--- title: 2 Kings 2:4 — And Elijah said unto him: 'Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Elijah said unto him: 'Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' So they came to Jericho. — Who acts: Elijah, I, LORD, soul. 2 Kings 2:4 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jona --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.4/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/2/) / 2:4 # 2 Kings 2:4 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** Elijah, I, LORD, soul, sons · **What happens:** say, tarry, pray, send, live, not leave · **To what, where:** thee, me, Jericho · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 2:4 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, LORD, soul, sons — and what happens in the verse to thee, me, Jericho, 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. וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע ׀ שֵֽׁב־נָ֣א פֹ֗ה כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי יְרִיח֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר חַי־יְהוָ֥ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ [And Elijah said unto him: 'Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' So they came to Jericho. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.26/) ## 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:21 # text = וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע ׀ שֵֽׁב־נָ֣א פֹ֗ה כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי יְרִיח֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר חַי־יְהוָ֥ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ # verse = 2KI.2.4 1-2 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_2:4!1|MId=o120020040011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמֶר֩ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_2:4!1|MId=o120020040012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120020040031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 ל֨וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_2:4!2|MId=o120020040021|Strong=3807a 4 ֨וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_2:4!2|MId=o120020040022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5 אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֵלִיָּהוּ PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Elijah|Ref=2KI_2:4!3|MId=o120020040031|Strong=0452 6 אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אֱלִישָׁע PROPN _ _ 8 dislocated _ Gloss=O.Elisha|Ref=2KI_2:4!4|MId=o120020040041|Strong=0477 7 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 6 punct _ Ref=2KI_2:4!4 8 שֵֽׁב־ יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=remain|Ref=2KI_2:4!5|MId=o120020040051|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:120020040041;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 9 נָ֣א נָא INTJ _ _ 8 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=2KI_2:4!6|MId=o120020040061|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 10 פֹ֗ה פֹּה ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=here|Ref=2KI_2:4!7|MId=o120020040071|Strong=6311 11 כִּ֤י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 13 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2KI_2:4!8|MId=o120020040081|Strong=3588 12 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2KI_2:4!9|MId=o120020040091|Strong=3068 13-14 שְׁלָחַ֣נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 שְׁלָח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 8 advcl _ Gloss=he|Ref=2KI_2:4!10|MId=o120020040101|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:120020040091;A1:120020040102;|Type=qatal 14 ַ֣נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ Gloss=has.sent.me|Ref=2KI_2:4!10|MId=o120020040102|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 15 יְרִיח֔וֹ יְרִיחֹו־יְרִחֹו PROPN _ _ 13 obl _ Gloss=Jericho|Ref=2KI_2:4!11|MId=o120020040111|Strong=3405 16-17 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_2:4!12|MId=o120020040121|Strong=2050b 17 יֹּ֕אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_2:4!12|MId=o120020040122|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120020030071;|Type=wayyiqtol 18 חַי־ חַי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ Gloss=[by].the.life|Ref=2KI_2:4!13|MId=o120020040131|Strong=2416|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 19 יְהוָ֥ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 18 nsubj _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=2KI_2:4!14|MId=o120020040141|Strong=3068 20-21 וְחֵֽי־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and.[by]|Ref=2KI_2:4!15|MId=o120020040151|Strong=2050b 21 חֵֽי־ חַי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 conj _ Gloss=the.life|Ref=2KI_2:4!15|MId=o120020040152|Strong=2416|Type=adjective 22-23 נַפְשְׁךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=your.self|Ref=2KI_2:4!16|MId=o120020040161|Strong=5315 23 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2KI_2:4!16|MId=o120020040162|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 24 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 25 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=2KI_2:4!17|MId=o120020040171|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 אֶעֶזְב עָזַב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 18 parataxis _ Gloss=I|Ref=2KI_2:4!18|MId=o120020040181|Strong=5800|Frame=A0:120020030071;A1:120020040182;|Type=yiqtol 26 ֶ֑ךָּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ Gloss=will.leave.you|Ref=2KI_2:4!18|MId=o120020040182|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 27-28 וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_2:4!19|MId=o120020040191|Strong=2050b 28 יָּבֹ֖אוּ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.went|Ref=2KI_2:4!19|MId=o120020040192|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:120020030071;120020040031;|Type=wayyiqtol 29 יְרִיחֽוֹ יְרִיחֹו־יְרִחֹו PROPN _ _ 28 obl _ Gloss=Jericho|Ref=2KI_2:4!20|MId=o120020040201|Strong=3405|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=2KI_2:4!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - hedged: yes (נָא) - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֵלִיָּהוּ *Elijah* | | | | | שֵֽׁב־ *remain* | imperative · qal | אֱלִישָׁע *O Elisha* | | | | | שְׁלָח *he* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ַנִי *has sent me* | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | אֶעֶזְב *I* | yiqtol · qal | | ֶךָּ *will leave you* | | | | יָּבֹאוּ *they went* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֵלִיָּהוּ *Elijah* | | | | 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} וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אֵלִיָהוּ אֱלִישָׁע תּוּב כְּעַן הָכָא אֲרֵי יְיָ שַׁלְחַנִי לִירִיחוֹ וַאֲמַר קַיָם הוּא יְיָ וְחֵי נַפְשָׁךְ אִם אֶשְׁבְּקִינָךְ וַאֲתוֹ לִירִיחוֹ: 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 said unto him: 'Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' So they came to Jericho. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.26/) **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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