--- title: 1 Chronicles 28:4 — Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house o… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.28.4/) [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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH/28/) / 28:4 # 1 Chronicles 28:4 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים א **Who acts:** LORD · **What happens:** choose, be, take, make · **To what, where:** me, house, king, Israel, Judah, prince This is 1 Chronicles 28:4 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 — LORD — and what happens in the verse to me, house, king, Israel, Judah, prince, 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. וַיִּבְחַ֡ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵי֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בִּ֜י מִכֹּ֣ל בֵּית־אָבִ֗י לִהְי֨וֹת לְמֶ֤לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְעוֹלָ֔ם כִּ֤י בִֽיהוּדָה֙ בָּחַ֣ר לְנָגִ֔יד וּבְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י וּבִבְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔י בִּ֣י רָצָ֔ה לְהַמְלִ֖יךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.979/) ## 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:895 # text = וַיִּבְחַ֡ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵי֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בִּ֜י מִכֹּ֣ל בֵּית־אָבִ֗י לִהְי֨וֹת לְמֶ֤לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְעוֹלָ֔ם כִּ֤י בִֽיהוּדָה֙ בָּחַ֣ר לְנָגִ֔יד וּבְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י וּבִבְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔י בִּ֣י רָצָ֔ה לְהַמְלִ֖יךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ # verse = 1CH.28.4 1-2 וַיִּבְחַ֡ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_28:4!1|MId=o130280040011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּבְחַ֡ר בָּחַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.chose|Ref=1CH_28:4!1|MId=o130280040012|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:130280040021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יְהוָ֣ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1CH_28:4!2|MId=o130280040021|Strong=3068 4 אֱלֹהֵי֩ אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 appos _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=1CH_28:4!3|MId=o130280040031|Strong=0430 5 יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=1CH_28:4!4|MId=o130280040041|Strong=3478 6-7 בִּ֜י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=1CH_28:4!5|MId=o130280040051|Strong=0871a 7 ִ֜י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=1CH_28:4!5|MId=o130280040052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 8-9 מִכֹּ֣ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=1CH_28:4!6|MId=o130280040061|Strong=4480 9 כֹּ֣ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=1CH_28:4!6|MId=o130280040062|Strong=3605 10 בֵּית־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=1CH_28:4!7|MId=o130280040071|Strong=1004|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 אָבִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 אָב אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.father|Ref=1CH_28:4!8|MId=o130280040081|Strong=0001 12 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=1CH_28:4!8|MId=o130280040082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 13-14 לִהְי֨וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1CH_28:4!9|MId=o130280040091|Strong=3807a 14 הְי֨וֹת הָיָה AUX _ HebBinyan=QAL 16 cop _ Gloss=become|Ref=1CH_28:4!9|MId=o130280040092|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:130280020021;|Type=infinitive_construct 15-16 לְמֶ֤לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=(into)|Ref=1CH_28:4!10|MId=o130280040101|Strong=3807a 16 מֶ֤לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=1CH_28:4!10|MId=o130280040102|Strong=4428 17 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=1CH_28:4!11|MId=o130280040111|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 18 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 16 obl _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=1CH_28:4!12|MId=o130280040121|Strong=3478 19-20 לְעוֹלָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=forever|Ref=1CH_28:4!13|MId=o130280040131|Strong=3807a 20 עוֹלָ֔ם עוֹלָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=of.perpetuity|Ref=1CH_28:4!13|MId=o130280040132|Strong=5769 21 כִּ֤י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1CH_28:4!14|MId=o130280040141|Strong=3588 22-23 בִֽיהוּדָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 בִֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=1CH_28:4!15|MId=o130280040151|Strong=0871a 23 יהוּדָה֙ יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 24 obl _ Gloss=Judah|Ref=1CH_28:4!15|MId=o130280040152|Strong=3063 24 בָּחַ֣ר בָּחַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=he.chose|Ref=1CH_28:4!16|MId=o130280040161|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:130280040021;|Type=qatal 25-26 לְנָגִ֔יד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1CH_28:4!17|MId=o130280040171|Strong=3807a 26 נָגִ֔יד נָגִיד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=ruler|Ref=1CH_28:4!17|MId=o130280040172|Strong=5057 27-29 וּבְבֵ֥ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_28:4!18|MId=o130280040181|Strong=2050b 28 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=1CH_28:4!18|MId=o130280040182|Strong=0871a 29 בֵ֥ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 conj _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=1CH_28:4!18|MId=o130280040183|Strong=1004 30 יְהוּדָ֖ה יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=1CH_28:4!19|MId=o130280040191|Strong=3063 31 בֵּ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obj _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=1CH_28:4!20|MId=o130280040201|Strong=1004 32-33 אָבִ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 אָב אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.father|Ref=1CH_28:4!21|MId=o130280040211|Strong=0001 33 ִ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=1CH_28:4!21|MId=o130280040212|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 34-36 וּבִבְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 41 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1CH_28:4!22|MId=o130280040221|Strong=2050b 35 בִ בְּ ADP _ _ 36 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=1CH_28:4!22|MId=o130280040222|Strong=0871a 36 בְנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 41 obl _ Gloss=the.sons|Ref=1CH_28:4!22|MId=o130280040223|Strong=1121 37-38 אָבִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 אָב אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 36 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.father|Ref=1CH_28:4!23|MId=o130280040231|Strong=0001 38 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=1CH_28:4!23|MId=o130280040232|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 39-40 בִּ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 40 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1CH_28:4!24|MId=o130280040241|Strong=0871a 40 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=1CH_28:4!24|MId=o130280040242|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 41 רָצָ֔ה רָצָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.took.pleasure|Ref=1CH_28:4!25|MId=o130280040251|Strong=7521|Frame=A0:130280040021;|Type=qatal 42-43 לְהַמְלִ֖יךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 43 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1CH_28:4!26|MId=o130280040261|Strong=3807a 43 הַמְלִ֖יךְ מָלַךְ VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 41 advcl _ Gloss=make.[me].king|Ref=1CH_28:4!26|MId=o130280040262|Strong=4427|Frame=AA:130280040021;A0:130280020021;|Type=infinitive_construct 44 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 45 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=1CH_28:4!27|MId=o130280040271|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 45 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 43 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=1CH_28:4!28|MId=o130280040281|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 46 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 45 compound:smixut _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=1CH_28:4!29|MId=o130280040291|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No 47 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 46 punct _ Ref=1CH_28:4!29 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּבְחַר *he chose* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | הְיוֹת *become* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | בָּחַר *he chose* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | רָצָה *he took pleasure* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | הַמְלִיךְ *make \[me\] king* | infinitive construct · hiphil | | | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | 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. [Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.979/) **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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