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title: 2 Kings 16:3 — But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his s… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. Who acts: Ahaz, son, LORD. 2 Kings 16:3 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1
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# 2 Kings 16:3 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** Ahaz, son, LORD · **What happens:** walk, make, pass, cast out · **To what, where:** way, son, fire, heathen

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This is 2 Kings 16:3 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 — Ahaz, son, LORD — and what happens in the verse to way, son, fire, heathen, 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.

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וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְגַ֤ם אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ הֶעֱבִ֣יר בָּאֵ֔שׁ כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹרִ֤ישׁ יְהוָה֙ אֹתָ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

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[But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.490/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:432
# text = וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְגַ֤ם אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ הֶעֱבִ֣יר בָּאֵ֔שׁ כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹרִ֤ישׁ יְהוָה֙ אֹתָ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
# verse = 2KI.16.3
1-2	וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_16:3!1|MId=o120160030011|Strong=2050b
2	יֵּ֕לֶךְ	הלך	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.walked|Ref=2KI_16:3!1|MId=o120160030012|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:120160020041;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=2KI_16:3!2|MId=o120160030021|Strong=0871a
4	דֶ֖רֶךְ	דֶּרֶךְ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.way|Ref=2KI_16:3!2|MId=o120160030022|Strong=1870
5	מַלְכֵ֣י	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.kings|Ref=2KI_16:3!3|MId=o120160030031|Strong=4428
6	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=2KI_16:3!4|MId=o120160030041|Strong=3478
7-8	וְגַ֤ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_16:3!5|MId=o120160030051|Strong=2050b
8	גַ֤ם	גַּם	ADV	_	_	12	advmod	_	Gloss=also|Ref=2KI_16:3!5|MId=o120160030052|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation
9	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_16:3!6|MId=o120160030061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
10-11	בְּנוֹ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	בְּנ	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	obj	_	Gloss=son|Ref=2KI_16:3!7|MId=o120160030071|Strong=1121
11	וֹ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_16:3!7|MId=o120160030072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
12	הֶעֱבִ֣יר	עָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.made.pass|Ref=2KI_16:3!8|MId=o120160030081|Strong=5674|Frame=AA:120160020041;A0:120160030071;|Type=qatal
13-15	בָּאֵ֔שׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	בָּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=2KI_16:3!9|MId=o120160030091|Strong=0871a
14	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_16:3!9|MId=o120160030091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	אֵ֔שׁ	אֵשׁ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	Gloss=fire|Ref=2KI_16:3!9|MId=o120160030092|Strong=0784
16-17	כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=according|Ref=2KI_16:3!10|MId=o120160030101|Strong=3509a
17	תֹֽעֲבוֹת֙	תּוֹעֵבַה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	12	obl	_	Gloss=to.the.abominations|Ref=2KI_16:3!10|MId=o120160030102|Strong=8441
18-19	הַגּוֹיִ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	19	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2KI_16:3!11|MId=o120160030111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
19	גּוֹיִ֔ם	גּוֹי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	17	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.nations|Ref=2KI_16:3!11|MId=o120160030112|Strong=1471
20	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	21	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=2KI_16:3!12|MId=o120160030121|Strong=0834|Type=relative
21	הוֹרִ֤ישׁ	יָרַשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	19	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.had.dispossessed|Ref=2KI_16:3!13|MId=o120160030131|Strong=3423|Frame=AA:120160030141;A0:120160030152;|Type=qatal
22	יְהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	21	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2KI_16:3!14|MId=o120160030141|Strong=3068
23-24	אֹתָ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=2KI_16:3!15|MId=o120160030151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
24	ָ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	Gloss=them|Ref=2KI_16:3!15|MId=o120160030152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
25-26	מִפְּנֵ֖י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=2KI_16:3!16|MId=o120160030161|Strong=4480
26	פְּנֵ֖י	פָּנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	Gloss=before|Ref=2KI_16:3!16|MId=o120160030162|Strong=6440
27	בְּנֵ֥י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	26	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=2KI_16:3!17|MId=o120160030171|Strong=1121
28	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	27	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=2KI_16:3!18|MId=o120160030181|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=2KI_16:3!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֵּלֶךְ *he walked* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הֶעֱבִיר *he made pass* | qatal · hiphil | בְּנ *son* |  |  |  |
| הוֹרִישׁ *he had dispossessed* | qatal · hiphil | ָם *them* |  |  | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |

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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}

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וַאֲזַל בְּאוֹרַח מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאַף יַת בְּרֵיהּ אַעֲבַר בְּנוּרָא כְּתוֹעֲבַת עַמְמַיָא דְתָרִיךְ יְיָ יַתְהוֹן מִן קֳדָם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.490/)

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**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:432`.

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