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title: 1 Samuel 15:26 — And Samuel said unto Saul: 'I will not return with thee; for thou ha… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And Samuel said unto Saul: 'I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.' Who acts: Samuel, I, thou, LORD. 1 Samuel 15:26 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of ever
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# 1 Samuel 15:26 שְׁמוּאֵל א

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**Who acts:** Samuel, I, thou, LORD · **What happens:** say, not return, reject, be, word · **To what, where:** word, thee, king, Israel, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Samuel 15:26 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, I, thou, LORD — and what happens in the verse to word, thee, king, Israel, 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.

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל לֹ֥א אָשׁ֖וּב עִמָּ֑ךְ כִּ֤י מָאַ֙סְתָּה֙ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣ יְהוָ֔ה מִהְי֥וֹת מֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

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[And Samuel said unto Saul: 'I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.410/)

## 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:373
# text = וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל לֹ֥א אָשׁ֖וּב עִמָּ֑ךְ כִּ֤י מָאַ֙סְתָּה֙ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣ יְהוָ֔ה מִהְי֥וֹת מֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס
# verse = 1SA.15.26
1-2	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_15:26!1|MId=o090150260011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֤אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=1SA_15:26!1|MId=o090150260012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090150260021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	שְׁמוּאֵל֙	שְׁמוּאֵל	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Samuel|Ref=1SA_15:26!2|MId=o090150260021|Strong=8050
4	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_15:26!3|MId=o090150260031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
5	שָׁא֔וּל	שָׁאוּל	PROPN	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=Saul|Ref=1SA_15:26!4|MId=o090150260041|Strong=7586
6	לֹ֥א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=1SA_15:26!5|MId=o090150260051|Strong=3808|Type=negative
7	אָשׁ֖וּב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=I.will.return|Ref=1SA_15:26!6|MId=o090150260061|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:090150260021;|Type=yiqtol
8-9	עִמָּ֑ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	עִמּ	עִם	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=1SA_15:26!7|MId=o090150260071|Strong=5973
9	ָ֑ךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_15:26!7|MId=o090150260072|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal
10	כִּ֤י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	11	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1SA_15:26!8|MId=o090150260081|Strong=3588
11	מָאַ֙סְתָּה֙	מָאַס	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	7	advcl	_	Gloss=you.have.rejected|Ref=1SA_15:26!9|MId=o090150260091|Strong=3988|Frame=A0:090150260041;A1:090150260111;|Type=qatal
12	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_15:26!10|MId=o090150260101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
13	דְּבַ֣ר	דָּבָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	obj	_	Gloss=the.word|Ref=1SA_15:26!11|MId=o090150260111|Strong=1697
14	יְהוָ֔ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	13	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1SA_15:26!12|MId=o090150260121|Strong=3068
15-17	וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_15:26!13|MId=o090150260131|Strong=2050b
16	יִּמְאָס	מָאַס	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=1SA_15:26!13|MId=o090150260132|Strong=3988|Frame=A1:090150260133;A0:090150260141;|Type=wayyiqtol
17	ְךָ֣	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	Gloss=has.rejected.you|Ref=1SA_15:26!13|MId=o090150260133|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
18	יְהוָ֔ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1SA_15:26!14|MId=o090150260141|Strong=3068
19-20	מִהְי֥וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_15:26!15|MId=o090150260151|Strong=4480
20	הְי֥וֹת	הָיָה	AUX	_	HebBinyan=QAL	21	cop	_	Gloss=being|Ref=1SA_15:26!15|MId=o090150260152|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:090150260041;|Type=infinitive_construct
21	מֶ֖לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=king|Ref=1SA_15:26!16|MId=o090150260161|Strong=4428
22	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=over|Ref=1SA_15:26!17|MId=o090150260171|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
23	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	21	obl	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=1SA_15:26!18|MId=o090150260181|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No
24	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	23	punct	_	Ref=1SA_15:26!18|SpaceAfter=No
25	ס	ס	PUNCT	_	_	23	punct	_	Ref=1SA_15:26!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- 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 | שְׁמוּאֵל *Samuel* |  |  |  |
| **not** אָשׁוּב *I will return* | yiqtol · qal | שְׁמוּאֵל *Samuel* |  |  |  |
| מָאַסְתָּה *you have rejected* | qatal · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | דְּבַר *the word* |  |  |
| יִּמְאָס *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ְךָ *has rejected you* |  |  |
| הְיוֹת *being* | infinitive construct · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* |  |  |  |

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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 שְׁמוּאֵל לְשָׁאוּל לָא אֲתוּב עִמָךְ אֲרֵי קַצְתָּא בְּפִתְגָמָא דַייָ וְרַחֲקָךְ יְיָ מִלְמֶהֱוֵי מַלְכָּא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

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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 Samuel said unto Saul: 'I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.410/)

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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:373`.

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