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title: 1 Kings 16:15 — In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. Who acts: Zimri, Gibbethon. 1 Kings 16:15 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of e
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# 1 Kings 16:15 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** Zimri, Gibbethon · **What happens:** reign, encamp, belong · **To what, where:** Tirzah, people

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This is 1 Kings 16:15 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 — Zimri, Gibbethon — and what happens in the verse to Tirzah, people, 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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בִּשְׁנַת֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה לְאָסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה מָלַ֥ךְ זִמְרִ֛י שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים בְּתִרְצָ֑ה וְהָעָ֣ם חֹנִ֔ים עַֽל־גִּבְּת֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר לַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

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[In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.605/) [Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.606/)

## 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:580
# text = בִּשְׁנַת֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה לְאָסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה מָלַ֥ךְ זִמְרִ֛י שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים בְּתִרְצָ֑ה וְהָעָ֣ם חֹנִ֔ים עַֽל־גִּבְּת֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר לַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
# verse = 1KI.16.15
1-2	בִּשְׁנַת֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	בִּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_16:15!1|MId=o110160150011|Strong=0871a
2	שְׁנַת֩	שָׁנָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	obl	_	Gloss=year|Ref=1KI_16:15!1|MId=o110160150012|Strong=8141
3	עֶשְׂרִ֨ים	עֶשְׂרִים	NUM	_	Number=Plur	6	nummod	_	Gloss=twenty|Ref=1KI_16:15!2|MId=o110160150021|Strong=6242|Type=cardinal_number
4-5	וָשֶׁ֜בַע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	וָ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	5	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_16:15!3|MId=o110160150031|Strong=2050b
5	שֶׁ֜בַע	שֶׁבַע	NUM	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	conj	_	Gloss=seven|Ref=1KI_16:15!3|MId=o110160150032|Strong=7651|Type=cardinal_number
6	שָׁנָ֗ה	שָׁנָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=year|Ref=1KI_16:15!4|MId=o110160150041|Strong=8141
7-8	לְאָסָא֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_16:15!5|MId=o110160150051|Strong=3807a
8	אָסָא֙	אָסָא	PROPN	_	_	2	nmod	_	Gloss=Asa|Ref=1KI_16:15!5|MId=o110160150052|Strong=0609
9	מֶ֣לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	appos	_	Gloss=the.king|Ref=1KI_16:15!6|MId=o110160150061|Strong=4428
10	יְהוּדָ֔ה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	9	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=1KI_16:15!7|MId=o110160150071|Strong=3063
11	מָלַ֥ךְ	מָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.became.king|Ref=1KI_16:15!8|MId=o110160150081|Strong=4427|Frame=A0:110160150091;|Type=qatal
12	זִמְרִ֛י	זִמְרִי	PROPN	_	_	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=Zimri|Ref=1KI_16:15!9|MId=o110160150091|Strong=2174
13	שִׁבְעַ֥ת	שֶׁבַע	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	nummod	_	Gloss=seven|Ref=1KI_16:15!10|MId=o110160150101|Strong=7651|Type=cardinal_number
14	יָמִ֖ים	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	obl	_	Gloss=days|Ref=1KI_16:15!11|MId=o110160150111|Strong=3117
15-16	בְּתִרְצָ֑ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_16:15!12|MId=o110160150121|Strong=0871a
16	תִרְצָ֑ה	תִּרְצָה	PROPN	_	_	11	obl	_	Gloss=Tirzah|Ref=1KI_16:15!12|MId=o110160150122|Strong=8656
17-19	וְהָעָ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_16:15!13|MId=o110160150131|Strong=2050b
18	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	19	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_16:15!13|MId=o110160150132|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
19	עָ֣ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=1KI_16:15!13|MId=o110160150133|Strong=5971
20	חֹנִ֔ים	חָנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	11	conj	_	Gloss=[were].encamping|Ref=1KI_16:15!14|MId=o110160150141|Strong=2583|Frame=A0:110160150133;|Type=participle_active
21	עַֽל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1KI_16:15!15|MId=o110160150151|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
22	גִּבְּת֖וֹן	גִּבְּתוֹן	PROPN	_	_	20	obl	_	Gloss=Gibbethon|Ref=1KI_16:15!16|MId=o110160150161|Strong=1405
23	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	26	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=1KI_16:15!17|MId=o110160150171|Strong=0834|Type=relative
24-26	לַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=[belonged].to|Ref=1KI_16:15!18|MId=o110160150181|Strong=3807a
25	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	26	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_16:15!18|MId=o110160150181ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
26	פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים	פְּלִשְׁתִּי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	22	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=Philistines|Ref=1KI_16:15!18|MId=o110160150182|Strong=6430|Type=gentilic
27	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	26	punct	_	Ref=1KI_16:15!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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| מָלַךְ *he became king* | qatal · qal | זִמְרִי *Zimri* |  |  |  |
| חֹנִים *\[were\] encamping* | participle active · qal | עָם *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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בִּשְׁנַת עַסְרִין וּשְׁבַע שְׁנִין לְאָסָא מֶלֶךְ שִׁבְטָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה מְלַךְ זִמְרִי שַׁבְעָא יוֹמִין בְּתִרְצָה וְעַמָא שָׁרָן בְּגִבְּתוֹן דִי לִפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי:

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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. [In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.605/)
2. [Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.606/)

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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:580`.

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