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title: 1 Kings 12:20 — And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returne… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. Who acts: house, Israel, stones, none. 1 Kings 12:20 in Hebrew 
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# 1 Kings 12:20 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** house, Israel, stones, none · **What happens:** come, pass, hear, return, send, call · **To what, where:** Jeroboam, Israel, house · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Kings 12:20 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 — house, Israel, stones, none — and what happens in the verse to Jeroboam, Israel, house, 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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וַיְהִ֞י כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כִּֽי־שָׁ֣ב יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֗וּ וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ אֹת֖וֹ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לֹ֤א הָיָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בֵית־דָּוִ֔ד זוּלָתִ֥י שֵֽׁבֶט־יְהוּדָ֖ה לְבַדּֽוֹ׃

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[And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.472/)

## 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:453
# text = וַיְהִ֞י כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ כִּֽי־שָׁ֣ב יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֗וּ וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ אֹת֖וֹ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לֹ֤א הָיָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בֵית־דָּוִ֔ד זוּלָתִ֥י שֵֽׁבֶט־יְהוּדָ֖ה לְבַדּֽוֹ׃
# verse = 1KI.12.20
1-2	וַיְהִ֞י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_12:20!1|MId=o110120200011|Strong=2050b
2	יְהִ֞י	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.was|Ref=1KI_12:20!1|MId=o110120200012|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	כִּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=just|Ref=1KI_12:20!2|MId=o110120200021|Strong=3509a
4	שְׁמֹ֤עַ	שָׁמַע	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	2	advcl	_	Gloss=as.heard|Ref=1KI_12:20!2|MId=o110120200022|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:110120200041;A1:110120200061;|Type=infinitive_construct
5	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=1KI_12:20!3|MId=o110120200031|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
6	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=1KI_12:20!4|MId=o110120200041|Strong=3478
7	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	8	mark	_	Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=1KI_12:20!5|MId=o110120200051|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
8	שָׁ֣ב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	ccomp	_	Gloss=he.had.returned|Ref=1KI_12:20!6|MId=o110120200061|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:110120200071;|Type=qatal
9	יָרָבְעָ֔ם	יָרָבְעָם	PROPN	_	_	8	nsubj	_	Gloss=Jeroboam|Ref=1KI_12:20!7|MId=o110120200071|Strong=3379
10-11	וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֗וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_12:20!8|MId=o110120200081|Strong=2050b
11	יִּשְׁלְח֗וּ	שָׁלַח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.sent|Ref=1KI_12:20!8|MId=o110120200082|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:110120200041;|Type=wayyiqtol
12-13	וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_12:20!9|MId=o110120200091|Strong=2050b
13	יִּקְרְא֤וּ	קָרָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.called|Ref=1KI_12:20!9|MId=o110120200092|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:110120200041;A1:110120200102;|Type=wayyiqtol
14-15	אֹתוֹ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=1KI_12:20!10|MId=o110120200101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
15	וֹ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	Gloss=him|Ref=1KI_12:20!10|MId=o110120200102|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
16	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_12:20!11|MId=o110120200111|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
17-18	הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הָ֣	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_12:20!12|MId=o110120200121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	עֵדָ֔ה	עֵדָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	13	obl	_	Gloss=congregation|Ref=1KI_12:20!12|MId=o110120200122|Strong=5712
19-20	וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_12:20!13|MId=o110120200131|Strong=2050b
20	יַּמְלִ֥יכוּ	מָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.made.king|Ref=1KI_12:20!13|MId=o110120200132|Strong=4427|Frame=AA:110120200041;A0:110120200142;|Type=wayyiqtol
21-22	אֹת֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=1KI_12:20!14|MId=o110120200141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
22	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	Gloss=him|Ref=1KI_12:20!14|MId=o110120200142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
23	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=over|Ref=1KI_12:20!15|MId=o110120200151|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
24	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=1KI_12:20!16|MId=o110120200161|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
25	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	24	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=1KI_12:20!17|MId=o110120200171|Strong=3478
26	לֹ֤א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	29	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=1KI_12:20!18|MId=o110120200181|Strong=3808|Type=negative
27	הָיָה֙	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	29	cop	_	Gloss=anyone.was|Ref=1KI_12:20!19|MId=o110120200191|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:110120200241;|Type=qatal
28	אַחֲרֵ֣י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=1KI_12:20!20|MId=o110120200201|Strong=0310
29	בֵית־	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=the.house|Ref=1KI_12:20!21|MId=o110120200211|Strong=1004|SpaceAfter=No
30	דָּוִ֔ד	דָּוִד	PROPN	_	_	29	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.David|Ref=1KI_12:20!22|MId=o110120200221|Strong=1732
31	זוּלָתִ֥י	זוּלָה	ADP	_	_	32	case	_	Gloss=except|Ref=1KI_12:20!23|MId=o110120200231|Strong=2108
32	שֵֽׁבֶט־	שֵׁבֶט	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.tribe|Ref=1KI_12:20!24|MId=o110120200241|Strong=7626|SpaceAfter=No
33	יְהוּדָ֖ה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	32	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=1KI_12:20!25|MId=o110120200251|Strong=3063
34-36	לְבַדּֽוֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	35	case	_	Gloss=it|Ref=1KI_12:20!26|MId=o110120200261|Strong=3807a
35	בַדּ	בַּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	Gloss=|Ref=1KI_12:20!26|MId=o110120200262|Strong=0905
36	ֽוֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=alone|Ref=1KI_12:20!26|MId=o110120200263|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
37	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	36	punct	_	Ref=1KI_12:20!26
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| שְׁמֹעַ *as heard* | infinitive construct · qal | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* | שָׁב *he had returned* |  |  |
| שָׁב *he had returned* | qatal · qal | יָרָבְעָם *Jeroboam* |  |  |  |
| יִּשְׁלְחוּ *they sent* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* |  |  |  |
| יִּקְרְאוּ *they called* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* | וֹ *him* |  |  |
| יַּמְלִיכוּ *they made king* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | וֹ *him* |  |  | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* |
| הָיָה *anyone was* | qatal · qal | שֵֽׁבֶט־ *the tribe* |  |  |  |

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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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וַהֲוָה כַּד שְׁמָעוּ כָל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲרֵי תַב יְרָבְעָם וּשְׁלַחוּ וּקְרוֹ יָתֵיהּ לְוַת כְּנִשְׁתָּא וְאַמְלִיכוּ יָתֵיהּ עַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא הֲוָה בָּתַר בֵּית דָוִד אֱלָהֵין שִׁבְטָא דִיהוּדָה בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי:

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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 it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.472/)

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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:453`.

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