--- title: 2 Kings 1:6 — And they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us, and said un… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us: Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.6/) [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/) / 1:6 # 2 Kings 1:6 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** messengers, man, king, LORD, bed, thou · **What happens:** say, come up, meet, go, return, send · **To what, where:** us, you, God, Israel, bed · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 1:6 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 — messengers, man, king, LORD, bed, thou — and what happens in the verse to us, you, God, Israel, bed, 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. וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ ׀ עָלָ֣ה לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֵינוּ֮ לְכ֣וּ שׁוּבוּ֮ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֣ח אֶתְכֶם֒ וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה שֹׁלֵ֔חַ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב בַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃ [And they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us: Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.5/) ## 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:5 # text = וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ ׀ עָלָ֣ה לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֵינוּ֮ לְכ֣וּ שׁוּבוּ֮ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֣ח אֶתְכֶם֒ וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה שֹׁלֵ֔חַ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב בַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃ # verse = 2KI.1.6 1-2 וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:6!1|MId=o120010060011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְר֨וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=2KI_1:6!1|MId=o120010060012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120010050022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֵלָ֜יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵלָ֜י אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_1:6!2|MId=o120010060021|Strong=0413 4 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_1:6!2|MId=o120010060022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=a.man|Ref=2KI_1:6!3|MId=o120010060031|Strong=0376 6 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ Ref=2KI_1:6!3 7 עָלָ֣ה עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=he.came.up|Ref=2KI_1:6!4|MId=o120010060041|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:120010060031;|Type=qatal 8-10 לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_1:6!5|MId=o120010060051|Strong=3807a 9 קְרָאת קרא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 7 advcl _ Gloss=meet|Ref=2KI_1:6!5|MId=o120010060052|Strong=7122|Frame=A0:120010060031;A1:120010060053;|Type=infinitive_construct 10 ֵ֗נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ Gloss=us|Ref=2KI_1:6!5|MId=o120010060053|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 11-12 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:6!6|MId=o120010060061|Strong=2050b 12 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_1:6!6|MId=o120010060062|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120010060031;|Type=wayyiqtol 13-14 אֵלֵינוּ֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 אֵלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_1:6!7|MId=o120010060071|Strong=0413 14 נוּ֮ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=2KI_1:6!7|MId=o120010060072|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 15 לְכ֣וּ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 12 ccomp _ Gloss=go|Ref=2KI_1:6!8|MId=o120010060081|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:120010050022;|Type=imperative 16 שׁוּבוּ֮ שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 15 parataxis _ Gloss=return|Ref=2KI_1:6!9|MId=o120010060091|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:120010050022;|Type=imperative 17 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_1:6!10|MId=o120010060101|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 18-19 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_1:6!11|MId=o120010060111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=2KI_1:6!11|MId=o120010060112|Strong=4428 20 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=2KI_1:6!12|MId=o120010060121|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 21 שָׁלַ֣ח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 19 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.sent|Ref=2KI_1:6!13|MId=o120010060131|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:120010060112;A1:120010060142;|Type=qatal 22-23 אֶתְכֶם֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 אֶת אֵת ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=|Ref=2KI_1:6!14|MId=o120010060141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 23 ְכֶם֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_1:6!14|MId=o120010060142|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 24-25 וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_1:6!15|MId=o120010060151|Strong=2050b 25 דִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 15 conj _ Gloss=you.will.speak|Ref=2KI_1:6!15|MId=o120010060152|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:120010050022;|Type=weqatal 26-27 אֵלָ֗יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 אֵלָ֗י אֶל ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_1:6!16|MId=o120010060161|Strong=0413 27 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_1:6!16|MId=o120010060162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 28 כֹּ֚ה כֹּה ADV _ _ 29 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=2KI_1:6!17|MId=o120010060171|Strong=3541 29 אָמַ֣ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 25 ccomp _ Gloss=he.says|Ref=2KI_1:6!18|MId=o120010060181|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120010060191;|Type=qatal 30 יְהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 29 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2KI_1:6!19|MId=o120010060191|Strong=3068 31-33 הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הַֽ הַ PART _ _ 39 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=2KI_1:6!20|MId=o120010060201|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 32 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=2KI_1:6!20|MId=o120010060202|Strong=4480 33 בְּלִ֤י בְּלִי ADV _ _ 39 obl _ Gloss=not|Ref=2KI_1:6!20|MId=o120010060203|Strong=1097 