--- title: 2 Kings 4:16 — And he said: 'At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son.' And she said: 'Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.' Who acts: Gehazi, time, thou, servant. 2 Kings 4:16 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of ev --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.16/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/4/) / 4:16 # 2 Kings 4:16 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** Gehazi, time, thou, servant · **What happens:** say, come round, embrace, not lie · **To what, where:** son · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 4:16 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 — Gehazi, time, thou, servant — and what happens in the verse to son, 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. וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד הַזֶּה֙ כָּעֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה אַ֖תְּ חֹבֶ֣קֶת בֵּ֑ן וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אַל־אֲדֹנִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־תְּכַזֵּ֖ב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃ [And he said: 'At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son.' And she said: 'Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.95/) ## 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:85 # text = וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד הַזֶּה֙ כָּעֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה אַ֖תְּ חֹבֶ֣קֶת בֵּ֑ן וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אַל־אֲדֹנִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־תְּכַזֵּ֖ב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃ # verse = 2KI.4.16 1-2 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:16!1|MId=o120040160011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_4:16!1|MId=o120040160012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040080041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-5 לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:16!2|MId=o120040160021|Strong=3807a 4 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the.appointed|Ref=2KI_4:16!2|MId=o120040160021ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 מּוֹעֵ֤ד מוֹעֵד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=time|Ref=2KI_4:16!2|MId=o120040160022|Strong=4150 6-7 הַזֶּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_4:16!3|MId=o120040160031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 זֶּה֙ זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=2KI_4:16!3|MId=o120040160032|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 8-10 כָּעֵ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 כָּ כְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=about|Ref=2KI_4:16!4|MId=o120040160041|Strong=3509a 9 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=[the]|Ref=2KI_4:16!4|MId=o120040160041ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 עֵ֣ת עֵת NOUN _ Number=Sing 5 nmod _ Gloss=time|Ref=2KI_4:16!4|MId=o120040160042|Strong=6256 11 חַיָּ֔ה חַי ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 amod _ Gloss=living|Ref=2KI_4:16!5|MId=o120040160051|Strong=2416a|Type=adjective 12 אַ֖תְּ אַתְּ PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_4:16!7|MId=o120040160071|Strong=0859b|Type=personal 13 חֹבֶ֣קֶת חָבַק VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ Gloss=[will.be].embracing|Ref=2KI_4:16!8|MId=o120040160081|Strong=2263|Frame=A0:120040160071;A1:120040160091;|Type=participle_active 14 בֵּ֑ן בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=a.son|Ref=2KI_4:16!9|MId=o120040160091|Strong=1121 15-16 וַתֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:16!10|MId=o120040160101|Strong=2050b 16 תֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.said|Ref=2KI_4:16!10|MId=o120040160102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040080081;|Type=wayyiqtol 17 אַל־ אַל ADV _ _ 16 ccomp _ Gloss=no|Ref=2KI_4:16!11|MId=o120040160111|Strong=0408|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 18-19 אֲדֹנִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 אֲדֹנ אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ Gloss=my.lord|Ref=2KI_4:16!12|MId=o120040160121|Strong=0113 19 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=2KI_4:16!12|MId=o120040160122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 20 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 appos _ Gloss=O.man|Ref=2KI_4:16!13|MId=o120040160131|Strong=0376 21-22 הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=2KI_4:16!14|MId=o120040160141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=2KI_4:16!14|MId=o120040160142|Strong=0430 23 אַל־ אַל ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=do.not|Ref=2KI_4:16!15|MId=o120040160151|Strong=0408|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 24 תְּכַזֵּ֖ב כָּזַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 17 parataxis _ Gloss=tell.a.lie|Ref=2KI_4:16!16|MId=o120040160161|Strong=3576|Frame=A0:120040160121;|Type=jussive 25-27 בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:16!17|MId=o120040160171|Strong=0871a 26 שִׁפְחָת שִׁפְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=maidservant|Ref=2KI_4:16!17|MId=o120040160172|Strong=8198 27 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2KI_4:16!17|MId=o120040160173|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=2KI_4:16!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | חֹבֶקֶת *\[will be\] embracing* | participle active · qal | אַתְּ *you* | בֵּן *a son* | | | | **not** תֹּאמֶר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | **not** תְּכַזֵּב *tell a lie* | jussive · piel | אֲדֹנ *my lord* | | | | 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} וַאֲמַר לְזִמְנָא הָדֵין בְּעִדַן דְאַתּוּן קַיָמִין תְּהֵא מְחַבְּקָא בְרָא וַאֲמַרַת בְּבָעוּ רִבּוֹנִי נְבִיָא דַייָ לָא יִתְכַּדֵיב פִּתְגָמָךְ בְאַמְתָךְ: 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 he said: 'At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son.' And she said: 'Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.95/) **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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