--- title: 1 Samuel 9:7 — Then said Saul to his servant: 'But, behold, if we go, what shall we… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then said Saul to his servant: 'But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God; what have we?' Who acts: Saul, we, present. 1 Samuel 9:7 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.7/) [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/) / 9:7 # 1 Samuel 9:7 שְׁמוּאֵל א **Who acts:** Saul, we, present · **What happens:** say, go, bring, spend, not be, have · **To what, where:** man, bread, vessels · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 1 Samuel 9:7 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 — Saul, we, present — and what happens in the verse to man, bread, vessels, 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 לְנַעֲר֗וֹ וְהִנֵּ֣ה נֵלֵךְ֮ וּמַה־נָּבִ֣יא לָאִישׁ֒ כִּ֤י הַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ אָזַ֣ל מִכֵּלֵ֔ינוּ וּתְשׁוּרָ֥ה אֵין־לְהָבִ֖יא לְאִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים מָ֖ה אִתָּֽנוּ׃ [Then said Saul to his servant: 'But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God; what have we?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.204/) ## 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:185 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל לְנַעֲר֗וֹ וְהִנֵּ֣ה נֵלֵךְ֮ וּמַה־נָּבִ֣יא לָאִישׁ֒ כִּ֤י הַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ אָזַ֣ל מִכֵּלֵ֔ינוּ וּתְשׁוּרָ֥ה אֵין־לְהָבִ֖יא לְאִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים מָ֖ה אִתָּֽנוּ׃ # verse = 1SA.9.7 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:7!1|MId=o090090070011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=1SA_9:7!1|MId=o090090070012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:090090070021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 שָׁא֜וּל שָׁאוּל PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Saul|Ref=1SA_9:7!2|MId=o090090070021|Strong=7586 4-6 לְנַעֲר֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_9:7!3|MId=o090090070031|Strong=3807a 5 נַעֲר נַעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=servant|Ref=1SA_9:7!3|MId=o090090070032|Strong=5288 6 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=1SA_9:7!3|MId=o090090070033|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7-8 וְהִנֵּ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:7!4|MId=o090090070041|Strong=2050b 8 הִנֵּ֣ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 9 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=1SA_9:7!4|MId=o090090070042|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 9 נֵלֵךְ֮ הלך VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=we.will.go|Ref=1SA_9:7!5|MId=o090090070051|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:090090070021;090090070032;|Type=yiqtol 10-11 וּמַה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:7!6|MId=o090090070061|Strong=2050b 11 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 12 obj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=1SA_9:7!6|MId=o090090070062|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 12 נָּבִ֣יא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=will.we.bring|Ref=1SA_9:7!7|MId=o090090070071|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:090090070021;090090070032;A0:090090070062;|Type=yiqtol 13-15 לָאִישׁ֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_9:7!8|MId=o090090070081|Strong=3807a 14 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_9:7!8|MId=o090090070081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 אִישׁ֒ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=man|Ref=1SA_9:7!8|MId=o090090070082|Strong=0376 16 כִּ֤י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=1SA_9:7!9|MId=o090090070091|Strong=3588 17-18 הַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=1SA_9:7!10|MId=o090090070101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 לֶּ֙חֶם֙ לֶחֶם NOUN _ Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=bread|Ref=1SA_9:7!10|MId=o090090070102|Strong=3899 19 אָזַ֣ל אָזַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=it.has.been.used.up|Ref=1SA_9:7!11|MId=o090090070111|Strong=0235|Frame=A0:090090070102;|Type=qatal 20-22 מִכֵּלֵ֔ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=1SA_9:7!12|MId=o090090070121|Strong=4480 21 כֵּלֵ֔י כְּלִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 obl _ Gloss=bags|Ref=1SA_9:7!12|MId=o090090070122|Strong=3627 22 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=1SA_9:7!12|MId=o090090070123|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 23-24 וּתְשׁוּרָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=1SA_9:7!13|MId=o090090070131|Strong=2050b 24 תְשׁוּרָ֥ה תְּשׁוּרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Gloss=a.gift|Ref=1SA_9:7!13|MId=o090090070132|Strong=8670 25 אֵין־ אַיִן ADV _ _ 2 conj _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=1SA_9:7!14|MId=o090090070141|Strong=0369|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 לְהָבִ֖יא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_9:7!15|MId=o090090070151|Strong=3807a 27 הָבִ֖יא בּוֹא VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 25 advcl _ Gloss=bring|Ref=1SA_9:7!15|MId=o090090070152|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:090090070021;090090070032;A0:090090070132;|Type=infinitive_construct 28-29 לְאִ֣ישׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=1SA_9:7!16|MId=o090090070161|Strong=3807a 29 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=the.man|Ref=1SA_9:7!16|MId=o090090070162|Strong=0376 30-31 הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 31 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=1SA_9:7!17|MId=o090090070171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 31 אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=1SA_9:7!17|MId=o090090070172|Strong=0430 32 מָ֖ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 34 nsubj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=1SA_9:7!18|MId=o090090070181|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 33-34 אִתָּֽנוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 אִתּ אֵת ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=[is].with|Ref=1SA_9:7!19|MId=o090090070191|Strong=0854 34 ָֽנוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 parataxis _ Gloss=us|Ref=1SA_9:7!19|MId=o090090070192|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=1SA_9:7!19 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* | | | | | נֵלֵךְ *we will go* | yiqtol · qal | שָׁאוּל *Saul* + נַעֲר *servant* | | | | | נָּבִיא *will we bring* | yiqtol · hiphil | מַה־ *what?* | | | שָׁאוּל *Saul* + נַעֲר *servant* | | אָזַל *it has been used up* | qatal · qal | לֶּחֶם *bread* | | | | | הָבִיא *bring* | infinitive construct · hiphil | תְשׁוּרָה *a gift* | | | שָׁאוּל *Saul* + נַעֲר *servant* | 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 לְעוּלֵימֵיהּ וְהָא נֵיזִיל וְאִם מְקַבֵּל מָמוֹן מָה נָעֵיל לִנְבִיָא דַייָ אַף אֲנַחְנָא זְוָדִין עֲדַן עֲטָרוּ מִנָנָא וּמִדַעַם דְכָשַׁר לֵית לְאַעָלָא לִנְבִיָא דַייָ וּמָה עִמָנָא לְמֶעְבַּד: 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 to his servant: 'But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God; what have we?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.204/) **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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