--- title: 1 Samuel 18:6 — And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaug… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments. 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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 — success, men, David, women — and what happens in the verse to slaughter, cities, king, Philistine, 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. וַיְהִ֣י בְּבוֹאָ֗ם בְּשׁ֤וּב דָּוִד֙ מֵהַכּ֣וֹת אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה הַנָּשִׁ֜ים מִכָּל־עָרֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לָשִׁ֣יר וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת לִקְרַ֖את שָׁא֣וּל הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ בְּתֻפִּ֥ים בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ [And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.520/) ## 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:469 # text = וַיְהִ֣י בְּבוֹאָ֗ם בְּשׁ֤וּב דָּוִד֙ מֵהַכּ֣וֹת אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה הַנָּשִׁ֜ים מִכָּל־עָרֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לָשִׁ֣יר וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת לִקְרַ֖את שָׁא֣וּל הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ בְּתֻפִּ֥ים בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ # verse = 1SA.18.6 1-2 וַיְהִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_18:6!1|MId=o090180060011|Strong=2050b 2 יְהִ֣י הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=1SA_18:6!1|MId=o090180060012|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol 3-5 בְּבוֹאָ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=when|Ref=1SA_18:6!2|MId=o090180060021|Strong=0871a 4 בוֹא בּוֹא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 advcl _ Gloss=came|Ref=1SA_18:6!2|MId=o090180060022|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:090180060023;|Type=infinitive_construct 5 ָ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ Gloss=they|Ref=1SA_18:6!2|MId=o090180060023|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 6-7 בְּשׁ֤וּב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=when|Ref=1SA_18:6!3|MId=o090180060031|Strong=0871a 7 שׁ֤וּב שׁוּב VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 4 advcl _ Gloss=returned|Ref=1SA_18:6!3|MId=o090180060032|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:090180060041;|Type=infinitive_construct 8 דָּוִד֙ דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 7 nsubj _ Gloss=David|Ref=1SA_18:6!4|MId=o090180060041|Strong=1732 9-10 מֵהַכּ֣וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_18:6!5|MId=o090180060051|Strong=4480 10 הַכּ֣וֹת נָכָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 7 advcl _ Gloss=when.struck.down|Ref=1SA_18:6!5|MId=o090180060052|Strong=5221|Frame=AA:090180060041;A0:090180060072;|Type=infinitive_construct 11 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_18:6!6|MId=o090180060061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_18:6!7|MId=o090180060071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י פְּלִשְׁתִּי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obj _ Gloss=Philistine|Ref=1SA_18:6!7|MId=o090180060072|Strong=6430|Type=gentilic 14-15 וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_18:6!8|MId=o090180060081|Strong=2050b 15 תֵּצֶ֨אנָה יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.came.out|Ref=1SA_18:6!8|MId=o090180060082|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:090180060092;|Type=wayyiqtol 16-17 הַנָּשִׁ֜ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_18:6!9|MId=o090180060091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 נָּשִׁ֜ים אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ Gloss=women|Ref=1SA_18:6!9|MId=o090180060092|Strong=0802 18-19 מִכָּל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_18:6!10|MId=o090180060101|Strong=4480 19 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=1SA_18:6!10|MId=o090180060102|Strong=3605 20 עָרֵ֤י עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.cities|Ref=1SA_18:6!11|MId=o090180060111|Strong=5892 21 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=1SA_18:6!12|MId=o090180060121|Strong=3478 22-23 לָשִׁ֣יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_18:6!14|MId=o090180060141|Strong=3807a 23 שִׁ֣יר שִׁיר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 advcl _ Gloss=sing|Ref=1SA_18:6!14|MId=o090180060142|Strong=7891|Frame=A0:090180060092;|Type=infinitive_construct 24-26 וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_18:6!15|MId=o090180060151|Strong=2050b 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_18:6!15|MId=o090180060152|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 מְּחֹל֔וֹת מְחֹלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 23 conj _ Gloss=dancing(s)|Ref=1SA_18:6!15|MId=o090180060153|Strong=4246 27-28 לִקְרַ֖את _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_18:6!16|MId=o090180060161|Strong=3807a 28 קְרַ֖את קָרָא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 advcl _ Gloss=meet|Ref=1SA_18:6!16|MId=o090180060162|Strong=7122|Frame=A0:090180060092;A1:090180060171;|Type=infinitive_construct 29 שָׁא֣וּל שָׁאוּל PROPN _ _ 28 obj _ Gloss=Saul|Ref=1SA_18:6!17|MId=o090180060171|Strong=7586 30-31 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 31 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_18:6!18|MId=o090180060181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 31 מֶּ֑לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 appos _ Gloss=king|Ref=1SA_18:6!18|MId=o090180060182|Strong=4428 32-33 בְּתֻפִּ֥ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=1SA_18:6!19|MId=o090180060191|Strong=0871a 33 תֻפִּ֥ים תֹּף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 obl _ Gloss=tambourines|Ref=1SA_18:6!19|MId=o090180060192|Strong=8596 34-35 בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=1SA_18:6!20|MId=o090180060201|Strong=0871a 35 שִׂמְחָ֖ה שִׂמְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 33 conj _ Gloss=joy|Ref=1SA_18:6!20|MId=o090180060202|Strong=8057 36-38 וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_18:6!21|MId=o090180060211|Strong=2050b 37 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 38 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=1SA_18:6!21|MId=o090180060212|Strong=0871a 38 שָׁלִשִֽׁים שָׁלִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 33 conj _ Gloss=three-stringed.instruments|Ref=1SA_18:6!21|MId=o090180060213|Strong=7991b 39 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 38 punct _ Ref=1SA_18:6!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | בוֹא *came* | infinitive construct · qal | ָם *they* | | | | | שׁוּב *returned* | infinitive construct · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | הַכּוֹת *when struck down* | infinitive construct · hiphil | פְּלִשְׁתִּי *Philistine* | | | דָּוִד *David* | | תֵּצֶאנָה *they came out* | wayyiqtol · qal | נָּשִׁים *women* | | | | | שִׁיר *sing* | infinitive construct · qal | נָּשִׁים *women* | | | | | קְרַאת *meet* | infinitive construct · qal | נָּשִׁים *women* | 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} וַהֲוָה בְּמֵיעַלְהוֹן כַּד תַּב דָוִד מִלְמִקְטַל יַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה וּנְפַקָא נְשַׁיָא מִכָּל קִירְוֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְשַׁבָּחָא בְּחִנְגַיָא לָקֳדָמוּת שָׁאוּל מַלְכָּא בְּתֻפִּין בְּחֶדְוָא וּבְצֶלְצְלִין: 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 it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.520/) **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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