--- title: 1 Kings 8:7 — For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. Who acts: cherubim. 1 Kings 8:7 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.8.7/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI/8/) / 8:7 # 1 Kings 8:7 מְלָכִים א **Who acts:** cherubim · **What happens:** spread, cover · **To what, where:** wings, place, ark This is 1 Kings 8:7 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 — cherubim — and what happens in the verse to wings, place, ark, 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. כִּ֤י הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם אֶל־מְק֖וֹם הָֽאָר֑וֹן וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים עַל־הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ [For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.289/) ## 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:274 # text = כִּ֤י הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם אֶל־מְק֖וֹם הָֽאָר֑וֹן וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים עַל־הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ # verse = 1KI.8.7 1 כִּ֤י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 4 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1KI_8:7!1|MId=o110080070011|Strong=3588 2-3 הַכְּרוּבִים֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_8:7!2|MId=o110080070021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 כְּרוּבִים֙ כְּרוּב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ Gloss=cherubim|Ref=1KI_8:7!2|MId=o110080070022|Strong=3742 4 פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים פָּרַשׂ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 0 root _ Gloss=[were].spreading.out|Ref=1KI_8:7!3|MId=o110080070031|Strong=6566|Frame=A0:110080070022;A1:110080070041;|Type=participle_active 5 כְּנָפַ֔יִם כָּנָף NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 4 obj _ Gloss=wings|Ref=1KI_8:7!4|MId=o110080070041|Strong=3671 6 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_8:7!5|MId=o110080070051|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 7 מְק֖וֹם מָקוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obl _ Gloss=the.place|Ref=1KI_8:7!6|MId=o110080070061|Strong=4725 8-9 הָֽאָר֑וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=1KI_8:7!7|MId=o110080070071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 אָר֑וֹן אֲרוֹן NOUN _ Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.ark|Ref=1KI_8:7!7|MId=o110080070072|Strong=0727 10-11 וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_8:7!8|MId=o110080070081|Strong=2050b 11 יָּסֹ֧כּוּ סָכַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 4 conj _ Gloss=they.covered|Ref=1KI_8:7!8|MId=o110080070082|Strong=5526|Frame=A0:110080070092;|Type=wayyiqtol 12-13 הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_8:7!9|MId=o110080070091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 כְּרֻבִ֛ים כְּרוּב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ Gloss=cherubim|Ref=1KI_8:7!9|MId=o110080070092|Strong=3742 14 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=1KI_8:7!10|MId=o110080070101|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 הָאָר֥וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1KI_8:7!11|MId=o110080070111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 אָר֥וֹן אֲרוֹן NOUN _ Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=ark|Ref=1KI_8:7!11|MId=o110080070112|Strong=0727 17-18 וְעַל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1KI_8:7!12|MId=o110080070121|Strong=2050b 18 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=1KI_8:7!12|MId=o110080070122|Strong=5921 19-20 בַּדָּ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בַּדָּ֖י בַּד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 conj _ Gloss=poles|Ref=1KI_8:7!13|MId=o110080070131|Strong=0905a 20 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=1KI_8:7!13|MId=o110080070132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 21-24 מִלְמָֽעְלָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=1KI_8:7!14|MId=o110080070141|Strong=4480 22 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1KI_8:7!14|MId=o110080070142|Strong=3807a 23 מָֽעְל מַעַל ADV _ _ 11 obl _ Gloss=above|Ref=1KI_8:7!14|MId=o110080070143|Strong=4605 24 ָה ה X _ _ 23 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=1KI_8:7!14|MId=o110080070144|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=1KI_8:7!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | פֹּרְשִׂים *\[were\] spreading out* | participle active · qal | כְּרוּבִים *cherubim* | כְּנָפַיִם *wings* | | | | יָּסֹכּוּ *they covered* | wayyiqtol · qal | כְּרֻבִים *cherubim* | | | | 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} אֲרֵי כְרוּבַיָא פְּרִיסַן גַדְפֵיהוֹן עַל אֲתַר אֲרוֹנָא וּמַטְלִין כְּרוּבַיָא עַל אֲרוֹנָא וְעַל אֲרִיחוֹהִי מִלְעֵילָא: 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. [For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.289/) **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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