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title: 1 Kings 21:10 — and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying: Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.' Who acts: men, Thou, you, Naboth. 1 Kings 21:10 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the prag
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# 1 Kings 21:10 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** men, Thou, you, Naboth · **What happens:** set, let, bear, say, curse, carry out · **To what, where:** two men, men, witness, God, Naboth · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Kings 21:10 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 — men, Thou, you, Naboth — and what happens in the verse to two men, men, witness, God, Naboth, 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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וְ֠הוֹשִׁיבוּ שְׁנַ֨יִם אֲנָשִׁ֥ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּעַל֮ נֶגְדּוֹ֒ וִיעִדֻ֣הוּ לֵאמֹ֔ר בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וָמֶ֑לֶךְ וְהוֹצִיאֻ֥הוּ וְסִקְלֻ֖הוּ וְיָמֹֽת׃

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[and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying: Thou didst curse God and the king.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.781/) [And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.782/)

## 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:743
# text = וְ֠הוֹשִׁיבוּ שְׁנַ֨יִם אֲנָשִׁ֥ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּעַל֮ נֶגְדּוֹ֒ וִיעִדֻ֣הוּ לֵאמֹ֔ר בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וָמֶ֑לֶךְ וְהוֹצִיאֻ֥הוּ וְסִקְלֻ֖הוּ וְיָמֹֽת׃
# verse = 1KI.21.10
1-2	וְ֠הוֹשִׁיבוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ֠	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_21:10!1|MId=o110210100011|Strong=2050b
2	הוֹשִׁיבוּ	יָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=make.sit|Ref=1KI_21:10!1|MId=o110210100012|Strong=3427|Frame=AA:110210080112;110210080132;A0:110210100031;|Type=imperative
3	שְׁנַ֨יִם	שְׁנַיִם	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Dual	4	nummod	_	Gloss=two|Ref=1KI_21:10!2|MId=o110210100021|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number
4	אֲנָשִׁ֥ים	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	obj	_	Gloss=men|Ref=1KI_21:10!3|MId=o110210100031|Strong=0376
5	בְּנֵֽי־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	appos	_	Gloss=sons|Ref=1KI_21:10!4|MId=o110210100041|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
6	בְלִיַּעַל֮	בְּלִיַּעַל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.worthlessness|Ref=1KI_21:10!5|MId=o110210100051|Strong=1100
7-8	נֶגְדּוֹ֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	נֶגְדּ	נֶגֶד	NOUN	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=before|Ref=1KI_21:10!6|MId=o110210100061|Strong=5048
8	וֹ֒	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=him|Ref=1KI_21:10!6|MId=o110210100062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
9-11	וִיעִדֻ֣הוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וִ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_21:10!7|MId=o110210100071|Strong=2050b
10	יעִדֻ֣	עוּד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=let|Ref=1KI_21:10!7|MId=o110210100072|Strong=5749a|Frame=AA:110210100031;A0:110210100073;|Type=jussive
11	הוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	Gloss=them.testify.against.him|Ref=1KI_21:10!7|MId=o110210100073|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
12-13	לֵאמֹ֔ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	לֵ	לְ	ADP	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=1KI_21:10!8|MId=o110210100081|Strong=3807a
13	אמֹ֔ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	12	fixed	_	Gloss=|Ref=1KI_21:10!8|MId=o110210100082|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110210100031;|Type=infinitive_construct
14	בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ	בָּרַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2	10	advcl	_	Gloss=you.have.blessed|Ref=1KI_21:10!9|MId=o110210100091|Strong=1288|Frame=A0:110210090081;A1:110210100101;110210100112;|Type=qatal
15	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	14	obj	_	Gloss=God|Ref=1KI_21:10!10|MId=o110210100101|Strong=0430
16-17	וָמֶ֑לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	וָ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and.[the]|Ref=1KI_21:10!11|MId=o110210100111|Strong=2050b
17	מֶ֑לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	conj	_	Gloss=king|Ref=1KI_21:10!11|MId=o110210100112|Strong=4428
18-20	וְהוֹצִיאֻ֥הוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_21:10!12|MId=o110210100121|Strong=2050b
19	הוֹצִיאֻ֥	יָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2	2	conj	_	Gloss=take|Ref=1KI_21:10!12|MId=o110210100122|Strong=3318|Frame=AA:110210080112;110210080132;A0:110210100123;|Type=imperative
20	הוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	Gloss=him.out|Ref=1KI_21:10!12|MId=o110210100123|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
21-23	וְסִקְלֻ֖הוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_21:10!13|MId=o110210100131|Strong=2050b
22	סִקְלֻ֖	סָקַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	2	conj	_	Gloss=stone|Ref=1KI_21:10!13|MId=o110210100132|Strong=5619|Frame=A0:110210080112;110210080132;A1:110210100133;|Type=imperative
23	הוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	Gloss=him|Ref=1KI_21:10!13|MId=o110210100133|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
24-25	וְיָמֹֽת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=so|Ref=1KI_21:10!14|MId=o110210100141|Strong=2050b
25	יָמֹֽת	מוּת	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=that.he.may.die|Ref=1KI_21:10!14|MId=o110210100142|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:110210090081;|Type=jussive
26	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	25	punct	_	Ref=1KI_21:10!14
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הוֹשִׁיבוּ *make sit* | imperative · hiphil | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |  |  |  |
| יעִדֻ *let* | jussive · hiphil | הוּ *them testify against him* |  |  | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |
| אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |  |  |  |
| בֵּרַכְתָּ *you have blessed* | qatal · piel |  | אֱלֹהִים *God* + מֶלֶךְ *king* |  |  |
| הוֹצִיאֻ *take* | imperative · hiphil | הוּ *him out* |  |  |  |
| סִקְלֻ *stone* | imperative · qal |  | הוּ *him* |  |  |
| יָמֹֽת *that he may die* | jussive · qal |  |  |  |  |

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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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וְאוֹתִיבוּ תְּרֵין גַבְרִין בְּנֵי רִשְׁעָא לְקִבְּלֵיהּ וְיִסְהֲדוּנֵיהּ לְמֵימַר גַדֵיפְתָּא קֳדָם יְיָ וּמַלְכָּא לַטְתָּא וְאַפְקוּהִי וְרַגְמוּהִי וְיִתְקְטַל:

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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 set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying: Thou didst curse God and the king.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.781/)
2. [And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.782/)

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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:743`.

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