--- title: 2 Kings 4:43 — And his servant said: 'How should I set this before a hundred men?'… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And his servant said: 'How should I set this before a hundred men?' But he said: 'Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.' Who acts: servant, I, man, people. 2 Kings 4:43 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.43/) [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/) / 4:43 # 2 Kings 4:43 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** servant, I, man, people, LORD · **What happens:** say, set, give, eat, leave · **To what, where:** this, people · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 4:43 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 — servant, I, man, people, LORD — and what happens in the verse to this, people, 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. וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ מָ֚ה אֶתֵּ֣ן זֶ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י מֵ֣אָה אִ֑ישׁ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר תֵּ֤ן לָעָם֙ וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֖ה אָכֹ֥ל וְהוֹתֵֽר׃ [And his servant said: 'How should I set this before a hundred men?' But he said: 'Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.128/) ## 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:112 # text = וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ מָ֚ה אֶתֵּ֣ן זֶ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י מֵ֣אָה אִ֑ישׁ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר תֵּ֤ן לָעָם֙ וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֖ה אָכֹ֥ל וְהוֹתֵֽר׃ # verse = 2KI.4.43 1-2 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:43!1|MId=o120040430011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_4:43!1|MId=o120040430012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040430021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 מְשָׁ֣רְת שָׁרַת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=servant|Ref=2KI_4:43!2|MId=o120040430021|Strong=8334|Frame=A0:120040380112;|Type=participle_active 4 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_4:43!2|MId=o120040430022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5 מָ֚ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 6 advmod _ Gloss=what?|Ref=2KI_4:43!3|MId=o120040430031|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 6 אֶתֵּ֣ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=will.I.set|Ref=2KI_4:43!4|MId=o120040430041|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:120040430021;A1:120040430051;|Type=yiqtol 7 זֶ֔ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ Gloss=this|Ref=2KI_4:43!5|MId=o120040430051|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 8-9 לִפְנֵ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=2KI_4:43!6|MId=o120040430061|Strong=3807a 9 פְנֵ֖י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 6 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=2KI_4:43!6|MId=o120040430062|Strong=6440 10 מֵ֣אָה מֵאָה NUM _ Number=Sing 11 nummod _ Gloss=a.hundred|Ref=2KI_4:43!7|MId=o120040430071|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number 11 אִ֑ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=man|Ref=2KI_4:43!8|MId=o120040430081|Strong=0376 12-13 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:43!9|MId=o120040430091|Strong=2050b 13 יֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_4:43!9|MId=o120040430092|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040420052;|Type=wayyiqtol 14 תֵּ֤ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 13 ccomp _ Gloss=give.[it]|Ref=2KI_4:43!10|MId=o120040430101|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:120040430021;A1:120040420071;120040420122;|Type=imperative 15-17 לָעָם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_4:43!11|MId=o120040430111|Strong=3807a 16 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_4:43!11|MId=o120040430111ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 עָם֙ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=people|Ref=2KI_4:43!11|MId=o120040430112|Strong=5971 18-19 וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=2KI_4:43!12|MId=o120040430121|Strong=2050b 19 יֹאכֵ֔לוּ אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 14 conj _ Gloss=that.they.may.eat|Ref=2KI_4:43!12|MId=o120040430122|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:120040430113;A1:120040420071;120040420122;|Type=jussive 20 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2KI_4:43!13|MId=o120040430131|Strong=3588 21 כֹ֥ה כֹּה ADV _ _ 22 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=2KI_4:43!14|MId=o120040430141|Strong=3541 22 אָמַ֛ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 advcl _ Gloss=he.says|Ref=2KI_4:43!15|MId=o120040430151|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120040430161;|Type=qatal 23 יְהוָ֖ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 22 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2KI_4:43!16|MId=o120040430161|Strong=3068 24 אָכֹ֥ל אָכַל VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 22 ccomp _ Gloss=they.will.eat|Ref=2KI_4:43!17|MId=o120040430171|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:120040430113;|Type=infinitive_absolute 25-26 וְהוֹתֵֽר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_4:43!18|MId=o120040430181|Strong=2050b 26 הוֹתֵֽר יָתַר VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 24 conj _ Gloss=they.will.have.more.than.enough|Ref=2KI_4:43!18|MId=o120040430182|Strong=3498|Frame=A0:120040430113;|Type=infinitive_absolute 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=2KI_4:43!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - 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 | מְשָׁרְת *servant* | | | | | מְשָׁרְת *servant* | participle active · piel | | | | | | אֶתֵּן *will I set* | yiqtol · qal | מְשָׁרְת *servant* | זֶה *this* | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | תֵּן *give \[it\]* | imperative · qal | מְשָׁרְת *servant* | | | | | יֹאכֵלוּ *that they may eat* | jussive · qal | | | | | | אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | אָכֹל *they will eat* | infinitive absolute · qal | | | | | | הוֹתֵֽר *they will have more than enough* | infinitive absolute · hiphil | | | | | 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 מְשׁוּמְשָׁנֵיהּ מָא אֶתֵּן דֵין קֳדָם מְאָה גַבְרָא וַאֲמַר הַב לְעַמָא וְיֵיכְלוּן אֲרֵי כִדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ יֵיכְלוּן וְיוֹתְרוֹן: 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 his servant said: 'How should I set this before a hundred men?' But he said: 'Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.128/) **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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