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title: 2 Kings 19:3 — And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. Who acts: Eliakim, Hezekiah, day. 2 Kings 19:3 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 
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# 2 Kings 19:3 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** Eliakim, Hezekiah, day · **What happens:** say, be, come, bring · **To what, where:** day, children · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Kings 19:3 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 — Eliakim, Hezekiah, day — and what happens in the verse to day, children, 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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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם־צָרָ֧ה וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּנְאָצָ֖ה הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְכֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְלֵדָֽה׃

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[And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.593/)

## 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:530
# text = וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ יוֹם־צָרָ֧ה וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה וּנְאָצָ֖ה הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י בָ֤אוּ בָנִים֙ עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר וְכֹ֥חַ אַ֖יִן לְלֵדָֽה׃
# verse = 2KI.19.3
1-2	וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_19:3!1|MId=o120190030011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּאמְר֣וּ	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.said|Ref=2KI_19:3!1|MId=o120190030012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120190020031;120190020072;120190020101;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	אֵלָ֗יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	אֵלָ֗י	אֶל	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_19:3!2|MId=o120190030021|Strong=0413
4	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_19:3!2|MId=o120190030022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
5	כֹּ֚ה	כֹּה	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	Gloss=thus|Ref=2KI_19:3!3|MId=o120190030031|Strong=3541
6	אָמַ֣ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=he.says|Ref=2KI_19:3!4|MId=o120190030041|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120190030051;|Type=qatal
7	חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ	חִזְקִיָּהוּ	PROPN	_	_	6	nsubj	_	Gloss=Hezekiah|Ref=2KI_19:3!5|MId=o120190030051|Strong=2396a
8	יוֹם־	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	Gloss=[is].a.day|Ref=2KI_19:3!6|MId=o120190030061|Strong=3117|SpaceAfter=No
9	צָרָ֧ה	צָרָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.distress|Ref=2KI_19:3!7|MId=o120190030071|Strong=6869
10-11	וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_19:3!8|MId=o120190030081|Strong=2050b
11	תוֹכֵחָ֛ה	תּוֹכֵחָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	9	conj	_	Gloss=rebuke|Ref=2KI_19:3!8|MId=o120190030082|Strong=8433
12-13	וּנְאָצָ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_19:3!9|MId=o120190030091|Strong=2050b
13	נְאָצָ֖ה	נְאָצָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	9	conj	_	Gloss=insult|Ref=2KI_19:3!9|MId=o120190030092|Strong=5007
14-15	הַיּ֣וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_19:3!10|MId=o120190030101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	יּ֣וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	Gloss=day|Ref=2KI_19:3!10|MId=o120190030102|Strong=3117
16-17	הַזֶּ֑ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	17	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_19:3!11|MId=o120190030111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	זֶּ֑ה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=2KI_19:3!11|MId=o120190030112|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
18	כִּ֣י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	19	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2KI_19:3!12|MId=o120190030121|Strong=3588
19	בָ֤אוּ	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	8	advcl	_	Gloss=they.have.come|Ref=2KI_19:3!13|MId=o120190030131|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:120190030141;|Type=qatal
20	בָנִים֙	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	Gloss=children|Ref=2KI_19:3!14|MId=o120190030141|Strong=1121
21	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_19:3!15|MId=o120190030151|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No
22	מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר	מַשְׁבֵּר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	obl	_	Gloss=[the].mouth.of.[the].womb|Ref=2KI_19:3!16|MId=o120190030161|Strong=4866
23-24	וְכֹ֥חַ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_19:3!17|MId=o120190030171|Strong=2050b
24	כֹ֥חַ	כֹּחַ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	Gloss=strength|Ref=2KI_19:3!17|MId=o120190030172|Strong=3581
25	אַ֖יִן	אַיִן	ADV	_	_	8	conj	_	Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=2KI_19:3!18|MId=o120190030181|Strong=0369|Type=negative
26-27	לְלֵדָֽה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=2KI_19:3!19|MId=o120190030191|Strong=3807a
27	לֵדָֽה	לֵדָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	25	obl	_	Gloss=giving.birth|Ref=2KI_19:3!19|MId=o120190030192|Strong=3205a
28	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	27	punct	_	Ref=2KI_19:3!19
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: yes
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | חִזְקִיָּהוּ *Hezekiah* |  |  |  |
| בָאוּ *they have come* | qatal · qal | בָנִים *children* |  |  |  |

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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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וַאֲמָרוּ לֵיהּ כִּדְנַן אֲמַר חִזְקִיָהוּ יוֹם עָקָא וְחִיסוּדִין וְנִיאוּצָא יוֹמָא הָדֵין אֲרֵי אֲקֵיפְתָּנָא עָקָא כְּאִתְּתָא דְיַתְבָא עַל מַתְבְּרָא וְחֵיל לֵית לָהּ לְמֵילַד:

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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. [And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.593/)

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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:530`.

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