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title: 1 Kings 16:16 — And the people that were encamped heard say: 'Zimri hath conspired,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the people that were encamped heard say: 'Zimri hath conspired, and hath also smitten the king'; wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. Who acts: people, Zimri, Israel. 1 Kings 16:16 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS
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# 1 Kings 16:16 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** people, Zimri, Israel · **What happens:** encamp, hear, say, conspire, smite, make · **To what, where:** people, king, Omri, camp · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Kings 16:16 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, Zimri, Israel — and what happens in the verse to people, king, Omri, camp, 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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וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע הָעָם֙ הַחֹנִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֔ר קָשַׁ֣ר זִמְרִ֔י וְגַ֖ם הִכָּ֣ה אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ כָֽל־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל אֶת־עָמְרִ֨י שַׂר־צָבָ֧א עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

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[And the people that were encamped heard say: 'Zimri hath conspired, and hath also smitten the king'; wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.607/)

## 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:581
# text = וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע הָעָם֙ הַחֹנִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֔ר קָשַׁ֣ר זִמְרִ֔י וְגַ֖ם הִכָּ֣ה אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ כָֽל־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל אֶת־עָמְרִ֨י שַׂר־צָבָ֧א עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
# verse = 1KI.16.16
1-2	וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_16:16!1|MId=o110160160011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּשְׁמַ֤ע	שָׁמַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.heard|Ref=1KI_16:16!1|MId=o110160160012|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:110160160022;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	הָעָם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	4	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_16:16!2|MId=o110160160021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
4	עָם֙	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=1KI_16:16!2|MId=o110160160022|Strong=5971
5-6	הַחֹנִ֣ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	הַ	הַ	SCONJ	_	_	6	mark	_	Gloss=[who|Ref=1KI_16:16!3|MId=o110160160031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
6	חֹנִ֣ים	חָנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	4	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=were].encamping|Ref=1KI_16:16!3|MId=o110160160032|Strong=2583|Frame=A0:110160160022;|Type=participle_active
7-8	לֵאמֹ֔ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	לֵ	לְ	ADP	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=1KI_16:16!4|MId=o110160160041|Strong=3807a
8	אמֹ֔ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	7	fixed	_	Gloss=|Ref=1KI_16:16!4|MId=o110160160042|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:;|Type=infinitive_construct
9	קָשַׁ֣ר	קָשַׁר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	advcl	_	Gloss=he.has.conspired|Ref=1KI_16:16!5|MId=o110160160051|Strong=7194|Frame=A0:110160160061;|Type=qatal
10	זִמְרִ֔י	זִמְרִי	PROPN	_	_	9	nsubj	_	Gloss=Zimri|Ref=1KI_16:16!6|MId=o110160160061|Strong=2174
11-12	וְגַ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_16:16!7|MId=o110160160071|Strong=2050b
12	גַ֖ם	גַּם	ADV	_	_	13	advmod	_	Gloss=also|Ref=1KI_16:16!7|MId=o110160160072|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation
13	הִכָּ֣ה	נָכָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	9	conj	_	Gloss=he.has.struck.down|Ref=1KI_16:16!8|MId=o110160160081|Strong=5221|Frame=AA:110160160061;A0:110160160102;|Type=qatal
14	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_16:16!9|MId=o110160160091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
15-16	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_16:16!10|MId=o110160160101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	מֶּ֑לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	obj	_	Gloss=king|Ref=1KI_16:16!10|MId=o110160160102|Strong=4428
17-18	וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_16:16!11|MId=o110160160111|Strong=2050b
18	יַּמְלִ֣כוּ	מָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.made.king|Ref=1KI_16:16!11|MId=o110160160112|Strong=4427|Frame=AA:110160160131;A0:110160160151;|Type=wayyiqtol
19	כָֽל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=1KI_16:16!12|MId=o110160160121|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
20	יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	19	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=1KI_16:16!13|MId=o110160160131|Strong=3478
21	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_16:16!14|MId=o110160160141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
22	עָמְרִ֨י	עׇמְרִי	PROPN	_	_	18	obj	_	Gloss=Omri|Ref=1KI_16:16!15|MId=o110160160151|Strong=6018
23	שַׂר־	שַׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	appos	_	Gloss=[the].commander|Ref=1KI_16:16!16|MId=o110160160161|Strong=8269|SpaceAfter=No
24	צָבָ֧א	צָבָא	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.[the].army|Ref=1KI_16:16!17|MId=o110160160171|Strong=6635
25	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=over|Ref=1KI_16:16!18|MId=o110160160181|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
26	יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	18	obl	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=1KI_16:16!19|MId=o110160160191|Strong=3478
27-29	בַּיּ֥וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1KI_16:16!20|MId=o110160160201|Strong=0871a
28	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	29	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_16:16!20|MId=o110160160201ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
29	יּ֥וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=1KI_16:16!20|MId=o110160160202|Strong=3117
30-31	הַה֖וּא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	31	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_16:16!21|MId=o110160160211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
31	ה֖וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	det	_	Gloss=that|Ref=1KI_16:16!21|MId=o110160160212|Strong=1931|Type=personal
32-34	בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	בַּֽ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	34	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_16:16!22|MId=o110160160221|Strong=0871a
33	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	34	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_16:16!22|MId=o110160160221ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
34	מַּחֲנֶֽה	מַחֲנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	Gloss=camp|Ref=1KI_16:16!22|MId=o110160160222|Strong=4264
35	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	34	punct	_	Ref=1KI_16:16!22
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּשְׁמַע *it heard* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| חֹנִים *were\] encamping* | participle active · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal |  |  |  |  |
| קָשַׁר *he has conspired* | qatal · qal | זִמְרִי *Zimri* |  |  |  |
| הִכָּה *he has struck down* | qatal · hiphil | מֶּלֶךְ *king* |  |  | זִמְרִי *Zimri* |
| יַּמְלִכוּ *they made king* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | עָמְרִי *Omri* |  |  | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* |

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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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וּשְׁמַע עַמָא דְשָׁרָן לְמֵימַר מְרַד זִמְרִי וְאַף קְטַל יַת מַלְכָּא וְאַמְלִיכוּ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל יַת עָמְרִי רַב חֵילָא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא:

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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 the people that were encamped heard say: 'Zimri hath conspired, and hath also smitten the king'; wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.607/)

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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:581`.

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