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title: 2 Kings 20:5 — 'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: 'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. Who acts: you, LORD, I, thou. 2 Kings 20:5 in Hebrew with it
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# 2 Kings 20:5 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** you, LORD, I, thou, thy · **What happens:** return, say, hear, see, heal, go up · **To what, where:** Hezekiah, prayer, tears, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Kings 20:5 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 — you, LORD, I, thou, thy — and what happens in the verse to Hezekiah, prayer, tears, thee, 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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שׁ֣וּב וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ נְגִיד־עַמִּ֗י כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יךָ שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ רָאִ֖יתִי אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ הִנְנִי֙ רֹ֣פֶא לָ֔ךְ בַּיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י תַּעֲלֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

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['Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.635/)

## 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:569
# text = שׁ֣וּב וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ נְגִיד־עַמִּ֗י כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יךָ שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ רָאִ֖יתִי אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ הִנְנִי֙ רֹ֣פֶא לָ֔ךְ בַּיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י תַּעֲלֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃
# verse = 2KI.20.5
1	שׁ֣וּב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=go.back|Ref=2KI_20:5!1|MId=o120200050011|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:120200040021;|Type=imperative
2-3	וְאָמַרְתָּ֞	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
2	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_20:5!2|MId=o120200050021|Strong=2050b
3	אָמַרְתָּ֞	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	1	conj	_	Gloss=you.will.say|Ref=2KI_20:5!2|MId=o120200050022|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120200040021;|Type=weqatal
4	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_20:5!3|MId=o120200050031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
5	חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ	חִזְקִיָּהוּ	PROPN	_	_	3	obl	_	Gloss=Hezekiah|Ref=2KI_20:5!4|MId=o120200050041|Strong=2396a
6	נְגִיד־	נָגִיד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	appos	_	Gloss=the.ruler|Ref=2KI_20:5!5|MId=o120200050051|Strong=5057|SpaceAfter=No
7-8	עַמִּ֗י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	עַמּ	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=my.people|Ref=2KI_20:5!6|MId=o120200050061|Strong=5971
8	ִ֗י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my|Ref=2KI_20:5!6|MId=o120200050062|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
9	כֹּֽה־	כֹּה	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	Gloss=thus|Ref=2KI_20:5!7|MId=o120200050071|Strong=3541|SpaceAfter=No
10	אָמַ֤ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	ccomp	_	Gloss=he.says|Ref=2KI_20:5!8|MId=o120200050081|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120200050091;|Type=qatal
11	יְהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	10	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2KI_20:5!9|MId=o120200050091|Strong=3068
12	אֱלֹהֵי֙	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	appos	_	Gloss=the.God|Ref=2KI_20:5!10|MId=o120200050101|Strong=0430
13	דָּוִ֣ד	דָּוִד	PROPN	_	_	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.David|Ref=2KI_20:5!11|MId=o120200050111|Strong=1732
14-15	אָבִ֔יךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	אָבִ֔י	אָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	appos	_	Gloss=ancestor|Ref=2KI_20:5!12|MId=o120200050121|Strong=0001
15	ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=2KI_20:5!12|MId=o120200050122|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
16	שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙	שָׁמַע	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	10	ccomp	_	Gloss=I.have.heard|Ref=2KI_20:5!13|MId=o120200050131|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:120200050091;A1:120200050151;|Type=qatal
17	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_20:5!14|MId=o120200050141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
18-19	תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	תְּפִלָּת	תְּפִלָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	16	obj	_	Gloss=prayer|Ref=2KI_20:5!15|MId=o120200050151|Strong=8605
19	ֶ֔ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=2KI_20:5!15|MId=o120200050152|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
20	רָאִ֖יתִי	רָאָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	16	parataxis	_	Gloss=I.have.seen|Ref=2KI_20:5!16|MId=o120200050161|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:120200050091;A1:120200050181;|Type=qatal
21	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_20:5!17|MId=o120200050171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
22-23	דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	דִּמְעָת	דִּמְעָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	obj	_	Gloss=tear[s]|Ref=2KI_20:5!18|MId=o120200050181|Strong=1832
23	ֶ֑ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=2KI_20:5!18|MId=o120200050182|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
24-25	הִנְנִי֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	הִנ	הִנֵּה	INTJ	_	_	26	nsubj	_	Gloss=here|Ref=2KI_20:5!19|MId=o120200050191|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative
25	ְנִי֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=2KI_20:5!19|MId=o120200050192|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
26	רֹ֣פֶא	רָפָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	16	parataxis	_	Gloss=[am].about.to.heal|Ref=2KI_20:5!20|MId=o120200050201|Strong=7495|Frame=A0:120200050192;|Type=participle_active
27-28	לָ֔ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=2KI_20:5!21|MId=o120200050211|Strong=3807a
28	ָ֔ךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_20:5!21|MId=o120200050212|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
29-31	בַּיּוֹם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	31	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=2KI_20:5!22|MId=o120200050221|Strong=0871a
30	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	31	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_20:5!22|MId=o120200050221ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
31	יּוֹם֙	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	34	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=2KI_20:5!22|MId=o120200050222|Strong=3117
32-33	הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	33	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_20:5!23|MId=o120200050231|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
33	שְּׁלִישִׁ֔י	שְׁלִישִׁי	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	31	nummod	_	Gloss=third|Ref=2KI_20:5!23|MId=o120200050232|Strong=7992|Type=ordinal_number
34	תַּעֲלֶ֖ה	עָלָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	16	parataxis	_	Gloss=you.will.go.up|Ref=2KI_20:5!24|MId=o120200050241|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:120200050041;|Type=yiqtol
35	בֵּ֥ית	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	34	obl	_	Gloss=the.house|Ref=2KI_20:5!25|MId=o120200050251|Strong=1004
36	יְהוָֽה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	35	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=2KI_20:5!26|MId=o120200050261|Strong=3068|SpaceAfter=No
37	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	36	punct	_	Ref=2KI_20:5!26
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| שׁוּב *go back* | imperative · qal |  |  |  |  |
| אָמַרְתָּ *you will say* | weqatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |
| שָׁמַעְתִּי *I have heard* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | תְּפִלָּת *prayer* |  |  |
| רָאִיתִי *I have seen* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | דִּמְעָת *tear\[s\]* |  |  |
| רֹפֶא *\[am\] about to heal* | participle active · qal | ְנִי *I* |  |  |  |
| תַּעֲלֶה *you will go up* | yiqtol · qal | חִזְקִיָּהוּ *Hezekiah* |  |  |  |

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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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תּוּב וְתֵימַר לְחִזְקִיָה מַלְכָּא דְעַמִי כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלָהֵיהּ דְדָוִד אֲבוּךְ שְׁמִיעַ קֳדָמַי צְלוֹתָךְ גַלְיָא קֳדָמַי דִמְעָתָךְ הָא אֲנָא מַסֵי לָךְ בְיוֹמָא תְלִיתָאָה תִּיסַק לְבֵית מַקְדְשָׁא דַיָי:

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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. ['Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.635/)

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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:569`.

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