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title: 2 Kings 4:13 — And he said unto him: 'Say now unto her: Behold, thou hast been care… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And he said unto him: 'Say now unto her: Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?' And she answered: 'I dwell among mine own people.' Who acts: man, thou, servant, I. 2 Kings 4:13 in
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# 2 Kings 4:13 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** man, thou, servant, I · **What happens:** say, be, do, speak, answer, dwell · **To what, where:** thou · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Kings 4:13 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 — man, thou, servant, I — and what happens in the verse to thou, 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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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ אֱמָר־נָ֣א אֵלֶיהָ֮ הִנֵּ֣ה חָרַ֣דְתְּ ׀ אֵלֵינוּ֮ אֶת־כָּל־הַחֲרָדָ֣ה הַזֹּאת֒ מֶ֚ה לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֔ךְ הֲיֵ֤שׁ לְדַבֶּר־לָךְ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ א֖וֹ אֶל־שַׂ֣ר הַצָּבָ֑א וַתֹּ֕אמֶר בְּת֥וֹךְ עַמִּ֖י אָנֹכִ֥י יֹשָֽׁבֶת׃

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[And he said unto him: 'Say now unto her: Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?' And she answered: 'I dwell among mine own people.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.92/)

## 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:82
# text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ אֱמָר־נָ֣א אֵלֶיהָ֮ הִנֵּ֣ה חָרַ֣דְתְּ ׀ אֵלֵינוּ֮ אֶת־כָּל־הַחֲרָדָ֣ה הַזֹּאת֒ מֶ֚ה לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֔ךְ הֲיֵ֤שׁ לְדַבֶּר־לָךְ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ א֖וֹ אֶל־שַׂ֣ר הַצָּבָ֑א וַתֹּ֕אמֶר בְּת֥וֹךְ עַמִּ֖י אָנֹכִ֥י יֹשָֽׁבֶת׃
# verse = 2KI.4.13
1-2	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:13!1|MId=o120040130011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֣אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_4:13!1|MId=o120040130012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040080041;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	ל֗וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:13!2|MId=o120040130021|Strong=3807a
4	֗וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_4:13!2|MId=o120040130022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
5	אֱמָר־	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=say|Ref=2KI_4:13!3|MId=o120040130031|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040120031;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No
6	נָ֣א	נָא	INTJ	_	_	5	discourse	_	Gloss=please|Ref=2KI_4:13!4|MId=o120040130041|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation
7-8	אֵלֶיהָ֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	אֵלֶי	אֶל	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:13!5|MId=o120040130051|Strong=0413
8	הָ֮	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	Gloss=her|Ref=2KI_4:13!5|MId=o120040130052|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
9	הִנֵּ֣ה	הִנֵּה	INTJ	_	_	10	discourse	_	Gloss=here!|Ref=2KI_4:13!6|MId=o120040130061|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative
10	חָרַ֣דְתְּ	חָרַד	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	5	ccomp	_	Gloss=you.have.taken.care|Ref=2KI_4:13!7|MId=o120040130071|Strong=2729|Frame=A0:120040080081;A1:120040130112;|Type=qatal
11	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	10	punct	_	Ref=2KI_4:13!7
12-13	אֵלֵינוּ֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	אֵלֵי	אֶל	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:13!8|MId=o120040130081|Strong=0413
13	נוּ֮	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	Gloss=us|Ref=2KI_4:13!8|MId=o120040130082|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal
14	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_4:13!9|MId=o120040130091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
15	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	obj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=2KI_4:13!10|MId=o120040130101|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
16-17	הַחֲרָדָ֣ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	17	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_4:13!11|MId=o120040130111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	חֲרָדָ֣ה	חֲרָדָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=care|Ref=2KI_4:13!11|MId=o120040130112|Strong=2731
18-19	הַזֹּאת֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	19	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_4:13!12|MId=o120040130121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
19	זֹּאת֒	זֹאת	DET	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=2KI_4:13!12|MId=o120040130122|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative
20	מֶ֚ה	מָה	PRON	_	PronType=Int	10	parataxis	_	Gloss=what?|Ref=2KI_4:13!13|MId=o120040130131|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative
21-22	לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=[is].to|Ref=2KI_4:13!14|MId=o120040130141|Strong=3807a
22	עֲשׂ֣וֹת	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	20	nsubj	_	Gloss=do|Ref=2KI_4:13!14|MId=o120040130142|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:120040080041;120040120031;|Type=infinitive_construct
