--- title: 2 Kings 1:12 — And Elijah answered and said unto them: 'If I be a man of God, let f… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Elijah answered and said unto them: 'If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.' And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. Who acts: Elijah, I, fire. 2 Kings 1:12 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.12/) [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/) / [2 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/1/) / 1:12 # 2 Kings 1:12 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** Elijah, I, fire · **What happens:** answer, say, be, let, come down, consume · **To what, where:** man, fire, heaven, thee, Elijah, God · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 1:12 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 — Elijah, I, fire — and what happens in the verse to man, fire, heaven, thee, Elijah, God, 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 25 chapters of 2 Kings on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיַּ֣עַן אֵלִיָּה֮ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶם֒ אִם־אִ֤ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֔נִי תֵּ֤רֶד אֵשׁ֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְתֹאכַ֥ל אֹתְךָ֖ וְאֶת־חֲמִשֶּׁ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֤רֶד אֵשׁ־אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַתֹּ֥אכַל אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃ [And Elijah answered and said unto them: 'If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.' And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.14/) ## 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:2KI:11 # text = וַיַּ֣עַן אֵלִיָּה֮ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶם֒ אִם־אִ֤ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֔נִי תֵּ֤רֶד אֵשׁ֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְתֹאכַ֥ל אֹתְךָ֖ וְאֶת־חֲמִשֶּׁ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֤רֶד אֵשׁ־אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַתֹּ֥אכַל אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃ # verse = 2KI.1.12 1-2 וַיַּ֣עַן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:12!1|MId=o120010120011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּ֣עַן עָנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.answered|Ref=2KI_1:12!1|MId=o120010120012|Strong=6030|Frame=A0:120010120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֵלִיָּה֮ אֵלִיָּה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Elijah|Ref=2KI_1:12!2|MId=o120010120021|Strong=0452 4-5 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:12!3|MId=o120010120031|Strong=2050b 5 יְדַבֵּ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.spoke|Ref=2KI_1:12!3|MId=o120010120032|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:120010120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 6-7 אֲלֵיהֶם֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_1:12!4|MId=o120010120041|Strong=0413 7 הֶם֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=2KI_1:12!4|MId=o120010120042|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 8 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=2KI_1:12!5|MId=o120010120051|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 9 אִ֤ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 advcl _ Gloss=[am].(the).man|Ref=2KI_1:12!6|MId=o120010120061|Strong=0376 10-11 הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=2KI_1:12!7|MId=o120010120071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=2KI_1:12!7|MId=o120010120072|Strong=0430 12 אָ֔נִי אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=2KI_1:12!8|MId=o120010120081|Strong=0589|Type=personal 13 תֵּ֤רֶד יָרַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 ccomp _ Gloss=let.it.come.down|Ref=2KI_1:12!9|MId=o120010120091|Strong=3381|Frame=A0:120010120101;|Type=jussive 14 אֵשׁ֙ אֵשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Gloss=fire|Ref=2KI_1:12!10|MId=o120010120101|Strong=0784 15 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=2KI_1:12!11|MId=o120010120111|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 16-17 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_1:12!12|MId=o120010120121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 שָּׁמַ֔יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 obl _ Gloss=heavens|Ref=2KI_1:12!12|MId=o120010120122|Strong=8064 18-19 וְתֹאכַ֥ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:12!13|MId=o120010120131|Strong=2050b 19 תֹאכַ֥ל אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 13 conj _ Gloss=let.it.consume|Ref=2KI_1:12!13|MId=o120010120132|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:120010120101;A1:120010120142;120010120161;|Type=yiqtol 20-21 אֹתְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=|Ref=2KI_1:12!14|MId=o120010120141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 21 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_1:12!14|MId=o120010120142|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 22-23 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:12!15|MId=o120010120151|Strong=2050b 23 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_1:12!15|MId=o120010120152|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 24-25 חֲמִשֶּׁ֑יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 חֲמִשֶּׁ֑י חָמֵשׁ NUM _ Number=Plur 21 conj _ Gloss=your.fifty|Ref=2KI_1:12!16|MId=o120010120161|Strong=2572|Type=cardinal_number 25 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[men]|Ref=2KI_1:12!16|MId=o120010120162|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 26-27 וַתֵּ֤רֶד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:12!17|MId=o120010120171|Strong=2050b 27 תֵּ֤רֶד יָרַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.came.down|Ref=2KI_1:12!17|MId=o120010120172|Strong=3381|Frame=A0:120010120181;|Type=wayyiqtol 28 אֵשׁ־ אֵשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ Gloss=the.fire|Ref=2KI_1:12!18|MId=o120010120181|Strong=0784|SpaceAfter=No 29 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.God|Ref=2KI_1:12!19|MId=o120010120191|Strong=0430 30 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=2KI_1:12!20|MId=o120010120201|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 31-32 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_1:12!21|MId=o120010120211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 שָּׁמַ֔יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 27 obl _ Gloss=heavens|Ref=2KI_1:12!21|MId=o120010120212|Strong=8064 33-34 וַתֹּ֥אכַל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 34 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:12!22|MId=o120010120221|Strong=2050b 34 תֹּ֥אכַל אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.consumed|Ref=2KI_1:12!22|MId=o120010120222|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:120010120181;A1:120010120232;120010120251;|Type=wayyiqtol 35-36 אֹת֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 36 case _ Gloss=|Ref=2KI_1:12!23|MId=o120010120231|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 36 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_1:12!23|MId=o120010120232|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 37-38 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 39 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:12!24|MId=o120010120241|Strong=2050b 38 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 39 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_1:12!24|MId=o120010120242|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 39-40 חֲמִשָּֽׁיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 חֲמִשָּֽׁי חָמֵשׁ NUM _ Number=Plur 36 conj _ Gloss=his.fifty|Ref=2KI_1:12!25|MId=o120010120251|Strong=2572|Type=cardinal_number 40 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[men]|Ref=2KI_1:12!25|MId=o120010120252|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 41 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 40 punct _ Ref=2KI_1:12!25 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּעַן *he answered* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֵלִיָּה *Elijah* | | | | | יְדַבֵּר *he spoke* | wayyiqtol · piel | אֵלִיָּה *Elijah* | | | | | תֵּרֶד *let it come down* | jussive · qal | אֵשׁ *fire* | | | | | תֹאכַל *let it consume* | yiqtol · qal | אֵשׁ *fire* | ְךָ *you* + חֲמִשֶּׁי *your fifty* | | | | תֵּרֶד *it came down* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֵשׁ־ *the fire* | | | | | תֹּאכַל *it consumed* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֵשׁ־ *the fire* | וֹ *him* + חֲמִשָּֽׁי *his fifty* | | | 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} וַאֲתֵיב אֵלִיָה וּמַלֵיל עִמְהוֹן אִם נְבִיָא דַייָ אֲנָא תֵּיחוֹת אֵשְׁתָּא מִן שְׁמַיָא וְתֵיכוּל יָתָךְ וְיַת חַמְשִׁין דְעִמָךְ וּנְחָתַת אֶשְׁתָּא מִן שְׁמַיָא וַאֲכַלַת יָתֵיהּ וְיַת חַמְשִׁין דְעִמֵיהּ: 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 Elijah answered and said unto them: 'If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.' And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.14/) **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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