--- title: 1 Samuel 15:20 — And Saul said unto Samuel: 'Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Saul said unto Samuel: 'Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. Who acts: Saul, I, LORD. 1 Samuel 15:20 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.20/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/15/) / 15:20 # 1 Samuel 15:20 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** Saul, I, LORD · **What happens:** say, hearken, go, send, bring, destroy · **To what, where:** way, Agag, Amalekites · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Samuel 15:20 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 — Saul, I, LORD — and what happens in the verse to way, Agag, Amalekites, 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. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֔ה וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַ֣נִי יְהוָ֑ה וָאָבִ֗יא אֶת־אֲגַג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵ֖ק הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃ [And Saul said unto Samuel: 'Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.402/) ## 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:367 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֔ה וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַ֣נִי יְהוָ֑ה וָאָבִ֗יא אֶת־אֲגַג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵ֖ק הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃ # verse = 1SA.15.20 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_15:20!1|MId=o090150200011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1SA_15:20!1|MId=o090150200012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090150200021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 שָׁא֜וּל שָׁאוּל PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Saul|Ref=1SA_15:20!2|MId=o090150200021|Strong=7586 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_15:20!3|MId=o090150200031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל שְׁמוּאֵל PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Samuel|Ref=1SA_15:20!4|MId=o090150200041|Strong=8050 6 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=1SA_15:20!5|MId=o090150200051|Strong=0834|Type=relative 7 שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=I.listened|Ref=1SA_15:20!6|MId=o090150200061|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:090150200021;|Type=qatal 8-9 בְּק֣וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_15:20!7|MId=o090150200071|Strong=0871a 9 ק֣וֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=the.voice|Ref=1SA_15:20!7|MId=o090150200072|Strong=6963 10 יְהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1SA_15:20!8|MId=o090150200081|Strong=3068 11-12 וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_15:20!9|MId=o090150200091|Strong=2050b 12 אֵלֵ֕ךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 conj _ Gloss=I.went|Ref=1SA_15:20!9|MId=o090150200092|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:090150200021;|Type=wayyiqtol 13-15 בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=1SA_15:20!10|MId=o090150200101|Strong=0871a 14 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_15:20!10|MId=o090150200101ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 דֶּ֖רֶךְ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=journey|Ref=1SA_15:20!10|MId=o090150200102|Strong=1870 16 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 17 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=1SA_15:20!11|MId=o090150200111|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 שְׁלָחַ֣נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 שְׁלָח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 15 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he|Ref=1SA_15:20!12|MId=o090150200121|Strong=7971|Frame=A2:090150200122;A0:090150200131;A1:090150200103;|Type=qatal 18 ַ֣נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ Gloss=sent.me|Ref=1SA_15:20!12|MId=o090150200122|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 19 יְהוָ֑ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 17 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1SA_15:20!13|MId=o090150200131|Strong=3068 20-21 וָאָבִ֗יא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_15:20!14|MId=o090150200141|Strong=2050b 21 אָבִ֗יא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 conj _ Gloss=I.brought|Ref=1SA_15:20!14|MId=o090150200142|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:090150200021;A0:090150200161;|Type=wayyiqtol 22 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_15:20!15|MId=o090150200151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 23 אֲגַג֙ אֲגָג PROPN _ _ 21 obj _ Gloss=Agag|Ref=1SA_15:20!16|MId=o090150200161|Strong=0090 24 מֶ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 appos _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=1SA_15:20!17|MId=o090150200171|Strong=4428 25 עֲמָלֵ֔ק עֲמָלֵק PROPN _ _ 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Amalek|Ref=1SA_15:20!18|MId=o090150200181|Strong=6002 26-27 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_15:20!19|MId=o090150200191|Strong=2050b 27 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_15:20!19|MId=o090150200192|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 28 עֲמָלֵ֖ק עֲמָלֵק PROPN _ _ 29 obj _ Gloss=Amalek|Ref=1SA_15:20!20|MId=o090150200201|Strong=6002 29 הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי חָרַם VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 conj _ Gloss=I.totally.destroyed|Ref=1SA_15:20!21|MId=o090150200211|Strong=2763|Frame=AA:090150200021;A0:090150200201;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=1SA_15:20!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | | | | | שָׁמַעְתִּי *I listened* | qatal · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | | | | | אֵלֵךְ *I went* | wayyiqtol · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | | | | | שְׁלָח *he* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | ַנִי *sent me* | | | אָבִיא *I brought* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | אֲגַג *Agag* | | | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | | הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי *I totally destroyed* | qatal · hiphil | עֲמָלֵק *Amalek* | | | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | 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} וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל לִשְׁמוּאֵל דְקַבְּלִית לְמֵימְרָא דַייָ וַאֲזָלִית בְּאוֹרְחָא דְשַׁלְחַנִי יְיָ וְאַיְתֵיתִי יַת אֲגָג מַלְכָּא דַעֲמָלֵק וְיַת עֲמַלְקָאָה גַמְרִית: 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. [And Saul said unto Samuel: 'Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.402/) **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:367`. - ← previous: [1 Samuel 15:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.19/) - next →: [1 Samuel 15:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.21/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/15/)