23-24	לָ֔ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=2KI_4:13!15|MId=o120040130151|Strong=3807a
24	ָ֔ךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_4:13!15|MId=o120040130152|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal
25-26	הֲיֵ֤שׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	הֲ	הֲ	PART	_	_	26	advmod	_	Gloss=[is]|Ref=2KI_4:13!16|MId=o120040130161|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative
26	יֵ֤שׁ	יֵשׁ	ADV	_	_	10	parataxis	_	Gloss=there?|Ref=2KI_4:13!16|MId=o120040130162|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative
27-28	לְדַבֶּר־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:13!17|MId=o120040130171|Strong=3807a
28	דַבֶּר־	דָבַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	26	nsubj	_	Gloss=speak|Ref=2KI_4:13!17|MId=o120040130172|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:120040080041;120040120031;|Type=infinitive_construct
29-30	לָךְ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=2KI_4:13!18|MId=o120040130181|Strong=3807a
30	ָךְ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_4:13!18|MId=o120040130182|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal
31	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:13!19|MId=o120040130191|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
32-33	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	33	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_4:13!20|MId=o120040130201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
33	מֶּ֔לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	28	obl	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2KI_4:13!20|MId=o120040130202|Strong=4428
34	א֖וֹ	אוֹ	CCONJ	_	_	36	cc	_	Gloss=or?|Ref=2KI_4:13!21|MId=o120040130211|Strong=0176
35	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	36	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:13!22|MId=o120040130221|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
36	שַׂ֣ר	שַׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	33	conj	_	Gloss=the.commander|Ref=2KI_4:13!23|MId=o120040130231|Strong=8269
37-38	הַצָּבָ֑א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
37	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	38	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2KI_4:13!24|MId=o120040130241|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
38	צָּבָ֑א	צָבָא	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	36	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.army|Ref=2KI_4:13!24|MId=o120040130242|Strong=6635
39-40	וַתֹּ֕אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
39	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	40	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:13!25|MId=o120040130251|Strong=2050b
40	תֹּ֕אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=she.said|Ref=2KI_4:13!25|MId=o120040130252|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040080081;|Type=wayyiqtol
41-42	בְּת֥וֹךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
41	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	42	case	_	Gloss=among|Ref=2KI_4:13!26|MId=o120040130261|Strong=0871a
42	ת֥וֹךְ	תָּוֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	46	obl	_	Gloss=|Ref=2KI_4:13!26|MId=o120040130262|Strong=8432
43-44	עַמִּ֖י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
43	עַמּ	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	42	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=people|Ref=2KI_4:13!27|MId=o120040130271|Strong=5971a
44	ִ֖י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my.own|Ref=2KI_4:13!27|MId=o120040130272|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
45	אָנֹכִ֥י	אָנֹכִי	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=2KI_4:13!28|MId=o120040130281|Strong=0595|Type=personal
46	יֹשָֽׁבֶת	יָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	40	ccomp	_	Gloss=[am].dwelling|Ref=2KI_4:13!29|MId=o120040130291|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:120040130281;|Type=participle_active|SpaceAfter=No
47	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	46	punct	_	Ref=2KI_4:13!29
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- hedged: yes (נָא)
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| אֱמָר־ *say* | imperative · qal |  |  |  |  |
| חָרַדְתְּ *you have taken care* | qatal · qal |  | חֲרָדָה *care* |  |  |
| עֲשׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · qal |  |  |  |  |
| דַבֶּר־ *speak* | infinitive construct · piel |  |  |  |  |
| תֹּאמֶר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יֹשָֽׁבֶת *\[am\] dwelling* | participle active · qal | אָנֹכִי *I* |  |  |  |

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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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וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אֱמַר כְּעַן לָהּ הָא עַסֵקְתָּא לָנָא יַת כָּל עִסְקָא הָדָא מֶה לְמֶעְבַּד לִיךְ הֲפִתְגַם אִית לִיךְ לְמַלָלָא עִם מַלְכָּא אוֹ עִם רַב חֵילָא וַאֲמַרַת בְּגוֹ עִסְקֵי עַמִי אֲנָא מְסוֹבָרָא:

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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 he said unto him: 'Say now unto her: Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?' And she answered: 'I dwell among mine own people.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.92/)

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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:82`.

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