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title: 2 Kings 21:13 — And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumm… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. Who acts: I, man. 2 Kings 21:13 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of eve
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# 2 Kings 21:13 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** I, man · **What happens:** stretch, wipe, turn · **To what, where:** line, Jerusalem, dish

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This is 2 Kings 21:13 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 — I, man — and what happens in the verse to line, Jerusalem, dish, 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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וְנָטִ֣יתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֵ֚ת קָ֣ו שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת־הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ׃

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[And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.664/)

## 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:598
# text = וְנָטִ֣יתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֵ֚ת קָ֣ו שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת־הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ׃
# verse = 2KI.21.13
1-2	וְנָטִ֣יתִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_21:13!1|MId=o120210130011|Strong=2050b
2	נָטִ֣יתִי	נָטָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	0	root	_	Gloss=I.will.stretch.out|Ref=2KI_21:13!1|MId=o120210130012|Strong=5186|Frame=A0:120210120041;A1:120210130051;120210130081;|Type=weqatal
3	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=over|Ref=2KI_21:13!2|MId=o120210130021|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
4	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם	יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם	PROPN	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=2KI_21:13!3|MId=o120210130031|Strong=3389
5	אֵ֚ת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_21:13!4|MId=o120210130041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
6	קָ֣ו	קַו	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obj	_	Gloss=the.measuring-line|Ref=2KI_21:13!5|MId=o120210130051|Strong=6957
7	שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן	שֹׁמְרוֹן	PROPN	_	_	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Samaria|Ref=2KI_21:13!6|MId=o120210130061|Strong=8111
8-9	וְאֶת־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_21:13!7|MId=o120210130071|Strong=2050b
9	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_21:13!7|MId=o120210130072|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
10	מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת	מִשְׁקֶלֶת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	6	conj	_	Gloss=the.leveling.tool|Ref=2KI_21:13!8|MId=o120210130081|Strong=4949
11	בֵּ֣ית	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.house|Ref=2KI_21:13!9|MId=o120210130091|Strong=1004
12	אַחְאָ֑ב	אַחְאָב	PROPN	_	_	11	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Ahab|Ref=2KI_21:13!10|MId=o120210130101|Strong=0256
13-14	וּמָחִ֨יתִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_21:13!11|MId=o120210130111|Strong=2050b
14	מָחִ֨יתִי	מָחָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	2	conj	_	Gloss=I.will.wipe.clean|Ref=2KI_21:13!11|MId=o120210130112|Strong=4229|Frame=A0:120210120041;A1:120210130131;|Type=weqatal
15	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_21:13!12|MId=o120210130121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
16	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם	יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם	PROPN	_	_	14	obj	_	Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=2KI_21:13!13|MId=o120210130131|Strong=3389
17-18	כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	כַּֽ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	14	obl	_	Gloss=just|Ref=2KI_21:13!14|MId=o120210130141|Strong=3509a
18	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	19	mark	_	Gloss=as|Ref=2KI_21:13!14|MId=o120210130142|Strong=0834|Type=relative
19	יִמְחֶ֤ה	מָחָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	17	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=someone.wipes.clean|Ref=2KI_21:13!15|MId=o120210130151|Strong=4229|Frame=A0:;A1:120210130172;|Type=yiqtol
20	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_21:13!16|MId=o120210130161|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
21-22	הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	22	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_21:13!17|MId=o120210130171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
22	צַּלַּ֙חַת֙	צַלַּחַת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	19	obj	_	Gloss=bowl|Ref=2KI_21:13!17|MId=o120210130172|Strong=6745
23	מָחָ֔ה	מָחָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=he.wipes.[it].clean|Ref=2KI_21:13!18|MId=o120210130181|Strong=4229|Frame=A0:;A1:120210130172;|Type=qatal
24-25	וְהָפַ֖ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_21:13!19|MId=o120210130191|Strong=2050b
25	הָפַ֖ךְ	הָפַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.turns.[it].over|Ref=2KI_21:13!19|MId=o120210130192|Strong=2015|Frame=A0:;A1:120210130172;|Type=weqatal
26	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=2KI_21:13!20|MId=o120210130201|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
27-28	פָּנֶֽיהָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	פָּנֶֽי	פָּנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	Gloss=face|Ref=2KI_21:13!21|MId=o120210130211|Strong=6440
28	הָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=2KI_21:13!21|MId=o120210130212|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=2KI_21:13!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| נָטִיתִי *I will stretch out* | weqatal · qal |  | קָו *the measuring-line* + מִשְׁקֹלֶת *the leveling tool* |  |  |
| מָחִיתִי *I will wipe clean* | weqatal · qal |  | יְרוּשָׁלִַם *Jerusalem* |  |  |
| יִמְחֶה *someone wipes clean* | yiqtol · qal |  | צַּלַּחַת *bowl* |  |  |
| מָחָה *he wipes \[it\] clean* | qatal · qal |  | צַּלַּחַת *bowl* |  |  |
| הָפַךְ *he turns \[it\] over* | weqatal · qal |  | צַּלַּחַת *bowl* |  |  |

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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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וְאֱגוֹד עַל יְרוּשְׁלֵם יַת חוּט חוּרְבַּן שֹׁמְרוֹן וְיַת מַתְקוֹלֶת צָרוֹת בֵּית אַחְאָב וְאֶמְחֵי יַת יְרוּשְׁלֵם כְּמָא דְמִתְמַחְיָא צְלוּחִיתָא מִתְמַחְיָא וּמִתְהַפְּכָא עַל אַפָּהָא:

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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 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.664/)

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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:598`.

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