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title: 1 Samuel 10:2 — When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee: The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious concerning you, saying: 
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# 1 Samuel 10:2 שְׁמוּאֵל א

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**Who acts:** thou, men, father, I · **What happens:** depart, find, say, go, seek, leave off · **To what, where:** thou, two men, border, asses · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Samuel 10:2 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, men, father, I — and what happens in the verse to thou, two men, border, asses, 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 31 chapters of 1 Samuel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֤ הַיּוֹם֙ מֵעִמָּדִ֔י וּמָצָאתָ֩ שְׁנֵ֨י אֲנָשִׁ֜ים עִם־קְבֻרַ֥ת רָחֵ֛ל בִּגְב֥וּל בִּנְיָמִ֖ן בְּצֶלְצַ֑ח וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ נִמְצְא֤וּ הָאֲתֹנוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֣כְתָּ לְבַקֵּ֔שׁ וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָטַ֤שׁ אָבִ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹת וְדָאַ֤ג לָכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לִבְנִֽי׃

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[When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee: The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious concerning you, saying: What shall I do for my son?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.230/)

## 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:1SA:207
# text = בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֤ הַיּוֹם֙ מֵעִמָּדִ֔י וּמָצָאתָ֩ שְׁנֵ֨י אֲנָשִׁ֜ים עִם־קְבֻרַ֥ת רָחֵ֛ל בִּגְב֥וּל בִּנְיָמִ֖ן בְּצֶלְצַ֑ח וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ נִמְצְא֤וּ הָאֲתֹנוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֣כְתָּ לְבַקֵּ֔שׁ וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָטַ֤שׁ אָבִ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹת וְדָאַ֤ג לָכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לִבְנִֽי׃
# verse = 1SA.10.2
1-3	בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֤	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	Gloss=when|Ref=1SA_10:2!1|MId=o090100020011|Strong=0871a
2	לֶכְתּ	הלך	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	10	dislocated	_	Gloss=go|Ref=1SA_10:2!1|MId=o090100020012|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:090100020013;|Type=infinitive_construct
3	ְךָ֤	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_10:2!1|MId=o090100020013|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
4-5	הַיּוֹם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	5	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=1SA_10:2!2|MId=o090100020021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
5	יּוֹם֙	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=1SA_10:2!2|MId=o090100020022|Strong=3117
6-8	מֵעִמָּדִ֔י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	מֵ	מִן	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_10:2!3|MId=o090100020031|Strong=4480
7	עִמָּד	עִמָּד	NOUN	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=with|Ref=1SA_10:2!3|MId=o090100020032|Strong=5978
8	ִ֔י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=me|Ref=1SA_10:2!3|MId=o090100020033|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
9-10	וּמָצָאתָ֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_10:2!4|MId=o090100020041|Strong=2050b
10	מָצָאתָ֩	מָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=you.will.find|Ref=1SA_10:2!4|MId=o090100020042|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:090090270081;A1:090100020061;|Type=weqatal
11	שְׁנֵ֨י	שְׁנַיִם	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Dual	12	nummod	_	Gloss=two|Ref=1SA_10:2!5|MId=o090100020051|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number
12	אֲנָשִׁ֜ים	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	10	obj	_	Gloss=men|Ref=1SA_10:2!6|MId=o090100020061|Strong=0376
13	עִם־	עִם	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=near|Ref=1SA_10:2!7|MId=o090100020071|Strong=5973|SpaceAfter=No
14	קְבֻרַ֥ת	קְבוּרָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	10	obl	_	Gloss=the.grave|Ref=1SA_10:2!8|MId=o090100020081|Strong=6900
15	רָחֵ֛ל	רָחֵל	PROPN	_	_	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Rachel|Ref=1SA_10:2!9|MId=o090100020091|Strong=7354
16-17	בִּגְב֥וּל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	בִּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=1SA_10:2!10|MId=o090100020101|Strong=0871a
17	גְב֥וּל	גְּבוּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	obl	_	Gloss=the.territory|Ref=1SA_10:2!10|MId=o090100020102|Strong=1366
18	בִּנְיָמִ֖ן	בִּנְיָמִן	PROPN	_	_	17	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Benjamin|Ref=1SA_10:2!11|MId=o090100020111|Strong=1144
19-20	בְּצֶלְצַ֑ח	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=at|Ref=1SA_10:2!12|MId=o090100020121|Strong=0871a
20	צֶלְצַ֑ח	צֶלְצַח	PROPN	_	_	10	obl	_	Gloss=Zelzah|Ref=1SA_10:2!12|MId=o090100020122|Strong=6766
21-22	וְאָמְר֣וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_10:2!13|MId=o090100020131|Strong=2050b
22	אָמְר֣וּ	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	10	conj	_	Gloss=they.will.say|Ref=1SA_10:2!13|MId=o090100020132|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090100020061;|Type=weqatal
23-24	אֵלֶ֗יךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	אֵלֶ֗י	אֶל	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_10:2!14|MId=o090100020141|Strong=0413
24	ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_10:2!14|MId=o090100020142|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
25	נִמְצְא֤וּ	מָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	22	ccomp	_	Gloss=they.have.been.found|Ref=1SA_10:2!15|MId=o090100020151|Strong=4672|Frame=A1:090100020162;|Type=qatal
26-27	הָאֲתֹנוֹת֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	27	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_10:2!16|MId=o090100020161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
27	אֲתֹנוֹת֙	אָתוֹן	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	Gloss=she-asses|Ref=1SA_10:2!16|MId=o090100020162|Strong=0860
28	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	29	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=1SA_10:2!17|MId=o090100020171|Strong=0834|Type=relative
