--- title: 1 Kings 3:25 — And the king said: 'Divide the living child in two, and give half to… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the king said: 'Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.' Who acts: king. 1 Kings 3:25 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.3.25/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/3/) / 3:25 # 1 Kings 3:25 מְלָכִים א **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** say, divide, give · **To what, where:** living child, two, half, one · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Kings 3:25 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 — king — and what happens in the verse to living child, two, half, one, 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. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ גִּזְר֛וּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֥לֶד הַחַ֖י לִשְׁנָ֑יִם וּתְנ֤וּ אֶֽת־הַחֲצִי֙ לְאַחַ֔ת וְאֶֽת־הַחֲצִ֖י לְאֶחָֽת׃ [And the king said: 'Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.133/) ## 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:123 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ גִּזְר֛וּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֥לֶד הַחַ֖י לִשְׁנָ֑יִם וּתְנ֤וּ אֶֽת־הַחֲצִי֙ לְאַחַ֔ת וְאֶֽת־הַחֲצִ֖י לְאֶחָֽת׃ # verse = 1KI.3.25 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_3:25!1|MId=o110030250011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1KI_3:25!1|MId=o110030250012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110030250022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_3:25!2|MId=o110030250021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=1KI_3:25!2|MId=o110030250022|Strong=4428 5 גִּזְר֛וּ גָּזַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=cut|Ref=1KI_3:25!3|MId=o110030250031|Strong=1504|Frame=A0:;A1:110030250052;|Type=imperative 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_3:25!4|MId=o110030250041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 הַיֶּ֥לֶד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_3:25!5|MId=o110030250051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 יֶּ֥לֶד יֶלֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 obj _ Gloss=child|Ref=1KI_3:25!5|MId=o110030250052|Strong=3206 9-10 הַחַ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_3:25!6|MId=o110030250061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 חַ֖י חַי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 appos _ Gloss=living|Ref=1KI_3:25!6|MId=o110030250062|Strong=2416|Type=adjective 11-12 לִשְׁנָ֑יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=1KI_3:25!7|MId=o110030250071|Strong=3807a 12 שְׁנָ֑יִם שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 5 obl _ Gloss=two|Ref=1KI_3:25!7|MId=o110030250072|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number 13-14 וּתְנ֤וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_3:25!8|MId=o110030250081|Strong=2050b 14 תְנ֤וּ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 5 conj _ Gloss=give|Ref=1KI_3:25!8|MId=o110030250082|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:;A1:110030250102;|Type=imperative 15 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_3:25!9|MId=o110030250091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 16-17 הַחֲצִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_3:25!10|MId=o110030250101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 חֲצִי֙ חֲצִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=half|Ref=1KI_3:25!10|MId=o110030250102|Strong=2677 18-19 לְאַחַ֔ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_3:25!11|MId=o110030250111|Strong=3807a 19 אַחַ֔ת אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=one|Ref=1KI_3:25!11|MId=o110030250112|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 20-21 וְאֶֽת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_3:25!12|MId=o110030250121|Strong=2050b 21 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_3:25!12|MId=o110030250122|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 22-23 הַחֲצִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_3:25!13|MId=o110030250131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 חֲצִ֖י חֲצִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 conj _ Gloss=half|Ref=1KI_3:25!13|MId=o110030250132|Strong=2677 24-25 לְאֶחָֽת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_3:25!14|MId=o110030250141|Strong=3807a 25 אֶחָֽת אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=one|Ref=1KI_3:25!14|MId=o110030250142|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=1KI_3:25!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | גִּזְרוּ *cut* | imperative · qal | | יֶּלֶד *child* | | | | תְנוּ *give* | imperative · qal | | חֲצִי *half* | | | 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 מַלְכָּא פְּסוּקוּ יַת רַבְיָא חַיָא לִתְרֵין גִזְרִין וְהָבוּ פַלְגָא לַחֲדָא וּפַלְגָא לַחֲדָא: 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 the king said: 'Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.133/) **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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