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title: 1 Samuel 5:9 — And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great discomfiture; and He smote the men of the city, both small and great, and emerods broke out upon them. Who acts: it, hands, hand, Israel. 1 Samuel 5:9 in Hebrew with its dependency tree,
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# 1 Samuel 5:9 שְׁמוּאֵל א

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**Who acts:** it, hands, hand, Israel, emerods · **What happens:** be, carry, smite, break out · **To what, where:** ark, men

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This is 1 Samuel 5:9 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 — it, hands, hand, Israel, emerods — and what happens in the verse to ark, men, 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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וַיְהִ֞י אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ הֵסַ֣בּוּ אֹת֗וֹ וַתְּהִ֨י יַד־יְהוָ֤ה ׀ בָּעִיר֙ מְהוּמָה֙ גְּדוֹלָ֣ה מְאֹ֔ד וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֔יר מִקָּטֹ֖ן וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל וַיִּשָּׂתְר֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם טְחֹרִֽים׃

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[And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great discomfiture; and He smote the men of the city, both small and great, and emerods broke out upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.130/)

## 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:115
# text = וַיְהִ֞י אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ הֵסַ֣בּוּ אֹת֗וֹ וַתְּהִ֨י יַד־יְהוָ֤ה ׀ בָּעִיר֙ מְהוּמָה֙ גְּדוֹלָ֣ה מְאֹ֔ד וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֔יר מִקָּטֹ֖ן וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל וַיִּשָּׂתְר֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם טְחֹרִֽים׃
# verse = 1SA.5.9
1-2	וַיְהִ֞י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_5:9!1|MId=o090050090011|Strong=2050b
2	יְהִ֞י	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.was|Ref=1SA_5:9!1|MId=o090050090012|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol
3	אַחֲרֵ֣י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=1SA_5:9!2|MId=o090050090021|Strong=0310
4	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	Ref=1SA_5:9!2
5	הֵסַ֣בּוּ	סָבַב	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.had.brought.round|Ref=1SA_5:9!3|MId=o090050090031|Strong=5437|Frame=AA:090050070021;A0:090050090042;|Type=qatal
6-7	אֹת֗וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=1SA_5:9!4|MId=o090050090041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
7	֗וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	Gloss=it|Ref=1SA_5:9!4|MId=o090050090042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
8-9	וַתְּהִ֨י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_5:9!5|MId=o090050090051|Strong=2050b
9	תְּהִ֨י	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.was|Ref=1SA_5:9!5|MId=o090050090052|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:090050090061;|Type=wayyiqtol
10	יַד־	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.hand|Ref=1SA_5:9!6|MId=o090050090061|Strong=3027|SpaceAfter=No
11	יְהוָ֤ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	10	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=1SA_5:9!7|MId=o090050090071|Strong=3068
12	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	11	punct	_	Ref=1SA_5:9!7
13-15	בָּעִיר֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	בָּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=1SA_5:9!8|MId=o090050090081|Strong=0871a
14	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_5:9!8|MId=o090050090081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	עִיר֙	עִיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	9	obl	_	Gloss=city|Ref=1SA_5:9!8|MId=o090050090082|Strong=5892
16	מְהוּמָה֙	מְהוּמָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	Gloss=panic|Ref=1SA_5:9!9|MId=o090050090091|Strong=4103
17	גְּדוֹלָ֣ה	גָּדוֹל	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=great|Ref=1SA_5:9!10|MId=o090050090101|Strong=1419|Type=adjective
18	מְאֹ֔ד	מְאֹד	ADV	_	_	17	advmod	_	Gloss=exceedingly|Ref=1SA_5:9!11|MId=o090050090111|Strong=3966
19-20	וַיַּךְ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_5:9!12|MId=o090050090121|Strong=2050b
20	יַּךְ֙	נָכָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.struck|Ref=1SA_5:9!12|MId=o090050090122|Strong=5221|Frame=AA:090050090071;A0:090050090141;|Type=wayyiqtol
21	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=1SA_5:9!13|MId=o090050090131|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
22	אַנְשֵׁ֣י	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	20	obj	_	Gloss=the.men|Ref=1SA_5:9!14|MId=o090050090141|Strong=0376
23-24	הָעִ֔יר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=1SA_5:9!15|MId=o090050090151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	עִ֔יר	עִיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	22	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.city|Ref=1SA_5:9!15|MId=o090050090152|Strong=5892
25-26	מִקָּטֹ֖ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=both|Ref=1SA_5:9!16|MId=o090050090161|Strong=4480
26	קָּטֹ֖ן	קָטֹן	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	obl	_	Gloss=young|Ref=1SA_5:9!16|MId=o090050090162|Strong=6996a|Type=adjective
27-28	וְעַד־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	29	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_5:9!17|MId=o090050090171|Strong=2050b
28	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=unto|Ref=1SA_5:9!17|MId=o090050090172|Strong=5704
29	גָּד֑וֹל	גָּדוֹל	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	conj	_	Gloss=the.old|Ref=1SA_5:9!18|MId=o090050090181|Strong=1419|Type=adjective
30-31	וַיִּשָּׂתְר֥וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	31	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_5:9!19|MId=o090050090191|Strong=2050b
31	יִּשָּׂתְר֥וּ	שָׂתַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.broke.out|Ref=1SA_5:9!19|MId=o090050090192|Strong=8368|Frame=A0:090050090221;|Type=wayyiqtol
32-33	לָהֶ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_5:9!20|MId=o090050090201|Strong=3807a
33	ָהֶ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=1SA_5:9!20|MId=o090050090202|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
34	טְחֹרִֽים	טְחֹרִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	31	nsubj	_	Gloss=tumors|Ref=1SA_5:9!22|MId=o090050090221|Strong=2914|SpaceAfter=No
35	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	34	punct	_	Ref=1SA_5:9!22
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הֵסַבּוּ *they had brought round* | qatal · hiphil | וֹ *it* |  |  |  |
| תְּהִי *it was* | wayyiqtol · qal | יַד־ *the hand* |  |  |  |
| יַּךְ *he struck* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | אַנְשֵׁי *the men* |  |  | יְהוָה *of Yahweh* |
| יִּשָּׂתְרוּ *they broke out* | wayyiqtol · niphal | טְחֹרִֽים *tumors* |  |  |  |

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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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וַהֲוָה בָּתַר דְאַסְחָרוּ יָתֵיהּ וַהֲוַת מְחָתָא דַייָ בְּקַרְתָּא שִׁגוּשָׁא רַבָּא לַחֲדָא וּמְחָא יַת אֱנָשֵׁי קַרְתָּא מִזְעֵירָא וְעַד רַבָּא וּלְקוֹ לְהוֹן בִּטְחוֹרִין:

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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 it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great discomfiture; and He smote the men of the city, both small and great, and emerods broke out upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.130/)

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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:115`.

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