--- title: 1 Kings 2:38 — And Shimei said unto the king: 'The saying is good; as my lord the k… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Shimei said unto the king: 'The saying is good; as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do.' And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. Who acts: Shimei, saying, lord, servant. 1 Kings 2:38 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.38/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/2/) / 2:38 # 1 Kings 2:38 מְלָכִים א **Who acts:** Shimei, saying, lord, servant · **What happens:** say, be, do, dwell · **To what, where:** Jerusalem · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Kings 2:38 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 — Shimei, saying, lord, servant — and what happens in the verse to Jerusalem, 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 שִׁמְעִ֤י לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ט֣וֹב הַדָּבָ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֵּ֖ן יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב שִׁמְעִ֛י בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃ס [And Shimei said unto the king: 'The saying is good; as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do.' And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.98/) ## 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:90 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שִׁמְעִ֤י לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ט֣וֹב הַדָּבָ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֵּ֖ן יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב שִׁמְעִ֛י בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃ס # verse = 1KI.2.38 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_2:38!1|MId=o110020380011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1KI_2:38!1|MId=o110020380012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110020380021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 שִׁמְעִ֤י שִׁמְעִי PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Shimei|Ref=1KI_2:38!2|MId=o110020380021|Strong=8096 4-6 לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_2:38!3|MId=o110020380031|Strong=3807a 5 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_2:38!3|MId=o110020380031ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=1KI_2:38!3|MId=o110020380032|Strong=4428 7 ט֣וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ Gloss=[is].good|Ref=1KI_2:38!4|MId=o110020380041|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 8-9 הַדָּבָ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_2:38!5|MId=o110020380051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 דָּבָ֔ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=word|Ref=1KI_2:38!5|MId=o110020380052|Strong=1697 10-11 כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 18 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=1KI_2:38!6|MId=o110020380061|Strong=3509a 11 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=1KI_2:38!6|MId=o110020380062|Strong=0834|Type=relative 12 דִּבֶּר֙ דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.has.spoken|Ref=1KI_2:38!7|MId=o110020380071|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:110020380081;|Type=qatal 13-14 אֲדֹנִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 אֲדֹנ אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=lord|Ref=1KI_2:38!8|MId=o110020380081|Strong=0113 14 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=1KI_2:38!8|MId=o110020380082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 15-16 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_2:38!9|MId=o110020380091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 appos _ Gloss=king|Ref=1KI_2:38!9|MId=o110020380092|Strong=4428 17 כֵּ֖ן כֵּן ADV _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=so|Ref=1KI_2:38!10|MId=o110020380101|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative 18 יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 parataxis _ Gloss=he.will.do|Ref=1KI_2:38!11|MId=o110020380111|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:110020380121;|Type=yiqtol 19-20 עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ Gloss=servant|Ref=1KI_2:38!12|MId=o110020380121|Strong=5650 20 ֶ֑ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=1KI_2:38!12|MId=o110020380122|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 21-22 וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_2:38!13|MId=o110020380131|Strong=2050b 22 יֵּ֧שֶׁב יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.dwelt|Ref=1KI_2:38!13|MId=o110020380132|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:110020380141;|Type=wayyiqtol 23 שִׁמְעִ֛י שִׁמְעִי PROPN _ _ 22 nsubj _ Gloss=Shimei|Ref=1KI_2:38!14|MId=o110020380141|Strong=8096 24-25 בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_2:38!15|MId=o110020380151|Strong=0871a 25 ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם PROPN _ _ 22 obl _ Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=1KI_2:38!15|MId=o110020380152|Strong=3389 26 יָמִ֥ים יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 22 obl _ Gloss=days|Ref=1KI_2:38!16|MId=o110020380161|Strong=3117 27 רַבִּֽים רַב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 amod _ Gloss=many|Ref=1KI_2:38!17|MId=o110020380171|Strong=7227|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=1KI_2:38!17|SpaceAfter=No 29 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=1KI_2:38!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - 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 | שִׁמְעִי *Shimei* | | | | | דִּבֶּר *he has spoken* | qatal · piel | אֲדֹנ *lord* | | | | | יַעֲשֶׂה *he will do* | yiqtol · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* | | | | | יֵּשֶׁב *he dwelt* | wayyiqtol · qal | שִׁמְעִי *Shimei* | | | | 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 שִׁמְעִי לְמַלְכָּא תַּקִין פִּתְגָמָא כְּמָא דְמַלֵיל רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא כֵּן יַעְבֵּיד עַבְדָךְ וִיתֵיב שִׁמְעִי בִּירוּשְׁלֵם יוֹמִין סַגִיאִין: 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 Shimei said unto the king: 'The saying is good; as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do.' And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.98/) **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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