--- title: 2 Kings 4:40 — So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said: 'O man of God, there is death in the pot.' And they could not eat thereof. Who acts: gourds, men, pot, death. 2 Kings 4:40 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonatha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.40/) [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/) / 4:40 # 2 Kings 4:40 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** gourds, men, pot, death · **What happens:** pour out, eat, come, pass, cry out, say · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 4:40 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 — gourds, men, pot, death — and what happens in the verse, 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. וַיִּֽצְק֥וּ לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים לֶאֱכ֑וֹל וַ֠יְהִי כְּאָכְלָ֨ם מֵהַנָּזִ֜יד וְהֵ֣מָּה צָעָ֗קוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ מָ֤וֶת בַּסִּיר֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ לֶאֱכֹֽל׃ [So they poured out for the men to eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.123/) [And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said: 'O man of God, there is death in the pot.' And they could not eat thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.124/) ## 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:109 # text = וַיִּֽצְק֥וּ לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים לֶאֱכ֑וֹל וַ֠יְהִי כְּאָכְלָ֨ם מֵהַנָּזִ֜יד וְהֵ֣מָּה צָעָ֗קוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ מָ֤וֶת בַּסִּיר֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ לֶאֱכֹֽל׃ # verse = 2KI.4.40 1-2 וַיִּֽצְק֥וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:40!1|MId=o120040400011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּֽצְק֥וּ יָצַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.poured.[it].out|Ref=2KI_4:40!1|MId=o120040400012|Strong=3332|Frame=A0:;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=for.[the]|Ref=2KI_4:40!2|MId=o120040400021|Strong=3807a 4 אֲנָשִׁ֖ים אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=men|Ref=2KI_4:40!2|MId=o120040400022|Strong=0376 5-6 לֶאֱכ֑וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לֶ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:40!3|MId=o120040400031|Strong=3807a 6 אֱכ֑וֹל אָכַל VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 advcl _ Gloss=eat|Ref=2KI_4:40!3|MId=o120040400032|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:120040400022;|Type=infinitive_construct 7-8 וַ֠יְהִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וַ֠ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:40!4|MId=o120040400041|Strong=2050b 8 יְהִי הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=2KI_4:40!4|MId=o120040400042|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol 9-11 כְּאָכְלָ֨ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=just|Ref=2KI_4:40!5|MId=o120040400051|Strong=3509a 10 אָכְל אָכַל VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 advcl _ Gloss=as|Ref=2KI_4:40!5|MId=o120040400052|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:120040400053;|Type=infinitive_construct 11 ָ֨ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ Gloss=they.ate|Ref=2KI_4:40!5|MId=o120040400053|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 12-14 מֵהַנָּזִ֜יד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=some|Ref=2KI_4:40!6|MId=o120040400061|Strong=4480 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=2KI_4:40!6|MId=o120040400062|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 נָּזִ֜יד נָזִיד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=the.cooked.food|Ref=2KI_4:40!6|MId=o120040400063|Strong=5138 15-16 וְהֵ֣מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:40!7|MId=o120040400071|Strong=2050b 16 הֵ֣מָּה הֵמָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ Gloss=they|Ref=2KI_4:40!7|MId=o120040400072|Strong=1992|Type=personal 17 צָעָ֗קוּ צָעַק VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.cried.out|Ref=2KI_4:40!8|MId=o120040400081|Strong=6817|Frame=A0:120040400072;|Type=qatal 18-19 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:40!9|MId=o120040400091|Strong=2050b 19 יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=2KI_4:40!9|MId=o120040400092|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040400022;|Type=wayyiqtol 20 מָ֤וֶת מָוֶת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ Gloss=death|Ref=2KI_4:40!10|MId=o120040400101|Strong=4194 21-23 בַּסִּיר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=[is].in|Ref=2KI_4:40!11|MId=o120040400111|Strong=0871a 22 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_4:40!11|MId=o120040400111ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 סִּיר֙ סִיר NOUN _ Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=pot|Ref=2KI_4:40!11|MId=o120040400112|Strong=5518 24 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ Gloss=O.man|Ref=2KI_4:40!12|MId=o120040400121|Strong=0376 25-26 הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=2KI_4:40!13|MId=o120040400131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=2KI_4:40!13|MId=o120040400132|Strong=0430 27-28 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:40!14|MId=o120040400141|Strong=2050b 28 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 29 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2KI_4:40!14|MId=o120040400142|Strong=3808|Type=negative 29 יָכְל֖וּ יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 20 conj _ Gloss=they.were.able|Ref=2KI_4:40!15|MId=o120040400151|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:120040400022;|Type=qatal 30-31 לֶאֱכֹֽל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 לֶ לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:40!16|MId=o120040400161|Strong=3807a 31 אֱכֹֽל אָכַל VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 29 xcomp _ Gloss=eat.[it]|Ref=2KI_4:40!16|MId=o120040400162|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:120040400022;|Type=infinitive_construct 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=2KI_4:40!16 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּֽצְקוּ *they poured \[it\] out* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | אֱכוֹל *eat* | infinitive construct · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | | | | | אָכְל *as* | infinitive construct · qal | ָם *they ate* | | | | | צָעָקוּ *they cried out* | qatal · qal | הֵמָּה *they* | | | | | יֹּֽאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | | | | | **not** יָכְלוּ *they were able* | qatal · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | | | | | אֱכֹֽל *eat \[it\]* | infinitive construct · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | | | | 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} וַאֲרִיקוּ לְגַבְרַיָא לְמֵיכַל וַהֲוָה כְּמֵיכַלְהוֹן מִתַּבְשִׁילָא וְאִינוּן צְוָחוּ וַאֲמַרוּ מוֹתָא בְדוּדָא נְבִיָא דַייָ וְלָא יְכִילוּ לְמֵיכַל: 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. [So they poured out for the men to eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.123/) 2. [And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said: 'O man of God, there is death in the pot.' And they could not eat thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.124/) **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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