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title: 1 Samuel 14:6 — And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and l… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.' Who acts: Jonathan, young man, us, LORD. 1 Samuel 14:6 in Hebrew wit
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# 1 Samuel 14:6 שְׁמוּאֵל א

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**Who acts:** Jonathan, young man, us, LORD, restraint · **What happens:** say, bear, come, let, go over, be · **To what, where:** armour, us, garrison · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Samuel 14:6 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 — Jonathan, young man, us, LORD, restraint — and what happens in the verse to armour, us, garrison, 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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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן אֶל־הַנַּ֣עַר ׀ נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵלָ֗יו לְכָה֙ וְנַעְבְּרָ֗ה אֶל־מַצַּב֙ הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אוּלַ֛י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לָ֑נוּ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין לַֽיהוָה֙ מַעְצ֔וֹר לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ בְּרַ֖ב א֥וֹ בִמְעָֽט׃

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[And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.334/)

## 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:301
# text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן אֶל־הַנַּ֣עַר ׀ נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵלָ֗יו לְכָה֙ וְנַעְבְּרָ֗ה אֶל־מַצַּב֙ הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אוּלַ֛י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לָ֑נוּ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין לַֽיהוָה֙ מַעְצ֔וֹר לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ בְּרַ֖ב א֥וֹ בִמְעָֽט׃
# verse = 1SA.14.6
1-2	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_14:6!1|MId=o090140060011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֨אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=1SA_14:6!1|MId=o090140060012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090140060021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן	יְהוֹנָתָן	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Jonathan|Ref=1SA_14:6!2|MId=o090140060021|Strong=3083
4	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_14:6!3|MId=o090140060031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
5-6	הַנַּ֣עַר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	6	det	_	Gloss=the.young|Ref=1SA_14:6!4|MId=o090140060041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
6	נַּ֣עַר	נַעַר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=man|Ref=1SA_14:6!4|MId=o090140060042|Strong=5288
7	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	6	punct	_	Ref=1SA_14:6!4
8	נֹשֵׂ֣א	נָשָׂא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	6	appos	_	Gloss=the.bearer|Ref=1SA_14:6!5|MId=o090140060051|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:090140060042;A1:090140060061;|Type=participle_active
9-10	כֵלָ֗יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	כֵלָ֗י	כְּלִי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=his.armor(s)|Ref=1SA_14:6!6|MId=o090140060061|Strong=3627
10	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=1SA_14:6!6|MId=o090140060062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
11-12	לְכָה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	לְכ	הלך	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=come|Ref=1SA_14:6!7|MId=o090140060071|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:090140060042;|Type=imperative
12	ָה֙	ה	X	_	_	11	nmod	_	Gloss=|Ref=1SA_14:6!7|MId=o090140060072|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he
13-14	וְנַעְבְּרָ֗ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_14:6!8|MId=o090140060081|Strong=2050b
14	נַעְבְּרָ֗ה	עָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1	11	conj	_	Gloss=let.us.pass.over|Ref=1SA_14:6!8|MId=o090140060082|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:090140060021;090140060042;|Type=cohortative
15	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_14:6!9|MId=o090140060091|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
16	מַצַּב֙	מַצָּב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	obl	_	Gloss=the.garrison|Ref=1SA_14:6!10|MId=o090140060101|Strong=4673
17-18	הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1SA_14:6!11|MId=o090140060111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	עֲרֵלִ֣ים	עָרֵל	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	16	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.uncircumcised.[men]|Ref=1SA_14:6!11|MId=o090140060112|Strong=6189|Type=adjective
19-20	הָאֵ֔לֶּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1SA_14:6!12|MId=o090140060121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	אֵ֔לֶּה	אֵלֶּה	DET	_	Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	Gloss=these|Ref=1SA_14:6!12|MId=o090140060122|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative
21	אוּלַ֛י	אוּלַי	ADV	_	_	22	advmod	_	Gloss=perhaps|Ref=1SA_14:6!13|MId=o090140060131|Strong=0194
22	יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	11	parataxis	_	Gloss=he.will.act|Ref=1SA_14:6!14|MId=o090140060141|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:090140060151;|Type=yiqtol
23	יְהוָ֖ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	22	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1SA_14:6!15|MId=o090140060151|Strong=3068
24-25	לָ֑נוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=1SA_14:6!16|MId=o090140060161|Strong=3807a
25	ָ֑נוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	Gloss=us|Ref=1SA_14:6!16|MId=o090140060162|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal
26	כִּ֣י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	27	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1SA_14:6!17|MId=o090140060171|Strong=3588
27	אֵ֤ין	אַיִן	ADV	_	_	11	advcl	_	Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=1SA_14:6!18|MId=o090140060181|Strong=0369|Type=negative
28-29	לַֽיהוָה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	לַֽ	לְ	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=1SA_14:6!19|MId=o090140060191|Strong=3807a
29	יהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	27	obl	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1SA_14:6!19|MId=o090140060192|Strong=3068
30	מַעְצ֔וֹר	מַעְצוֹר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	Gloss=limitation|Ref=1SA_14:6!20|MId=o090140060201|Strong=4622
31-32	לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	32	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_14:6!21|MId=o090140060211|Strong=3807a
32	הוֹשִׁ֥יעַ	יָשַׁע	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	27	advcl	_	Gloss=save|Ref=1SA_14:6!21|MId=o090140060212|Strong=3467|Frame=A0:090140060192;|Type=infinitive_construct
33-34	בְּרַ֖ב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
33	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	34	case	_	Gloss=by|Ref=1SA_14:6!22|MId=o090140060221|Strong=0871a
34	רַ֖ב	רַב	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	32	obl	_	Gloss=many|Ref=1SA_14:6!22|MId=o090140060222|Strong=7227|Type=adjective
35	א֥וֹ	אוֹ	CCONJ	_	_	37	cc	_	Gloss=or|Ref=1SA_14:6!23|MId=o090140060231|Strong=0176
36-37	בִמְעָֽט	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
36	בִ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	37	case	_	Gloss=by|Ref=1SA_14:6!24|MId=o090140060241|Strong=0871a
37	מְעָֽט	מְעַט	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	34	conj	_	Gloss=few|Ref=1SA_14:6!24|MId=o090140060242|Strong=4592|Type=adjective
38	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	37	punct	_	Ref=1SA_14:6!24
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: yes
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוֹנָתָן *Jonathan* |  |  |  |
| נֹשֵׂא *the bearer* | participle active · qal | נַּעַר *man* | כֵלָי *his armor(s)* |  |  |
| **not** לְכ *come* | imperative · qal | נַּעַר *man* |  |  |  |
| נַעְבְּרָה *let us pass over* | cohortative · qal | יְהוֹנָתָן *Jonathan* + נַּעַר *man* |  |  |  |
| יַעֲשֶׂה *he will act* | yiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |
| הוֹשִׁיעַ *save* | infinitive construct · hiphil | יהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |

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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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וַאֲמַר יְהוֹנָתָן לְעוּלֵימָא נָטֵל זְיָנֵיהּ אִיתָא וְנֶעְבַּר לְאִסְטַרְטִיג עֲרֵלַיָא הָאִלֵין מָאִים יַעְבֵּיד יְיָ לָנָא נִסָא אֲרֵי לֵית קֳדָם יְיָ מַעְצוֹר לְמִפְרַק בְּסַגִיאֵי אוֹ בִזְעֵירֵי:

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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. [And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.334/)

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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:301`.

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