--- title: 1 Samuel 28:7 — Then said Saul unto his servants: 'Seek me a woman that divineth by… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then said Saul unto his servants: 'Seek me a woman that divineth by a ghost, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him: 'Behold, there is a woman that divineth by a ghost at En-dor.' 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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 — Saul, woman, I, servants — and what happens in the verse to woman, me, Saul, En dor, 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 שָׁא֜וּל לַעֲבָדָ֗יו בַּקְּשׁוּ־לִי֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת בַּעֲלַת־א֔וֹב וְאֵלְכָ֥ה אֵלֶ֖יהָ וְאֶדְרְשָׁה־בָּ֑הּ וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ עֲבָדָיו֙ אֵלָ֔יו הִנֵּ֛ה אֵ֥שֶׁת בַּֽעֲלַת־א֖וֹב בְּעֵ֥ינ דּֽוֹר עֵ֥ינ דּֽוֹר׃ [Then said Saul unto his servants: 'Seek me a woman that divineth by a ghost, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him: 'Behold, there is a woman that divineth by a ghost at En-dor.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.817/) ## 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:737 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל לַעֲבָדָ֗יו בַּקְּשׁוּ־לִי֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת בַּעֲלַת־א֔וֹב וְאֵלְכָ֥ה אֵלֶ֖יהָ וְאֶדְרְשָׁה־בָּ֑הּ וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ עֲבָדָיו֙ אֵלָ֔יו הִנֵּ֛ה אֵ֥שֶׁת בַּֽעֲלַת־א֖וֹב בְּעֵ֥ינ דּֽוֹר עֵ֥ינ דּֽוֹר׃ # verse = 1SA.28.7 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_28:7!1|MId=o090280070011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1SA_28:7!1|MId=o090280070012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090280070021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 שָׁא֜וּל שָׁאוּל PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Saul|Ref=1SA_28:7!2|MId=o090280070021|Strong=7586 4-6 לַעֲבָדָ֗יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_28:7!3|MId=o090280070031|Strong=3807a 5 עֲבָדָ֗י עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=servants|Ref=1SA_28:7!3|MId=o090280070032|Strong=5650 6 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=1SA_28:7!3|MId=o090280070033|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7 בַּקְּשׁוּ־ בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=seek|Ref=1SA_28:7!4|MId=o090280070041|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:090280070032;A1:090280070061;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 לִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 ל לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=1SA_28:7!5|MId=o090280070051|Strong=3807a 9 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=1SA_28:7!5|MId=o090280070052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 10 אֵ֣שֶׁת אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=a.woman|Ref=1SA_28:7!6|MId=o090280070061|Strong=0802 11 בַּעֲלַת־ בַּעֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=(of).a.mistress|Ref=1SA_28:7!7|MId=o090280070071|Strong=1172|SpaceAfter=No 12 א֔וֹב אוֹב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.necromancy|Ref=1SA_28:7!8|MId=o090280070081|Strong=0178 13-14 וְאֵלְכָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=1SA_28:7!9|MId=o090280070091|Strong=2050b 14 אֵלְכָ֥ה הלך VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 conj _ Gloss=that.I.may.go|Ref=1SA_28:7!9|MId=o090280070092|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:090280070021;|Type=cohortative 15-16 אֵלֶ֖יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אֵלֶ֖י אֶל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_28:7!10|MId=o090280070101|Strong=0413 16 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=1SA_28:7!10|MId=o090280070102|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 17-18 וְאֶדְרְשָׁה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_28:7!11|MId=o090280070111|Strong=2050b 18 אֶדְרְשָׁה־ דָּרַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 conj _ Gloss=so.that.I.may.consult|Ref=1SA_28:7!11|MId=o090280070112|Strong=1875|Frame=A0:090280070021;|Type=yiqtol 19-20 בָּ֑הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=1SA_28:7!12|MId=o090280070121|Strong=0871a 20 ָ֑הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=1SA_28:7!12|MId=o090280070122|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 21-22 וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_28:7!13|MId=o090280070131|Strong=2050b 22 יֹּאמְר֤וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=1SA_28:7!13|MId=o090280070132|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090280070141;|Type=wayyiqtol 23-24 עֲבָדָיו֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 עֲבָדָי עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ Gloss=servants|Ref=1SA_28:7!14|MId=o090280070141|Strong=5650 24 ו֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=1SA_28:7!14|MId=o090280070142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 25-26 אֵלָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 אֵלָ֔י אֶל ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_28:7!15|MId=o090280070151|Strong=0413 26 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=1SA_28:7!15|MId=o090280070152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 27 הִנֵּ֛ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 32 discourse _ Gloss=there!|Ref=1SA_28:7!16|MId=o090280070161|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 28 אֵ֥שֶׁת אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ Gloss=a.woman|Ref=1SA_28:7!17|MId=o090280070171|Strong=0802 29 בַּֽעֲלַת־ בַּעֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=(of).a.mistress|Ref=1SA_28:7!18|MId=o090280070181|Strong=1172|SpaceAfter=No 30 א֖וֹב אוֹב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.necromancy|Ref=1SA_28:7!19|MId=o090280070191|Strong=0178 31-32 בְּעֵ֥ינ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=[is]|Ref=1SA_28:7!20|MId=o090280070201|Strong=0871a 32 עֵ֥ינ עֵין PROPN _ _ 22 ccomp _ Gloss=in|Ref=1SA_28:7!20|MId=o090280070202 33 דּֽוֹר דֹּור PROPN _ _ 32 flat:name _ Ref=1SA_28:7!20 34 עֵ֥ינ עֵיןדֹּר PROPN _ _ 32 nmod _ Gloss=Endor|Ref=1SA_28:7!21|MId=o090280070211 35 דּֽוֹר _ PROPN _ _ 34 flat:name _ Ref=1SA_28:7!21|SpaceAfter=No 36 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=1SA_28:7!21 ``` ## 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 | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | | | | | בַּקְּשׁוּ־ *seek* | imperative · piel | עֲבָדָי *servants* | אֵשֶׁת *a woman* | | | | אֵלְכָה *that I may go* | cohortative · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | | | | | אֶדְרְשָׁה־ *so that I may consult* | yiqtol · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | | | | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֲבָדָי *servants* | | | | 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 שָׁאוּל לְעַבְדוֹהִי בְּעוֹ לִי אִתְּתָא דְיַדְעָא לְאַסָקָא בִּידִין וֶאֱהַךְ לְוָתָהּ וְאֶשְׁאַל בָּהּ וַאֲמַרוּ עַבְדוֹהִי לֵיהּ הָא אִתְּתָא דְיַדְעָא לְאַסָקָא בִידִין בְּעֵין דוֹר: 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. [Then said Saul unto his servants: 'Seek me a woman that divineth by a ghost, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him: 'Behold, there is a woman that divineth by a ghost at En-dor.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.817/) **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:737`. - ← previous: [1 Samuel 28:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.28.6/) - next →: [1 Samuel 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.28.8/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/28/)