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title: 2 Samuel 14:13 — And the woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing a… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one. Who acts: woman, thou, king. 2 Samuel 14:13 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targ
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# 2 Samuel 14:13 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** woman, thou, king · **What happens:** say, devise, speak, be, not fetch, banish · **To what, where:** thing, word, banished one · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Samuel 14:13 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 — woman, thou, king — and what happens in the verse to thing, word, banished one, 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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וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וְלָ֧מָּה חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה כָּזֹ֖את עַל־עַ֣ם אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֛י הָשִׁ֥יב הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶֽת־נִדְּחֽוֹ׃

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[And the woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.397/)

## 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:346
# text = וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וְלָ֧מָּה חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה כָּזֹ֖את עַל־עַ֣ם אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֛י הָשִׁ֥יב הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶֽת־נִדְּחֽוֹ׃
# verse = 2SA.14.13
1-2	וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_14:13!1|MId=o100140130011|Strong=2050b
2	תֹּ֙אמֶר֙	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=she.said|Ref=2SA_14:13!1|MId=o100140130012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100140130022;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	הָֽ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	4	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_14:13!2|MId=o100140130021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
4	אִשָּׁ֔ה	אִשָּׁה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=woman|Ref=2SA_14:13!2|MId=o100140130022|Strong=0802
5-7	וְלָ֧מָּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_14:13!3|MId=o100140130031|Strong=2050b
6	לָ֧	לָמָה	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=2SA_14:13!3|MId=o100140130032|Strong=3807a
7	מָּה	מָה	PRON	_	PronType=Int	8	obl	_	Gloss=why?|Ref=2SA_14:13!3|MId=o100140130033|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative
8	חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה	חָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	conj	_	Gloss=have.you.planned|Ref=2SA_14:13!4|MId=o100140130041|Strong=2803|Frame=A0:100140100022;|Type=qatal
9-10	כָּזֹ֖את	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	כָּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=like|Ref=2SA_14:13!5|MId=o100140130051|Strong=3509a
10	זֹ֖את	זֹאת	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	obl	_	Gloss=this|Ref=2SA_14:13!5|MId=o100140130052|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative
11	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=2SA_14:13!6|MId=o100140130061|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
12	עַ֣ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	obl	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=2SA_14:13!7|MId=o100140130071|Strong=5971
13	אֱלֹהִ֑ים	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.God|Ref=2SA_14:13!8|MId=o100140130081|Strong=0430
14-16	וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_14:13!9|MId=o100140130091|Strong=2050b
15	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=because|Ref=2SA_14:13!9|MId=o100140130092|Strong=4480
16	דַּבֵּ֨ר	דָבַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	2	conj	_	Gloss=has.spoken|Ref=2SA_14:13!9|MId=o100140130093|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:100140130102;A1:100140130112;|Type=infinitive_construct
17-18	הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_14:13!10|MId=o100140130101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	מֶּ֜לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_14:13!10|MId=o100140130102|Strong=4428
19-20	הַדָּבָ֤ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_14:13!11|MId=o100140130111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	דָּבָ֤ר	דָּבָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obj	_	Gloss=word|Ref=2SA_14:13!11|MId=o100140130112|Strong=1697
21-22	הַזֶּה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	22	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_14:13!12|MId=o100140130121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
22	זֶּה֙	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=2SA_14:13!12|MId=o100140130122|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
23-24	כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=like|Ref=2SA_14:13!13|MId=o100140130131|Strong=3509a
24	אָשֵׁ֔ם	אָשֵׁם	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=a.guilty.[person]|Ref=2SA_14:13!13|MId=o100140130132|Strong=0818|Type=adjective
25-26	לְבִלְתִּ֛י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_14:13!14|MId=o100140130141|Strong=3807a
26	בִלְתִּ֛י	בֵּלֶת	ADP	_	_	27	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=2SA_14:13!14|MId=o100140130142|Strong=1115
27	הָשִׁ֥יב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	16	advcl	_	Gloss=to.bring.back|Ref=2SA_14:13!15|MId=o100140130151|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:100140130162;A0:100140130181;|Type=infinitive_construct
28-29	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	29	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_14:13!16|MId=o100140130161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
29	מֶּ֖לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_14:13!16|MId=o100140130162|Strong=4428
30	אֶֽת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	31	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_14:13!17|MId=o100140130171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
31-32	נִדְּחֽוֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	נִדְּח	נָדַח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing	27	obj	_	Gloss=his.banished|Ref=2SA_14:13!18|MId=o100140130181|Strong=5080|Type=participle_active
32	ֽוֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=[son]|Ref=2SA_14:13!18|MId=o100140130182|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
33	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	32	punct	_	Ref=2SA_14:13!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| תֹּאמֶר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִשָּׁה *woman* |  |  |  |
| חָשַׁבְתָּה *have you planned* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| דַּבֵּר *has spoken* | infinitive construct · piel | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | דָּבָר *word* |  |  |
| הָשִׁיב *to bring back* | infinitive construct · hiphil | נִדְּח *his banished* |  |  | מֶּלֶךְ *king* |

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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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וַאֲמַרַת אִתְּתָא וּלְמָה חֲשַׁבְתָּא כַּהֲדָא עַל עַמָא דַייָ וּמְמַלֵיל מַלְכָּא פִתְגָמָא הָדֵין כִּגְבַר חַיָב בְּדִיל דְלָא לְאַתָבָא מַלְכָּא יַת בִּדוּרֵיהּ:

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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 woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.397/)

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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:346`.

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