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title: 1 Kings 12:27 — If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn back unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.' Who acts: people, heart. 1 Kings 12:27 in Hebrew with its depe
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# 1 Kings 12:27 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** people, heart · **What happens:** go up, offer, turn back, kill, return · **To what, where:** sacrifices, house, me

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This is 1 Kings 12:27 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 — people, heart — and what happens in the verse to sacrifices, house, me, 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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אִֽם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה ׀ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת זְבָחִ֤ים בְּבֵית־יְהוָה֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְ֠שָׁב לֵ֣ב הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ אֶל־אֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔ם אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֖ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַהֲרָגֻ֕נִי וְשָׁ֖בוּ אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֥ם מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה׃

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[If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn back unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.479/)

## 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:460
# text = אִֽם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה ׀ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת זְבָחִ֤ים בְּבֵית־יְהוָה֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְ֠שָׁב לֵ֣ב הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ אֶל־אֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔ם אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֖ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַהֲרָגֻ֕נִי וְשָׁ֖בוּ אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֥ם מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה׃
# verse = 1KI.12.27
1	אִֽם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	_	2	mark	_	Gloss=if|Ref=1KI_12:27!1|MId=o110120270011|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No
2	יַעֲלֶ֣ה	עָלָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	17	advcl	_	Gloss=it.will.go.up|Ref=1KI_12:27!2|MId=o110120270021|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:110120270032;|Type=yiqtol
3	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	Ref=1KI_12:27!2
4-5	הָעָ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	5	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_12:27!3|MId=o110120270031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
5	עָ֣ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=1KI_12:27!3|MId=o110120270032|Strong=5971
6-7	הַזֶּ֗ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	7	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_12:27!4|MId=o110120270041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
7	זֶּ֗ה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=1KI_12:27!4|MId=o110120270042|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
8-9	לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_12:27!5|MId=o110120270051|Strong=3807a
9	עֲשׂ֨וֹת	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	2	advcl	_	Gloss=make|Ref=1KI_12:27!5|MId=o110120270052|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:110120270032;A1:110120270061;|Type=infinitive_construct
10	זְבָחִ֤ים	זֶבַח	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	9	obj	_	Gloss=sacrifices|Ref=1KI_12:27!6|MId=o110120270061|Strong=2077
11-12	בְּבֵית־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_12:27!7|MId=o110120270071|Strong=0871a
12	בֵית־	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	obl	_	Gloss=the.house|Ref=1KI_12:27!7|MId=o110120270072|Strong=1004
13	יְהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1KI_12:27!8|MId=o110120270081|Strong=3068
14-15	בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	בִּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_12:27!9|MId=o110120270091|Strong=0871a
15	יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם	PROPN	_	_	9	obl	_	Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=1KI_12:27!9|MId=o110120270092|Strong=3389
16-17	וְ֠שָׁב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	וְ֠	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_12:27!10|MId=o110120270101|Strong=2050b
17	שָׁב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.will.return|Ref=1KI_12:27!10|MId=o110120270102|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:110120270111;|Type=weqatal
18	לֵ֣ב	לֵב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.heart|Ref=1KI_12:27!11|MId=o110120270111|Strong=3820
19-20	הָעָ֤ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_12:27!12|MId=o110120270121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	עָ֤ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=1KI_12:27!12|MId=o110120270122|Strong=5971
21-22	הַזֶּה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	22	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_12:27!13|MId=o110120270131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
22	זֶּה֙	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=1KI_12:27!13|MId=o110120270132|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
23	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_12:27!14|MId=o110120270141|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
24-25	אֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	אֲדֹ֣נֵי	אָדוֹן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	17	obl	_	Gloss=their.lord(s)|Ref=1KI_12:27!15|MId=o110120270151|Strong=0113
25	הֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_12:27!15|MId=o110120270152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
26	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_12:27!16|MId=o110120270161|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
27	רְחַבְעָ֖ם	רְחַבְעָם	PROPN	_	_	17	obl	_	Gloss=Rehoboam|Ref=1KI_12:27!17|MId=o110120270171|Strong=7346
28	מֶ֣לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	27	appos	_	Gloss=the.king|Ref=1KI_12:27!18|MId=o110120270181|Strong=4428
29	יְהוּדָ֑ה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	28	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=1KI_12:27!19|MId=o110120270191|Strong=3063
30-32	וַהֲרָגֻ֕נִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	31	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_12:27!20|MId=o110120270201|Strong=2050b
31	הֲרָגֻ֕	הָרַג	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	17	conj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=1KI_12:27!20|MId=o110120270202|Strong=2026|Frame=A0:110120270122;A1:110120270203;|Type=weqatal
32	נִי	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	Gloss=will.kill.me|Ref=1KI_12:27!20|MId=o110120270203|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal
33-34	וְשָׁ֖בוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
33	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	34	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_12:27!21|MId=o110120270211|Strong=2050b
34	שָׁ֖בוּ	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	31	conj	_	Gloss=they.will.return|Ref=1KI_12:27!21|MId=o110120270212|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:110120270122;|Type=weqatal
35	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	36	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_12:27!22|MId=o110120270221|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
36	רְחַבְעָ֥ם	רְחַבְעָם	PROPN	_	_	34	obl	_	Gloss=Rehoboam|Ref=1KI_12:27!23|MId=o110120270231|Strong=7346
37	מֶֽלֶךְ־	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	36	appos	_	Gloss=the.king|Ref=1KI_12:27!24|MId=o110120270241|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No
38	יְהוּדָֽה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	37	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=1KI_12:27!25|MId=o110120270251|Strong=3063|SpaceAfter=No
39	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	38	punct	_	Ref=1KI_12:27!25
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יַעֲלֶה *it will go up* | yiqtol · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| עֲשׂוֹת *make* | infinitive construct · qal | עָם *people* | זְבָחִים *sacrifices* |  |  |
| שָׁב *it will return* | weqatal · qal | לֵב *the heart* |  |  |  |
| הֲרָגֻ *they* | weqatal · qal | עָם *the people* | נִי *will kill me* |  |  |
| שָׁבוּ *they will return* | weqatal · qal | עָם *the people* |  |  |  |

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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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אִם יִסַק עַמָא הָדֵין לְמֶעְבַּד נִכְסַת קוּדְשִׁין בְבֵית מַקְדְשָׁא דַייָ בִּירוּשְׁלֵם וְיִתְפְּנֵי לִבָּא דְעַמָא הָדֵין בָּתַר רִבּוֹנְהוֹן בָּתַר רְחַבְעָם מֶלֶךְ שִׁבְטָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָא וְיִקְטְלֻנַנִי וִיתוּבוּן לְוַת רְחַבְעָם מֶלֶךְ שִׁבְטָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה:

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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. [If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn back unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.479/)

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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:460`.

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