--- title: 1 Kings 18:25 — And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock f… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.' Who acts: Elijah, ye. 1 Kings 18:25 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of ev --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/) / [chapter 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/18/) / 18:25 # 1 Kings 18:25 מְלָכִים א **Who acts:** Elijah, ye · **What happens:** say, choose, dress, be, call, put · **To what, where:** one bullock, you, fire, name, god · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Kings 18:25 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 — Elijah, ye — and what happens in the verse to one bullock, you, fire, name, god, 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. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ לִנְבִיאֵ֣י הַבַּ֗עַל בַּחֲר֨וּ לָכֶ֜ם הַפָּ֤ר הָֽאֶחָד֙ וַעֲשׂ֣וּ רִאשֹׁנָ֔ה כִּ֥י אַתֶּ֖ם הָרַבִּ֑ים וְקִרְאוּ֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖שׁ לֹ֥א תָשִֽׂימוּ׃ [And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.675/) ## The tree {#tree} 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:648 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ לִנְבִיאֵ֣י הַבַּ֗עַל בַּחֲר֨וּ לָכֶ֜ם הַפָּ֤ר הָֽאֶחָד֙ וַעֲשׂ֣וּ רִאשֹׁנָ֔ה כִּ֥י אַתֶּ֖ם הָרַבִּ֑ים וְקִרְאוּ֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖שׁ לֹ֥א תָשִֽׂימוּ׃ # verse = 1KI.18.25 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:25!1|MId=o110180250011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1KI_18:25!1|MId=o110180250012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110180250021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֵלִיָּהוּ PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Elijah|Ref=1KI_18:25!2|MId=o110180250021|Strong=0452 4-5 לִנְבִיאֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_18:25!3|MId=o110180250031|Strong=3807a 5 נְבִיאֵ֣י נָבִיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=the.prophets|Ref=1KI_18:25!3|MId=o110180250032|Strong=5030 6-7 הַבַּ֗עַל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=1KI_18:25!4|MId=o110180250041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 בַּ֗עַל בַּעַל PROPN _ _ 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=Baal|Ref=1KI_18:25!4|MId=o110180250042|Strong=1168 8 בַּחֲר֨וּ בָּחַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=choose|Ref=1KI_18:25!5|MId=o110180250051|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:110180250032;A1:110180250072;|Type=imperative 9-10 לָכֶ֜ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 ל לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=1KI_18:25!6|MId=o110180250061|Strong=3807a 10 ָכֶ֜ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ Gloss=yourselves|Ref=1KI_18:25!6|MId=o110180250062|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 11-12 הַפָּ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the.young|Ref=1KI_18:25!7|MId=o110180250071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 פָּ֤ר פַּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obj _ Gloss=bull|Ref=1KI_18:25!7|MId=o110180250072|Strong=6499 13-14 הָֽאֶחָד֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_18:25!8|MId=o110180250081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 אֶחָד֙ אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=1KI_18:25!8|MId=o110180250082|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 15-16 וַעֲשׂ֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:25!9|MId=o110180250091|Strong=2050b 16 עֲשׂ֣וּ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 8 conj _ Gloss=prepare.[it]|Ref=1KI_18:25!9|MId=o110180250092|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:110180250032;A1:110180250072;|Type=imperative 17 רִאשֹׁנָ֔ה רִאשׁוֹן ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 advmod _ Gloss=first|Ref=1KI_18:25!10|MId=o110180250101|Strong=7223|Type=adjective 18 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1KI_18:25!11|MId=o110180250111|Strong=3588 19 אַתֶּ֖ם אַתֶּם PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=1KI_18:25!12|MId=o110180250121|Strong=0859a|Type=personal 20-21 הָרַבִּ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=[are].the|Ref=1KI_18:25!13|MId=o110180250131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 רַבִּ֑ים רַב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 advcl _ Gloss=many|Ref=1KI_18:25!13|MId=o110180250132|Strong=7227|Type=adjective 22-23 וְקִרְאוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:25!14|MId=o110180250141|Strong=2050b 23 קִרְאוּ֙ קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 8 conj _ Gloss=call|Ref=1KI_18:25!14|MId=o110180250142|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:110180250032;|Type=imperative 24-25 בְּשֵׁ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=1KI_18:25!15|MId=o110180250151|Strong=0871a 25 שֵׁ֣ם שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=the.name|Ref=1KI_18:25!15|MId=o110180250152|Strong=8034 26-27 אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 אֱלֹהֵי אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.god|Ref=1KI_18:25!16|MId=o110180250161|Strong=0430 27 כֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=1KI_18:25!16|MId=o110180250162|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 28-29 וְאֵ֖שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:25!17|MId=o110180250171|Strong=2050b 29 אֵ֖שׁ אֵשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 31 obj _ Gloss=fire|Ref=1KI_18:25!17|MId=o110180250172|Strong=0784 30 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 31 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=1KI_18:25!18|MId=o110180250181|Strong=3808|Type=negative 31 תָשִֽׂימוּ שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 8 conj _ Gloss=you.will.set|Ref=1KI_18:25!19|MId=o110180250191|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:110180250032;A1:110180250172;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=1KI_18:25!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֵלִיָּהוּ *Elijah* | | | | | בַּחֲרוּ *choose* | imperative · qal | נְבִיאֵי *the prophets* | פָּר *bull* | | | | עֲשׂוּ *prepare \[it\]* | imperative · qal | נְבִיאֵי *the prophets* | פָּר *bull* | | | | קִרְאוּ *call* | imperative · qal | נְבִיאֵי *the prophets* | | | | | **not** תָשִֽׂימוּ *you will set* | yiqtol · qal | נְבִיאֵי *the prophets* | אֵשׁ *fire* | | | 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} וַאֲמַר אֵלִיָהוּ לִנְבִיֵי בַעֲלָא בְחָרוּ לְכוֹן תּוֹרָא חָד וַעֲבִידוּ קֳדָמֵיתָא אֲרֵי אַתּוּן סַגִיאִין וּקְרוֹ בְּשׁוּם טַעֲוַתְכוֹן וְאֶשְׁתָּא לָא תְשַׁווּן: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} 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. 1. [And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.675/) **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). 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