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title: 2 Kings 6:6 — And the man of God said: 'Where fell it?' And he showed him the plac… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the man of God said: 'Where fell it?' And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim. Who acts: man, beam, iron. 2 Kings 6:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 2 Kings 6:6 מְלָכִים ב

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**Who acts:** man, beam, iron · **What happens:** say, fall, show, cut down, cast, make · **To what, where:** place, God, stick · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Kings 6:6 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 — man, beam, iron — and what happens in the verse to place, God, stick, 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.

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אָ֣נָה נָפָ֑ל וַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיִּקְצָב־עֵץ֙ וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־שָׁ֔מָּה וַיָּ֖צֶף הַבַּרְזֶֽל׃

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[And the man of God said: 'Where fell it?' And he showed him the place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.167/) [And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.168/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:146
# text = וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אָ֣נָה נָפָ֑ל וַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיִּקְצָב־עֵץ֙ וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־שָׁ֔מָּה וַיָּ֖צֶף הַבַּרְזֶֽל׃
# verse = 2KI.6.6
1-2	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_6:6!1|MId=o120060060011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֥אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_6:6!1|MId=o120060060012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120060060021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	אִישׁ־	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.man|Ref=2KI_6:6!2|MId=o120060060021|Strong=0376|SpaceAfter=No
4-5	הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	5	det	_	Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=2KI_6:6!3|MId=o120060060031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
5	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=God|Ref=2KI_6:6!3|MId=o120060060032|Strong=0430
6	אָ֣נָה	אָן	PRON	_	PronType=Prs	7	advmod	_	Gloss=where?|Ref=2KI_6:6!4|MId=o120060060041|Strong=0575
7	נָפָ֑ל	נָפַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=did.it.fall|Ref=2KI_6:6!5|MId=o120060060051|Strong=5307|Frame=A0:120060050062;|Type=qatal
8-10	וַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_6:6!6|MId=o120060060061|Strong=2050b
9	יַּרְא	רָאָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=2KI_6:6!6|MId=o120060060062|Strong=7200|Frame=AA:120060050022;A0:120060060063;A1:120060060082;|Type=wayyiqtol
10	ֵ֙הוּ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	Gloss=showed.him|Ref=2KI_6:6!6|MId=o120060060063|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
11	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_6:6!7|MId=o120060060071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
12-13	הַמָּק֔וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	13	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_6:6!8|MId=o120060060081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
13	מָּק֔וֹם	מָקוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	Gloss=place|Ref=2KI_6:6!8|MId=o120060060082|Strong=4725
14-15	וַיִּקְצָב־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	15	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_6:6!9|MId=o120060060091|Strong=2050b
15	יִּקְצָב־	קָצַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.cut.off|Ref=2KI_6:6!9|MId=o120060060092|Strong=7094|Frame=A0:120060060021;A1:120060060101;|Type=wayyiqtol
16	עֵץ֙	עֵץ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	obj	_	Gloss=a.piece.of.wood|Ref=2KI_6:6!10|MId=o120060060101|Strong=6086
17-18	וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_6:6!11|MId=o120060060111|Strong=2050b
18	יַּשְׁלֶךְ־	שָׁלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.threw.[it]|Ref=2KI_6:6!11|MId=o120060060112|Strong=7993|Frame=AA:120060060021;A0:120060060101;|Type=wayyiqtol
19-20	שָׁ֔מָּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	שָׁ֔מּ	שָׁם	ADV	_	_	18	advmod	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2KI_6:6!12|MId=o120060060121|Strong=8033
20	ָה	ה	X	_	_	19	nmod	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=2KI_6:6!12|MId=o120060060122|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he
21-22	וַיָּ֖צֶף	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_6:6!13|MId=o120060060131|Strong=2050b
22	יָּ֖צֶף	צוּף	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.caused.to.float|Ref=2KI_6:6!13|MId=o120060060132|Strong=6687|Frame=AA:120060060021;A0:120060060142;|Type=wayyiqtol
23-24	הַבַּרְזֶֽל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_6:6!14|MId=o120060060141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	בַּרְזֶֽל	בַּרְזֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	obj	_	Gloss=iron|Ref=2KI_6:6!14|MId=o120060060142|Strong=1270
25	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	24	punct	_	Ref=2KI_6:6!14
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִישׁ־ *the man* |  |  |  |
| נָפָל *did it fall* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יַּרְא *he* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | ֵהוּ *showed him* | מָּקוֹם *place* |  |  |
| יִּקְצָב־ *he cut off* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִישׁ־ *the man* | עֵץ *a piece of wood* |  |  |
| יַּשְׁלֶךְ־ *he threw \[it\]* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | עֵץ *a piece of wood* |  |  | אִישׁ־ *the man* |
| יָּצֶף *he caused to float* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | בַּרְזֶֽל *iron* |  |  | אִישׁ־ *the man* |

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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}

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וַאֲמַר נְבִיָא דַייָ אָן נְפַל וְאַחְזֵיהּ יַת אַתְרָא וְקַץ אֲעָא וּרְמָא לְתַמָן וּקְפָא בַּרְזְלָא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And the man of God said: 'Where fell it?' And he showed him the place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.167/)
2. [And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.168/)

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**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).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:2KI:146`.

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