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title: 2 Chronicles 8:18 — And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. Who acts: Huram, servants, ships. 2 Chronicles 8:1
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# 2 Chronicles 8:18 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב

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**Who acts:** Huram, servants, ships · **What happens:** send, have, come, fetch, bring · **To what, where:** ships, Solomon, knowledge, Ophir, hundred talents, talents

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This is 2 Chronicles 8:18 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 — Huram, servants, ships — and what happens in the verse to ships, Solomon, knowledge, Ophir, hundred talents, talents, 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 36 chapters of 2 Chronicles on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וַיִּֽשְׁלַֽח־לוֹ֩ חוּרָ֨ם בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֜יו אֳנִיּ֗וֹת וַעֲבָדִים֮ י֣וֹדְעֵי יָם֒ וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עִם־עַבְדֵ֤י שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אוֹפִ֔ירָה וַיִּקְח֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם אַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים כִּכַּ֣ר זָהָ֑ב וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃פ

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[And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.179/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:2CH:169
# text = וַיִּֽשְׁלַֽח־לוֹ֩ חוּרָ֨ם בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֜יו אֳנִיּ֗וֹת וַעֲבָדִים֮ י֣וֹדְעֵי יָם֒ וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עִם־עַבְדֵ֤י שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אוֹפִ֔ירָה וַיִּקְח֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם אַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים כִּכַּ֣ר זָהָ֑ב וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃פ
# verse = 2CH.8.18
1-2	וַיִּֽשְׁלַֽח־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_8:18!1|MId=o140080180011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּֽשְׁלַֽח־	שָׁלַח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.sent|Ref=2CH_8:18!1|MId=o140080180012|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:140080180031;A1:140080180071;140080180082;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	לוֹ֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_8:18!2|MId=o140080180021|Strong=3807a
4	וֹ֩	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=2CH_8:18!2|MId=o140080180022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
5	חוּרָ֨ם	חִירָם	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Huram|Ref=2CH_8:18!3|MId=o140080180031|Strong=2361
6-7	בְּיַד־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=by|Ref=2CH_8:18!4|MId=o140080180041|Strong=0871a
7	יַד־	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.hand|Ref=2CH_8:18!4|MId=o140080180042|Strong=3027
8-9	עֲבָדָ֜יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	עֲבָדָ֜י	עֶבֶד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=his.servants|Ref=2CH_8:18!5|MId=o140080180051|Strong=5650
9	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2CH_8:18!5|MId=o140080180052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
10	אֳנִיּ֗וֹת	אֳנִיָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	obj	_	Gloss=ships|Ref=2CH_8:18!7|MId=o140080180071|Strong=0591
11-12	וַעֲבָדִים֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_8:18!8|MId=o140080180081|Strong=2050b
12	עֲבָדִים֮	עֶבֶד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	10	conj	_	Gloss=servants|Ref=2CH_8:18!8|MId=o140080180082|Strong=5650
13	י֣וֹדְעֵי	יָדַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	12	appos	_	Gloss=[who].knew|Ref=2CH_8:18!9|MId=o140080180091|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:140080180082;A1:140080180101;|Type=participle_active
14	יָם֒	יָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=(of).[the].sea|Ref=2CH_8:18!10|MId=o140080180101|Strong=3220
15-16	וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_8:18!11|MId=o140080180111|Strong=2050b
16	יָּבֹ֜אוּ	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.went|Ref=2CH_8:18!11|MId=o140080180112|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:140080180071;140080180082;|Type=wayyiqtol
17	עִם־	עִם	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=2CH_8:18!12|MId=o140080180121|Strong=5973|SpaceAfter=No
18	עַבְדֵ֤י	עֶבֶד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	16	obl	_	Gloss=the.servants|Ref=2CH_8:18!13|MId=o140080180131|Strong=5650
