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title: 1 Kings 18:34 — And he said: 'Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-of… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And he said: 'Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.' And he said: 'Do it the second time'; and they did it the second time. And he said: 'Do it the third time'; and they did it the third time. Who acts: Elijah, jars. 1 Kings 18:34 in Hebrew with its dependenc
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# 1 Kings 18:34 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** Elijah, jars · **What happens:** say, fill, pour, burn, do · **To what, where:** four jars, water, burnt offering, wood · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Kings 18:34 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, jars — and what happens in the verse to four jars, water, burnt offering, wood, 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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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מִלְא֨וּ אַרְבָּעָ֤ה כַדִּים֙ מַ֔יִם וְיִֽצְק֥וּ עַל־הָעֹלָ֖ה וְעַל־הָעֵצִ֑יםוַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁנוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁנ֔וּ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר שַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּ וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃

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[And he said: 'Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.' And he said: 'Do it the second time'; and they did it the second time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.686/) [And he said: 'Do it the third time'; and they did it the third time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.687/)

## 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:657
# text = וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מִלְא֨וּ אַרְבָּעָ֤ה כַדִּים֙ מַ֔יִם וְיִֽצְק֥וּ עַל־הָעֹלָ֖ה וְעַל־הָעֵצִ֑יםוַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁנוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁנ֔וּ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר שַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּ וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃
# verse = 1KI.18.34
1-2	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:34!1|MId=o110180340011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֗אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=1KI_18:34!1|MId=o110180340012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110180310021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	מִלְא֨וּ	מָלֵא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=fill|Ref=1KI_18:34!2|MId=o110180340021|Strong=4390|Frame=A0:110180300092;A1:110180340041;|Type=imperative
4	אַרְבָּעָ֤ה	אַרְבַּע	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	nummod	_	Gloss=four|Ref=1KI_18:34!3|MId=o110180340031|Strong=0702|Type=cardinal_number
5	כַדִּים֙	כַּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	3	obj	_	Gloss=jars|Ref=1KI_18:34!4|MId=o110180340041|Strong=3537
6	מַ֔יִם	מַיִם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	obl	_	Gloss=water|Ref=1KI_18:34!5|MId=o110180340051|Strong=4325
7-8	וְיִֽצְק֥וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:34!6|MId=o110180340061|Strong=2050b
8	יִֽצְק֥וּ	יָצַק	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	3	conj	_	Gloss=pour.[it]|Ref=1KI_18:34!6|MId=o110180340062|Strong=3332|Frame=A0:110180300092;A1:110180340051;|Type=imperative
9	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1KI_18:34!7|MId=o110180340071|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
10-11	הָעֹלָ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	11	det	_	Gloss=the.burnt|Ref=1KI_18:34!8|MId=o110180340081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
11	עֹלָ֖ה	עֹלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	obl	_	Gloss=offering|Ref=1KI_18:34!8|MId=o110180340082|Strong=5930
12-13	וְעַל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	15	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:34!9|MId=o110180340091|Strong=2050b
13	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1KI_18:34!9|MId=o110180340092|Strong=5921
14-17	הָעֵצִ֑יםוַיֹּ֤אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_18:34!10|MId=o110180340101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	עֵצִ֑ים	עֵץ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	conj	_	Gloss=wood(s)|Ref=1KI_18:34!10|MId=o110180340102|Strong=6086
16	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:34!11|MId=o110180340111|Strong=2050b
17	יֹּ֤אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=1KI_18:34!11|MId=o110180340112|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110180310021;|Type=wayyiqtol
18	שְׁנוּ֙	שָׁנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	17	ccomp	_	Gloss=do.[it].again|Ref=1KI_18:34!12|MId=o110180340121|Strong=8138a|Frame=A0:110180300092;|Type=imperative
19-20	וַיִּשְׁנ֔וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:34!13|MId=o110180340131|Strong=2050b
20	יִּשְׁנ֔וּ	שָׁנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.did.[it].again|Ref=1KI_18:34!13|MId=o110180340132|Strong=8138a|Frame=A0:110180300092;|Type=wayyiqtol
21-22	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:34!14|MId=o110180340141|Strong=2050b
22	יֹּ֥אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=1KI_18:34!14|MId=o110180340142|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110180310021;|Type=wayyiqtol
23	שַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּ	שָׁלַשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2	22	ccomp	_	Gloss=do.[it].a.third.time|Ref=1KI_18:34!15|MId=o110180340151|Strong=8027|Frame=A0:110180300092;|Type=imperative
24-25	וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_18:34!16|MId=o110180340161|Strong=2050b
25	יְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ	שָׁלַשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.did.[it].a.third.time|Ref=1KI_18:34!16|MId=o110180340162|Strong=8027|Frame=A0:110180300092;|Type=wayyiqtol
26	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	25	punct	_	Ref=1KI_18:34!16
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| מִלְאוּ *fill* | imperative · qal |  | כַדִּים *jars* |  |  |
| יִֽצְקוּ *pour \[it\]* | imperative · qal |  | מַיִם *water* |  |  |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| שְׁנוּ *do \[it\] again* | imperative · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יִּשְׁנוּ *they did \[it\] again* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| שַׁלֵּשׁוּ *do \[it\] a third time* | imperative · piel |  |  |  |  |
| יְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ *they did \[it\] a third time* | wayyiqtol · piel |  |  |  |  |

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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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וַאֲמַר מְלוּ אַרְבַּע כַּדִין מַיָא וַאֲרִיקוּ עַל עֲלָתָא וְעַל אָעַיָא וַאֲמַר תְּנוֹ וּתְנוֹ וַאֲמַר תַּלִיתוּ וּתְלִיתוּ:

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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 he said: 'Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.' And he said: 'Do it the second time'; and they did it the second time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.686/)
2. [And he said: 'Do it the third time'; and they did it the third time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.687/)

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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:657`.

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