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title: 1 Kings 6:27 — And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. Who acts: Solomon, wing, wings
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# 1 Kings 6:27 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** Solomon, wing, wings · **What happens:** set, stretch, touch · **To what, where:** cherubim, wings, one wall, other wall, one, midst

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This is 1 Kings 6:27 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 — Solomon, wing, wings — and what happens in the verse to cherubim, wings, one wall, other wall, one, midst, 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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וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֶת־הַכְּרוּבִ֜ים בְּת֣וֹךְ ׀ הַבַּ֣יִת הַפְּנִימִ֗י וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֮ אֶת־כַּנְפֵ֣י הַכְּרֻבִים֒ וַתִּגַּ֤ע כְּנַף־הָֽאֶחָד֙ בַּקִּ֔יר וּכְנַף֙ הַכְּר֣וּב הַשֵּׁנִ֔י נֹגַ֖עַת בַּקִּ֣יר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י וְכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הַבַּ֔יִת נֹגְעֹ֖ת כָּנָ֥ף אֶל־כָּנָֽף׃

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[And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.215/)

## 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:205
# text = וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֶת־הַכְּרוּבִ֜ים בְּת֣וֹךְ ׀ הַבַּ֣יִת הַפְּנִימִ֗י וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֮ אֶת־כַּנְפֵ֣י הַכְּרֻבִים֒ וַתִּגַּ֤ע כְּנַף־הָֽאֶחָד֙ בַּקִּ֔יר וּכְנַף֙ הַכְּר֣וּב הַשֵּׁנִ֔י נֹגַ֖עַת בַּקִּ֣יר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י וְכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הַבַּ֔יִת נֹגְעֹ֖ת כָּנָ֥ף אֶל־כָּנָֽף׃
# verse = 1KI.6.27
1-2	וַיִּתֵּ֨ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_6:27!1|MId=o110060270011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּתֵּ֨ן	נָתַן	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.put|Ref=1KI_6:27!1|MId=o110060270012|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:110060210021;A1:110060270032;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_6:27!2|MId=o110060270021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
4-5	הַכְּרוּבִ֜ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	5	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_6:27!3|MId=o110060270031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
5	כְּרוּבִ֜ים	כְּרוּב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	obj	_	Gloss=cherubim|Ref=1KI_6:27!3|MId=o110060270032|Strong=3742
6-7	בְּת֣וֹךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_6:27!4|MId=o110060270041|Strong=0871a
7	ת֣וֹךְ	תָּוֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.middle|Ref=1KI_6:27!4|MId=o110060270042|Strong=8432
8	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	7	punct	_	Ref=1KI_6:27!4
9-10	הַבַּ֣יִת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_6:27!5|MId=o110060270051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	בַּ֣יִת	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.house|Ref=1KI_6:27!5|MId=o110060270052|Strong=1004
11-12	הַפְּנִימִ֗י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	12	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_6:27!6|MId=o110060270061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
12	פְּנִימִ֗י	פְּנִימִי	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	amod	_	Gloss=inner|Ref=1KI_6:27!6|MId=o110060270062|Strong=6442|Type=adjective
13-14	וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_6:27!7|MId=o110060270071|Strong=2050b
14	יִּפְרְשׂוּ֮	פָּרַשׂ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.spread.out|Ref=1KI_6:27!7|MId=o110060270072|Strong=6566|Frame=A0:110060270032;A1:110060270091;|Type=wayyiqtol
15	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1KI_6:27!8|MId=o110060270081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
16	כַּנְפֵ֣י	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Dual	14	obj	_	Gloss=the.wings|Ref=1KI_6:27!9|MId=o110060270091|Strong=3671
17-18	הַכְּרֻבִים֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_6:27!10|MId=o110060270101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	כְּרֻבִים֒	כְּרוּב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	16	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.cherubim|Ref=1KI_6:27!10|MId=o110060270102|Strong=3742
19-20	וַתִּגַּ֤ע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_6:27!11|MId=o110060270111|Strong=2050b
20	תִּגַּ֤ע	נָגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.touched|Ref=1KI_6:27!11|MId=o110060270112|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:110060270121;|Type=wayyiqtol
21	כְּנַף־	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.wing|Ref=1KI_6:27!12|MId=o110060270121|Strong=3671|SpaceAfter=No
22-23	הָֽאֶחָד֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	הָֽ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	23	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_6:27!13|MId=o110060270131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
23	אֶחָד֙	אֶחָד	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.one.[cherub]|Ref=1KI_6:27!13|MId=o110060270132|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number
24-26	בַּקִּ֔יר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=(in)|Ref=1KI_6:27!14|MId=o110060270141|Strong=0871a
25	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	26	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_6:27!14|MId=o110060270141ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
