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title: 1 Samuel 22:18 — And the king said to Doeg: 'Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.' A… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the king said to Doeg: 'Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.' And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. Who acts: king, thou, Doeg, fourscore persons. 1 Samuel 22:18 in Hebrew with its dependency tr
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# 1 Samuel 22:18 שְׁמוּאֵל א

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**Who acts:** king, thou, Doeg, fourscore persons · **What happens:** say, turn, fall, slay, wear · **To what, where:** Doeg, priests, fourscore persons, linen ephod · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 1 Samuel 22:18 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 — king, thou, Doeg, fourscore persons — and what happens in the verse to Doeg, priests, fourscore persons, linen ephod, 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 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְדוֹאֵ֔ג סֹ֣ב אַתָּ֔ה וּפְגַ֖ע בַּכֹּהֲנִ֑ים וַיִּסֹּ֞ב דּוֹאֵ֣ג הָאֲדֹמִ֗י וַיִּפְגַּע־הוּא֙ בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיָּ֣מֶת ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא שְׁמֹנִ֤ים וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙ אִ֔ישׁ נֹשֵׂ֖א אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃

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[And the king said to Doeg: 'Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.' And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.654/)

## 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:593
# text = וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְדוֹאֵ֔ג סֹ֣ב אַתָּ֔ה וּפְגַ֖ע בַּכֹּהֲנִ֑ים וַיִּסֹּ֞ב דּוֹאֵ֣ג הָאֲדֹמִ֗י וַיִּפְגַּע־הוּא֙ בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיָּ֣מֶת ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא שְׁמֹנִ֤ים וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙ אִ֔ישׁ נֹשֵׂ֖א אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃
# verse = 1SA.22.18
1-2	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_22:18!1|MId=o090220180011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֤אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=1SA_22:18!1|MId=o090220180012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090220180022;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	4	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_22:18!2|MId=o090220180021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
4	מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=king|Ref=1SA_22:18!2|MId=o090220180022|Strong=4428
5-6	לְדוֹאֵ֔ג	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_22:18!4|MId=o090220180041|Strong=3807a
6	דוֹאֵ֔ג	דֹּאֵג	PROPN	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=Doeg|Ref=1SA_22:18!4|MId=o090220180042|Strong=1673
7	סֹ֣ב	סָבַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=turn.round|Ref=1SA_22:18!5|MId=o090220180051|Strong=5437|Frame=A0:090220180061;|Type=imperative
8	אַתָּ֔ה	אַתָּה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_22:18!6|MId=o090220180061|Strong=0859|Type=personal
9-10	וּפְגַ֖ע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_22:18!7|MId=o090220180071|Strong=2050b
10	פְגַ֖ע	פָּגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	7	conj	_	Gloss=fall|Ref=1SA_22:18!7|MId=o090220180072|Strong=6293|Frame=A0:090220180042;|Type=imperative
11-13	בַּכֹּהֲנִ֑ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1SA_22:18!8|MId=o090220180081|Strong=0871a
12	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	13	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_22:18!8|MId=o090220180081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
13	כֹּהֲנִ֑ים	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	10	obl	_	Gloss=priests|Ref=1SA_22:18!8|MId=o090220180082|Strong=3548
14-15	וַיִּסֹּ֞ב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	15	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_22:18!9|MId=o090220180091|Strong=2050b
15	יִּסֹּ֞ב	סָבַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.turned.round|Ref=1SA_22:18!9|MId=o090220180092|Strong=5437|Frame=A0:090220180111;|Type=wayyiqtol
16	דּוֹאֵ֣ג	דֹּאֵג	PROPN	_	_	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=Doeg|Ref=1SA_22:18!11|MId=o090220180111|Strong=1673
17-18	הָאֲדֹמִ֗י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_22:18!12|MId=o090220180121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	אֲדֹמִ֗י	אֲדֹמִי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	appos	_	Gloss=Edomite|Ref=1SA_22:18!12|MId=o090220180122|Strong=0130|Type=gentilic