34 אֵין־ אַיִן ADV _ _ 33 advmod _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=2KI_1:6!21|MId=o120010060211|Strong=0369|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 35 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ Gloss=a.God|Ref=2KI_1:6!22|MId=o120010060221|Strong=0430 36-37 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 37 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2KI_1:6!23|MId=o120010060231|Strong=0871a 37 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 33 obl _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=2KI_1:6!23|MId=o120010060232|Strong=3478 38 אַתָּ֣ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ Gloss=[are].you|Ref=2KI_1:6!24|MId=o120010060241|Strong=0859|Type=personal 39 שֹׁלֵ֔חַ שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ Gloss=sending|Ref=2KI_1:6!25|MId=o120010060251|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:120010060241;|Type=participle_active 40-41 לִדְרֹ֕שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 41 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_1:6!26|MId=o120010060261|Strong=3807a 41 דְרֹ֕שׁ דָּרַשׁ VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 39 advcl _ Gloss=consult|Ref=2KI_1:6!26|MId=o120010060262|Strong=1875|Frame=A0:120010060112;|Type=infinitive_construct 42-43 בְּבַ֥עַל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 43 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=2KI_1:6!27|MId=o120010060271|Strong=0871a 43 בַ֥עַל בַּעַל PROPN _ _ 41 obl _ Gloss=Baal|Ref=2KI_1:6!27|MId=o120010060272 44 זְב֖וּב _ PROPN _ _ 43 flat:name _ Ref=2KI_1:6!27 45 בַ֥עַל זְבוּב PROPN _ _ 43 appos _ Gloss=Zebub|Ref=2KI_1:6!28|MId=o120010060281 46 זְב֖וּב _ PROPN _ _ 45 flat:name _ Ref=2KI_1:6!28 47 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 43 appos _ Gloss=the.god|Ref=2KI_1:6!29|MId=o120010060291|Strong=0430 48 עֶקְר֑וֹן עֶקְרוֹן PROPN _ _ 47 compound:smixut _ Gloss=Ekron|Ref=2KI_1:6!30|MId=o120010060301|Strong=6138 49-50 לָ֠כֵן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49 לָ֠ לָכֵן ADP _ _ 50 case _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=2KI_1:6!31|MId=o120010060311|Strong=3807a 50 כֵן כֵּן ADV _ _ 2 conj _ Gloss=|Ref=2KI_1:6!31|MId=o120010060312|Strong=3651 51-52 הַמִּטָּ֞ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 52 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_1:6!32|MId=o120010060321|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 52 מִּטָּ֞ה מִטָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 57 dislocated _ Gloss=bed|Ref=2KI_1:6!32|MId=o120010060322|Strong=4296 53 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 54 mark _ Gloss=where|Ref=2KI_1:6!33|MId=o120010060331|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 54 עָלִ֥יתָ עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 52 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.have.gone.up|Ref=2KI_1:6!34|MId=o120010060341|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:120010060112;|Type=qatal 55 שָּׁ֛ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 54 advmod _ Gloss=there|Ref=2KI_1:6!35|MId=o120010060351|Strong=8033 56 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 57 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2KI_1:6!36|MId=o120010060361|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 57 תֵרֵ֥ד יָרַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 39 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.come.down|Ref=2KI_1:6!37|MId=o120010060371|Strong=3381|Frame=A0:120010060112;|Type=yiqtol 58-59 מִמֶּ֖נָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 58 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 59 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=2KI_1:6!38|MId=o120010060381|Strong=4480 59 ֶ֖נָּה הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=2KI_1:6!38|MId=o120010060382|Strong=5089a|Type=pronominal 60 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 62 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2KI_1:6!39|MId=o120010060391|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 61 מ֥וֹת מוּת VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 62 obl:npmod _ Gloss=surely.(die)|Ref=2KI_1:6!40|MId=o120010060401|Strong=4191|Type=infinitive_absolute 62 תָּמֽוּת מוּת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 39 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.die|Ref=2KI_1:6!41|MId=o120010060411|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:120010060112;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 63 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 62 punct _ Ref=2KI_1:6!41 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - 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 | | | | | | עָלָה *he came up* | qatal · qal | אִישׁ *a man* | | | | | קְרָאת *meet* | infinitive construct · qal | אִישׁ *a man* | ֵנוּ *us* | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *a man* | | | | | לְכוּ *go* | imperative · qal | | | | | | שׁוּבוּ *return* | imperative · qal | | | | | | שָׁלַח *he sent* | qatal · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | ְכֶם *you* | | | | דִבַּרְתֶּם *you will speak* | weqatal · piel | | | | | | אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | שֹׁלֵחַ *sending* | participle active · qal | אַתָּה *\[are\] you* | | | | | דְרֹשׁ *consult* | infinitive construct · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | עָלִיתָ *you have gone up* | qatal · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | **not** תֵרֵד *you will come down* | yiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | תָּמֽוּת *you will die* | yiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | 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 לֵיהּ גַבְרָא סְלִיק לִקֳדָמוּתָנָא וַאֲמַר לָנָא אֱזִילוּ תוּבוּ לְוַת מַלְכָּא דִשְׁלַח יַתְכוֹן וּתְמַלְלוּן עִמֵיהּ כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ הֲלָא אֱלָהָא קַיָם דִשְׁכִנְתֵּיהּ שַׁרְיָא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אַתְּ שְׁלַח לְמִתְבַּע בְּבַעַל זְבוּב טַעֲוַת עֶקְרוֹן בְּכֵן עַרְסָא דִסְלֵיקְתָּא תַמָן לָא תֵיחוּת מִנָהּ אֲרֵי מְמַת תְּמוּת: 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 they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us: Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.5/) **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:2KI:5`. - ← previous: [2 Kings 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.5/) - next →: [2 Kings 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.7/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/1/)