--- title: 1 Samuel 6:4 — Then said they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall ret… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then said they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall return to Him?' And they said: 'Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. Who acts: Philistines, we. 1 Samuel 6:4 in Hebrew wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.4/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/6/) / 6:4 # 1 Samuel 6:4 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** Philistines, we · **What happens:** say, be, return, accord · **To what, where:** guilt offering, Israel · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Samuel 6:4 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 — Philistines, we — and what happens in the verse to guilt offering, Israel, 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. וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ מָ֣ה הָאָשָׁם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָשִׁ֣יב לוֹ֒ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ מִסְפַּר֙ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים חֲמִשָּׁה֙ טְחֹרֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה עַכְבְּרֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב כִּֽי־מַגֵּפָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת לְכֻלָּ֖ם וּלְסַרְנֵיכֶֽם׃ [Then said they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall return to Him?' And they said: 'Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.138/) ## 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:122 # text = וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ מָ֣ה הָאָשָׁם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָשִׁ֣יב לוֹ֒ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ מִסְפַּר֙ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים חֲמִשָּׁה֙ טְחֹרֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה עַכְבְּרֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב כִּֽי־מַגֵּפָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת לְכֻלָּ֖ם וּלְסַרְנֵיכֶֽם׃ # verse = 1SA.6.4 1-2 וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_6:4!1|MId=o090060040011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְר֗וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=1SA_6:4!1|MId=o090060040012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090060020021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 מָ֣ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 2 ccomp _ Gloss=what?|Ref=1SA_6:4!2|MId=o090060040021|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 4-5 הָאָשָׁם֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=[is].the|Ref=1SA_6:4!3|MId=o090060040031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 אָשָׁם֮ אָשָׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=guilt.offering|Ref=1SA_6:4!3|MId=o090060040032|Strong=0817 6 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=1SA_6:4!4|MId=o090060040041|Strong=0834|Type=relative 7 נָשִׁ֣יב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=1 5 acl:relcl _ Gloss=we.will.send.back|Ref=1SA_6:4!5|MId=o090060040051|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:090060020021;A0:090060040032;|Type=yiqtol 8-9 לוֹ֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 ל לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_6:4!6|MId=o090060040061|Strong=3807a 9 וֹ֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=1SA_6:4!6|MId=o090060040062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10-11 וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_6:4!7|MId=o090060040071|Strong=2050b 11 יֹּאמְר֗וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=1SA_6:4!7|MId=o090060040072|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090060020033;090060020044;|Type=wayyiqtol 12 מִסְפַּר֙ מִסְפָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=the.number|Ref=1SA_6:4!8|MId=o090060040081|Strong=4557 13 סַרְנֵ֣י סֶרֶן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.rulers|Ref=1SA_6:4!9|MId=o090060040091|Strong=5633 14 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְּלִשְׁתִּי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.[the].Philistines|Ref=1SA_6:4!10|MId=o090060040101|Strong=6430|Type=gentilic 15 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חָמֵשׁ NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nummod _ Gloss=five|Ref=1SA_6:4!11|MId=o090060040111|Strong=2568|Type=cardinal_number 16 טְחֹרֵ֣י טְחֹרִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 ccomp _ Gloss=tumors|Ref=1SA_6:4!13|MId=o090060040131|Strong=2914 17 זָהָ֔ב זָהָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.gold|Ref=1SA_6:4!14|MId=o090060040141|Strong=2091 18-19 וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_6:4!15|MId=o090060040151|Strong=2050b 19 חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה חָמֵשׁ NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 nummod _ Gloss=five|Ref=1SA_6:4!15|MId=o090060040152|Strong=2568|Type=cardinal_number 20 עַכְבְּרֵ֣י עַכְבָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 conj _ Gloss=mice|Ref=1SA_6:4!16|MId=o090060040161|Strong=5909 21 זָהָ֑ב זָהָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.gold|Ref=1SA_6:4!17|MId=o090060040171|Strong=2091 22 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 26 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1SA_6:4!18|MId=o090060040181|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 23 מַגֵּפָ֥ה מַגֵּפָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ Gloss=a.plague|Ref=1SA_6:4!19|MId=o090060040191|Strong=4046 24 אַחַ֛ת אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=1SA_6:4!20|MId=o090060040201|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 25-27 לְכֻלָּ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=1SA_6:4!21|MId=o090060040211|Strong=3807a 26 כֻלּ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 advcl _ Gloss=all|Ref=1SA_6:4!21|MId=o090060040212|Strong=3605 27 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=of.them|Ref=1SA_6:4!21|MId=o090060040213|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 28-31 וּלְסַרְנֵיכֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_6:4!22|MId=o090060040221|Strong=2050b 29 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_6:4!22|MId=o090060040222|Strong=3807a 30 סַרְנֵי סֶרֶן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 conj _ Gloss=rulers|Ref=1SA_6:4!22|MId=o090060040223|Strong=5633 31 כֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=1SA_6:4!22|MId=o090060040224|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=1SA_6:4!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | נָשִׁיב *we will send back* | yiqtol · hiphil | אָשָׁם *guilt offering* | | | | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | 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} וַאֲמַרוּ מַה קֻרְבַּן אֲשָׁמָא דְנָתִיב קֳדָמוֹהִי וַאֲמַרוּ מִנְיַן טוּרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי חַמְשָׁא טְחוֹרֵי דַהֲבָא וְחַמְשָׁא עַכְבְּרֵי דַהֲבָא אֲרֵי מְחָתָא חֲדָא שַׁוְיָא לְכוּלְהוֹן וּלְטוּרְנֵיכוֹן: 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 they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall return to Him?' And they said: 'Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.138/) **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:122`. - ← previous: [1 Samuel 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.3/) - next →: [1 Samuel 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.5/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/6/)