19-20	וַיִּפְגַּע־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_22:18!13|MId=o090220180131|Strong=2050b
20	יִּפְגַּע־	פָּגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.fell|Ref=1SA_22:18!13|MId=o090220180132|Strong=6293|Frame=A0:090220180141;|Type=wayyiqtol
21	הוּא֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=1SA_22:18!14|MId=o090220180141|Strong=1931|Type=personal
22-24	בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1SA_22:18!15|MId=o090220180151|Strong=0871a
23	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_22:18!15|MId=o090220180151ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	20	obl	_	Gloss=priests|Ref=1SA_22:18!15|MId=o090220180152|Strong=3548
25-26	וַיָּ֣מֶת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_22:18!16|MId=o090220180161|Strong=2050b
26	יָּ֣מֶת	מוּת	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.killed|Ref=1SA_22:18!16|MId=o090220180162|Strong=4191|Frame=AA:090220180111;A0:090220180211;|Type=wayyiqtol
27	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	26	punct	_	Ref=1SA_22:18!16
28-30	בַּיּ֣וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1SA_22:18!17|MId=o090220180171|Strong=0871a
29	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	30	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_22:18!17|MId=o090220180171ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
30	יּ֣וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=1SA_22:18!17|MId=o090220180172|Strong=3117
31-32	הַה֗וּא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	32	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=1SA_22:18!18|MId=o090220180181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
32	ה֗וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	det	_	Gloss=that|Ref=1SA_22:18!18|MId=o090220180182|Strong=1931|Type=personal
33	שְׁמֹנִ֤ים	שְׁמֹנֶה	NUM	_	Number=Plur	36	nummod	_	Gloss=eighty|Ref=1SA_22:18!19|MId=o090220180191|Strong=8084|Type=cardinal_number
34-35	וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	35	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_22:18!20|MId=o090220180201|Strong=2050b
35	חֲמִשָּׁה֙	חָמֵשׁ	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	33	conj	_	Gloss=five|Ref=1SA_22:18!20|MId=o090220180202|Strong=2568|Type=cardinal_number
36	אִ֔ישׁ	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	obj	_	Gloss=man|Ref=1SA_22:18!21|MId=o090220180211|Strong=0376
37	נֹשֵׂ֖א	נָשָׂא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	36	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=[who].bore|Ref=1SA_22:18!22|MId=o090220180221|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:090220180211;A1:090220180231;|Type=participle_active
38	אֵפ֥וֹד	אֵפֹד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	37	obj	_	Gloss=an.ephod|Ref=1SA_22:18!23|MId=o090220180231|Strong=0646
39	בָּֽד	בַּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	38	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.linen|Ref=1SA_22:18!24|MId=o090220180241|Strong=0906|SpaceAfter=No
40	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	39	punct	_	Ref=1SA_22:18!24
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- 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 | מֶּלֶךְ *king* |  |  |  |
| סֹב *turn round* | imperative · qal | אַתָּה *you* |  |  |  |
| פְגַע *fall* | imperative · qal | דוֹאֵג *Doeg* |  |  |  |
| יִּסֹּב *he turned round* | wayyiqtol · qal | דּוֹאֵג *Doeg* |  |  |  |
| יִּפְגַּע־ *he fell* | wayyiqtol · qal | הוּא *he* |  |  |  |
| יָּמֶת *he killed* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | אִישׁ *man* |  |  | דּוֹאֵג *Doeg* |
| נֹשֵׂא *\[who\] bore* | participle active · qal | אִישׁ *man* | אֵפוֹד *an ephod* |  |  |

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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 מַלְכָּא לְדוֹאֵג אִסְתְּחַר אַתְּ וּשְׁלוֹט בְּכַהֲנַיָא וְאִסְתְּחַר דוֹאֵג אֱדוֹמָאָה וּשְׁלַט הוּא בְּכַהֲנַיָא וּקְטַל בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא תַּמְנָן וְחַמְשָׁא גַבְרִין דְכַשְׁרִין לְמִלְבַּשׁ אֵפוֹד דְבוּץ:

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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 the king said to Doeg: 'Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.' And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.654/)

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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:593`.

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