--- title: 1 Samuel 3:1 — And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the wo… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. Who acts: child, word, frequent vision. 1 Samuel 3:1 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.3.1/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/3/) / 3:1 # 1 Samuel 3:1 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** child, word, frequent vision · **What happens:** minister, be, word · **To what, where:** LORD This is 1 Samuel 3:1 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 — child, word, frequent vision — and what happens in the verse to LORD, 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. וְהַנַּ֧עַר שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל מְשָׁרֵ֥ת אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י עֵלִ֑י וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה הָיָ֤ה יָקָר֙ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין חָז֖וֹן נִפְרָֽץ׃ס [And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.68/) [And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.69/) ## 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:64 # text = וְהַנַּ֧עַר שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל מְשָׁרֵ֥ת אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י עֵלִ֑י וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה הָיָ֤ה יָקָר֙ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין חָז֖וֹן נִפְרָֽץ׃ס # verse = 1SA.3.1 1-3 וְהַנַּ֧עַר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_3:1!1|MId=o090030010011|Strong=2050b 2 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_3:1!1|MId=o090030010012|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 נַּ֧עַר נַעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Gloss=lad|Ref=1SA_3:1!1|MId=o090030010013|Strong=5288 4 שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל שְׁמוּאֵל PROPN _ _ 3 appos _ Gloss=Samuel|Ref=1SA_3:1!2|MId=o090030010021|Strong=8050 5 מְשָׁרֵ֥ת שָׁרַת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[was].serving|Ref=1SA_3:1!3|MId=o090030010031|Strong=8334|Frame=A0:090030010013;A1:090030010051;|Type=participle_active 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_3:1!4|MId=o090030010041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 7 יְהוָ֖ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 5 obj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=1SA_3:1!5|MId=o090030010051|Strong=3068 8-9 לִפְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=1SA_3:1!6|MId=o090030010061|Strong=3807a 9 פְנֵ֣י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 5 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=1SA_3:1!6|MId=o090030010062|Strong=6440 10 עֵלִ֑י עֵלִי PROPN _ _ 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=Eli|Ref=1SA_3:1!7|MId=o090030010071|Strong=5941 11-12 וּדְבַר־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_3:1!8|MId=o090030010081|Strong=2050b 12 דְבַר־ דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ Gloss=the.word|Ref=1SA_3:1!8|MId=o090030010082|Strong=1697 13 יְהוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1SA_3:1!9|MId=o090030010091|Strong=3068 14 הָיָ֤ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 15 cop _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=1SA_3:1!10|MId=o090030010101|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:090030010082;|Type=qatal 15 יָקָר֙ יָקָר ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 conj _ Gloss=rare|Ref=1SA_3:1!11|MId=o090030010111|Strong=3368|Type=adjective 16-18 בַּיָּמִ֣ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=1SA_3:1!12|MId=o090030010121|Strong=0871a 17 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_3:1!12|MId=o090030010121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 יָּמִ֣ים יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 obl _ Gloss=days|Ref=1SA_3:1!12|MId=o090030010122|Strong=3117 19-20 הָהֵ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=1SA_3:1!13|MId=o090030010131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 הֵ֔ם הֵם PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 det _ Gloss=those|Ref=1SA_3:1!13|MId=o090030010132|Strong=1992|Type=personal 21 אֵ֥ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=there.[was].not|Ref=1SA_3:1!14|MId=o090030010141|Strong=0369|Type=negative 22 חָז֖וֹן חָזוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ Gloss=vision|Ref=1SA_3:1!15|MId=o090030010151|Strong=2377 23 נִפְרָֽץ פָּרַץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ Gloss=spread.out|Ref=1SA_3:1!16|MId=o090030010161|Strong=6555|Frame=A0:090030010151;|Type=participle_active|SpaceAfter=No 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=1SA_3:1!16|SpaceAfter=No 25 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=1SA_3:1!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מְשָׁרֵת *\[was\] serving* | participle active · piel | נַּעַר *lad* | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | הָיָה *it was* | qatal · qal | דְבַר־ *the word* | | | | | **not** נִפְרָֽץ *spread out* | participle active · niphal | חָזוֹן *vision* | | | | 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} וְרַבְיָא שְׁמוּאֵל מְשַׁמֵשׁ קֳדָם יְיָ בְּחַיֵי עֵלִי וּפִתְגָמָא דַייָ הֲוָה כַסֵי בְּיוֹמַיָא הָאִינוּן לֵית נְבוּאָה גַלְיָא: 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 the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.68/) 2. [And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.69/) **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:64`. - ← previous: [1 Samuel 2:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.36/) - next →: [1 Samuel 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.3.2/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/3/)