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title: 1 Kings 11:24 — And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. Who acts: Pharaoh, David, men. 1 Kings 11:24 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every 
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# 1 Kings 11:24 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** Pharaoh, David, men · **What happens:** gather, become, slay, go, dwell, reign · **To what, where:** men, captain, troop, Damascus

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This is 1 Kings 11:24 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 — Pharaoh, David, men — and what happens in the verse to men, captain, troop, Damascus, 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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וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיְהִ֣י שַׂר־גְּד֔וּד בַּהֲרֹ֥ג דָּוִ֖ד אֹתָ֑ם וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּ בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃

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[And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.432/)

## 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:414
# text = וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיְהִ֣י שַׂר־גְּד֔וּד בַּהֲרֹ֥ג דָּוִ֖ד אֹתָ֑ם וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּ בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃
# verse = 1KI.11.24
1-2	וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_11:24!1|MId=o110110240011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ	קָבַץ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.gathered|Ref=1KI_11:24!1|MId=o110110240012|Strong=6908|Frame=A0:110110230061;A1:110110240031;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	עָלָיו֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	עָלָי	עַל	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=1KI_11:24!2|MId=o110110240021|Strong=5921
4	ו֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=1KI_11:24!2|MId=o110110240022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
5	אֲנָשִׁ֔ים	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	obj	_	Gloss=men|Ref=1KI_11:24!3|MId=o110110240031|Strong=0376
6-7	וַיְהִ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_11:24!4|MId=o110110240041|Strong=2050b
7	יְהִ֣י	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	8	cop	_	Gloss=he.was|Ref=1KI_11:24!4|MId=o110110240042|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:110110230061;|Type=wayyiqtol
8	שַׂר־	שַׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	conj	_	Gloss=[the].leader|Ref=1KI_11:24!5|MId=o110110240051|Strong=8269|SpaceAfter=No
9	גְּד֔וּד	גְּדוּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.a.marauding.band|Ref=1KI_11:24!6|MId=o110110240061|Strong=1416
10-11	בַּהֲרֹ֥ג	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=when|Ref=1KI_11:24!7|MId=o110110240071|Strong=0871a
11	הֲרֹ֥ג	הָרַג	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	8	advcl	_	Gloss=killed|Ref=1KI_11:24!7|MId=o110110240072|Strong=2026|Frame=A0:110110240081;A1:110110240092;|Type=infinitive_construct
12	דָּוִ֖ד	דָּוִד	PROPN	_	_	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=David|Ref=1KI_11:24!8|MId=o110110240081|Strong=1732
13-14	אֹתָ֑ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=1KI_11:24!9|MId=o110110240091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
14	ָ֑ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	Gloss=them|Ref=1KI_11:24!9|MId=o110110240092|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
15-16	וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_11:24!10|MId=o110110240101|Strong=2050b
16	יֵּלְכ֤וּ	הלך	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.went|Ref=1KI_11:24!10|MId=o110110240102|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:110110230061;110110240061;|Type=wayyiqtol
17	דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙	דַּמֶּשֶׂק	PROPN	_	_	16	obl	_	Gloss=Damascus|Ref=1KI_11:24!11|MId=o110110240111|Strong=1834
18-19	וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_11:24!12|MId=o110110240121|Strong=2050b
19	יֵּ֣שְׁבוּ	יָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.dwelt|Ref=1KI_11:24!12|MId=o110110240122|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:110110230061;110110240061;|Type=wayyiqtol
20-21	בָ֔הּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	ב	בְּ	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_11:24!13|MId=o110110240131|Strong=0871a
21	ָ֔הּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=1KI_11:24!13|MId=o110110240132|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
22-23	וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	23	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_11:24!14|MId=o110110240141|Strong=2050b
23	יִּמְלְכ֖וּ	מָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.reigned|Ref=1KI_11:24!14|MId=o110110240142|Strong=4427|Frame=A0:110110230061;110110240061;|Type=wayyiqtol
24-25	בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_11:24!15|MId=o110110240151|Strong=0871a
25	דַמָּֽשֶׂק	דַּמֶּשֶׂק	PROPN	_	_	23	obl	_	Gloss=Damascus|Ref=1KI_11:24!15|MId=o110110240152|Strong=1834
26	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	25	punct	_	Ref=1KI_11:24!15
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּקְבֹּץ *he gathered* | wayyiqtol · qal |  | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |  |  |
| יְהִי *he was* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הֲרֹג *killed* | infinitive construct · qal | דָּוִד *David* | ָם *them* |  |  |
| יֵּלְכוּ *they went* | wayyiqtol · qal | גְּדוּד *of a marauding band* |  |  |  |
| יֵּשְׁבוּ *they dwelt* | wayyiqtol · qal | גְּדוּד *of a marauding band* |  |  |  |
| יִּמְלְכוּ *they reigned* | wayyiqtol · qal | גְּדוּד *of a marauding band* |  |  |  |

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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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וּכְנַשׁ עֲלוֹהִי גַבְרִין וַהֲוָה רַב מַשְׁרִיתָא כַּד קְטִיל דָוִד יַתְהוֹן וַאֲזַלוּ לְדַמֶשֶׂק וִיתִיבוּ בָהּ וּמְלַכוּ בְּדַמֶשֶׂק:

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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. [And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.432/)

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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:414`.

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