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title: 2 Kings 22:10 — And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: 'Hilkiah the priest ha… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: 'Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book.' And Shaphan read it before the king. Who acts: Shaphan, Hilkiah. 2 Kings 22:10 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 2 Kings 22:10 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** Shaphan, Hilkiah · **What happens:** tell, say, deliver, read · **To what, where:** king, book, me · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Kings 22:10 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 — Shaphan, Hilkiah — and what happens in the verse to king, book, me, 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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וַיַּגֵּ֞ד שָׁפָ֤ן הַסֹּפֵר֙ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֔ר סֵ֚פֶר נָ֣תַן לִ֔י חִלְקִיָּ֖ה הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּ שָׁפָ֖ן לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

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[And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: 'Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book.' And Shaphan read it before the king.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.687/)

## 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:621
# text = וַיַּגֵּ֞ד שָׁפָ֤ן הַסֹּפֵר֙ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֔ר סֵ֚פֶר נָ֣תַן לִ֔י חִלְקִיָּ֖ה הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּ שָׁפָ֖ן לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
# verse = 2KI.22.10
1-2	וַיַּגֵּ֞ד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_22:10!1|MId=o120220100011|Strong=2050b
2	יַּגֵּ֞ד	נָגַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.told|Ref=2KI_22:10!1|MId=o120220100012|Strong=5046|Frame=A0:120220100021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	שָׁפָ֤ן	שָׁפָן	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Shaphan|Ref=2KI_22:10!2|MId=o120220100021|Strong=8227a
4-5	הַסֹּפֵר֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	5	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_22:10!3|MId=o120220100031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
5	סֹּפֵר֙	סֹפֵר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	appos	_	Gloss=scribe|Ref=2KI_22:10!3|MId=o120220100032|Strong=5608a
6-8	לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_22:10!4|MId=o120220100041|Strong=3807a
7	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	8	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_22:10!4|MId=o120220100041ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
8	מֶּ֣לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2KI_22:10!4|MId=o120220100042|Strong=4428
9-10	לֵאמֹ֔ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	לֵ	לְ	ADP	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2KI_22:10!5|MId=o120220100051|Strong=3807a
10	אמֹ֔ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	9	fixed	_	Gloss=|Ref=2KI_22:10!5|MId=o120220100052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120220100021;|Type=infinitive_construct
11	סֵ֚פֶר	סֵפֶר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	obj	_	Gloss=a.scroll|Ref=2KI_22:10!6|MId=o120220100061|Strong=5612
12	נָ֣תַן	נָתַן	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	advcl	_	Gloss=he.gave|Ref=2KI_22:10!7|MId=o120220100071|Strong=5414|Frame=A1:120220100061;A0:120220100091;|Type=qatal
13-14	לִ֔י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_22:10!8|MId=o120220100081|Strong=3807a
14	ִ֔י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	Gloss=me|Ref=2KI_22:10!8|MId=o120220100082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
15	חִלְקִיָּ֖ה	חִלְקִיָּה	PROPN	_	_	12	nsubj	_	Gloss=Hilkiah|Ref=2KI_22:10!9|MId=o120220100091|Strong=2518
16-17	הַכֹּהֵ֑ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	17	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_22:10!10|MId=o120220100101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	כֹּהֵ֑ן	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	appos	_	Gloss=priest|Ref=2KI_22:10!10|MId=o120220100102|Strong=3548
18-20	וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_22:10!11|MId=o120220100111|Strong=2050b
19	יִּקְרָא	קָרָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=2KI_22:10!11|MId=o120220100112|Strong=7121|Frame=A1:120220100113;A0:120220100121;|Type=wayyiqtol
20	ֵ֥הוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	Gloss=read.it.aloud|Ref=2KI_22:10!11|MId=o120220100113|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
21	שָׁפָ֖ן	שָׁפָן	PROPN	_	_	19	nsubj	_	Gloss=Shaphan|Ref=2KI_22:10!12|MId=o120220100121|Strong=8227a
22-23	לִפְנֵ֥י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=before|Ref=2KI_22:10!13|MId=o120220100131|Strong=3807a
23	פְנֵ֥י	פָּנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	Gloss=|Ref=2KI_22:10!13|MId=o120220100132|Strong=6440
24-25	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	25	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_22:10!14|MId=o120220100141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
25	מֶּֽלֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2KI_22:10!14|MId=o120220100142|Strong=4428
26	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	25	punct	_	Ref=2KI_22:10!14
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יַּגֵּד *he told* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | שָׁפָן *Shaphan* |  |  |  |
| אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | שָׁפָן *Shaphan* |  |  |  |
| נָתַן *he gave* | qatal · qal | חִלְקִיָּה *Hilkiah* | סֵפֶר *a scroll* |  |  |
| יִּקְרָא *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | שָׁפָן *Shaphan* | ֵהוּ *read it aloud* |  |  |

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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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וְחַוִי שָׁפָן סַפְרָא לְמַלְכָּא לְמֵימָר סַפְרָא יְהִיב לִי חִלְקִיָה כַּהֲנָא וּקְרָהִי שָׁפָן קֳדָם מַלְכָּא:

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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 Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: 'Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book.' And Shaphan read it before the king.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.687/)

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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:621`.

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