--- title: 2 Kings 4:2 — And Elisha said unto her: 'What shall I do for thee? tell me; what h… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Elisha said unto her: 'What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house?' And she said: 'Thy handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.' Who acts: Elisha, I, thou, handmaid. 2 Kings 4:2 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.2/) [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/) / 4:2 # 2 Kings 4:2 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** Elisha, I, thou, handmaid · **What happens:** say, do, tell, have, not have · **To what, where:** me, house, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 4:2 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 — Elisha, I, thou, handmaid — and what happens in the verse to me, house, thing, 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. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֤יהָ אֱלִישָׁע֙ מָ֣ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ הַגִּ֣ידִי לִ֔י מַה־יֶּשׁ־לָ֖ךְ בַּבָּ֑יִת וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֵ֣ין לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥ כֹל֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם־אָס֥וּךְ שָֽׁמֶן׃ [And Elisha said unto her: 'What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house?' And she said: 'Thy handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.79/) ## 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:71 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֤יהָ אֱלִישָׁע֙ מָ֣ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ הַגִּ֣ידִי לִ֔י מַה־יֶּשׁ־לָ֖ךְ בַּבָּ֑יִת וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֵ֣ין לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥ כֹל֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם־אָס֥וּךְ שָֽׁמֶן׃ # verse = 2KI.4.2 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:2!1|MId=o120040020011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_4:2!1|MId=o120040020012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040020031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֵלֶ֤יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵלֶ֤י אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:2!2|MId=o120040020021|Strong=0413 4 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=2KI_4:2!2|MId=o120040020022|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 5 אֱלִישָׁע֙ אֱלִישָׁע PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Elisha|Ref=2KI_4:2!3|MId=o120040020031|Strong=0477 6 מָ֣ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 7 obj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=2KI_4:2!4|MId=o120040020041|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 7 אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=will.I.do|Ref=2KI_4:2!5|MId=o120040020051|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:120040020031;A1:120040020041;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 לָּ֔ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2KI_4:2!6|MId=o120040020061|Strong=3807a 9 ָ֔ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_4:2!6|MId=o120040020062|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 10 הַגִּ֣ידִי נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 7 parataxis _ Gloss=tell|Ref=2KI_4:2!7|MId=o120040020071|Strong=5046|Frame=A0:120040010012;|Type=imperative 11-12 לִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 ל לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:2!8|MId=o120040020081|Strong=3807a 12 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=2KI_4:2!8|MId=o120040020082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 13 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=2KI_4:2!9|MId=o120040020091|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 14 יֶּשׁ־ יֵשׁ ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=[is].there|Ref=2KI_4:2!10|MId=o120040020101|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 לָ֖ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 ל לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=[belonging].to|Ref=2KI_4:2!12|MId=o120040020121|Strong=3807a 16 ָ֖ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 parataxis _ Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_4:2!12|MId=o120040020122|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 17-19 בַּבָּ֑יִת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2KI_4:2!13|MId=o120040020131|Strong=0871a 18 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_4:2!13|MId=o120040020131ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 בָּ֑יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=house|Ref=2KI_4:2!13|MId=o120040020132|Strong=1004 20-21 וַתֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:2!14|MId=o120040020141|Strong=2050b 21 תֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.said|Ref=2KI_4:2!14|MId=o120040020142|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040010012;|Type=wayyiqtol 22 אֵ֣ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=there.[belongs].not|Ref=2KI_4:2!15|MId=o120040020151|Strong=0369|Type=negative 23-25 לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:2!16|MId=o120040020161|Strong=3807a 24 שִׁפְחָת שִׁפְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ Gloss=maidservant|Ref=2KI_4:2!16|MId=o120040020162|Strong=8198 25 ְךָ֥ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2KI_4:2!16|MId=o120040020163|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 26 כֹל֙ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ Gloss=anything|Ref=2KI_4:2!17|MId=o120040020171|Strong=3605 27-29 בַּבַּ֔יִת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2KI_4:2!18|MId=o120040020181|Strong=0871a 28 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_4:2!18|MId=o120040020181ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 בַּ֔יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=house|Ref=2KI_4:2!18|MId=o120040020182|Strong=1004 30 כִּ֖י כִּי SCONJ _ ExtPos=SCONJ 32 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2KI_4:2!19|MId=o120040020191|Strong=3588 31 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 30 fixed _ Gloss=(if)|Ref=2KI_4:2!20|MId=o120040020201|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 32 אָס֥וּךְ אָסוּךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 parataxis _ Gloss=a.jar|Ref=2KI_4:2!21|MId=o120040020211|Strong=0610 33 שָֽׁמֶן שֶׁמֶן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 32 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.oil|Ref=2KI_4:2!22|MId=o120040020221|Strong=8081|SpaceAfter=No 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=2KI_4:2!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - 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 | אֱלִישָׁע *Elisha* | | | | | אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ *will I do* | yiqtol · qal | אֱלִישָׁע *Elisha* | מָה *what?* | | | | הַגִּידִי *tell* | imperative · hiphil | | | | | | תֹּאמֶר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | 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 לָהּ אֱלִישָׁע מָה אַעְבֵּיד לִיךְ חֲוִי לִי מָא אִית לִיךְ בְבֵיתָא וַאֲַמַרַת לֵית לְאַמְתָךְ כָּל מִדַעַם בְּבֵיתָא אֱלָהֵין מָנָא דְמִשְׁחָא: 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 Elisha said unto her: 'What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house?' And she said: 'Thy handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.79/) **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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