--- title: 1 Kings 5:17 — 'Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: 'Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of my feet. Who acts: Thou, David, wars, LORD. 1 Kings 5:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JP --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.5.17/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/5/) / 5:17 # 1 Kings 5:17 מְלָכִים א **Who acts:** Thou, David, wars, LORD · **What happens:** know, not build, be, put, name · **To what, where:** house, side, wars, soles, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Kings 5:17 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 — Thou, David, wars, LORD — and what happens in the verse to house, side, wars, soles, LORD, 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. אַתָּ֨ה יָדַ֜עְתָּ אֶת־דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֗י כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ לִבְנ֣וֹת בַּ֗יִת לְשֵׁם֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו מִפְּנֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבָבֻ֑הוּ עַ֤ד תֵּת־יְהוָה֙ אֹתָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֥וֹת רַגְלָֽי׃ ['Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of my feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.173/) ## 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:163 # text = אַתָּ֨ה יָדַ֜עְתָּ אֶת־דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֗י כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ לִבְנ֣וֹת בַּ֗יִת לְשֵׁם֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו מִפְּנֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבָבֻ֑הוּ עַ֤ד תֵּת־יְהוָה֙ אֹתָ֔ם תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֥וֹת רַגְלָֽי׃ # verse = 1KI.5.17 1 אַתָּ֨ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=1KI_5:17!1|MId=o110050170011|Strong=0859|Type=personal 2 יָדַ֜עְתָּ יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.know|Ref=1KI_5:17!2|MId=o110050170021|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:110050170011;A1:110050170041;|Type=qatal 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_5:17!3|MId=o110050170031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4 דָּוִ֣ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 2 obj _ Gloss=David|Ref=1KI_5:17!4|MId=o110050170041|Strong=1732 5-6 אָבִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 אָב אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 appos _ Gloss=father|Ref=1KI_5:17!5|MId=o110050170051|Strong=0001 6 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=1KI_5:17!5|MId=o110050170052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 7 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=1KI_5:17!6|MId=o110050170061|Strong=3588 8 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=1KI_5:17!7|MId=o110050170071|Strong=3808|Type=negative 9 יָכֹל֙ יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=he.was.able|Ref=1KI_5:17!8|MId=o110050170081|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:110050170041;|Type=qatal 10-11 לִבְנ֣וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_5:17!9|MId=o110050170091|Strong=3807a 11 בְנ֣וֹת בָּנָה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 9 xcomp _ Gloss=build|Ref=1KI_5:17!9|MId=o110050170092|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:110050170041;A1:110050170101;|Type=infinitive_construct 12 בַּ֗יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obj _ Gloss=a.house|Ref=1KI_5:17!10|MId=o110050170101|Strong=1004 13-14 לְשֵׁם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=1KI_5:17!11|MId=o110050170111|Strong=3807a 14 שֵׁם֙ שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=the.name|Ref=1KI_5:17!11|MId=o110050170112|Strong=8034 15 יְהוָ֣ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1KI_5:17!12|MId=o110050170121|Strong=3068 16-17 אֱלֹהָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 אֱלֹהָ֔י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=1KI_5:17!13|MId=o110050170131|Strong=0430 17 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=1KI_5:17!13|MId=o110050170132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 18-19 מִפְּנֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=because|Ref=1KI_5:17!14|MId=o110050170141|Strong=4480 19 פְּנֵ֥י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 9 obl _ Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_5:17!14|MId=o110050170142|Strong=6440 20-21 הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_5:17!15|MId=o110050170151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 מִּלְחָמָ֖ה מִלְחָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=war|Ref=1KI_5:17!15|MId=o110050170152|Strong=4421 22 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=1KI_5:17!16|MId=o110050170161|Strong=0834|Type=relative 23-24 סְבָבֻ֑הוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 סְבָבֻ֑ סָבַב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 21 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they|Ref=1KI_5:17!17|MId=o110050170171|Strong=5437|Frame=A0:110050170152;A1:110050170172;|Type=qatal 24 הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ Gloss=had.surrounded.him|Ref=1KI_5:17!17|MId=o110050170172|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 25 עַ֤ד עַד ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=until|Ref=1KI_5:17!18|MId=o110050170181|Strong=5704 26 תֵּת־ נָתַן VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 9 xcomp _ Gloss=gave|Ref=1KI_5:17!19|MId=o110050170191|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:110050170201;A1:110050170212;|Type=infinitive_construct|SpaceAfter=No 27 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 26 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1KI_5:17!20|MId=o110050170201|Strong=3068 28-29 אֹתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=|Ref=1KI_5:17!21|MId=o110050170211|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 29 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=1KI_5:17!21|MId=o110050170212|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 30 תַּ֖חַת תַּחַת NOUN _ _ 26 obl _ Gloss=under|Ref=1KI_5:17!22|MId=o110050170221|Strong=8478 31 כַּפּ֥וֹת כַּף NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 30 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.soles|Ref=1KI_5:17!23|MId=o110050170231|Strong=3709 32-33 רַגְלָֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 רַגְל רֶגֶל NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 31 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.feet|Ref=1KI_5:17!25|MId=o110050170251|Strong=7272 33 ָֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=1KI_5:17!25|MId=o110050170252|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=1KI_5:17!25 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָדַעְתָּ *you know* | qatal · qal | אַתָּה *you* | דָּוִד *David* | | | | **not** יָכֹל *he was able* | qatal · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | בְנוֹת *build* | infinitive construct · qal | דָּוִד *David* | בַּיִת *a house* | | | | סְבָבֻ *they* | qatal · qal | מִּלְחָמָה *war* | הוּ *had surrounded him* | | | | תֵּת־ *gave* | infinitive construct · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ָם *them* | | | 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} אַתְּ יְדַעְתָּ יַת דָוִד אַבָּא אֲרֵי לָא יָכִיל לְמִבְנֵי בֵיתָא לִשְׁמָא דַייָ אֱלָהֵיהּ מִן קֳדָם עַבְדֵי קְרָבָא דְאַקְפוֹהִי עַד דִמְסַר יְיָ יַתְהוֹן תְּחוֹת פַּרְסַת רִגְלוֹהִי: 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. ['Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of my feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.173/) **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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