--- title: 2 Kings 20:12 — At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, s… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. Who acts: Berodach baladan, baladan. 2 Kings 20:12 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every cla --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.12/) [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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/20/) / 20:12 # 2 Kings 20:12 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** Berodach baladan, baladan · **What happens:** send, hear · **To what, where:** letter This is 2 Kings 20:12 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 — Berodach baladan, baladan — and what happens in the verse to letter, 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. בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡יא שָׁלַ֡ח בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה חִזְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ [At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.642/) ## 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:576 # text = בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡יא שָׁלַ֡ח בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה חִזְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ # verse = 2KI.20.12 1-3 בָּעֵ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=2KI_20:12!1|MId=o120200120011|Strong=0871a 2 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_20:12!1|MId=o120200120011ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 עֵ֣ת עֵת NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=time|Ref=2KI_20:12!1|MId=o120200120012|Strong=6256 4-5 הַהִ֡יא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_20:12!2|MId=o120200120021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 הִ֡יא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 det _ Gloss=that|Ref=2KI_20:12!2|MId=o120200120022|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 6 שָׁלַ֡ח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.sent|Ref=2KI_20:12!3|MId=o120200120031|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:120200120041;A1:120200120091;120200120102;|Type=qatal 7 בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ בְּרֹאדַךְ PROPN _ _ 6 nsubj _ Gloss=Merodach-Baladan|Ref=2KI_20:12!4|MId=o120200120041 8 ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בַּלְאֲדָן PROPN _ _ 7 flat:name _ Ref=2KI_20:12!4 9 בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ בְּרֹאדַךְ PROPN _ _ 7 appos _ Gloss=Merodach-Baladan|Ref=2KI_20:12!5|MId=o120200120051 10 ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בַּלְאֲדָן PROPN _ _ 9 flat:name _ Ref=2KI_20:12!5 11 בֶּֽן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=2KI_20:12!6|MId=o120200120061|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 12 בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן בַּלְאֲדָן PROPN _ _ 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Baladan|Ref=2KI_20:12!7|MId=o120200120071|Strong=1081 13 מֶֽלֶךְ־ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 appos _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=2KI_20:12!8|MId=o120200120081|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No 14 בָּבֶ֛ל בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Babylon|Ref=2KI_20:12!9|MId=o120200120091|Strong=0894 15 סְפָרִ֥ים סֵפֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 obj _ Gloss=letters|Ref=2KI_20:12!10|MId=o120200120101|Strong=5612 16-17 וּמִנְחָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_20:12!11|MId=o120200120111|Strong=2050b 17 מִנְחָ֖ה מִנְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 conj _ Gloss=a.gift|Ref=2KI_20:12!11|MId=o120200120112|Strong=4503 18 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_20:12!12|MId=o120200120121|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 19 חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ חִזְקִיָּהוּ PROPN _ _ 6 obl _ Gloss=Hezekiah|Ref=2KI_20:12!13|MId=o120200120131|Strong=2396a 20 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2KI_20:12!14|MId=o120200120141|Strong=3588 21 שָׁמַ֔ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 advcl _ Gloss=he.had.heard|Ref=2KI_20:12!15|MId=o120200120151|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:120200120041;A1:120200120161;|Type=qatal 22 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=2KI_20:12!16|MId=o120200120161|Strong=3588 23 חָלָ֖ה חָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 21 ccomp _ Gloss=he.had.been.sick|Ref=2KI_20:12!17|MId=o120200120171|Strong=2470|Frame=A0:120200120171;|Type=qatal 24 חִזְקִיָּֽהוּ חִזְקִיָּהוּ PROPN _ _ 23 nsubj _ Gloss=Hezekiah|Ref=2KI_20:12!18|MId=o120200120181|Strong=2396a|SpaceAfter=No 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=2KI_20:12!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שָׁלַח *he sent* | qatal · qal | בְּרֹאדַכְ *Merodach-Baladan* | בָּבֶל *of Babylon* | | | | שָׁמַע *he had heard* | qatal · qal | בְּרֹאדַכְ *Merodach-Baladan* | כִּי *(dm) that* | | | | חָלָה *he had been sick* | qatal · qal | חָלָה *he had been sick* | | | | 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} בְּעִדָנָא הַהִיא שְׁלַח בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן בַּר בַּלְאֲדָן מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל אִגָרָן וְקָרְבָּנִין לְוַת חִזְקִיָה אֲרֵי שְׁמַע אֲרֵי אִתְמְרַע חִזְקִיָה: 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. [At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.642/) **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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