--- title: 1 Samuel 9:2 — And he had a son, whose name was Saul, young and goodly, and there w… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he had a son, whose name was Saul, young and goodly, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. Who acts: man, name, goodlier person, Saul. 1 Samuel 9:2 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum J --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.2/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/9/) / 9:2 # 1 Samuel 9:2 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** man, name, goodlier person, Saul · **What happens:** have, be, not be, name · **To what, where:** son, Saul, shoulders This is 1 Samuel 9:2 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 — man, name, goodlier person, Saul — and what happens in the verse to son, Saul, shoulders, 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. וְלוֹ־הָיָ֨ה בֵ֜ן וּשְׁמ֤וֹ שָׁאוּל֙ בָּח֣וּר וָט֔וֹב וְאֵ֥ין אִ֛ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ט֣וֹב מִמֶּ֑נּוּ מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹ וָמַ֔עְלָה גָּבֹ֖הַּ מִכָּל־הָעָֽם׃ [And he had a son, whose name was Saul, young and goodly, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.198/) ## 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:180 # text = וְלוֹ־הָיָ֨ה בֵ֜ן וּשְׁמ֤וֹ שָׁאוּל֙ בָּח֣וּר וָט֔וֹב וְאֵ֥ין אִ֛ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ט֣וֹב מִמֶּ֑נּוּ מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹ וָמַ֔עְלָה גָּבֹ֖הַּ מִכָּל־הָעָֽם׃ # verse = 1SA.9.2 1-3 וְלוֹ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 3 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:2!1|MId=o090090020011|Strong=2050b 2 ל לְ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_9:2!1|MId=o090090020012|Strong=3807a 3 וֹ־ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ Gloss=him|Ref=1SA_9:2!1|MId=o090090020013|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 4 הָיָ֨ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 cop _ Gloss=he.belonged|Ref=1SA_9:2!2|MId=o090090020021|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:090090020031;|Type=qatal 5 בֵ֜ן בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=a.son|Ref=1SA_9:2!3|MId=o090090020031|Strong=1121 6-8 וּשְׁמ֤וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:2!4|MId=o090090020041|Strong=2050b 7 שְׁמ שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ Gloss=name|Ref=1SA_9:2!4|MId=o090090020042|Strong=8034 8 ֤וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=1SA_9:2!4|MId=o090090020043|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 9 שָׁאוּל֙ שָׁאוּל PROPN _ _ 3 conj _ Gloss=[was].Saul|Ref=1SA_9:2!5|MId=o090090020051|Strong=7586 10 בָּח֣וּר בָּחוּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 appos _ Gloss=a.young.man|Ref=1SA_9:2!6|MId=o090090020061|Strong=0970 11-12 וָט֔וֹב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:2!7|MId=o090090020071|Strong=2050b 12 ט֔וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 conj _ Gloss=good|Ref=1SA_9:2!7|MId=o090090020072|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 13-14 וְאֵ֥ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:2!8|MId=o090090020081|Strong=2050b 14 אֵ֥ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 3 conj _ Gloss=there.[was].not|Ref=1SA_9:2!8|MId=o090090020082|Strong=0369|Type=negative 15 אִ֛ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Gloss=a.man|Ref=1SA_9:2!9|MId=o090090020091|Strong=0376 16-17 מִבְּנֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=1SA_9:2!10|MId=o090090020101|Strong=4480 17 בְּנֵ֥י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 nmod _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=1SA_9:2!10|MId=o090090020102|Strong=1121 18 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=1SA_9:2!11|MId=o090090020111|Strong=3478 19 ט֣וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 amod _ Gloss=good|Ref=1SA_9:2!12|MId=o090090020121|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 20-21 מִמֶּ֑נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=more|Ref=1SA_9:2!13|MId=o090090020131|Strong=4480 21 ֶ֑נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ Gloss=than.him|Ref=1SA_9:2!13|MId=o090090020132|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 22-24 מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_9:2!14|MId=o090090020141|Strong=4480 23 שִּׁכְמ שְׁכֶם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 obl _ Gloss=shoulder|Ref=1SA_9:2!14|MId=o090090020142|Strong=7926 24 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=1SA_9:2!14|MId=o090090020143|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 25-27 וָמַ֔עְלָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:2!15|MId=o090090020151|Strong=2050b 26 מַ֔עְל מַעַל ADV _ _ 23 conj _ Gloss=upward|Ref=1SA_9:2!15|MId=o090090020152|Strong=4605 27 ָה ה X _ _ 26 nmod _ Gloss=upwards|Ref=1SA_9:2!15|MId=o090090020153|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 28 גָּבֹ֖הַּ גָּבֹהַּ ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ Gloss=[he.was].tall|Ref=1SA_9:2!16|MId=o090090020161|Strong=1364|Type=adjective 29-30 מִכָּל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=more|Ref=1SA_9:2!17|MId=o090090020171|Strong=4480 30 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 nmod _ Gloss=than.all|Ref=1SA_9:2!17|MId=o090090020172|Strong=3605 31-32 הָעָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_9:2!18|MId=o090090020181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 עָֽם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 30 compound:smixut _ Gloss=people|Ref=1SA_9:2!18|MId=o090090020182|Strong=5971 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=1SA_9:2!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הָיָה *he belonged* | qatal · qal | בֵן *a son* | | | | 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} וְלֵיהּ הֲוָה בַּר וּשְׁמֵיהּ שָׁאוּל עוּלֵים וְשַׁפִּיר וְלֵית גַבְרָא מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שַׁפִּיר מִנֵיהּ מִכַּתְפֵיהּ וּלְעֵלָא רָם מִכָּל עַמָא: 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 he had a son, whose name was Saul, young and goodly, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.198/) **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). 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