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title: 1 Kings 13:11 — Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and the words which he had spoken unto the king, and they told them unto their father. Who acts: old prophet, one, man, works. 1 Kings 13:11 in Hebrew with
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# 1 Kings 13:11 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** old prophet, one, man, works · **What happens:** dwell, come, tell, do, speak · **To what, where:** works, prophet, Beth el, words, bones · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Kings 13:11 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 — old prophet, one, man, works — and what happens in the verse to works, prophet, Beth el, words, bones, 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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וְנָבִ֤יא אֶחָד֙ זָקֵ֔ן יֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑לבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וַיָּב֣וֹא בְנ֡וֹ וַיְסַפֶּר־ל֣וֹ אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה֩ אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ הַיּ֜וֹם בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֗לבֵֽית־אֵ֗ל אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּם לַאֲבִיהֶֽם׃

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[Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and the words which he had spoken unto the king, and they told them unto their father.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.496/)

## 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:477
# text = וְנָבִ֤יא אֶחָד֙ זָקֵ֔ן יֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑לבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וַיָּב֣וֹא בְנ֡וֹ וַיְסַפֶּר־ל֣וֹ אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה֩ אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ הַיּ֜וֹם בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֗לבֵֽית־אֵ֗ל אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּם לַאֲבִיהֶֽם׃
# verse = 1KI.13.11
1-2	וְנָבִ֤יא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	5	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_13:11!1|MId=o110130110011|Strong=2050b
2	נָבִ֤יא	נָבִיא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	Gloss=a.prophet|Ref=1KI_13:11!1|MId=o110130110012|Strong=5030
3	אֶחָד֙	אֶחָד	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nummod	_	Gloss=one|Ref=1KI_13:11!2|MId=o110130110021|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number
4	זָקֵ֔ן	זָקֵן	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	amod	_	Gloss=old|Ref=1KI_13:11!3|MId=o110130110031|Strong=2205|Type=adjective
5	יֹשֵׁ֖ב	יָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=[was].dwelling|Ref=1KI_13:11!4|MId=o110130110041|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:110130110012;|Type=participle_active
6-8	בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑לבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_13:11!5|MId=o110130110051|Strong=0871a
7	בֵֽית־אֵ֑ל	בֵּית־אֵל	PROPN	_	_	5	obl	_	Gloss=Bethel|Ref=1KI_13:11!5|MId=o110130110052
8	בֵֽית־אֵ֑ל	בֵּיתְאֵל	PROPN	_	_	7	nmod	_	Gloss=Bethel|Ref=1KI_13:11!6|MId=o110130110061
9-10	וַיָּב֣וֹא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_13:11!7|MId=o110130110071|Strong=2050b
10	יָּב֣וֹא	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	5	conj	_	Gloss=he.came|Ref=1KI_13:11!7|MId=o110130110072|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:110130110071;|Type=wayyiqtol
11-12	בְנ֡וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	בְנ	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	Gloss=son|Ref=1KI_13:11!8|MId=o110130110081|Strong=1121
12	֡וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=1KI_13:11!8|MId=o110130110082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
13-14	וַיְסַפֶּר־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_13:11!9|MId=o110130110091|Strong=2050b
14	יְסַפֶּר־	סָפַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	5	conj	_	Gloss=he.recounted|Ref=1KI_13:11!9|MId=o110130110092|Strong=5608|Frame=A0:110130110071;A1:110130110122;|Type=wayyiqtol
15-16	ל֣וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_13:11!10|MId=o110130110101|Strong=3807a
16	֣וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=1KI_13:11!10|MId=o110130110102|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
17	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_13:11!11|MId=o110130110111|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
18	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	obj	_	Gloss=every|Ref=1KI_13:11!12|MId=o110130110121|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
19-20	הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_13:11!13|MId=o110130110131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	מַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה	מַעֲשֶׂה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=deed|Ref=1KI_13:11!13|MId=o110130110132|Strong=4639
21	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	22	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=1KI_13:11!14|MId=o110130110141|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
22	עָשָׂה֩	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	18	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.had.done|Ref=1KI_13:11!15|MId=o110130110151|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:110130110151;A1:110130110122;|Type=qatal
