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title: 1 Kings 22:24 — Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?' Who acts: Zedekiah. 1 Kings 22:24 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 1 Kings 22:24 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** Zedekiah · **What happens:** come, smote, say, go, speak · **To what, where:** Micaiah, check, way · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Kings 22:24 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 — Zedekiah — and what happens in the verse to Micaiah, check, way, 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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וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶֽן־כְּנַעֲנָ֔ה וַיַּכֶּ֥ה אֶת־מִיכָ֖יְהוּ עַל־הַלֶּ֑חִי וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵי־זֶ֨ה עָבַ֧ר רֽוּחַ־יְהוָ֛ה מֵאִתִּ֖י לְדַבֵּ֥ר אוֹתָֽךְ׃

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[Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.829/)

## 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:786
# text = וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶֽן־כְּנַעֲנָ֔ה וַיַּכֶּ֥ה אֶת־מִיכָ֖יְהוּ עַל־הַלֶּ֑חִי וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵי־זֶ֨ה עָבַ֧ר רֽוּחַ־יְהוָ֛ה מֵאִתִּ֖י לְדַבֵּ֥ר אוֹתָֽךְ׃
# verse = 1KI.22.24
1-2	וַיִּגַּשׁ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_22:24!1|MId=o110220240011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּגַּשׁ֙	נָגַשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.drew.near|Ref=1KI_22:24!1|MId=o110220240012|Strong=5066|Frame=A0:110220240021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ	צִדְקִיָּהוּ	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Zedekiah|Ref=1KI_22:24!2|MId=o110220240021|Strong=6667a
4	בֶֽן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	appos	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=1KI_22:24!3|MId=o110220240031|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
5	כְּנַעֲנָ֔ה	כְּנַעֲנָה	PROPN	_	_	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Kenaanah|Ref=1KI_22:24!4|MId=o110220240041|Strong=3668
6-7	וַיַּכֶּ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_22:24!5|MId=o110220240051|Strong=2050b
7	יַּכֶּ֥ה	נָכָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.struck|Ref=1KI_22:24!5|MId=o110220240052|Strong=5221|Frame=AA:110220240021;A0:110220240071;|Type=wayyiqtol
8	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_22:24!6|MId=o110220240061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
9	מִיכָ֖יְהוּ	מִיכָיְהוּ	PROPN	_	_	7	obj	_	Gloss=Micaiah|Ref=1KI_22:24!7|MId=o110220240071|Strong=4321
10	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1KI_22:24!8|MId=o110220240081|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
11-12	הַלֶּ֑חִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	12	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_22:24!9|MId=o110220240091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
12	לֶּ֑חִי	לְחִי	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	Gloss=cheek|Ref=1KI_22:24!9|MId=o110220240092|Strong=3895
13-14	וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_22:24!10|MId=o110220240101|Strong=2050b
14	יֹּ֕אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=1KI_22:24!10|MId=o110220240102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110220240021;|Type=wayyiqtol
15	אֵי־	אַי	PART	_	_	14	ccomp	_	Gloss=where?|Ref=1KI_22:24!11|MId=o110220240111|Strong=0335|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No
16	זֶ֨ה	זֶה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=this|Ref=1KI_22:24!12|MId=o110220240121|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
17	עָבַ֧ר	עָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	16	acl	_	Gloss=did.it.pass.on|Ref=1KI_22:24!13|MId=o110220240131|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:110220240141;|Type=qatal
18	רֽוּחַ־	רוּחַ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.spirit|Ref=1KI_22:24!14|MId=o110220240141|Strong=7307|SpaceAfter=No
19	יְהוָ֛ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1KI_22:24!15|MId=o110220240151|Strong=3068
20-22	מֵאִתִּ֖י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	מֵ	מִן	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=1KI_22:24!16|MId=o110220240161|Strong=4480
21	אִתּ	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=1KI_22:24!16|MId=o110220240162|Strong=0854
22	ִ֖י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	Gloss=me|Ref=1KI_22:24!16|MId=o110220240163|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
23-24	לְדַבֵּ֥ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_22:24!17|MId=o110220240171|Strong=3807a
24	דַבֵּ֥ר	דָבַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	17	advcl	_	Gloss=speak|Ref=1KI_22:24!17|MId=o110220240172|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:110220240141;|Type=infinitive_construct
25-26	אוֹתָֽךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	אוֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=1KI_22:24!18|MId=o110220240181|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
26	ָֽךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=1KI_22:24!18|MId=o110220240182|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
27	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	26	punct	_	Ref=1KI_22:24!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: wh-question
- act: ask
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּגַּשׁ *he drew near* | wayyiqtol · qal | צִדְקִיָּהוּ *Zedekiah* |  |  |  |
| יַּכֶּה *he struck* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | מִיכָיְהוּ *Micaiah* |  |  | צִדְקִיָּהוּ *Zedekiah* |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | צִדְקִיָּהוּ *Zedekiah* |  |  |  |
| עָבַר *did it pass on* | qatal · qal | רֽוּחַ־ *the spirit* |  |  |  |
| דַבֵּר *speak* | infinitive construct · piel | רֽוּחַ־ *the spirit* |  |  |  |

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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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וּקְרֵיב צִדְקִיָהוּ בַּר כְּנַעֲנָה וּמְחָא יָת מִיכָיְהוּ עַל לְסָתֵיהּ וַאֲמַר אֵי דָא שָׁעָה אִסְתַּלֵק רוּחַ נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ מִינִי לְמַלְלָא עִמָךְ:

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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. [Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.829/)

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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:786`.

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