--- title: 1 Samuel 12:17 — Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto the LORD, that He m… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.' Who acts: thing, I, LORD, ye. 1 Samuel 12:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.17/) [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 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/) / [chapter 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/12/) / 12:17 # 1 Samuel 12:17 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** thing, I, LORD, ye, wickedness · **What happens:** not be, call, send, know, see, be · **To what, where:** wheat harvest, thunder, sight, king, you, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Samuel 12:17 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 — thing, I, LORD, ye, wickedness — and what happens in the verse to wheat harvest, thunder, sight, king, you, 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 31 chapters of 1 Samuel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. הֲל֤וֹא קְצִיר־חִטִּים֙ הַיּ֔וֹם אֶקְרָא֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיִתֵּ֥ן קֹל֖וֹת וּמָטָ֑ר וּדְע֣וּ וּרְא֗וּ כִּֽי־רָעַתְכֶ֤ם רַבָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לִשְׁא֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס [Is it not wheat harvest to-day?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.291/) [I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.292/) ## 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:1SA:264 # text = הֲל֤וֹא קְצִיר־חִטִּים֙ הַיּ֔וֹם אֶקְרָא֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיִתֵּ֥ן קֹל֖וֹת וּמָטָ֑ר וּדְע֣וּ וּרְא֗וּ כִּֽי־רָעַתְכֶ֤ם רַבָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לִשְׁא֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס # verse = 1SA.12.17 1-2 הֲל֤וֹא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=1SA_12:17!1|MId=o090120170011|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 2 ל֤וֹא לֹא ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=1SA_12:17!1|MId=o090120170012|Strong=3808|Type=negative 3 קְצִיר־ קָצִיר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[is].the.harvest|Ref=1SA_12:17!2|MId=o090120170021|Strong=7105|SpaceAfter=No 4 חִטִּים֙ חִטָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.wheat(s)|Ref=1SA_12:17!3|MId=o090120170031|Strong=2406 5-6 הַיּ֔וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=1SA_12:17!4|MId=o090120170041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 יּ֔וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=day|Ref=1SA_12:17!4|MId=o090120170042|Strong=3117 7 אֶקְרָא֙ קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 3 parataxis _ Gloss=I.will.call.out|Ref=1SA_12:17!5|MId=o090120170051|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:090120060021;|Type=yiqtol 8 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_12:17!6|MId=o090120170061|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 9 יְהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 7 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1SA_12:17!7|MId=o090120170071|Strong=3068 10-11 וְיִתֵּ֥ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_12:17!8|MId=o090120170081|Strong=2050b 11 יִתֵּ֥ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.will.give|Ref=1SA_12:17!8|MId=o090120170082|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:090120170071;A1:090120170091;090120170102;|Type=yiqtol 12 קֹל֖וֹת קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 obj _ Gloss=thunder.claps|Ref=1SA_12:17!9|MId=o090120170091|Strong=6963 13-14 וּמָטָ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_12:17!10|MId=o090120170101|Strong=2050b 14 מָטָ֑ר מָטַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 conj _ Gloss=rain|Ref=1SA_12:17!10|MId=o090120170102|Strong=4306 15-16 וּדְע֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_12:17!11|MId=o090120170111|Strong=2050b 16 דְע֣וּ יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 3 conj _ Gloss=know|Ref=1SA_12:17!11|MId=o090120170112|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:090120060042;A1:090120170151;|Type=imperative 17-18 וּרְא֗וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_12:17!12|MId=o090120170121|Strong=2050b 18 רְא֗וּ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 16 conj _ Gloss=see|Ref=1SA_12:17!12|MId=o090120170122|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:090120060042;A1:090120170151;|Type=imperative 19 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=1SA_12:17!13|MId=o090120170131|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 20-21 רָעַתְכֶ֤ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 רָעַת רָעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=evil|Ref=1SA_12:17!14|MId=o090120170141|Strong=7451b 21 ְכֶ֤ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=1SA_12:17!14|MId=o090120170142|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 22 רַבָּה֙ רַב ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ Gloss=[is].great|Ref=1SA_12:17!15|MId=o090120170151|Strong=7227|Type=adjective 23 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=1SA_12:17!16|MId=o090120170161|Strong=0834|Type=relative 24 עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 20 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.have.done|Ref=1SA_12:17!17|MId=o090120170171|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:090120060042;A1:090120170141;|Type=qatal 25-26 בְּעֵינֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1SA_12:17!18|MId=o090120170181|Strong=0871a 26 עֵינֵ֣י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 24 obl _ Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=1SA_12:17!18|MId=o090120170182|Strong=5869 27 יְהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1SA_12:17!19|MId=o090120170191|Strong=3068 28-29 לִשְׁא֥וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=1SA_12:17!20|MId=o090120170201|Strong=3807a 29 שְׁא֥וֹל שָׁאַל VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 24 advcl _ Gloss=asking|Ref=1SA_12:17!20|MId=o090120170202|Strong=7592|Frame=A0:090120060042;A1:090120170221;|Type=infinitive_construct 30-31 לָכֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 ל לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=1SA_12:17!21|MId=o090120170211|Strong=3807a 31 ָכֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ Gloss=yourselves|Ref=1SA_12:17!21|MId=o090120170212|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 32 מֶֽלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obj _ Gloss=a.king|Ref=1SA_12:17!22|MId=o090120170221|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=1SA_12:17!22|SpaceAfter=No 34 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=1SA_12:17!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֶקְרָא *I will call out* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִתֵּן *he will give* | yiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | קֹלוֹת *thunder claps* + מָטָר *rain* | | | | דְעוּ *know* | imperative · qal | | רַבָּה *\[is\] great* | | | | רְאוּ *see* | imperative · qal | | רַבָּה *\[is\] great* | | | | עֲשִׂיתֶם *you have done* | qatal · qal | | רָעַת *evil* | | | | שְׁאוֹל *asking* | infinitive construct · qal | | מֶֽלֶךְ *a king* | | | 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} הֲלָא חֲצַד חִטִין יוֹמָא דֵין אֲצַלֵי קֳדָם יְיָ וְיִתֵּן קָלִין וּמִטְרָא וּדְעוֹ וַחֲזוֹ אֲרֵי בִישַׁתְכוֹן סַגִיאָה דַעֲבַדְתּוּן קֳדָם יְיָ לְמִישְׁאַל לְכוֹן מַלְכָּא: 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. [Is it not wheat harvest to-day?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.291/) 2. [I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.292/) **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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