23	אִישׁ־	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.man|Ref=1KI_13:11!16|MId=o110130110161|Strong=0376|SpaceAfter=No
24-25	הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	25	det	_	Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=1KI_13:11!17|MId=o110130110171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
25	אֱלֹהִ֨ים	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=God|Ref=1KI_13:11!17|MId=o110130110172|Strong=0430
26	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	25	punct	_	Ref=1KI_13:11!17
27-28	הַיּ֜וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=1KI_13:11!18|MId=o110130110181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	יּ֜וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=1KI_13:11!18|MId=o110130110182|Strong=3117
29-31	בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֗לבֵֽית־אֵ֗ל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_13:11!19|MId=o110130110191|Strong=0871a
30	בֵֽית־אֵ֗ל	בֵּית־אֵל	PROPN	_	_	22	obl	_	Gloss=Bethel|Ref=1KI_13:11!19|MId=o110130110192
31	בֵֽית־אֵ֗ל	בֵּיתְאֵל	PROPN	_	_	30	nmod	_	Gloss=Bethel|Ref=1KI_13:11!20|MId=o110130110201
32	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	34	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_13:11!21|MId=o110130110211|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
33-34	הַדְּבָרִים֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
33	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	34	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_13:11!22|MId=o110130110221|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
34	דְּבָרִים֙	דָּבָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	41	dislocated	_	Gloss=words|Ref=1KI_13:11!22|MId=o110130110222|Strong=1697
35	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	36	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=1KI_13:11!23|MId=o110130110231|Strong=0834|Type=relative
36	דִּבֶּ֣ר	דָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	34	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.had.spoken|Ref=1KI_13:11!24|MId=o110130110241|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:110130110151;A1:110130110202;|Type=qatal
37	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	39	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_13:11!25|MId=o110130110251|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
38-39	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
38	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	39	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_13:11!26|MId=o110130110261|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
39	מֶּ֔לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	36	obl	_	Gloss=king|Ref=1KI_13:11!26|MId=o110130110262|Strong=4428
40-42	וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
40	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	41	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_13:11!27|MId=o110130110271|Strong=2050b
41	יְסַפְּר֖וּ	סָפַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	5	parataxis	_	Gloss=they|Ref=1KI_13:11!27|MId=o110130110272|Strong=5608|Frame=A0:110130110071;A1:110130110253;|Type=wayyiqtol
42	ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	Gloss=recounted.them|Ref=1KI_13:11!27|MId=o110130110273|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
43-45	לַאֲבִיהֶֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
43	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	44	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_13:11!28|MId=o110130110281|Strong=3807a
44	אֲבִי	אָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	41	obl	_	Gloss=father|Ref=1KI_13:11!28|MId=o110130110282|Strong=0001
45	הֶֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=1KI_13:11!28|MId=o110130110283|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
46	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	45	punct	_	Ref=1KI_13:11!28
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹשֵׁב *\[was\] dwelling* | participle active · qal | נָבִיא *a prophet* |  |  |  |
| יָּבוֹא *he came* | wayyiqtol · qal | וַ *and* |  |  |  |
| יְסַפֶּר־ *he recounted* | wayyiqtol · piel | וַ *and* |  |  |  |
| עָשָׂה *he had done* | qatal · qal | עָשָׂה *he had done* |  |  |  |
| דִּבֶּר *he had spoken* | qatal · piel | עָשָׂה *he had done* |  |  |  |
| יְסַפְּרוּ *they* | wayyiqtol · piel | וַ *and* |  |  |  |

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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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וּנְבִיָא שַׁקָרָא חָד סָבָא יָתֵיב בְּבֵית אֵל וַאֲתָא בְרֵיהּ וְאִשְׁתָּעֵי לֵיהּ יַת כָּל עוֹבָדָא דַעֲבַד נְבִיָא דַייָ יוֹמָא דֵין בְּבֵית אֵל יַת פִּתְגָמַיָא דְמַלֵיל עִם מַלְכָּא וְאִשְׁתָּעוּנוּן לַאֲבוּהוֹן:

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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. [Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and the words which he had spoken unto the king, and they told them unto their father.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.496/)

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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:477`.

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