--- title: 2 Chronicles 9:18 — And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, wh… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. Who acts: six steps, two lions. 2 Chronicles 9:18 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.9.18/) [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/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/9/) / 9:18 # 2 Chronicles 9:18 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** six steps, two lions · **What happens:** be, fasten, stand · **To what, where:** footstool, arms This is 2 Chronicles 9:18 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 — six steps, two lions — and what happens in the verse to footstool, arms, 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. וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַ֠כִּסֵּא וְכֶ֨בֶשׁ בַּזָּהָ֤ב לַכִּסֵּא֙ מָאֳחָזִ֔ים וְיָד֛וֹת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה עַל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃ [And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.198/) ## 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:2CH:187 # text = וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַ֠כִּסֵּא וְכֶ֨בֶשׁ בַּזָּהָ֤ב לַכִּסֵּא֙ מָאֳחָזִ֔ים וְיָד֛וֹת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה עַל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃ # verse = 2CH.9.18 1-2 וְשֵׁ֣שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_9:18!1|MId=o140090180011|Strong=2050b 2 שֵׁ֣שׁ שֵׁשׁ NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 nummod _ Gloss=six|Ref=2CH_9:18!1|MId=o140090180012|Strong=8337|Type=cardinal_number 3 מַעֲל֣וֹת מַעֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ Gloss=steps|Ref=2CH_9:18!2|MId=o140090180021|Strong=4609 4-6 לַ֠כִּסֵּא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לַ֠ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=[belonged].to|Ref=2CH_9:18!3|MId=o140090180031|Strong=3807a 5 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_9:18!3|MId=o140090180031ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 כִּסֵּא כִּסֵּא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=throne|Ref=2CH_9:18!3|MId=o140090180032|Strong=3678 7-8 וְכֶ֨בֶשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_9:18!4|MId=o140090180041|Strong=2050b 8 כֶ֨בֶשׁ כֶּבֶשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ Gloss=a.footstool|Ref=2CH_9:18!4|MId=o140090180042|Strong=3534 9-11 בַּזָּהָ֤ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2CH_9:18!5|MId=o140090180051|Strong=0871a 10 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2CH_9:18!5|MId=o140090180051ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 זָּהָ֤ב זָהָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 nmod _ Gloss=gold|Ref=2CH_9:18!5|MId=o140090180052|Strong=2091 12-14 לַכִּסֵּא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_9:18!6|MId=o140090180061|Strong=3807a 13 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_9:18!6|MId=o140090180061ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 כִּסֵּא֙ כִּסֵּא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=throne|Ref=2CH_9:18!6|MId=o140090180062|Strong=3678 15 מָאֳחָזִ֔ים אָחַז VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Plur 6 conj _ Gloss=[were].attached|Ref=2CH_9:18!7|MId=o140090180071|Strong=0270a|Frame=A1:140090180042;|Type=participle_passive 16-17 וְיָד֛וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_9:18!8|MId=o140090180081|Strong=2050b 17 יָד֛וֹת יָד NOUN _ Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ Gloss=hands|Ref=2CH_9:18!8|MId=o140090180082|Strong=3027 18-19 מִזֶּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=2CH_9:18!9|MId=o140090180091|Strong=4480 19 זֶּ֥ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 conj _ Gloss=this|Ref=2CH_9:18!9|MId=o140090180092|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 20-22 וּמִזֶּ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_9:18!10|MId=o140090180101|Strong=2050b 21 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=2CH_9:18!10|MId=o140090180102|Strong=4480 22 זֶּ֖ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 conj _ Gloss=this|Ref=2CH_9:18!10|MId=o140090180103|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 23 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=[were].on|Ref=2CH_9:18!11|MId=o140090180111|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 24 מְק֣וֹם מָקוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=the.place|Ref=2CH_9:18!12|MId=o140090180121|Strong=4725 25-26 הַשָּׁ֑בֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=2CH_9:18!13|MId=o140090180131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 שָּׁ֑בֶת שֶׁבֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.sitting|Ref=2CH_9:18!13|MId=o140090180132|Strong=7675 27-28 וּשְׁנַ֣יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_9:18!14|MId=o140090180141|Strong=2050b 28 שְׁנַ֣יִם שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 29 nummod _ Gloss=two|Ref=2CH_9:18!14|MId=o140090180142|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number 29 אֲרָי֔וֹת אֲרִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ Gloss=lions|Ref=2CH_9:18!15|MId=o140090180151|Strong=0738 30 עֹמְדִ֖ים עָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 6 conj _ Gloss=[were].standing|Ref=2CH_9:18!16|MId=o140090180161|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:140090180151;|Type=participle_active 31 אֵ֥צֶל אֵצֶל ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=beside|Ref=2CH_9:18!17|MId=o140090180171|Strong=0681 32-33 הַיָּדֽוֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 33 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_9:18!18|MId=o140090180181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 33 יָּדֽוֹת יָד NOUN _ Number=Plur 30 obl _ Gloss=hands|Ref=2CH_9:18!18|MId=o140090180182|Strong=3027 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=2CH_9:18!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מָאֳחָזִים *\[were\] attached* | participle passive · hophal | | כֶבֶשׁ *a footstool* | | | | עֹמְדִים *\[were\] standing* | participle active · qal | אֲרָיוֹת *lions* | | | | 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 there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.198/) **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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