--- title: 2 Kings 3:26 — And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not. Who acts: king, battle, hundred men. 2 Kings 3:26 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.3.26/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/3/) / 3:26 # 2 Kings 3:26 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** king, battle, hundred men · **What happens:** see, be, take, draw, break through · **To what, where:** hundred men, sword · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 3:26 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, battle, hundred men — and what happens in the verse to hundred men, sword, 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. וַיַּרְא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֔ב כִּֽי־חָזַ֥ק מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּקַּ֣ח א֠וֹתוֹ שְׁבַע־מֵא֨וֹת אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֗רֶב לְהַבְקִ֛יעַ אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ אֱד֖וֹם וְלֹ֥א יָכֹֽלוּ׃ [And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.75/) ## 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:68 # text = וַיַּרְא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֔ב כִּֽי־חָזַ֥ק מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּקַּ֣ח א֠וֹתוֹ שְׁבַע־מֵא֨וֹת אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֗רֶב לְהַבְקִ֛יעַ אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ אֱד֖וֹם וְלֹ֥א יָכֹֽלוּ׃ # verse = 2KI.3.26 1-2 וַיַּרְא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_3:26!1|MId=o120030260011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּרְא֙ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.saw|Ref=2KI_3:26!1|MId=o120030260012|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:120030260021;A1:120030260051;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 מֶ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=2KI_3:26!2|MId=o120030260021|Strong=4428 4 מוֹאָ֔ב מוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Moab|Ref=2KI_3:26!3|MId=o120030260031|Strong=4124 5 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=2KI_3:26!4|MId=o120030260041|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 6 חָזַ֥ק חָזַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=it.was.[too].strong|Ref=2KI_3:26!5|MId=o120030260051|Strong=2388|Frame=A0:120030260072;|Type=qatal 7-8 מִמֶּ֖נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2KI_3:26!6|MId=o120030260061|Strong=4480 8 ֶ֖נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_3:26!6|MId=o120030260062|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 9-10 הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_3:26!7|MId=o120030260071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 מִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִלְחָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=battle|Ref=2KI_3:26!7|MId=o120030260072|Strong=4421 11-12 וַיִּקַּ֣ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_3:26!8|MId=o120030260081|Strong=2050b 12 יִּקַּ֣ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.took|Ref=2KI_3:26!8|MId=o120030260082|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:120030260021;A1:120030260121;|Type=wayyiqtol 13-14 א֠וֹתוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 א֠וֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2KI_3:26!9|MId=o120030260091|Strong=0854|Type=direct_object_marker 14 וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_3:26!9|MId=o120030260092|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 15 שְׁבַע־ שֶׁבַע NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 nummod _ Gloss=seven|Ref=2KI_3:26!10|MId=o120030260101|Strong=7651|Type=cardinal_number|SpaceAfter=No 16 מֵא֨וֹת מֵאָה NUM _ Number=Plur 15 flat _ Gloss=hundred(s)|Ref=2KI_3:26!11|MId=o120030260111|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number 17 אִ֜ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obj _ Gloss=man|Ref=2KI_3:26!12|MId=o120030260121|Strong=0376 18 שֹׁ֣לֵֽף שָׁלַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 17 appos _ Gloss=[who].drew|Ref=2KI_3:26!13|MId=o120030260131|Strong=8025|Frame=A0:120030260121;A1:120030260141;|Type=participle_active 19 חֶ֗רֶב חֶרֶב NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=a.sword|Ref=2KI_3:26!14|MId=o120030260141|Strong=2719 20-21 לְהַבְקִ֛יעַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_3:26!15|MId=o120030260151|Strong=3807a 21 הַבְקִ֛יעַ בָּקַע VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 12 advcl _ Gloss=break.through|Ref=2KI_3:26!15|MId=o120030260152|Strong=1234|Frame=A0:120030260021;|Type=infinitive_construct 22 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_3:26!16|MId=o120030260161|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 23 מֶ֥לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=2KI_3:26!17|MId=o120030260171|Strong=4428 24 אֱד֖וֹם אֱדוֹם PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Edom|Ref=2KI_3:26!18|MId=o120030260181|Strong=0123 25-26 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_3:26!19|MId=o120030260191|Strong=2050b 26 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2KI_3:26!19|MId=o120030260192|Strong=3808|Type=negative 27 יָכֹֽלוּ יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.were.able|Ref=2KI_3:26!20|MId=o120030260201|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:120030260021;120030260121;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=2KI_3:26!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּרְא *he saw* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶלֶךְ *the king* | חָזַק *it was \[too\] strong* | | | | חָזַק *it was \[too\] strong* | qatal · qal | מִּלְחָמָה *battle* | | | | | יִּקַּח *he took* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶלֶךְ *the king* | אִישׁ *man* | | | | שֹׁלֵֽף *\[who\] drew* | participle active · qal | אִישׁ *man* | חֶרֶב *a sword* | | | | הַבְקִיעַ *break through* | infinitive construct · hiphil | מֶלֶךְ *the king* | | | | | **not** יָכֹֽלוּ *they were able* | qatal · qal | מֶלֶךְ *the king* + אִישׁ *man* | | | | 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} וַחֲזָא מַלְכָּא דְמוֹאָב אֲרֵי תַקִיפוּ מִנֵיהּ עָבְדֵי קְרָבָא וּדְבַר עִמֵיהּ שְׁבַע מְאָה גַבְרָא שַׁלְפֵי סַיְפָא לְאַפְנָאָה לְוַת מַלְכָּא דֶאֱדוֹם וְלָא יָכִילוּ: 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. [And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.75/) **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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