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title: 1 Samuel 23:23 — See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye back to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.' Who acts: you, Saul, ye, I. 1 Samuel 
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# 1 Samuel 23:23 שְׁמוּאֵל א

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**Who acts:** you, Saul, ye, I, place · **What happens:** see, take, hide, come back, go, come · **To what, where:** knowledge, Saul, me, land

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This is 1 Samuel 23:23 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 — you, Saul, ye, I, place — and what happens in the verse to knowledge, Saul, me, land, 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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וּרְא֣וּ וּדְע֗וּ מִכֹּ֤ל הַמַּֽחֲבֹאִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְחַבֵּ֣א שָׁ֔ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֤ם אֵלַי֙ אֶל־נָכ֔וֹן וְהָלַכְתִּ֖י אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ אִם־יֶשְׁנ֣וֹ בָאָ֔רֶץ וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י אֹת֔וֹ בְּכֹ֖ל אַלְפֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

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[See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye back to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.687/)

## 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:621
# text = וּרְא֣וּ וּדְע֗וּ מִכֹּ֤ל הַמַּֽחֲבֹאִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְחַבֵּ֣א שָׁ֔ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֤ם אֵלַי֙ אֶל־נָכ֔וֹן וְהָלַכְתִּ֖י אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ אִם־יֶשְׁנ֣וֹ בָאָ֔רֶץ וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י אֹת֔וֹ בְּכֹ֖ל אַלְפֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃
# verse = 1SA.23.23
1-2	וּרְא֣וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_23:23!1|MId=o090230230011|Strong=2050b
2	רְא֣וּ	רָאָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=see|Ref=1SA_23:23!1|MId=o090230230012|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:090230190021;|Type=imperative
3-4	וּדְע֗וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	4	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_23:23!2|MId=o090230230021|Strong=2050b
4	דְע֗וּ	יָדַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	2	conj	_	Gloss=know|Ref=1SA_23:23!2|MId=o090230230022|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:090230190021;|Type=imperative
5-6	מִכֹּ֤ל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_23:23!3|MId=o090230230031|Strong=4480
6	כֹּ֤ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=1SA_23:23!3|MId=o090230230032|Strong=3605
7-8	הַמַּֽחֲבֹאִים֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	8	det	_	Gloss=the.hiding|Ref=1SA_23:23!4|MId=o090230230041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
8	מַּֽחֲבֹאִים֙	מַחֲבֹאִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=places|Ref=1SA_23:23!4|MId=o090230230042|Strong=4224a
9	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	10	mark	_	Gloss=where|Ref=1SA_23:23!5|MId=o090230230051|Strong=0834|Type=relative
10	יִתְחַבֵּ֣א	חָבָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	6	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.hides.himself|Ref=1SA_23:23!6|MId=o090230230061|Strong=2244|Frame=A0:090230190081;|Type=yiqtol
11	שָׁ֔ם	שָׁם	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	Gloss=there|Ref=1SA_23:23!7|MId=o090230230071|Strong=8033
12-13	וְשַׁבְתֶּ֤ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_23:23!8|MId=o090230230081|Strong=2050b
13	שַׁבְתֶּ֤ם	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	2	conj	_	Gloss=you.will.return|Ref=1SA_23:23!8|MId=o090230230082|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:090230190021;|Type=weqatal
14-15	אֵלַי֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	אֵל	אֶל	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_23:23!9|MId=o090230230091|Strong=0413
15	ַי֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	Gloss=me|Ref=1SA_23:23!9|MId=o090230230092|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
16	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_23:23!10|MId=o090230230101|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
17	נָכ֔וֹן	כּוּן	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing	13	advcl	_	Gloss=a.certain.[thing]|Ref=1SA_23:23!11|MId=o090230230111|Strong=3559|Type=participle_active
18-19	וְהָלַכְתִּ֖י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_23:23!12|MId=o090230230121|Strong=2050b
19	הָלַכְתִּ֖י	הָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	2	conj	_	Gloss=I.will.go|Ref=1SA_23:23!12|MId=o090230230122|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:090230210021;|Type=weqatal
20-21	אִתְּכֶ֑ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	אִתּ	אֵת	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=1SA_23:23!13|MId=o090230230131|Strong=0854
21	ְכֶ֑ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_23:23!13|MId=o090230230132|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
22-23	וְהָיָה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	23	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_23:23!14|MId=o090230230141|Strong=2050b
23	הָיָה֙	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=1SA_23:23!14|MId=o090230230142|Strong=1961|Type=qatal
24	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	_	29	mark	_	Gloss=if|Ref=1SA_23:23!15|MId=o090230230151|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No
25-26	יֶשְׁנ֣וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	יֶשְׁנ	יֵשׁ	ADV	_	_	29	advmod	_	Gloss=(there)|Ref=1SA_23:23!16|MId=o090230230161|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative
26	֣וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=1SA_23:23!16|MId=o090230230162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
27-29	בָאָ֔רֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	בָ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=[is].in|Ref=1SA_23:23!17|MId=o090230230171|Strong=0871a
28	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	29	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_23:23!17|MId=o090230230171ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
29	אָ֔רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	31	advcl	_	Gloss=land|Ref=1SA_23:23!17|MId=o090230230172|Strong=0776
30-31	וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	31	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_23:23!18|MId=o090230230181|Strong=2050b
31	חִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י	חָפַשׂ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=I.will.search.out|Ref=1SA_23:23!18|MId=o090230230182|Strong=2664|Frame=A0:090230210021;A1:090230230192;|Type=qatal
32-33	אֹת֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=1SA_23:23!19|MId=o090230230191|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
33	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	Gloss=him|Ref=1SA_23:23!19|MId=o090230230192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
34-35	בְּכֹ֖ל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	35	case	_	Gloss=among|Ref=1SA_23:23!20|MId=o090230230201|Strong=0871a
35	כֹ֖ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	31	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=1SA_23:23!20|MId=o090230230202|Strong=3605
36	אַלְפֵ֥י	אֶלֶף	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	35	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.thousands|Ref=1SA_23:23!21|MId=o090230230211|Strong=0505a|Type=cardinal_number
37	יְהוּדָֽה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	36	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=1SA_23:23!22|MId=o090230230221|Strong=3063|SpaceAfter=No
38	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	37	punct	_	Ref=1SA_23:23!22
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| רְאוּ *see* | imperative · qal |  |  |  |  |
| דְעוּ *know* | imperative · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יִתְחַבֵּא *he hides himself* | yiqtol · hithpael |  |  |  |  |
| שַׁבְתֶּם *you will return* | weqatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הָלַכְתִּי *I will go* | weqatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| חִפַּשְׂתִּי *I will search out* | qatal · piel |  | וֹ *him* |  |  |

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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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וַחֲזוֹ וּדְעוֹ מִכָּל מַטְמוֹרַיָתָא דְאִטְמַר תַּמָן וּתְתוּבוּן לְוָתִי בִּקְשׁוֹט וְאֵהַךְ עִמְכוֹן וִיהֵי אִם אִיתוֹהִי בְאַרְעָא וְאֶבְלוֹשׁ יָתֵיה בְּכָל אַלְפַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה:

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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. [See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye back to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.687/)

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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:621`.

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