--- title: 1 Samuel 15:22 — And Samuel said: 'Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Samuel said: 'Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearkening to the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. Who acts: Samuel, LORD. 1 Samuel 15:22 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JP --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.22/) [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/) / 15:22 # 1 Samuel 15:22 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** Samuel, LORD · **What happens:** say, have, burn, hearken, obey, be · **To what, where:** great delight, burnt offerings · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Samuel 15:22 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 — Samuel, LORD — and what happens in the verse to great delight, burnt offerings, 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. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַחֵ֤פֶץ לַֽיהוָה֙ בְּעֹל֣וֹת וּזְבָחִ֔ים כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ מִזֶּ֣בַח ט֔וֹב לְהַקְשִׁ֖יב מֵחֵ֥לֶב אֵילִֽים׃ [And Samuel said: 'Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearkening to the voice of the LORD?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.404/) [Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.405/) ## 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:369 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַחֵ֤פֶץ לַֽיהוָה֙ בְּעֹל֣וֹת וּזְבָחִ֔ים כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ מִזֶּ֣בַח ט֔וֹב לְהַקְשִׁ֖יב מֵחֵ֥לֶב אֵילִֽים׃ # verse = 1SA.15.22 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_15:22!1|MId=o090150220011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1SA_15:22!1|MId=o090150220012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090150220021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל שְׁמוּאֵל PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Samuel|Ref=1SA_15:22!2|MId=o090150220021|Strong=8050 4-5 הַחֵ֤פֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ PART _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=[does]|Ref=1SA_15:22!3|MId=o090150220031|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 5 חֵ֤פֶץ חֵפֶץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=delight?|Ref=1SA_15:22!3|MId=o090150220032|Strong=2656 6-7 לַֽיהוָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 לַֽ לְ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=[belong].to|Ref=1SA_15:22!4|MId=o090150220041|Strong=3807a 7 יהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 ccomp _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1SA_15:22!4|MId=o090150220042|Strong=3068 8-9 בְּעֹל֣וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1SA_15:22!5|MId=o090150220051|Strong=0871a 9 עֹל֣וֹת עֹלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 7 obl _ Gloss=burnt.offerings|Ref=1SA_15:22!5|MId=o090150220052|Strong=5930 10-11 וּזְבָחִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_15:22!6|MId=o090150220061|Strong=2050b 11 זְבָחִ֔ים זֶבַח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 conj _ Gloss=sacrifices|Ref=1SA_15:22!6|MId=o090150220062|Strong=2077 12-13 כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 כִּ כְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=1SA_15:22!7|MId=o090150220071|Strong=3509a 13 שְׁמֹ֖עַ שָׁמַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 7 advcl _ Gloss=listening|Ref=1SA_15:22!7|MId=o090150220072|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:;|Type=infinitive_construct 14-15 בְּק֣וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_15:22!8|MId=o090150220081|Strong=0871a 15 ק֣וֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=the.voice|Ref=1SA_15:22!8|MId=o090150220082|Strong=6963 16 יְהוָ֑ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1SA_15:22!9|MId=o090150220091|Strong=3068 17 הִנֵּ֤ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 23 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=1SA_15:22!10|MId=o090150220101|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 18 שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ שָׁמַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 21 nsubj _ Gloss=to.obey|Ref=1SA_15:22!11|MId=o090150220111|Strong=8085|Type=infinitive_construct 19-20 מִזֶּ֣בַח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=more|Ref=1SA_15:22!12|MId=o090150220121|Strong=4480 20 זֶּ֣בַח זֶבַח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=than.sacrifice|Ref=1SA_15:22!12|MId=o090150220122|Strong=2077 21 ט֔וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ Gloss=[is].good|Ref=1SA_15:22!13|MId=o090150220131|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 22-23 לְהַקְשִׁ֖יב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_15:22!14|MId=o090150220141|Strong=3807a 23 הַקְשִׁ֖יב קָשַׁב VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 7 parataxis _ Gloss=pay.attention|Ref=1SA_15:22!14|MId=o090150220142|Strong=7181|Frame=A0:;|Type=infinitive_construct 24-25 מֵחֵ֥לֶב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=more|Ref=1SA_15:22!15|MId=o090150220151|Strong=4480 25 חֵ֥לֶב חֵלֶב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=than.[the].fat|Ref=1SA_15:22!15|MId=o090150220152|Strong=2459 26 אֵילִֽים אַיִל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.rams|Ref=1SA_15:22!16|MId=o090150220161|Strong=0352|SpaceAfter=No 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=1SA_15:22!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - 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 | שְׁמוּאֵל *Samuel* | | | | | שְׁמֹעַ *listening* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | הַקְשִׁיב *pay attention* | infinitive construct · hiphil | | | | | 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 שְׁמוּאֵל הָא רַעֲוָא קֳדָם יְיָ בְּעַלַוָן וּבְנִכְסַת קוּדְשִׁין כְּקַבָּלָא לְמֵימְרָא דַייָ הָא קַבָּלַת לְמֵימְרֵיהּ מִנִכְסַת קוּדְשִׁין טַב לַאֲצָתָא לְמִילֵי נְבִיאוֹהִי מִתְּרַב פַּטִימִין: 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 Samuel said: 'Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearkening to the voice of the LORD?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.404/) 2. [Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.405/) **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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