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title: 1 Kings 2:28 — And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Who acts: tidings, Joab. 1 Kings 2:28 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragma
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# 1 Kings 2:28 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** tidings, Joab · **What happens:** come, turn, not turn, flee, catch · **To what, where:** Joab, hold, horns

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This is 1 Kings 2:28 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 — tidings, Joab — and what happens in the verse to Joab, hold, horns, 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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וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ בָּ֣אָה עַד־יוֹאָ֔ב כִּ֣י יוֹאָ֗ב נָטָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֲדֹנִיָּ֔ה וְאַחֲרֵ֥י אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם לֹ֣א נָטָ֑ה וַיָּ֤נָס יוֹאָב֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק בְּקַרְנ֥וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

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[And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.87/) [And Joab fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.88/)

## 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:80
# text = וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ בָּ֣אָה עַד־יוֹאָ֔ב כִּ֣י יוֹאָ֗ב נָטָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֲדֹנִיָּ֔ה וְאַחֲרֵ֥י אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם לֹ֣א נָטָ֑ה וַיָּ֤נָס יוֹאָב֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק בְּקַרְנ֥וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
# verse = 1KI.2.28
1-3	וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	4	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_2:28!1|MId=o110020280011|Strong=2050b
2	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	3	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_2:28!1|MId=o110020280012|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
3	שְּׁמֻעָה֙	שְׁמוּעָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	Gloss=report|Ref=1KI_2:28!1|MId=o110020280013|Strong=8052
4	בָּ֣אָה	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.came|Ref=1KI_2:28!2|MId=o110020280021|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:110020280013;|Type=qatal
5	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_2:28!3|MId=o110020280031|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No
6	יוֹאָ֔ב	יוֹאָב	PROPN	_	_	4	obl	_	Gloss=Joab|Ref=1KI_2:28!4|MId=o110020280041|Strong=3097
7	כִּ֣י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	9	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1KI_2:28!5|MId=o110020280051|Strong=3588
8	יוֹאָ֗ב	יוֹאָב	PROPN	_	_	9	nsubj	_	Gloss=Joab|Ref=1KI_2:28!6|MId=o110020280061|Strong=3097
9	נָטָה֙	נָטָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	advcl	_	Gloss=he.had.turned.aside|Ref=1KI_2:28!7|MId=o110020280071|Strong=5186|Frame=A0:110020280061;|Type=qatal
10	אַחֲרֵ֣י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=1KI_2:28!8|MId=o110020280081|Strong=0310
11	אֲדֹנִיָּ֔ה	אֲדֹנִיָּה	PROPN	_	_	9	obl	_	Gloss=Adonijah|Ref=1KI_2:28!9|MId=o110020280091|Strong=0138
12-13	וְאַחֲרֵ֥י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_2:28!10|MId=o110020280101|Strong=2050b
13	אַחֲרֵ֥י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=1KI_2:28!10|MId=o110020280102|Strong=0310
14	אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם	אַבְשָׁלֹום	PROPN	_	_	16	obl	_	Gloss=Absalom|Ref=1KI_2:28!11|MId=o110020280111|Strong=0053
15	לֹ֣א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	16	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=1KI_2:28!12|MId=o110020280121|Strong=3808|Type=negative
16	נָטָ֑ה	נָטָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	9	conj	_	Gloss=he.had.turned.aside|Ref=1KI_2:28!13|MId=o110020280131|Strong=5186|Frame=A0:110020280061;|Type=qatal
17-18	וַיָּ֤נָס	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_2:28!14|MId=o110020280141|Strong=2050b
18	יָּ֤נָס	נוּס	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=he.fled|Ref=1KI_2:28!14|MId=o110020280142|Strong=5127|Frame=A0:110020280151;|Type=wayyiqtol
19	יוֹאָב֙	יוֹאָב	PROPN	_	_	18	nsubj	_	Gloss=Joab|Ref=1KI_2:28!15|MId=o110020280151|Strong=3097
20	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_2:28!16|MId=o110020280161|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
21	אֹ֣הֶל	אֹהֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	obl	_	Gloss=the.tent|Ref=1KI_2:28!17|MId=o110020280171|Strong=0168
22	יְהוָ֔ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	21	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1KI_2:28!18|MId=o110020280181|Strong=3068
23-24	וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_2:28!19|MId=o110020280191|Strong=2050b
24	יַּחֲזֵ֖ק	חָזַק	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=he.took.hold|Ref=1KI_2:28!19|MId=o110020280192|Strong=2388|Frame=A0:110020280151;|Type=wayyiqtol
25-26	בְּקַרְנ֥וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1KI_2:28!20|MId=o110020280201|Strong=0871a
26	קַרְנ֥וֹת	קֶרֶן	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	Gloss=the.horns|Ref=1KI_2:28!20|MId=o110020280202|Strong=7161
27-28	הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_2:28!21|MId=o110020280211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	מִּזְבֵּֽחַ	מִזְבֵּחַ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.altar|Ref=1KI_2:28!21|MId=o110020280212|Strong=4196
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=1KI_2:28!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| בָּאָה *it came* | qatal · qal | שְּׁמֻעָה *report* |  |  |  |
| נָטָה *he had turned aside* | qatal · qal | יוֹאָב *Joab* |  |  |  |
| **not** נָטָה *he had turned aside* | qatal · qal | יוֹאָב *Joab* |  |  |  |
| יָּנָס *he fled* | wayyiqtol · qal | יוֹאָב *Joab* |  |  |  |
| יַּחֲזֵק *he took hold* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | יוֹאָב *Joab* |  |  |  |

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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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וּבְסוֹרָתָא מְטַת עַד יוֹאָב אֲרֵי יוֹאָב אִתְפְּנִי בָּתַר אֲדוֹנִיָה וּבָתַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם לָא אִתְפְּנִי וְאַפִּיךְ יוֹאָב לְמַשְׁכְּנָא דַייָ וְאַתְקֵיף בְּקַרְנַת מַדְבְּחָא:

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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 tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.87/)
2. [And Joab fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.88/)

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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:80`.

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