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title: 2 Samuel 12:14 — Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast greatly blasphemed the enemi… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast greatly blasphemed the enemies of the LORD, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.' Who acts: thou, child. 2 Samuel 12:14 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 2 Samuel 12:14 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** thou, child · **What happens:** blaspheme, bear, die · **To what, where:** enemies, child

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This is 2 Samuel 12:14 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 — thou, child — and what happens in the verse to enemies, child, 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 24 chapters of 2 Samuel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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אֶ֗פֶס כִּֽי־נִאֵ֤ץ נִאַ֙צְתָּ֙ אֶת־אֹיְבֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה בַּדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה גַּ֗ם הַבֵּ֛ן הַיִּלּ֥וֹד לְךָ֖ מ֥וֹת יָמֽוּת׃

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[Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast greatly blasphemed the enemies of the LORD, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.314/)

## 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:2SA:277
# text = אֶ֗פֶס כִּֽי־נִאֵ֤ץ נִאַ֙צְתָּ֙ אֶת־אֹיְבֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה בַּדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה גַּ֗ם הַבֵּ֛ן הַיִּלּ֥וֹד לְךָ֖ מ֥וֹת יָמֽוּת׃
# verse = 2SA.12.14
1	אֶ֗פֶס	אֶפֶס	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=nevertheless|Ref=2SA_12:14!1|MId=o100120140011|Strong=0657
2	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	1	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2SA_12:14!2|MId=o100120140021|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
3	נִאֵ֤ץ	נָאַץ	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	4	obl:npmod	_	Gloss=indeed.(declare.contemptible)|Ref=2SA_12:14!3|MId=o100120140031|Strong=5006|Type=infinitive_absolute
4	נִאַ֙צְתָּ֙	נָאַץ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2	1	parataxis	_	Gloss=you.have.declared.contemptible|Ref=2SA_12:14!4|MId=o100120140041|Strong=5006|Frame=A0:100120130111;A1:100120140061;|Type=qatal
5	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_12:14!5|MId=o100120140051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
6	אֹיְבֵ֣י	אָיַב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	4	obj	_	Gloss=the.enemies|Ref=2SA_12:14!6|MId=o100120140061|Strong=0341|Type=participle_active
7	יְהוָ֔ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=2SA_12:14!7|MId=o100120140071|Strong=3068
8-10	בַּדָּבָ֖ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=by|Ref=2SA_12:14!8|MId=o100120140081|Strong=0871a
9	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_12:14!8|MId=o100120140081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	דָּבָ֖ר	דָּבָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	obl	_	Gloss=thing|Ref=2SA_12:14!8|MId=o100120140082|Strong=1697
11-12	הַזֶּ֑ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	12	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_12:14!9|MId=o100120140091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
12	זֶּ֑ה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=2SA_12:14!9|MId=o100120140092|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
13	גַּ֗ם	גַּם	ADV	_	_	15	advmod	_	Gloss=also|Ref=2SA_12:14!10|MId=o100120140101|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation
14-15	הַבֵּ֛ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_12:14!11|MId=o100120140111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	בֵּ֛ן	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	Gloss=son|Ref=2SA_12:14!11|MId=o100120140112|Strong=1121
16-17	הַיִּלּ֥וֹד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	17	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_12:14!12|MId=o100120140121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	יִּלּ֥וֹד	יִלּוֹד	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	amod	_	Gloss=born|Ref=2SA_12:14!12|MId=o100120140122|Strong=3209|Type=adjective
18-19	לְךָ֖	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_12:14!13|MId=o100120140131|Strong=3807a
19	ְךָ֖	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	Gloss=you|Ref=2SA_12:14!13|MId=o100120140132|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
20	מ֥וֹת	מוּת	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	21	obl:npmod	_	Gloss=surely.(die)|Ref=2SA_12:14!14|MId=o100120140141|Strong=4191|Type=infinitive_absolute
21	יָמֽוּת	מוּת	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	parataxis	_	Gloss=he.will.die|Ref=2SA_12:14!15|MId=o100120140151|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:100120140112;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No
22	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	21	punct	_	Ref=2SA_12:14!15
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: speech with no frame
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| נִאַצְתָּ *you have declared contemptible* | qatal · piel |  | אֹיְבֵי *the enemies* |  |  |
| יָמֽוּת *he will die* | yiqtol · qal | בֵּן *son* |  |  |  |

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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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בְּרַם אֲרֵי מִפְתַּח פְּתַחְתָּא פּוּמָא דְסַנְאֵי עַמָא דַייָ בְּפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין אַף בְּרָא דְאִתְיְלִיד לָךְ מֵמַת יְמוּת:

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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. [Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast greatly blasphemed the enemies of the LORD, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.314/)

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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:2SA:277`.

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