29	הָלַ֣כְתָּ	הָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	27	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=you.went|Ref=1SA_10:2!18|MId=o090100020181|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:090090270081;|Type=qatal
30-31	לְבַקֵּ֔שׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	31	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_10:2!19|MId=o090100020191|Strong=3807a
31	בַקֵּ֔שׁ	בָּקַשׁ	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	29	advcl	_	Gloss=seek|Ref=1SA_10:2!19|MId=o090100020192|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:090090270081;A1:090100020162;|Type=infinitive_construct
32-33	וְהִנֵּ֨ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	34	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_10:2!20|MId=o090100020201|Strong=2050b
33	הִנֵּ֨ה	הִנֵּה	INTJ	_	_	34	discourse	_	Gloss=there!|Ref=1SA_10:2!20|MId=o090100020202|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative
34	נָטַ֤שׁ	נָטַשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	25	conj	_	Gloss=he.has.abandoned|Ref=1SA_10:2!21|MId=o090100020211|Strong=5203|Frame=A0:090100020221;A1:090100020241;|Type=qatal
35-36	אָבִ֙יךָ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
35	אָבִ֙י	אָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	Gloss=father|Ref=1SA_10:2!22|MId=o090100020221|Strong=0001
36	ךָ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=1SA_10:2!22|MId=o090100020222|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
37	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	38	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_10:2!23|MId=o090100020231|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
38	דִּבְרֵ֣י	דָּבָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	34	obj	_	Gloss=the.matter(s)|Ref=1SA_10:2!24|MId=o090100020241|Strong=1697
39-40	הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
39	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	40	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1SA_10:2!25|MId=o090100020251|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
40	אֲתֹנ֔וֹת	אָתוֹן	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	38	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.she-asses|Ref=1SA_10:2!25|MId=o090100020252|Strong=0860
41-42	וְדָאַ֤ג	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
41	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	42	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_10:2!26|MId=o090100020261|Strong=2050b
42	דָאַ֤ג	דָּאַג	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	34	conj	_	Gloss=he.is.anxious|Ref=1SA_10:2!26|MId=o090100020262|Strong=1672|Frame=A0:090100020221;|Type=qatal
43-44	לָכֶם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
43	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	44	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_10:2!27|MId=o090100020271|Strong=3807a
44	ָכֶם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	42	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_10:2!27|MId=o090100020272|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
45-46	לֵאמֹ֔ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
45	לֵ	לְ	ADP	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	48	mark	_	Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=1SA_10:2!28|MId=o090100020281|Strong=3807a
46	אמֹ֔ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	45	fixed	_	Gloss=|Ref=1SA_10:2!28|MId=o090100020282|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090100020221;A1:090100020301;|Type=infinitive_construct
47	מָ֥ה	מָה	PRON	_	PronType=Int	48	obj	_	Gloss=what?|Ref=1SA_10:2!29|MId=o090100020291|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative
48	אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	42	advcl	_	Gloss=will.I.do|Ref=1SA_10:2!30|MId=o090100020301|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:090100020221;A1:090100020291;|Type=yiqtol
49-51	לִבְנִֽי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
49	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	50	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=1SA_10:2!31|MId=o090100020311|Strong=3807a
50	בְנ	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	48	obl	_	Gloss=son|Ref=1SA_10:2!31|MId=o090100020312|Strong=1121
51	ִֽי	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my|Ref=1SA_10:2!31|MId=o090100020313|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
52	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	51	punct	_	Ref=1SA_10:2!31
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| לֶכְתּ *go* | infinitive construct · qal | ְךָ *you* |  |  |  |
| מָצָאתָ *you will find* | weqatal · qal |  | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |  |  |
| אָמְרוּ *they will say* | weqatal · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |  |  |  |
| נִמְצְאוּ *they have been found* | qatal · niphal |  | אֲתֹנוֹת *she-asses* |  |  |
| הָלַכְתָּ *you went* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| בַקֵּשׁ *seek* | infinitive construct · piel |  | אֲתֹנוֹת *she-asses* |  |  |
| נָטַשׁ *he has abandoned* | qatal · qal | אָבִי *father* | דִּבְרֵי *the matter(s)* |  |  |
| דָאַג *he is anxious* | qatal · qal | אָבִי *father* |  |  |  |
| אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | אָבִי *father* | אֶעֱשֶׂה *will I do* |  |  |
| אֶעֱשֶׂה *will I do* | yiqtol · qal | אָבִי *father* | מָה *what?* |  |  |

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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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בְּמַהֲכָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין מִנִי מִלְוָתִי וְתַשְׁכַּח תְּרֵין גַבְרִין עִם קְבוּרְתָּא דְרָחֵל בִּתְּחוּם בִּנְיָמִן בְּצֶלְצַח וְיֵימְרוּן לָךְ אִשְׁתְּכָחָא אֲתָנַיָא דַאֲזַלְתָּ לְמִבְעֵי יַתְהֶן וְהָא שְׁבַק אֲבוּךְ יַת עֵיסַק אֲתָנַיָא וְיַצִיף לְכוֹן לְמֵימַר מָה אַעְבֵיד לִבְרִי:

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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. [When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by the tomb of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee: The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious concerning you, saying: What shall I do for my son?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.230/)

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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:1SA:207`.

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