--- title: 2 Kings 8:13 — And Hazael said: 'But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Hazael said: 'But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?' And Elisha answered: 'The LORD hath shown me that thou shalt be king over Aram.' Who acts: Hazael, servant, Elisha, LORD. 2 Kings 8:13 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.8.13/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/8/) / 8:13 # 2 Kings 8:13 מְלָכִים ב **Who acts:** Hazael, servant, Elisha, LORD, thou · **What happens:** say, be, do, answer, show · **To what, where:** servant, dog, great thing, me, king, Aram · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Kings 8:13 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 — Hazael, servant, Elisha, LORD, thou — and what happens in the verse to servant, dog, great thing, me, king, Aram, 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. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חֲזָהאֵ֔ל כִּ֣י מָ֤ה עַבְדְּךָ֙ הַכֶּ֔לֶב כִּ֣י יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה הַדָּבָ֥ר הַגָּד֖וֹל הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֔ע הִרְאַ֧נִי יְהוָ֛ה אֹתְךָ֖ מֶ֥לֶךְ עַל־אֲרָֽם׃ [And Hazael said: 'But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?' And Elisha answered: 'The LORD hath shown me that thou shalt be king over Aram.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.236/) ## 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:206 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חֲזָהאֵ֔ל כִּ֣י מָ֤ה עַבְדְּךָ֙ הַכֶּ֔לֶב כִּ֣י יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה הַדָּבָ֥ר הַגָּד֖וֹל הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֔ע הִרְאַ֧נִי יְהוָ֛ה אֹתְךָ֖ מֶ֥לֶךְ עַל־אֲרָֽם׃ # verse = 2KI.8.13 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_8:13!1|MId=o120080130011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_8:13!1|MId=o120080130012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120080130021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 חֲזָהאֵ֔ל חֲזָאֵל PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Hazael|Ref=2KI_8:13!2|MId=o120080130021|Strong=2371 4 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=2KI_8:13!3|MId=o120080130031|Strong=3588 5 מָ֤ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 2 advcl _ Gloss=what?|Ref=2KI_8:13!4|MId=o120080130041|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 6-7 עַבְדְּךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Gloss=servant|Ref=2KI_8:13!5|MId=o120080130051|Strong=5650 7 ְךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].your|Ref=2KI_8:13!5|MId=o120080130052|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 8-9 הַכֶּ֔לֶב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_8:13!6|MId=o120080130061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 כֶּ֔לֶב כֶּלֶב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ Gloss=dog|Ref=2KI_8:13!6|MId=o120080130062|Strong=3611 10 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2KI_8:13!7|MId=o120080130071|Strong=3588 11 יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=he.will.do|Ref=2KI_8:13!8|MId=o120080130081|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:120080130051;A1:120080130092;|Type=yiqtol 12-13 הַדָּבָ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2KI_8:13!9|MId=o120080130091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 דָּבָ֥ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obj _ Gloss=thing|Ref=2KI_8:13!9|MId=o120080130092|Strong=1697 14-15 הַגָּד֖וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_8:13!10|MId=o120080130101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 גָּד֖וֹל גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=2KI_8:13!10|MId=o120080130102|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 16-17 הַזֶּ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2KI_8:13!11|MId=o120080130111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 זֶּ֑ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=2KI_8:13!11|MId=o120080130112|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 18-19 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2KI_8:13!12|MId=o120080130121|Strong=2050b 19 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2KI_8:13!12|MId=o120080130122|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:120080130131;|Type=wayyiqtol 20 אֱלִישָׁ֔ע אֱלִישָׁע PROPN _ _ 19 nsubj _ Gloss=Elisha|Ref=2KI_8:13!13|MId=o120080130131|Strong=0477 21-22 הִרְאַ֧נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הִרְא רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 19 ccomp _ Gloss=he|Ref=2KI_8:13!14|MId=o120080130141|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:120080130142;AA:120080130151;A1:120080130171;|Type=qatal 22 ַ֧נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=has.shown.me|Ref=2KI_8:13!14|MId=o120080130142|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 23 יְהוָ֛ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 21 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2KI_8:13!15|MId=o120080130151|Strong=3068 24-25 אֹתְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=|Ref=2KI_8:13!16|MId=o120080130161|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 25 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=2KI_8:13!16|MId=o120080130162|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 26 מֶ֥לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ Gloss=king|Ref=2KI_8:13!17|MId=o120080130171|Strong=4428 27 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=2KI_8:13!18|MId=o120080130181|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 28 אֲרָֽם אֲרָם PROPN _ _ 26 obl _ Gloss=Aram|Ref=2KI_8:13!19|MId=o120080130191|Strong=0758|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=2KI_8:13!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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 | חֲזָהאֵל *Hazael* | | | | | יַעֲשֶׂה *he will do* | yiqtol · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* | דָּבָר *thing* | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֱלִישָׁע *Elisha* | | | | | הִרְא *he* | qatal · hiphil | ַנִי *has shown me* | מֶלֶךְ *king* | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | 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 חֲזָאֵל אֲרֵי מָה עַבְדָךְ כַּלְבָּא אֲרֵי יַעְבֵּיד פִּתְגָמָא רַבָּא הָדֵין וַאֲמַר אֱלִישָׁע אַחְזְיַנִי יְיָ יָתָךְ מַלְכָּא עַל אֲרָם: 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 Hazael said: 'But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?' And Elisha answered: 'The LORD hath shown me that thou shalt be king over Aram.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.236/) **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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