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title: 2 Kings 23:25 — And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the L… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. Who acts: king, any. 2 Kings 23:25 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jona
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# 2 Kings 23:25 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** king, any · **What happens:** be, turn, accord, arise

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This is 2 Kings 23:25 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 — king, any — and what happens in the verse, 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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וְכָמֹהוּ֩ לֹֽא־הָיָ֨ה לְפָנָ֜יו מֶ֗לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֤ב אֶל־יְהוָה֙ בְּכָל־לְבָב֤וֹ וּבְכָל־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ וּבְכָל־מְאֹד֔וֹ כְּכֹ֖ל תּוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֑ה וְאַחֲרָ֖יו לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

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[And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.722/)

## 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:656
# text = וְכָמֹהוּ֩ לֹֽא־הָיָ֨ה לְפָנָ֜יו מֶ֗לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֤ב אֶל־יְהוָה֙ בְּכָל־לְבָב֤וֹ וּבְכָל־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ וּבְכָל־מְאֹד֔וֹ כְּכֹ֖ל תּוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֑ה וְאַחֲרָ֖יו לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ׃
# verse = 2KI.23.25
1-3	וְכָמֹהוּ֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_23:25!1|MId=o120230250011|Strong=2050b
2	כָמֹ	כְּמוֹ	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	Gloss=like|Ref=2KI_23:25!1|MId=o120230250012|Strong=3644
3	הוּ֩	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_23:25!1|MId=o120230250013|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
4	לֹֽא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=2KI_23:25!2|MId=o120230250021|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No
5	הָיָ֨ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	7	cop	_	Gloss=he.had.been|Ref=2KI_23:25!3|MId=o120230250031|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:120230250051;|Type=qatal
6-8	לְפָנָ֜יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=before|Ref=2KI_23:25!4|MId=o120230250041|Strong=3807a
7	פָנָ֜י	פָּנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	0	root	_	Gloss=|Ref=2KI_23:25!4|MId=o120230250042|Strong=6440
8	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_23:25!4|MId=o120230250043|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
9	מֶ֗לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=a.king|Ref=2KI_23:25!5|MId=o120230250051|Strong=4428
10	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	11	mark	_	Gloss=who|Ref=2KI_23:25!6|MId=o120230250061|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
11	שָׁ֤ב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	9	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.turned.back|Ref=2KI_23:25!7|MId=o120230250071|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:120230250051;|Type=qatal
12	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_23:25!8|MId=o120230250081|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
13	יְהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	11	obl	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2KI_23:25!9|MId=o120230250091|Strong=3068
14-15	בְּכָל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=2KI_23:25!10|MId=o120230250101|Strong=0871a
15	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=2KI_23:25!10|MId=o120230250102|Strong=3605
16-17	לְבָב֤וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	לְבָב	לֵבָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=heart|Ref=2KI_23:25!11|MId=o120230250111|Strong=3824
17	֤וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_23:25!11|MId=o120230250112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
18-20	וּבְכָל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_23:25!12|MId=o120230250121|Strong=2050b
19	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=2KI_23:25!12|MId=o120230250122|Strong=0871a
20	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	conj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=2KI_23:25!12|MId=o120230250123|Strong=3605
21-22	נַפְשׁוֹ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	נַפְשׁ	נֶפֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	20	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=being|Ref=2KI_23:25!13|MId=o120230250131|Strong=5315
22	וֹ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_23:25!13|MId=o120230250132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
23-25	וּבְכָל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_23:25!14|MId=o120230250141|Strong=2050b
24	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=2KI_23:25!14|MId=o120230250142|Strong=0871a
25	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	conj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=2KI_23:25!14|MId=o120230250143|Strong=3605
26-27	מְאֹד֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	מְאֹד	מְאֹד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=strength|Ref=2KI_23:25!15|MId=o120230250151|Strong=3966
27	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_23:25!15|MId=o120230250152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
28-29	כְּכֹ֖ל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=according|Ref=2KI_23:25!16|MId=o120230250161|Strong=3509a
29	כֹ֖ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	obl	_	Gloss=to.all|Ref=2KI_23:25!16|MId=o120230250162|Strong=3605
30	תּוֹרַ֣ת	תּוֹרָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	29	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.law|Ref=2KI_23:25!17|MId=o120230250171|Strong=8451
31	מֹשֶׁ֑ה	מֹשֶׁה	PROPN	_	_	30	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Moses|Ref=2KI_23:25!18|MId=o120230250181|Strong=4872
32-34	וְאַחֲרָ֖יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	36	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_23:25!19|MId=o120230250191|Strong=2050b
33	אַחֲרָ֖י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	34	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=2KI_23:25!19|MId=o120230250192|Strong=0310
34	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_23:25!19|MId=o120230250193|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
35	לֹֽא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	36	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=2KI_23:25!20|MId=o120230250201|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No
36	קָ֥ם	קוּם	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	7	conj	_	Gloss=he.arose|Ref=2KI_23:25!21|MId=o120230250211|Strong=6965|Frame=A0:120230250051;|Type=qatal
37-38	כָּמֹֽהוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
37	כָּמֹֽ	כְּמוֹ	ADP	_	_	38	case	_	Gloss=like|Ref=2KI_23:25!22|MId=o120230250221|Strong=3644
38	הוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_23:25!22|MId=o120230250222|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
39	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	38	punct	_	Ref=2KI_23:25!22
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הָיָה *he had been* | qatal · qal | מֶלֶךְ *a king* |  |  |  |
| שָׁב *he turned back* | qatal · qal | מֶלֶךְ *a king* |  |  |  |
| **not** קָם *he arose* | qatal · qal | מֶלֶךְ *a king* |  |  |  |

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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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וּכְוָתֵיהּ לָא הֲוָה קֳדָמוֹהִי מַלְכָּא דְתַב לְפוּלְחָנָא דַייָ בְּכָל לִבֵּיהּ וּבְכָל נַפְשֵׁיהּ וּבְכָל נִכְסוֹהִי כְּכֹל אוֹרַיְתָא דְמֹשֶׁה וּבַתְרוֹהִי לָא קָם כְּוָתֵיהּ:

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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 like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.722/)

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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:656`.

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