26	קִּ֔יר	קִיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	obl	_	Gloss=wall|Ref=1KI_6:27!14|MId=o110060270142|Strong=7023
27-28	וּכְנַף֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	33	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_6:27!15|MId=o110060270151|Strong=2050b
28	כְנַף֙	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.wing|Ref=1KI_6:27!15|MId=o110060270152|Strong=3671
29-30	הַכְּר֣וּב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	30	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_6:27!16|MId=o110060270161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
30	כְּר֣וּב	כְּרוּב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	28	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.cherub|Ref=1KI_6:27!16|MId=o110060270162|Strong=3742
31-32	הַשֵּׁנִ֔י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	32	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_6:27!17|MId=o110060270171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
32	שֵּׁנִ֔י	שֵׁנִי	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	30	nummod	_	Gloss=second|Ref=1KI_6:27!17|MId=o110060270172|Strong=8145|Type=ordinal_number
33	נֹגַ֖עַת	נָגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	2	conj	_	Gloss=[was].touching|Ref=1KI_6:27!18|MId=o110060270181|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:110060270152;|Type=participle_active
34-36	בַּקִּ֣יר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	36	case	_	Gloss=(in)|Ref=1KI_6:27!19|MId=o110060270191|Strong=0871a
35	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	36	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_6:27!19|MId=o110060270191ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
36	קִּ֣יר	קִיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	33	obl	_	Gloss=wall|Ref=1KI_6:27!19|MId=o110060270192|Strong=7023
37-38	הַשֵּׁנִ֑י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
37	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	38	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1KI_6:27!20|MId=o110060270201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
38	שֵּׁנִ֑י	שֵׁנִי	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	36	nummod	_	Gloss=second|Ref=1KI_6:27!20|MId=o110060270202|Strong=8145|Type=ordinal_number
39-41	וְכַנְפֵיהֶם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
39	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	46	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_6:27!21|MId=o110060270211|Strong=2050b
40	כַנְפֵי	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Dual	46	nsubj	_	Gloss=wings|Ref=1KI_6:27!21|MId=o110060270212|Strong=3671
41	הֶם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=1KI_6:27!21|MId=o110060270213|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
42	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	43	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_6:27!22|MId=o110060270221|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
43	תּ֣וֹךְ	תָּוֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	46	obl	_	Gloss=the.middle|Ref=1KI_6:27!23|MId=o110060270231|Strong=8432
44-45	הַבַּ֔יִת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
44	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	45	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_6:27!24|MId=o110060270241|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
45	בַּ֔יִת	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	43	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.house|Ref=1KI_6:27!24|MId=o110060270242|Strong=1004
46	נֹגְעֹ֖ת	נָגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	2	conj	_	Gloss=[were].touching|Ref=1KI_6:27!25|MId=o110060270251|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:110060270212;|Type=participle_active
47	כָּנָ֥ף	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	46	obl	_	Gloss=wing|Ref=1KI_6:27!26|MId=o110060270261|Strong=3671
48	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	49	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_6:27!27|MId=o110060270271|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
49	כָּנָֽף	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	Gloss=wing|Ref=1KI_6:27!28|MId=o110060270281|Strong=3671|SpaceAfter=No
50	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	49	punct	_	Ref=1KI_6:27!28
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּתֵּן *he put* | wayyiqtol · qal |  | כְּרוּבִים *cherubim* |  |  |
| יִּפְרְשׂוּ *they spread out* | wayyiqtol · qal | כְּרוּבִים *cherubim* | כַּנְפֵי *the wings* |  |  |
| תִּגַּע *it touched* | wayyiqtol · qal | כְּנַף־ *the wing* |  |  |  |
| נֹגַעַת *\[was\] touching* | participle active · qal | כְנַף *the wing* |  |  |  |
| נֹגְעֹת *\[were\] touching* | participle active · qal | כַנְפֵי *wings* |  |  |  |

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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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וִיהַב יַת כְּרוּבַיָא בְּגוֹ בֵיתָא גַוָאָה וּפְרָסוּ יַת כַּנְפֵי כְרוּבַיָא וּמַטְיָא כַנְפָא דְחָד בְּכוֹתְלָא וְכַנְפָא דִכְרוּבָא תִנְיָנָא מַטְיָא בְּכוֹתְלָא תִנְיָנָא וְכַנְפֵיהוֹן לְגוֹ בֵיתָא מַטְיָא כְּנַף לִכְנָף:

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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 he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.215/)

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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:205`.

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