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title: 2 Kings 19:23 — By the messengers thou hast taunted the Lord, and hast said: With th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: By the messengers thou hast taunted the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I have cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice cypresses thereof; and I have entered into his farthest lodge, th
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# 2 Kings 19:23 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** thou, I · **What happens:** taunt, say, come up, cut down, enter · **To what, where:** Lord, height, tall cedars, farthest lodge · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Kings 19:23 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 — thou, I — and what happens in the verse to Lord, height, tall cedars, farthest lodge, 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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בְּיַ֣ד מַלְאָכֶיךָ֮ חֵרַ֣פְתָּ ׀ אֲדֹנָי֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר בְּרֹ֥ב רִכְבִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י עָלִ֛יתִי מְר֥וֹם הָרִ֖ים יַרְכְּתֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת קוֹמַ֤ת אֲרָזָיו֙ מִבְח֣וֹר בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו וְאָב֙וֹאָה֙ מְל֣וֹן קִצֹּ֔היַ֖עַר כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃

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[By the messengers thou hast taunted the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I have cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice cypresses thereof; and I have entered into his farthest lodge, the forest of his fruitful field.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.614/)

## 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:550
# text = בְּיַ֣ד מַלְאָכֶיךָ֮ חֵרַ֣פְתָּ ׀ אֲדֹנָי֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר בְּרֹ֥ב רִכְבִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י עָלִ֛יתִי מְר֥וֹם הָרִ֖ים יַרְכְּתֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת קוֹמַ֤ת אֲרָזָיו֙ מִבְח֣וֹר בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו וְאָב֙וֹאָה֙ מְל֣וֹן קִצֹּ֔היַ֖עַר כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃
# verse = 2KI.19.23
1-2	בְּיַ֣ד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	Gloss=by|Ref=2KI_19:23!1|MId=o120190230011|Strong=0871a
2	יַ֣ד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	Gloss=the.hand|Ref=2KI_19:23!1|MId=o120190230012|Strong=3027
3-4	מַלְאָכֶיךָ֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	מַלְאָכֶי	מַלְאָךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=your.messengers|Ref=2KI_19:23!2|MId=o120190230021|Strong=4397
4	ךָ֮	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=2KI_19:23!2|MId=o120190230022|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
5	חֵרַ֣פְתָּ	חָרַף	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=you.have.taunted|Ref=2KI_19:23!3|MId=o120190230031|Strong=2778|Frame=A0:120190200171;A1:120190230041;|Type=qatal
6	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	5	punct	_	Ref=2KI_19:23!3
7-8	אֲדֹנָי֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	אֲדֹנ	אֲדֹנָי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	5	obj	_	Gloss=Lord|Ref=2KI_19:23!4|MId=o120190230041|Strong=0136
8	ָי֒	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=[the]|Ref=2KI_19:23!4|MId=o120190230042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
9-10	וַתֹּ֗אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_19:23!5|MId=o120190230051|Strong=2050b
10	תֹּ֗אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	5	conj	_	Gloss=you.have.said|Ref=2KI_19:23!5|MId=o120190230052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120190200171;|Type=wayyiqtol
11-12	בְּרֹ֥ב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=2KI_19:23!7|MId=o120190230071|Strong=0871a
12	רֹ֥ב	רֹב	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=the.abundance|Ref=2KI_19:23!7|MId=o120190230072|Strong=7230
13-14	רִכְבִּ֛י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	רִכְבּ	רֶכֶב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=my.chariotry|Ref=2KI_19:23!8|MId=o120190230081|Strong=7393
14	ִ֛י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my|Ref=2KI_19:23!8|MId=o120190230082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
15	אֲנִ֥י	אֲנִי	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=2KI_19:23!9|MId=o120190230091|Strong=0589|Type=personal
16	עָלִ֛יתִי	עָלָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	10	ccomp	_	Gloss=I.have.gone.up|Ref=2KI_19:23!10|MId=o120190230101|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:120190230091;|Type=qatal
17	מְר֥וֹם	מָרוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=[the].height[s]|Ref=2KI_19:23!11|MId=o120190230111|Strong=4791
