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title: 1 Samuel 2:22 — Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Is… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting. Who acts: Eli, sons, women. 1 Samuel 2:22 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clau
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# 1 Samuel 2:22 שְׁמוּאֵל א

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**Who acts:** Eli, sons, women · **What happens:** be, hear, do, lie · **To what, where:** all, service, door

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This is 1 Samuel 2:22 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 — Eli, sons, women — and what happens in the verse to all, service, door, 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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וְעֵלִ֖י זָקֵ֣ן מְאֹ֑ד וְשָׁמַ֗ע אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשׂ֤וּן בָּנָיו֙ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֵ֤ת אֲשֶֽׁר־יִשְׁכְּבוּן֙ אֶת־הַנָּשִׁ֔ים הַצֹּ֣בְא֔וֹת פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

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[Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.53/)

## 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:49
# text = וְעֵלִ֖י זָקֵ֣ן מְאֹ֑ד וְשָׁמַ֗ע אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשׂ֤וּן בָּנָיו֙ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֵ֤ת אֲשֶֽׁר־יִשְׁכְּבוּן֙ אֶת־הַנָּשִׁ֔ים הַצֹּ֣בְא֔וֹת פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃
# verse = 1SA.2.22
1-2	וְעֵלִ֖י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_2:22!1|MId=o090020220011|Strong=2050b
2	עֵלִ֖י	עֵלִי	PROPN	_	_	3	nsubj	_	Gloss=Eli|Ref=1SA_2:22!1|MId=o090020220012|Strong=5941
3	זָקֵ֣ן	זָקֵן	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.was.old|Ref=1SA_2:22!2|MId=o090020220021|Strong=2204|Frame=A0:090020220012;|Type=qatal
4	מְאֹ֑ד	מְאֹד	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	Gloss=exceedingly|Ref=1SA_2:22!3|MId=o090020220031|Strong=3966
5-6	וְשָׁמַ֗ע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	6	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_2:22!4|MId=o090020220041|Strong=2050b
6	שָׁמַ֗ע	שָׁמַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	conj	_	Gloss=he.heard|Ref=1SA_2:22!4|MId=o090020220042|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:090020220012;A1:090020220061;090020220141;|Type=weqatal
7	אֵת֩	אֵת	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_2:22!5|MId=o090020220051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
8	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	obj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=1SA_2:22!6|MId=o090020220061|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
9	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	10	mark	_	Gloss=that|Ref=1SA_2:22!7|MId=o090020220071|Strong=0834|Type=relative
10-11	יַעֲשׂ֤וּן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	יַעֲשׂ֤וּ	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	8	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=they|Ref=1SA_2:22!8|MId=o090020220081|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:090020220091;A1:090020220061;|Type=yiqtol
11	ן	נ	X	_	_	10	nmod	_	Gloss=did|Ref=1SA_2:22!8|MId=o090020220082|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun
12-13	בָּנָיו֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	בָּנָי	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	Gloss=sons|Ref=1SA_2:22!9|MId=o090020220091|Strong=1121
13	ו֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=1SA_2:22!9|MId=o090020220092|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
14-15	לְכָל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_2:22!10|MId=o090020220101|Strong=3807a
15	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=1SA_2:22!10|MId=o090020220102|Strong=3605
16	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=1SA_2:22!11|MId=o090020220111|Strong=3478
17-18	וְאֵ֤ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_2:22!12|MId=o090020220121|Strong=2050b
18	אֵ֤ת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	8	conj	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_2:22!12|MId=o090020220122|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
19	אֲשֶֽׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	20	mark	_	Gloss=how|Ref=1SA_2:22!13|MId=o090020220131|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
20-21	יִשְׁכְּבוּן֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	יִשְׁכְּבוּ	שָׁכַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	18	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=they|Ref=1SA_2:22!14|MId=o090020220141|Strong=7901|Frame=A0:090020220091;|Type=yiqtol
21	ן֙	נ	X	_	_	20	nmod	_	Gloss=were.lying|Ref=1SA_2:22!14|MId=o090020220142|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun
22	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=1SA_2:22!15|MId=o090020220151|Strong=0854|SpaceAfter=No
23-24	הַנָּשִׁ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_2:22!16|MId=o090020220161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	נָּשִׁ֔ים	אִשָּׁה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	20	obl	_	Gloss=women|Ref=1SA_2:22!16|MId=o090020220162|Strong=0802
25-26	הַצֹּ֣בְא֔וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	הַ	הַ	SCONJ	_	_	26	mark	_	Gloss=[who|Ref=1SA_2:22!17|MId=o090020220171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
26	צֹּ֣בְא֔וֹת	צָבָא	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	24	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=were].serving|Ref=1SA_2:22!17|MId=o090020220172|Strong=6633|Frame=A0:090020220162;|Type=participle_active
27	פֶּ֖תַח	פֶּתַח	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	obl	_	Gloss=the.opening|Ref=1SA_2:22!18|MId=o090020220181|Strong=6607
28	אֹ֥הֶל	אֹהֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	27	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.tent|Ref=1SA_2:22!19|MId=o090020220191|Strong=0168
29	מוֹעֵֽד	מוֹעֵד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	28	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.meeting|Ref=1SA_2:22!20|MId=o090020220201|Strong=4150|SpaceAfter=No
30	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	29	punct	_	Ref=1SA_2:22!20
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| זָקֵן *he was old* | qatal · qal | עֵלִי *Eli* |  |  |  |
| שָׁמַע *he heard* | weqatal · qal | עֵלִי *Eli* | כָּל־ *all* + יִשְׁכְּבוּ *they* |  |  |
| יַעֲשׂוּ *they* | yiqtol · qal | בָּנָי *sons* | כָּל־ *all* |  |  |
| יִשְׁכְּבוּ *they* | yiqtol · qal | בָּנָי *sons* |  |  |  |
| צֹּבְאוֹת *were\] serving* | participle active · qal | נָּשִׁים *women* |  |  |  |

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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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וְעֵלִי סִיב לַחֲדָא וּשְׁמַע יַת כָּל דְעָבְדִין בְּנוֹהִי לְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיַת דִי שָׁכְבִין יַת נְשַׁיָא דְאַתְיָן לְצַלָאָה בִּתְרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא:

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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. [Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.53/)

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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:49`.

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