--- title: 1 Chronicles 21:13 — And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let me fall now in… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for very great are His mercies; and let me not fall into the hand of man.' Who acts: David, I, me, mercies. 1 Chronicles 21:13 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.21.13/) [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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/21/) / 21:13 # 1 Chronicles 21:13 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים א **Who acts:** David, I, me, mercies · **What happens:** say, be, let, fall, not fall · **To what, where:** great strait, me, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Chronicles 21:13 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 — David, I, me, mercies — and what happens in the verse to great strait, me, hand, 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. וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛יד אֶל־גָּ֖ד צַר־לִ֣י מְאֹ֑ד אֶפְּלָה־נָּ֣א בְיַד־יְהוָ֗ה כִּֽי־רַבִּ֤ים רַחֲמָיו֙ מְאֹ֔ד וּבְיַד־אָדָ֖ם אַל־אֶפֹּֽל׃ [And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for very great are His mercies; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.765/) ## 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:695 # text = וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛יד אֶל־גָּ֖ד צַר־לִ֣י מְאֹ֑ד אֶפְּלָה־נָּ֣א בְיַד־יְהוָ֗ה כִּֽי־רַבִּ֤ים רַחֲמָיו֙ מְאֹ֔ד וּבְיַד־אָדָ֖ם אַל־אֶפֹּֽל׃ # verse = 1CH.21.13 1-2 וַיֹּ֧אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_21:13!1|MId=o130210130011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֧אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1CH_21:13!1|MId=o130210130012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:130210130021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 דָּוִ֛יד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=David|Ref=1CH_21:13!2|MId=o130210130021|Strong=1732 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1CH_21:13!3|MId=o130210130031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 גָּ֖ד גָּד PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Gad|Ref=1CH_21:13!4|MId=o130210130041|Strong=1410 6 צַר־ צרר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=it.is.distress|Ref=1CH_21:13!5|MId=o130210130051|Strong=6887|Frame=A0:;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 לִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 ל לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1CH_21:13!6|MId=o130210130061|Strong=3807a 8 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=1CH_21:13!6|MId=o130210130062|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 9 מְאֹ֑ד מְאֹד ADV _ _ 6 advmod _ Gloss=exceedingly|Ref=1CH_21:13!7|MId=o130210130071|Strong=3966 10 אֶפְּלָה־ נָפַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 6 parataxis _ Gloss=let.me.fall|Ref=1CH_21:13!8|MId=o130210130081|Strong=5307|Frame=A0:130210130021;|Type=cohortative|SpaceAfter=No 11 נָּ֣א נָא INTJ _ _ 10 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=1CH_21:13!9|MId=o130210130091|Strong=4994|Type=interjection 12-13 בְיַד־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1CH_21:13!10|MId=o130210130101|Strong=0871a 13 יַד־ יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=1CH_21:13!10|MId=o130210130102|Strong=3027 14 יְהוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1CH_21:13!11|MId=o130210130111|Strong=3068 15 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1CH_21:13!12|MId=o130210130121|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 16 רַבִּ֤ים רַב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 advcl _ Gloss=[are].great|Ref=1CH_21:13!13|MId=o130210130131|Strong=7227|Type=adjective 17-18 רַחֲמָיו֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 רַחֲמָי רַחֲמִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ Gloss=compassion(s)|Ref=1CH_21:13!14|MId=o130210130141|Strong=7356 18 ו֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=1CH_21:13!14|MId=o130210130142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 19 מְאֹ֔ד מְאֹד ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=exceedingly|Ref=1CH_21:13!15|MId=o130210130151|Strong=3966 20-22 וּבְיַד־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_21:13!16|MId=o130210130161|Strong=2050b 21 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1CH_21:13!16|MId=o130210130162|Strong=0871a 22 יַד־ יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=1CH_21:13!16|MId=o130210130163|Strong=3027 23 אָדָ֖ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.a.human|Ref=1CH_21:13!17|MId=o130210130171|Strong=0120 24 אַל־ אַל ADV _ _ 25 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=1CH_21:13!18|MId=o130210130181|Strong=0408|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 25 אֶפֹּֽל נָפַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 6 conj _ Gloss=let.me.fall|Ref=1CH_21:13!19|MId=o130210130191|Strong=5307|Frame=A0:130210130021;|Type=cohortative|SpaceAfter=No 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=1CH_21:13!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - 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 | דָּוִיד *David* | | | | | צַר־ *it is distress* | qatal · qal | | | | | | אֶפְּלָה־ *let me fall* | cohortative · qal | דָּוִיד *David* | | | | | **not** אֶפֹּֽל *let me fall* | cohortative · qal | דָּוִיד *David* | | | | 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 said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for very great are His mercies; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.765/) **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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