--- title: 2 Kings 4:38 — And Elisha came again to Gilgal; and there was a dearth in the land;… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Elisha came again to Gilgal; and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said unto his servant: 'Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.' Who acts: Elisha, dearth, sons. 2 Kings 4:38 in Hebrew with its dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.38/) [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/) / 4:38 # 2 Kings 4:38 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** Elisha, dearth, sons · **What happens:** come, be, sit, say, set on, seethe · **To what, where:** Gilgal, great pot, pottage · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 4:38 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, dearth, sons — and what happens in the verse to Gilgal, great pot, pottage, 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. וֶאֱלִישָׁ֞ע שָׁ֤ב הַגִּלְגָּ֙לָה֙ וְהָרָעָ֣ב בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּבְנֵי֙ הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים יֹשְׁבִ֖ים לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֗וֹ שְׁפֹת֙ הַסִּ֣יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֔ה וּבַשֵּׁ֥ל נָזִ֖יד לִבְנֵ֥י הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ [And Elisha came again to Gilgal; and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said unto his servant: 'Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.121/) ## 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:107 # text = וֶאֱלִישָׁ֞ע שָׁ֤ב הַגִּלְגָּ֙לָה֙ וְהָרָעָ֣ב בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּבְנֵי֙ הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים יֹשְׁבִ֖ים לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֗וֹ שְׁפֹת֙ הַסִּ֣יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֔ה וּבַשֵּׁ֥ל נָזִ֖יד לִבְנֵ֥י הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ # verse = 2KI.4.38 1-2 וֶאֱלִישָׁ֞ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וֶ וְ CCONJ _ _ 3 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:38!1|MId=o120040380011|Strong=2050b 2 אֱלִישָׁ֞ע אֱלִישָׁע PROPN _ _ 3 nsubj _ Gloss=Elisha|Ref=2KI_4:38!1|MId=o120040380012|Strong=0477 3 שָׁ֤ב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.returned|Ref=2KI_4:38!2|MId=o120040380021|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:120040380012;|Type=qatal 4-6 הַגִּלְגָּ֙לָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:38!3|MId=o120040380031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 גִּלְגָּ֙ל גִּלְגָּל PROPN _ _ 3 obl _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_4:38!3|MId=o120040380032|Strong=1537 6 ָה֙ ה X _ _ 5 nmod _ Gloss=Gilgal|Ref=2KI_4:38!3|MId=o120040380033|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 7-9 וְהָרָעָ֣ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:38!4|MId=o120040380041|Strong=2050b 8 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_4:38!4|MId=o120040380042|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 רָעָ֣ב רָעָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=famine|Ref=2KI_4:38!4|MId=o120040380043|Strong=7458 10-12 בָּאָ֔רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=[was].in|Ref=2KI_4:38!5|MId=o120040380051|Strong=0871a 11 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_4:38!5|MId=o120040380051ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 אָ֔רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 3 conj _ Gloss=land|Ref=2KI_4:38!5|MId=o120040380052|Strong=0776 13-14 וּבְנֵי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:38!6|MId=o120040380061|Strong=2050b 14 בְנֵי֙ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ Gloss=the.sons|Ref=2KI_4:38!6|MId=o120040380062|Strong=1121 15-16 הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=2KI_4:38!7|MId=o120040380071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 נְּבִיאִ֔ים נָבִיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.prophets|Ref=2KI_4:38!7|MId=o120040380072|Strong=5030 17 יֹשְׁבִ֖ים יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 3 conj _ Gloss=[were].sitting|Ref=2KI_4:38!8|MId=o120040380081|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:120040380062;|Type=participle_active 18-20 לְפָנָ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=2KI_4:38!9|MId=o120040380091|Strong=3807a 19 פָנָ֑י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 17 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=2KI_4:38!9|MId=o120040380092|Strong=6440 20 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=him|Ref=2KI_4:38!9|MId=o120040380093|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 21-22 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:38!10|MId=o120040380101|Strong=2050b 22 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_4:38!10|MId=o120040380102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040380012;|Type=wayyiqtol 23-25 לְנַעֲר֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:38!11|MId=o120040380111|Strong=3807a 24 נַעֲר נַעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=servant|Ref=2KI_4:38!11|MId=o120040380112|Strong=5288 25 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_4:38!11|MId=o120040380113|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26 שְׁפֹת֙ שָׁפַת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 22 ccomp _ Gloss=put.on|Ref=2KI_4:38!12|MId=o120040380121|Strong=8239|Frame=A0:120040380112;A1:120040380132;|Type=imperative 27-28 הַסִּ֣יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_4:38!13|MId=o120040380131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 סִּ֣יר סִיר NOUN _ Number=Sing 26 obj _ Gloss=pot|Ref=2KI_4:38!13|MId=o120040380132|Strong=5518 29-30 הַגְּדוֹלָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_4:38!14|MId=o120040380141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 גְּדוֹלָ֔ה גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 28 amod _ Gloss=large|Ref=2KI_4:38!14|MId=o120040380142|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 31-32 וּבַשֵּׁ֥ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 32 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:38!15|MId=o120040380151|Strong=2050b 32 בַשֵּׁ֥ל בָּשַׁל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 26 conj _ Gloss=cook|Ref=2KI_4:38!15|MId=o120040380152|Strong=1310|Frame=A0:120040380112;A1:120040380161;|Type=imperative 33 נָזִ֖יד נָזִיד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 32 obj _ Gloss=cooked.food|Ref=2KI_4:38!16|MId=o120040380161|Strong=5138 34-35 לִבְנֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2KI_4:38!17|MId=o120040380171|Strong=3807a 35 בְנֵ֥י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 32 obl _ Gloss=the.sons|Ref=2KI_4:38!17|MId=o120040380172|Strong=1121 36-37 הַנְּבִיאִֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 37 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=2KI_4:38!18|MId=o120040380181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 37 נְּבִיאִֽים נָבִיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 35 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.prophets|Ref=2KI_4:38!18|MId=o120040380182|Strong=5030 38 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 37 punct _ Ref=2KI_4:38!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שָׁב *he returned* | qatal · qal | אֱלִישָׁע *Elisha* | | | | | יֹשְׁבִים *\[were\] sitting* | participle active · qal | בְנֵי *the sons* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֱלִישָׁע *Elisha* | | | | | שְׁפֹת *put on* | imperative · qal | נַעֲר *servant* | סִּיר *pot* | | | | בַשֵּׁל *cook* | imperative · piel | נַעֲר *servant* | נָזִיד *cooked food* | | | 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} וֶאֱלִישָׁע תַּב לְגִלְגָלָא וְכַפְנָא בְּאַרְעָא וְתַלְמִידֵי נְבִיַיָא יַתְבִין קֳדָמוֹהִי וַאֲמַר לְעוּלֵימֵיהּ תְּפֵי דוּדָא רַבָּא וּבַשֵׁיל תַּבְשִׁילָא לְתַלְמִידֵי נְבִיַיָא: 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 came again to Gilgal; and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said unto his servant: 'Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.121/) **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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