְּת֧וֹר הָאָדָ֛ם הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִֽים׃ # verse = 1CH.17.17 1-2 וַתִּקְטַ֨ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_17:17!1|MId=o130170170011|Strong=2050b 2 תִּקְטַ֨ן קָטֹן VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was.small|Ref=1CH_17:17!1|MId=o130170170012|Strong=6994|Frame=A0:130170170021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 זֹ֤את זֹאת PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ Gloss=this.[thing]|Ref=1CH_17:17!2|MId=o130170170021|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 4-6 בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1CH_17:17!3|MId=o130170170031|Strong=0871a 5 עֵינֶ֙י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 2 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=1CH_17:17!3|MId=o130170170032|Strong=5869 6 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=1CH_17:17!3|MId=o130170170033|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 7 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ Gloss=O.God|Ref=1CH_17:17!4|MId=o130170170041|Strong=0430 8-9 וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_17:17!5|MId=o130170170051|Strong=2050b 9 תְּדַבֵּ֥ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you.have.spoken|Ref=1CH_17:17!5|MId=o130170170052|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:130170170041;|Type=wayyiqtol 10 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=1CH_17:17!6|MId=o130170170061|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 11 בֵּֽית־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=1CH_17:17!7|MId=o130170170071|Strong=1004|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 עַבְדְּךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.servant|Ref=1CH_17:17!8|MId=o130170170081|Strong=5650 13 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=1CH_17:17!8|MId=o130170170082|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 14-16 לְמֵרָח֑וֹק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=(to).from|Ref=1CH_17:17!9|MId=o130170170091|Strong=3807a 15 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=distant|Ref=1CH_17:17!9|MId=o130170170092|Strong=4480 16 רָח֑וֹק רָחֹוק ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=[time]|Ref=1CH_17:17!9|MId=o130170170093|Strong=7350|Type=adjective 17-19 וּרְאִיתַ֗נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_17:17!10|MId=o130170170101|Strong=2050b 18 רְאִיתַ֗ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=1CH_17:17!10|MId=o130170170102|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:130170170141;A1:130170170103;|Type=qatal 19 נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=have.seen.me|Ref=1CH_17:17!10|MId=o130170170103|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 20-21 כְּת֧וֹר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=1CH_17:17!11|MId=o130170170111|Strong=3509a 21 ת֧וֹר תּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=to.the.order|Ref=1CH_17:17!11|MId=o130170170112|Strong=8448 22-23 הָאָדָ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=1CH_17:17!12|MId=o130170170121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 אָדָ֛ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=humankind|Ref=1CH_17:17!12|MId=o130170170122|Strong=0120 24-25 הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=the.going|Ref=1CH_17:17!13|MId=o130170170131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 מַּעֲלָ֖ה מַעֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 appos _ Gloss=up|Ref=1CH_17:17!13|MId=o130170170132|Strong=4609 26 יְהוָ֥ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 18 parataxis _ Gloss=O.Yahweh|Ref=1CH_17:17!14|MId=o130170170141|Strong=3068 27 אֱלֹהִֽים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=1CH_17:17!15|MId=o130170170151|Strong=0430|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=1CH_17:17!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּקְטַן *it was small* | wayyiqtol · qal | זֹאת *this \[thing\]* | | | | | תְּדַבֵּר *you have spoken* | wayyiqtol · piel | אֱלֹהִים *O God* | | | | | רְאִיתַ *you* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *O Yahweh* | נִי *have seen me* | | | 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 this was a small thing in Thine eyes, O God; but Thou hast spoken of Thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me after the manner of a man of high degree, O LORD God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.683/) **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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