--- title: 2 Kings 7:2 — Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of G… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.' Who acts: king, captain, LORD, thou. 2 Kings 7:2 in Hebrew --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.2/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/7/) / 7:2 # 2 Kings 7:2 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** king, captain, LORD, thou · **What happens:** lean, answer, say, make, see, not eat · **To what, where:** hand, man, windows, heaven, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 7:2 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 — king, captain, LORD, thou — and what happens in the verse to hand, man, windows, heaven, 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. וַיַּ֣עַן הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לַמֶּלֶךְ֩ נִשְׁעָ֨ן עַל־יָד֜וֹ אֶת־אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ הִנֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה עֹשֶׂ֤ה אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנְּכָ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ וּמִשָּׁ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽל׃ס [Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.199/) ## 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:175 # text = וַיַּ֣עַן הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לַמֶּלֶךְ֩ נִשְׁעָ֨ן עַל־יָד֜וֹ אֶת־אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ הִנֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה עֹשֶׂ֤ה אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנְּכָ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ וּמִשָּׁ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽל׃ס # verse = 2KI.7.2 1-2 וַיַּ֣עַן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_7:2!1|MId=o120070020011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּ֣עַן עָנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.answered|Ref=2KI_7:2!1|MId=o120070020012|Strong=6030|Frame=A0:120070020022;A1:120070020091;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_7:2!2|MId=o120070020021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 שָּׁלִ֡ישׁ שָׁלִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=officer|Ref=2KI_7:2!2|MId=o120070020022|Strong=7991 5 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=2KI_7:2!3|MId=o120070020031|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 6-8 לַמֶּלֶךְ֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=[belonged].to|Ref=2KI_7:2!4|MId=o120070020041|Strong=3807a 7 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_7:2!4|MId=o120070020041ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 מֶּלֶךְ֩ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=2KI_7:2!4|MId=o120070020042|Strong=4428 9 נִשְׁעָ֨ן שָׁעַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[who.was].leaning|Ref=2KI_7:2!5|MId=o120070020051|Strong=8172|Frame=A0:120070020043;|Type=participle_active 10 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=2KI_7:2!6|MId=o120070020061|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 יָד֜וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=hand|Ref=2KI_7:2!7|MId=o120070020071|Strong=3027 12 ֜וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=2KI_7:2!7|MId=o120070020072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 13 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2KI_7:2!8|MId=o120070020081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 14 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=the.man|Ref=2KI_7:2!9|MId=o120070020091|Strong=0376 15-16 הָאֱלֹהִים֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=2KI_7:2!10|MId=o120070020101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 אֱלֹהִים֮ אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=2KI_7:2!10|MId=o120070020102|Strong=0430 17-18 וַיֹּאמַר֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_7:2!11|MId=o120070020111|Strong=2050b 18 יֹּאמַר֒ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_7:2!11|MId=o120070020112|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120070020022;|Type=wayyiqtol 19 הִנֵּ֣ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 21 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=2KI_7:2!12|MId=o120070020121|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 20 יְהוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 21 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2KI_7:2!13|MId=o120070020131|Strong=3068 21 עֹשֶׂ֤ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ Gloss=[is].making|Ref=2KI_7:2!14|MId=o120070020141|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:120070020131;A1:120070020151;|Type=participle_active 22 אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ אֲרֻבָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 21 obj _ Gloss=windows|Ref=2KI_7:2!15|MId=o120070020151|Strong=0699 23-25 בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2KI_7:2!16|MId=o120070020161|Strong=0871a 24 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_7:2!16|MId=o120070020161ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 שָּׁמַ֔יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 21 obl _ Gloss=heavens|Ref=2KI_7:2!16|MId=o120070020162|Strong=8064 26-27 הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=will|Ref=2KI_7:2!17|MId=o120070020171|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 27 יִהְיֶ֖ה הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 21 parataxis _ Gloss=it.happen?|Ref=2KI_7:2!17|MId=o120070020172|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:120070020182;|Type=yiqtol 28-29 הַדָּבָ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_7:2!18|MId=o120070020181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 דָּבָ֣ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ Gloss=thing|Ref=2KI_7:2!18|MId=o120070020182|Strong=1697 30-31 הַזֶּ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 31 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_7:2!19|MId=o120070020191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 31 זֶּ֑ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=2KI_7:2!19|MId=o120070020192|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 32-33 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 33 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_7:2!20|MId=o120070020201|Strong=2050b 33 יֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_7:2!20|MId=o120070020202|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120070020091;|Type=wayyiqtol 34-35 הִנְּכָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 הִנּ הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 36 nsubj _ Gloss=here|Ref=2KI_7:2!21|MId=o120070020211|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 35 ְכָ֤ה הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_7:2!21|MId=o120070020212|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 36 רֹאֶה֙ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ Gloss=[are].about.to.see|Ref=2KI_7:2!22|MId=o120070020221|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:120070020212;|Type=participle_active 37-39 בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 38 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2KI_7:2!23|MId=o120070020231|Strong=0871a 38 עֵינֶ֔י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 36 obl _ Gloss=your.own|Ref=2KI_7:2!23|MId=o120070020232|Strong=5869 39 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=2KI_7:2!23|MId=o120070020233|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 40-42 וּמִשָּׁ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 44 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_7:2!24|MId=o120070020241|Strong=2050b 41 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 42 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=2KI_7:2!24|MId=o120070020242|Strong=4480 42 שָּׁ֖ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 44 obl _ Gloss=there|Ref=2KI_7:2!24|MId=o120070020243|Strong=8033 43 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 44 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2KI_7:2!25|MId=o120070020251|Strong=3808|Type=negative 44 תֹאכֵֽל אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 36 conj _ Gloss=you.will.eat|Ref=2KI_7:2!26|MId=o120070020261|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:120070020022;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 45 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 44 punct _ Ref=2KI_7:2!26|SpaceAfter=No 46 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 44 punct _ Ref=2KI_7:2!26 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּעַן *he answered* | wayyiqtol · qal | שָּׁלִישׁ *officer* | אִישׁ *the man* | | | | נִשְׁעָן *\[who was\] leaning* | participle active · niphal | | | | | | יֹּאמַר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | שָּׁלִישׁ *officer* | | | | | עֹשֶׂה *\[is\] making* | participle active · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | אֲרֻבּוֹת *windows* | | | | יִהְיֶה *it happen?* | yiqtol · qal | דָּבָר *thing* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *the man* | | | | | רֹאֶה *\[are\] about to see* | participle active · qal | ְכָה *you* | | | | | **not** תֹאכֵֽל *you will eat* | yiqtol · qal | שָּׁלִישׁ *officer* | | | | 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} וַאֲתֵיב גִבָּרָא דְמַלְכָּא דְסָמִיךְ עַל יְדוֹהִי יַת נְבִיָא דַייָ וַאֲמַר אִילוּ יְיָ פְּתַח כַּוִין וּמָחִית טוּבָא מִן שְׁמַיָא הַיְהֵי פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וַאֲמַר הָא אַתְּ חָזֵי בְּעֵינָךְ וּמִתַּמָן לָא תֵיכוֹל: 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. [Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.199/) **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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