--- title: 1 Samuel 12:23 — Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way. Who acts: I. 1 Samuel 12:23 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/1SA.12.23/) [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/) / 12:23 # 1 Samuel 12:23 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** be, sin, cease, pray, instruct · **To what, where:** you, good way This is 1 Samuel 12:23 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 — I — and what happens in the verse to you, good way, 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. גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֗י חָלִ֤ילָה לִּי֙ מֵחֲטֹ֣א לַֽיהוָ֔ה מֵחֲדֹ֖ל לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל בַּעַדְכֶ֑ם וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה וְהַיְשָׁרָֽה׃ [Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.298/) ## 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:270 # text = גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֗י חָלִ֤ילָה לִּי֙ מֵחֲטֹ֣א לַֽיהוָ֔ה מֵחֲדֹ֖ל לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל בַּעַדְכֶ֑ם וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה וְהַיְשָׁרָֽה׃ # verse = 1SA.12.23 1 גַּ֣ם גַּם ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=1SA_12:23!1|MId=o090120230011|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation 2 אָנֹכִ֗י אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 dislocated _ Gloss=I|Ref=1SA_12:23!2|MId=o090120230021|Strong=0595|Type=personal 3-4 חָלִ֤ילָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 חָלִ֤יל חָלִילָה INTJ _ _ 4 discourse _ Gloss=far|Ref=1SA_12:23!3|MId=o090120230031|Strong=2486|Type=interjection 4 ָה ה X _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=be.it|Ref=1SA_12:23!3|MId=o090120230032|Strong=1886c|Type=paragogic_he 5-6 לִּי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_12:23!4|MId=o090120230041|Strong=3807a 6 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=1SA_12:23!4|MId=o090120230042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 7-8 מֵחֲטֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_12:23!5|MId=o090120230051|Strong=4480 8 חֲטֹ֣א חָטָא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 4 advcl _ Gloss=sinning|Ref=1SA_12:23!5|MId=o090120230052|Strong=2398|Frame=A0:090120200021;|Type=infinitive_construct 9-10 לַֽיהוָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לַֽ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_12:23!6|MId=o090120230061|Strong=3807a 10 יהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 8 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1SA_12:23!6|MId=o090120230062|Strong=3068 11-12 מֵחֲדֹ֖ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_12:23!7|MId=o090120230071|Strong=4480 12 חֲדֹ֖ל חָדַל VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 advcl _ Gloss=ceasing|Ref=1SA_12:23!7|MId=o090120230072|Strong=2308|Frame=A0:090120200021;|Type=infinitive_construct 13-14 לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_12:23!8|MId=o090120230081|Strong=3807a 14 הִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל פָּלַל VERB _ HebBinyan=HITHPAEL 12 xcomp _ Gloss=pray|Ref=1SA_12:23!8|MId=o090120230082|Strong=6419|Frame=A0:090120200021;|Type=infinitive_construct 15-16 בַּעַדְכֶ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בַּעַד בַּעַד ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=1SA_12:23!9|MId=o090120230091|Strong=1157 16 ְכֶ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_12:23!9|MId=o090120230092|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 17-18 וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_12:23!10|MId=o090120230101|Strong=2050b 18 הוֹרֵיתִ֣י יָרָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 4 conj _ Gloss=I.will.teach|Ref=1SA_12:23!10|MId=o090120230102|Strong=3384b|Frame=AA:090120200021;A0:090120230112;|Type=weqatal 19-20 אֶתְכֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 אֶת אֵת ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=|Ref=1SA_12:23!11|MId=o090120230111|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 20 ְכֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_12:23!11|MId=o090120230112|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 21-22 בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=(in).[the]|Ref=1SA_12:23!12|MId=o090120230121|Strong=0871a 22 דֶ֥רֶךְ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=way|Ref=1SA_12:23!12|MId=o090120230122|Strong=1870 23-24 הַטּוֹבָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=1SA_12:23!13|MId=o090120230131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 טּוֹבָ֖ה טוֹב NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=good|Ref=1SA_12:23!13|MId=o090120230132|Strong=2896b|Type=adjective 25-27 וְהַיְשָׁרָֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_12:23!14|MId=o090120230141|Strong=2050b 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=1SA_12:23!14|MId=o090120230142|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 יְשָׁרָֽה יָשָׁר ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 conj _ Gloss=upright|Ref=1SA_12:23!14|MId=o090120230143|Strong=3477|Type=adjective 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=1SA_12:23!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | חֲטֹא *sinning* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | חֲדֹל *ceasing* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | הִתְפַּלֵּל *pray* | infinitive construct · hithpael | | | | | | הוֹרֵיתִי *I will teach* | weqatal · hiphil | ְכֶם *you* | | | | 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} אַף אֲנָא חַס לִי מִלְמֶחְטֵי קֳדָם יְיָ מִלְאִתְמְנָעָא לְצַלָאָה עֲלֵיכוֹן וְאַלֵיף יַתְכוֹן דִתְהָכוּן בְּאוֹרַח תַּקְנָא וְכַשְׁרָא: 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. [Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.298/) **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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