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title: 1 Kings 10:19 — There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was ro… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. Who acts: six steps, top, arms, two lions. 1 Kings 10:19 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 
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# 1 Kings 10:19 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** six steps, top, arms, two lions · **What happens:** be, stand · **To what, where:** arms

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This is 1 Kings 10:19 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). 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, top, arms, two lions — and what happens in the verse to arms, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 22 chapters of 1 Kings on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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שֵׁ֧שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַכִּסֵּ֗ה וְרֹאשׁ־עָגֹ֤ל לַכִּסֵּה֙ מֵאַֽחֲרָ֔יו וְיָדֹ֛ת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה אֶל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃

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[There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were 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/neviim/jps/1KI.398/)

## 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:1KI:380
# text = שֵׁ֧שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַכִּסֵּ֗ה וְרֹאשׁ־עָגֹ֤ל לַכִּסֵּה֙ מֵאַֽחֲרָ֔יו וְיָדֹ֛ת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה אֶל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃
# verse = 1KI.10.19
1	שֵׁ֧שׁ	שֵׁשׁ	NUM	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	nummod	_	Gloss=six|Ref=1KI_10:19!1|MId=o110100190011|Strong=8337|Type=cardinal_number
2	מַעֲל֣וֹת	מַעֲלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	Gloss=steps|Ref=1KI_10:19!2|MId=o110100190021|Strong=4609
3-5	לַכִּסֵּ֗ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=[belonged].to|Ref=1KI_10:19!3|MId=o110100190031|Strong=3807a
4	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	5	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_10:19!3|MId=o110100190031ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
5	כִּסֵּ֗ה	כִּסֵּא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=throne|Ref=1KI_10:19!3|MId=o110100190032|Strong=3678
6-7	וְרֹאשׁ־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_10:19!4|MId=o110100190041|Strong=2050b
7	רֹאשׁ־	רֹאשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=a.top|Ref=1KI_10:19!4|MId=o110100190042|Strong=7218
8	עָגֹ֤ל	עָגֹל	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	amod	_	Gloss=round|Ref=1KI_10:19!5|MId=o110100190051|Strong=5696|Type=adjective
9-11	לַכִּסֵּה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=[belonged].to|Ref=1KI_10:19!6|MId=o110100190061|Strong=3807a
10	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	11	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_10:19!6|MId=o110100190061ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
11	כִּסֵּה֙	כִּסֵּא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	conj	_	Gloss=throne|Ref=1KI_10:19!6|MId=o110100190062|Strong=3678
12-14	מֵאַֽחֲרָ֔יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	מֵ	מִן	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=(from)|Ref=1KI_10:19!7|MId=o110100190071|Strong=4480
13	אַֽחֲרָ֔י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=behind|Ref=1KI_10:19!7|MId=o110100190072|Strong=0310
14	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=1KI_10:19!7|MId=o110100190073|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
15-16	וְיָדֹ֛ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_10:19!8|MId=o110100190081|Strong=2050b
16	יָדֹ֛ת	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	Gloss=hands|Ref=1KI_10:19!8|MId=o110100190082|Strong=3027
17-18	מִזֶּ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=1KI_10:19!9|MId=o110100190091|Strong=4480
18	זֶּ֥ה	זֶה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	conj	_	Gloss=this|Ref=1KI_10:19!9|MId=o110100190092|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
19-21	וּמִזֶּ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_10:19!10|MId=o110100190101|Strong=2050b
20	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=1KI_10:19!10|MId=o110100190102|Strong=4480
21	זֶּ֖ה	זֶה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	conj	_	Gloss=this|Ref=1KI_10:19!10|MId=o110100190103|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
22	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=[were].to|Ref=1KI_10:19!11|MId=o110100190111|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
23	מְק֣וֹם	מָקוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	obl	_	Gloss=the.place|Ref=1KI_10:19!12|MId=o110100190121|Strong=4725
24-25	הַשָּׁ֑בֶת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	25	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_10:19!13|MId=o110100190131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
25	שָּׁ֑בֶת	שֶׁבֶת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.sitting|Ref=1KI_10:19!13|MId=o110100190132|Strong=7675
26-27	וּשְׁנַ֣יִם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	29	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_10:19!14|MId=o110100190141|Strong=2050b
27	שְׁנַ֣יִם	שְׁנַיִם	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Dual	28	nummod	_	Gloss=two|Ref=1KI_10:19!14|MId=o110100190142|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number
28	אֲרָי֔וֹת	אֲרִי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	29	nsubj	_	Gloss=lions|Ref=1KI_10:19!15|MId=o110100190151|Strong=0738
29	עֹמְדִ֖ים	עָמַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	5	conj	_	Gloss=[were].standing|Ref=1KI_10:19!16|MId=o110100190161|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:110100190151;|Type=participle_active
30	אֵ֥צֶל	אֵצֶל	ADP	_	_	32	case	_	Gloss=beside|Ref=1KI_10:19!17|MId=o110100190171|Strong=0681
31-32	הַיָּדֽוֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	32	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_10:19!18|MId=o110100190181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
32	יָּדֽוֹת	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	Gloss=hands|Ref=1KI_10:19!18|MId=o110100190182|Strong=3027
33	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	32	punct	_	Ref=1KI_10:19!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| עֹמְדִים *\[were\] standing* | participle active · qal | אֲרָיוֹת *lions* |  |  |  |

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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.

## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos}

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שִׁיתָּא דַרְגִין לְכוּרְסַיָא וְרֵישׁ סְגַלְגַל לְכוּרְסַיָא מֵאַחֲרוֹהִי וְאַשְׁדָתָא מִכָּא וּמִכָּא עַל אֲתַר מוֹתָבָא וּתְרֵין אַרְיְוָן קַיְמִין בִּסְטַר אַשְׁדָתָא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## 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. [There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were 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/neviim/jps/1KI.398/)

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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:1KI:380`.

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