19	שְׁלֹמֹה֙	שְׁלֹמֹה	PROPN	_	_	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Solomon|Ref=2CH_8:18!14|MId=o140080180141|Strong=8010
20-21	אוֹפִ֔ירָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	אוֹפִ֔יר	אוֹפִיר	PROPN	_	_	16	obl	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_8:18!15|MId=o140080180151|Strong=0211a
21	ָה	ה	X	_	_	20	nmod	_	Gloss=Ophir|Ref=2CH_8:18!15|MId=o140080180152|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he
22-23	וַיִּקְח֣וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	23	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_8:18!16|MId=o140080180161|Strong=2050b
23	יִּקְח֣וּ	לָקַח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.took|Ref=2CH_8:18!16|MId=o140080180162|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:140080180071;140080180082;140080180131;A1:140080180211;|Type=wayyiqtol
24-25	מִשָּׁ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=2CH_8:18!17|MId=o140080180171|Strong=4480
25	שָּׁ֔ם	שָׁם	ADV	_	_	23	obl	_	Gloss=there|Ref=2CH_8:18!17|MId=o140080180172|Strong=8033
26	אַרְבַּע־	אַרְבַּע	NUM	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	30	nummod	_	Gloss=four|Ref=2CH_8:18!18|MId=o140080180181|Strong=0702|Type=cardinal_number|SpaceAfter=No
27	מֵא֥וֹת	מֵאָה	NUM	_	Number=Plur	26	flat	_	Gloss=hundred(s)|Ref=2CH_8:18!19|MId=o140080180191|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number
28-29	וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	29	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_8:18!20|MId=o140080180201|Strong=2050b
29	חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים	חָמֵשׁ	NUM	_	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	Gloss=fifty|Ref=2CH_8:18!20|MId=o140080180202|Strong=2572|Type=cardinal_number
30	כִּכַּ֣ר	כִּכָּר	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	Gloss=talent[s]|Ref=2CH_8:18!21|MId=o140080180211|Strong=3603
31	זָהָ֑ב	זָהָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	30	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.gold|Ref=2CH_8:18!22|MId=o140080180221|Strong=2091
32-33	וַיָּבִ֖יאוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	33	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_8:18!23|MId=o140080180231|Strong=2050b
33	יָּבִ֖יאוּ	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.brought.[it]|Ref=2CH_8:18!23|MId=o140080180232|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:140080180071;140080180082;140080180131;A0:140080180211;|Type=wayyiqtol
34	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	36	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_8:18!24|MId=o140080180241|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
35-36	הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
35	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	36	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_8:18!25|MId=o140080180251|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
36	מֶּ֥לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	33	obl	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2CH_8:18!25|MId=o140080180252|Strong=4428
37	שְׁלֹמֹֽה	שְׁלֹמֹה	PROPN	_	_	36	appos	_	Gloss=Solomon|Ref=2CH_8:18!26|MId=o140080180261|Strong=8010|SpaceAfter=No
38	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	37	punct	_	Ref=2CH_8:18!26|SpaceAfter=No
39	פ	פ	PUNCT	_	_	37	punct	_	Ref=2CH_8:18!26
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּֽשְׁלַֽח־ *he sent* | wayyiqtol · qal | חוּרָם *Huram* | אֳנִיּוֹת *ships* + עֲבָדִים *servants* |  |  |
| יוֹדְעֵי *\[who\] knew* | participle active · qal | עֲבָדִים *servants* | יָם *(of) \[the\] sea* |  |  |
| יָּבֹאוּ *they went* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֳנִיּוֹת *ships* + עֲבָדִים *servants* |  |  |  |
| יִּקְחוּ *they took* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֳנִיּוֹת *ships* + עֲבָדִים *servants* + עַבְדֵי *the servants* | כִּכַּר *talent\[s\]* |  |  |
| יָּבִיאוּ *they brought \[it\]* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | כִּכַּר *talent\[s\]* |  |  | אֳנִיּוֹת *ships* + עֲבָדִים *servants* + עַבְדֵי *the servants* |

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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}

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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.

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1. [And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.179/)

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**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).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:2CH:169`.

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