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title: 1 Kings 8:47 — yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are ca… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly; Who acts: people, land, We. 1 Kings 8:47 in Heb
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# 1 Kings 8:47 מְלָכִים א

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**Who acts:** people, land, We · **What happens:** bethink, carry, turn back, make, say, sin · **To what, where:** people, land, supplication · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Kings 8:47 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 — people, land, We — and what happens in the verse to people, land, supplication, 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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וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ אֶל־לִבָּ֔ם בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבּוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְשָׁ֣בוּ ׀ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חָטָ֥אנוּ וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ רָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃

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[yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.329/)

## 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:314
# text = וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ אֶל־לִבָּ֔ם בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבּוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְשָׁ֣בוּ ׀ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חָטָ֥אנוּ וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ רָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃
# verse = 1KI.8.47
1-2	וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_8:47!1|MId=o110080470011|Strong=2050b
2	הֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.will.bring.back|Ref=1KI_8:47!1|MId=o110080470012|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:110080440031;|Type=weqatal
3	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_8:47!2|MId=o110080470021|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
4-5	לִבָּ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	לִבּ	לֵב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=heart|Ref=1KI_8:47!3|MId=o110080470031|Strong=3820
5	ָ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=1KI_8:47!3|MId=o110080470032|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
6-8	בָּאָ֖רֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	בָּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_8:47!4|MId=o110080470041|Strong=0871a
7	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	8	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_8:47!4|MId=o110080470041ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
8	אָ֖רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=land|Ref=1KI_8:47!4|MId=o110080470042|Strong=0776
9	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	10	mark	_	Gloss=where|Ref=1KI_8:47!5|MId=o110080470051|Strong=0834|Type=relative
10	נִשְׁבּוּ־	שָׁבָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	8	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=they.have.been.taken.captive|Ref=1KI_8:47!6|MId=o110080470061|Strong=7617|Frame=A1:110080440031;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No
11	שָׁ֑ם	שָׁם	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	Gloss=there|Ref=1KI_8:47!7|MId=o110080470071|Strong=8033
12-13	וְשָׁ֣בוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_8:47!8|MId=o110080470081|Strong=2050b
13	שָׁ֣בוּ	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.will.repent|Ref=1KI_8:47!8|MId=o110080470082|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:110080440031;|Type=weqatal
14	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	13	punct	_	Ref=1KI_8:47!8
15-16	וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_8:47!9|MId=o110080470091|Strong=2050b
16	הִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ	חָנַן	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.will.seek.favor|Ref=1KI_8:47!9|MId=o110080470092|Strong=2603|Frame=A0:110080440031;|Type=weqatal
17-18	אֵלֶ֗יךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	אֵלֶ֗י	אֶל	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_8:47!10|MId=o110080470101|Strong=0413
18	ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=1KI_8:47!10|MId=o110080470102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
19-20	בְּאֶ֤רֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1KI_8:47!11|MId=o110080470111|Strong=0871a
20	אֶ֤רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=the.land|Ref=1KI_8:47!11|MId=o110080470112|Strong=0776
21-22	שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	שֹֽׁבֵי	שָׁבָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	20	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_8:47!12|MId=o110080470121|Strong=7617|Frame=A1:110080470122;|Type=participle_active
22	הֶם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their.captors|Ref=1KI_8:47!12|MId=o110080470122|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
23-24	לֵאמֹ֔ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	לֵ	לְ	ADP	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	25	mark	_	Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=1KI_8:47!13|MId=o110080470131|Strong=3807a
24	אמֹ֔ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	23	fixed	_	Gloss=|Ref=1KI_8:47!13|MId=o110080470132|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:110080440031;|Type=infinitive_construct
25	חָטָ֥אנוּ	חָטָא	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1	16	advcl	_	Gloss=we.have.sinned|Ref=1KI_8:47!14|MId=o110080470141|Strong=2398|Frame=A0:110080440031;|Type=qatal
26-27	וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	27	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_8:47!15|MId=o110080470151|Strong=2050b
27	הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ	עָוָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=1	25	conj	_	Gloss=we.have.done.wrong|Ref=1KI_8:47!15|MId=o110080470152|Strong=5753|Frame=A0:110080440031;|Type=qatal
28	רָשָֽׁעְנוּ	רָשַׁע	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1	25	parataxis	_	Gloss=we.have.acted.wickedly|Ref=1KI_8:47!16|MId=o110080470161|Strong=7561|Frame=A0:110080440031;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=1KI_8:47!16
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הֵשִׁיבוּ *they will bring back* | weqatal · hiphil |  |  |  |  |
| נִשְׁבּוּ־ *they have been taken captive* | qatal · niphal |  |  |  |  |
| שָׁבוּ *they will repent* | weqatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הִֽתְחַנְּנוּ *they will seek favor* | weqatal · hithpael |  |  |  |  |
| שֹֽׁבֵי *of* | participle active · qal |  | הֶם *their captors* |  |  |
| אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal |  |  |  |  |
| חָטָאנוּ *we have sinned* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הֶעֱוִינוּ *we have done wrong* | qatal · hiphil |  |  |  |  |
| רָשָֽׁעְנוּ *we have acted wickedly* | qatal · 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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וִיתוּבוּן לְלִבְּהוֹן בְּאַרְעָא דְאִשְׁתְּבִיאוּ לְתַמָן וִיתוּבוּן וְיִבְעוּן מִן קֳדָמָךְ בְּאַרְעָא שִׁבְיֵהוֹן לְמֵימַר חַבְנָא וְאִטְפַשְׁנָא סְרַחְנָא:

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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. [yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn back, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying: We have sinned, and have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.329/)

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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:314`.

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