18	הָרִ֖ים	הַר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	17	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.mountains|Ref=2KI_19:23!12|MId=o120190230121|Strong=2022
19	יַרְכְּתֵ֣י	יַרְכָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Dual	17	conj	_	Gloss=the.remotest.parts|Ref=2KI_19:23!13|MId=o120190230131|Strong=3411
20	לְבָנ֑וֹן	לְבָנוֹן	PROPN	_	_	19	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Lebanon|Ref=2KI_19:23!14|MId=o120190230141|Strong=3844
21-22	וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_19:23!15|MId=o120190230151|Strong=2050b
22	אֶכְרֹ֞ת	כָּרַת	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	16	conj	_	Gloss=I.have.cut.down|Ref=2KI_19:23!15|MId=o120190230152|Strong=3772|Frame=A0:120190200171;A1:120190230161;120190230181;|Type=yiqtol
23	קוֹמַ֤ת	קוֹמָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	22	obj	_	Gloss=the.height|Ref=2KI_19:23!16|MId=o120190230161|Strong=6967
24-25	אֲרָזָיו֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	אֲרָזָי	אֶרֶז	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=its.cedars|Ref=2KI_19:23!17|MId=o120190230171|Strong=0730
25	ו֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_19:23!17|MId=o120190230172|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
26	מִבְח֣וֹר	מִבְחֹור	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	23	conj	_	Gloss=the.choice|Ref=2KI_19:23!18|MId=o120190230181|Strong=4004
27-28	בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	בְּרֹשָׁ֔י	בְּרוֹשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	26	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=its.pines|Ref=2KI_19:23!19|MId=o120190230191|Strong=1265
28	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_19:23!19|MId=o120190230192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
29-30	וְאָב֙וֹאָה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	30	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_19:23!20|MId=o120190230201|Strong=2050b
30	אָב֙וֹאָה֙	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	16	conj	_	Gloss=I.have.gone|Ref=2KI_19:23!20|MId=o120190230202|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:120190200171;|Type=cohortative
31	מְל֣וֹן	מָלוֹן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	30	obl	_	Gloss=the.lodging.place|Ref=2KI_19:23!21|MId=o120190230211|Strong=4411
32-34	קִצֹּ֔היַ֖עַר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	קִצּ	קֵץ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	31	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=its.end|Ref=2KI_19:23!22|MId=o120190230221|Strong=7093
33	ֹ֔ה	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_19:23!22|MId=o120190230222|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
34	יַ֖עַר	יַעַר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	31	conj	_	Gloss=the.forest|Ref=2KI_19:23!23|MId=o120190230231|Strong=3293
35-36	כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
35	כַּרְמִלּ	כַּרְמֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	34	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=its.plantation|Ref=2KI_19:23!24|MId=o120190230241|Strong=3759
36	ֽוֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_19:23!24|MId=o120190230242|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
37	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	36	punct	_	Ref=2KI_19:23!24
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · assert · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| חֵרַפְתָּ *you have taunted* | qatal · piel |  | אֲדֹנ *Lord* |  |  |
| תֹּאמֶר *you have said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| עָלִיתִי *I have gone up* | qatal · qal | אֲנִי *I* |  |  |  |
| אֶכְרֹת *I have cut down* | yiqtol · qal |  | קוֹמַת *the height* + מִבְחוֹר *the choice* |  |  |
| אָבוֹאָה *I have gone* | cohortative · qal |  |  |  |  |

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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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בְּיַד אִזְגַדָךְ חֲסֵידְתָּא עַמָא דַייָ וַאֲמַרְתָּ בִּסְגִיאוּת רְתִיכִי אֲנָא סְלֵיקִית לִתְקוֹף כְּרַכֵּיהוֹן אַף אֵיחוֹד בֵּית מַקְדַשְׁהוֹן וְאֶקְטוֹל שְׁפַר גִבָּרֵיהוֹן מִבְחַר שִׁלְטוֹנֵיהוֹן וְאַכְבֵּישׁ קִרְיַת תּוּקְפֵיהוֹן וֶאֱשֵׁיצֵי סַגִי מַשִׁרְיַתְהוֹן:

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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. [By the messengers thou hast taunted the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I have cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice cypresses thereof; and I have entered into his farthest lodge, the forest of his fruitful field.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.614/)

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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:550`.

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