--- title: 1 Samuel 27:5 — And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eye… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?' Who acts: David, I, eyes, servant. 1 Samuel 27:5 in Hebrew with its dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/) / [chapter 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/27/) / 27:5 # 1 Samuel 27:5 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** David, I, eyes, servant · **What happens:** say, find, let, give, dwell · **To what, where:** favour, eyes, place, me, royal city · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Samuel 27:5 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 — David, I, eyes, servant — and what happens in the verse to favour, eyes, place, me, royal city, 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. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־אָכִ֗ישׁ אִם־נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ יִתְּנוּ־לִ֣י מָק֗וֹם בְּאַחַ֛ת עָרֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְאֵ֣שְׁבָה שָּׁ֑ם וְלָ֨מָּה יֵשֵׁ֧ב עַבְדְּךָ֛ בְּעִ֥יר הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ [And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.800/) ## 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:723 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־אָכִ֗ישׁ אִם־נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ יִתְּנוּ־לִ֣י מָק֗וֹם בְּאַחַ֛ת עָרֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְאֵ֣שְׁבָה שָּׁ֑ם וְלָ֨מָּה יֵשֵׁ֧ב עַבְדְּךָ֛ בְּעִ֥יר הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ # verse = 1SA.27.5 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_27:5!1|MId=o090270050011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1SA_27:5!1|MId=o090270050012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090270050021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 דָּוִ֜ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=David|Ref=1SA_27:5!2|MId=o090270050021|Strong=1732 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_27:5!3|MId=o090270050031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 אָכִ֗ישׁ אָכִישׁ PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Achish|Ref=1SA_27:5!4|MId=o090270050041|Strong=0397 6 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=1SA_27:5!5|MId=o090270050051|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 7 נָא֩ נָא INTJ _ _ 8 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=1SA_27:5!6|MId=o090270050061|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 8 מָצָ֨אתִי מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 13 advcl _ Gloss=I.have.found|Ref=1SA_27:5!7|MId=o090270050071|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:090270050021;A1:090270050081;|Type=qatal 9 חֵ֤ן חֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obj _ Gloss=favor|Ref=1SA_27:5!8|MId=o090270050081|Strong=2580 10-12 בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1SA_27:5!9|MId=o090270050091|Strong=0871a 11 עֵינֶ֙י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 8 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=1SA_27:5!9|MId=o090270050092|Strong=5869 12 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=1SA_27:5!9|MId=o090270050093|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 13 יִתְּנוּ־ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=let.people.give|Ref=1SA_27:5!10|MId=o090270050101|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:;A1:090270050121;|Type=jussive|SpaceAfter=No 14-15 לִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 ל לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_27:5!11|MId=o090270050111|Strong=3807a 15 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=1SA_27:5!11|MId=o090270050112|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 16 מָק֗וֹם מָקוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=a.place|Ref=1SA_27:5!12|MId=o090270050121|Strong=4725 17-18 בְּאַחַ֛ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1SA_27:5!13|MId=o090270050131|Strong=0871a 18 אַחַ֛ת אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=1SA_27:5!13|MId=o090270050132|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 19 עָרֵ֥י עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 13 obl _ Gloss=of.the.cities|Ref=1SA_27:5!14|MId=o090270050141|Strong=5892 20-21 הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=1SA_27:5!15|MId=o090270050151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 שָּׂדֶ֖ה שָׂדֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.field|Ref=1SA_27:5!15|MId=o090270050152|Strong=7704 22-23 וְאֵ֣שְׁבָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=1SA_27:5!16|MId=o090270050161|Strong=2050b 23 אֵ֣שְׁבָה יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 13 conj _ Gloss=that.I.may.dwell|Ref=1SA_27:5!16|MId=o090270050162|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:090270050021;|Type=cohortative 24 שָּׁ֑ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=there|Ref=1SA_27:5!17|MId=o090270050171|Strong=8033 25-27 וְלָ֨מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_27:5!18|MId=o090270050181|Strong=2050b 26 לָ֨ לָמָה ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=|Ref=1SA_27:5!18|MId=o090270050182|Strong=3807a 27 מָּה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 28 obl _ Gloss=why?|Ref=1SA_27:5!18|MId=o090270050183|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 28 יֵשֵׁ֧ב יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 13 conj _ Gloss=will.he.dwell|Ref=1SA_27:5!19|MId=o090270050191|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:090270050201;|Type=yiqtol 29-30 עַבְדְּךָ֛ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ Gloss=servant|Ref=1SA_27:5!20|MId=o090270050201|Strong=5650 30 ְךָ֛ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=1SA_27:5!20|MId=o090270050202|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 31-32 בְּעִ֥יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1SA_27:5!21|MId=o090270050211|Strong=0871a 32 עִ֥יר עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 28 obl _ Gloss=the.city|Ref=1SA_27:5!21|MId=o090270050212|Strong=5892 33-34 הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=1SA_27:5!22|MId=o090270050221|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 מַּמְלָכָ֖ה מַמְלָכָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 32 compound:smixut _ Gloss=royalty|Ref=1SA_27:5!22|MId=o090270050222|Strong=4467 35-36 עִמָּֽךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 עִמּ עִם ADP _ _ 36 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=1SA_27:5!23|MId=o090270050231|Strong=5973 36 ָֽךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=1SA_27:5!23|MId=o090270050232|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=1SA_27:5!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | מָצָאתִי *I have found* | qatal · qal | דָּוִד *David* | חֵן *favor* | | | | יִתְּנוּ־ *let people give* | jussive · qal | | מָקוֹם *a place* | | | | אֵשְׁבָה *that I may dwell* | cohortative · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | יֵשֵׁב *will he dwell* | yiqtol · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* | | | | 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} וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאָכִישׁ אִם כְּעַן אַשְׁכָּחֵית רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ יִתְּנוּן לִי אֲתַר בַּחֲדָא מִן קִרְוֵי חַקְלָא וְאֵתֵיב תַּמָן וּלְמָא יְתֵיב עַבְדָךְ בְּקִירְוַת מַלְכוּתָא עִמָךְ: 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 David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.800/) **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:723`. - ← previous: [1 Samuel 27:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.4/) - next →: [1 Samuel 27:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.6/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/27/)