--- title: 1 Chronicles 19:12 — And he said: 'If the Arameans be too strong for me, then thou shalt… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'If the Arameans be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. Who acts: king, Arameans, thou, children. 1 Chronicles 19:12 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.19.12/) [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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/19/) / 19:12 # 1 Chronicles 19:12 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים א **Who acts:** king, Arameans, thou, children, I · **What happens:** say, be, help · **To what, where:** me, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Chronicles 19:12 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 — king, Arameans, thou, children, I — and what happens in the verse to me, thee, 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. וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אִם־תֶּחֱזַ֤ק מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ אֲרָ֔ם וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִּ֖י לִתְשׁוּעָ֑הס וְאִם־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֛וֹן יֶֽחֶזְק֥וּ מִמְּךָ֖ וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּֽיךָ׃ [And he said: 'If the Arameans be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.728/) ## 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:667 # text = וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אִם־תֶּחֱזַ֤ק מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ אֲרָ֔ם וְהָיִ֥יתָ לִּ֖י לִתְשׁוּעָ֑הס וְאִם־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֛וֹן יֶֽחֶזְק֥וּ מִמְּךָ֖ וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּֽיךָ׃ # verse = 1CH.19.12 1-2 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_19:12!1|MId=o130190120011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1CH_19:12!1|MId=o130190120012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:130190100021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 4 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=1CH_19:12!2|MId=o130190120021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 4 תֶּחֱזַ֤ק חָזַק VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 13 advcl _ Gloss=it.will.be.[too].strong|Ref=1CH_19:12!3|MId=o130190120031|Strong=2388|Frame=A0:130190120051;|Type=yiqtol 5-6 מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=1CH_19:12!4|MId=o130190120041|Strong=4480 6 ֶ֙נִּי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=1CH_19:12!4|MId=o130190120042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 7 אֲרָ֔ם אֲרָם PROPN _ _ 4 nsubj _ Gloss=Aram|Ref=1CH_19:12!5|MId=o130190120051|Strong=0758 8-9 וְהָיִ֥יתָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_19:12!6|MId=o130190120061|Strong=2050b 9 הָיִ֥יתָ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 13 cop _ Gloss=you.will.become|Ref=1CH_19:12!6|MId=o130190120062|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:130190110061;|Type=weqatal 10-11 לִּ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=|Ref=1CH_19:12!7|MId=o130190120071|Strong=3807a 11 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ Gloss=my|Ref=1CH_19:12!7|MId=o130190120072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 12-13 לִתְשׁוּעָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=(into)|Ref=1CH_19:12!8|MId=o130190120081|Strong=3807a 13 תְשׁוּעָ֑ה תְּשׁוּעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ Gloss=deliverance|Ref=1CH_19:12!8|MId=o130190120082|Strong=8668 14 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 13 punct _ Ref=1CH_19:12!8 15-16 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_19:12!9|MId=o130190120091|Strong=2050b 16 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=1CH_19:12!9|MId=o130190120092|Strong=0518 17 בְּנֵ֥י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=1CH_19:12!10|MId=o130190120101|Strong=1121 18 עַמּ֛וֹן עַמּוֹן PROPN _ _ 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Ammon|Ref=1CH_19:12!11|MId=o130190120111|Strong=5983 19 יֶֽחֶזְק֥וּ חָזַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 23 advcl _ Gloss=they.will.be.[too].strong|Ref=1CH_19:12!12|MId=o130190120121|Strong=2388|Frame=A0:130190120111;|Type=yiqtol 20-21 מִמְּךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=1CH_19:12!13|MId=o130190120131|Strong=4480 21 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=1CH_19:12!13|MId=o130190120132|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 22-24 וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּֽיךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_19:12!14|MId=o130190120141|Strong=2050b 23 הוֹשַׁעְתִּֽי יָשַׁע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 13 conj _ Gloss=I|Ref=1CH_19:12!14|MId=o130190120142|Strong=3467|Frame=AA:130190100021;A0:130190120153;|Type=weqatal 24 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ Gloss=will.deliver.you|Ref=1CH_19:12!14|MId=o130190120143|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=1CH_19:12!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | תֶּחֱזַק *it will be \[too\] strong* | yiqtol · qal | אֲרָם *Aram* | | | | | הָיִיתָ *you will become* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | יֶֽחֶזְקוּ *they will be \[too\] strong* | yiqtol · qal | עַמּוֹן *of Ammon* | | | | | הוֹשַׁעְתִּֽי *I* | weqatal · hiphil | | | | | 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 he said: 'If the Arameans be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.728/) **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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