--- title: 2 Samuel 14:20 — to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thi… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.' Who acts: servant, lord, things. 2 Samuel 14:20 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.20/) [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 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/) / [chapter 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/14/) / 14:20 # 2 Samuel 14:20 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** servant, lord, things · **What happens:** change, do, be, accord, know · **To what, where:** face, thing, things, earth This is 2 Samuel 14:20 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 — servant, lord, things — and what happens in the verse to face, thing, things, earth, 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. לְבַעֲב֤וּר סַבֵּב֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י הַדָּבָ֔ר עָשָׂ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַאדֹנִ֣י חָכָ֗ם כְּחָכְמַת֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ס [to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.404/) ## 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:2SA:353 # text = לְבַעֲב֤וּר סַבֵּב֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י הַדָּבָ֔ר עָשָׂ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַאדֹנִ֣י חָכָ֗ם כְּחָכְמַת֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ס # verse = 2SA.14.20 1-3 לְבַעֲב֤וּר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=2SA_14:20!1|MId=o100140200011|Strong=3807a 2 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2SA_14:20!1|MId=o100140200012|Strong=0871a 3 עֲב֤וּר עָבוּר NOUN _ _ 9 obl _ Gloss=order|Ref=2SA_14:20!1|MId=o100140200013|Strong=5668 4 סַבֵּב֙ סָבַב VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 3 acl _ Gloss=to.change|Ref=2SA_14:20!2|MId=o100140200021|Strong=5437|Frame=A0:100140200071;A1:100140200041;|Type=infinitive_construct 5 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_14:20!3|MId=o100140200031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 6 פְּנֵ֣י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 4 obj _ Gloss=the.face|Ref=2SA_14:20!4|MId=o100140200041|Strong=6440 7-8 הַדָּבָ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=2SA_14:20!5|MId=o100140200051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 דָּבָ֔ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.matter|Ref=2SA_14:20!5|MId=o100140200052|Strong=1697 9 עָשָׂ֛ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.did|Ref=2SA_14:20!6|MId=o100140200061|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:100140200071;A1:100140200102;|Type=qatal 10-11 עַבְדְּךָ֥ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ Gloss=servant|Ref=2SA_14:20!7|MId=o100140200071|Strong=5650 11 ְךָ֥ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2SA_14:20!7|MId=o100140200072|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 12 יוֹאָ֖ב יוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 10 appos _ Gloss=Joab|Ref=2SA_14:20!8|MId=o100140200081|Strong=3097 13 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_14:20!9|MId=o100140200091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 14-15 הַדָּבָ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_14:20!10|MId=o100140200101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 דָּבָ֣ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obj _ Gloss=thing|Ref=2SA_14:20!10|MId=o100140200102|Strong=1697 16-17 הַזֶּ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_14:20!11|MId=o100140200111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 זֶּ֑ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=2SA_14:20!11|MId=o100140200112|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 18-20 וַאדֹנִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_14:20!12|MId=o100140200121|Strong=2050b 19 אדֹנ אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=lord|Ref=2SA_14:20!12|MId=o100140200122|Strong=0113 20 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=2SA_14:20!12|MId=o100140200123|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 21 חָכָ֗ם חָכָם ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 conj _ Gloss=[is].wise|Ref=2SA_14:20!13|MId=o100140200131|Strong=2450|Type=adjective 22-23 כְּחָכְמַת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=2SA_14:20!14|MId=o100140200141|Strong=3509a 23 חָכְמַת֙ חׇכְמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=the.wisdom|Ref=2SA_14:20!14|MId=o100140200142|Strong=2451 24 מַלְאַ֣ךְ מַלְאָךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.angel|Ref=2SA_14:20!15|MId=o100140200151|Strong=4397 25-26 הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=2SA_14:20!16|MId=o100140200161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=2SA_14:20!16|MId=o100140200162|Strong=0430 27-28 לָדַ֖עַת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_14:20!17|MId=o100140200171|Strong=3807a 28 דַ֖עַת יָדַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 21 advcl _ Gloss=know|Ref=2SA_14:20!17|MId=o100140200172|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:100140200122;A1:100140200191;|Type=infinitive_construct 29 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_14:20!18|MId=o100140200181|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 30 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=2SA_14:20!19|MId=o100140200191|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 31 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 34 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=2SA_14:20!20|MId=o100140200201|Strong=0834|Type=relative 32-34 בָּאָֽרֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=[is].in|Ref=2SA_14:20!21|MId=o100140200211|Strong=0871a 33 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_14:20!21|MId=o100140200211ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 אָֽרֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 30 acl:relcl _ Gloss=land|Ref=2SA_14:20!21|MId=o100140200212|Strong=0776 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=2SA_14:20!21|SpaceAfter=No 36 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=2SA_14:20!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | סַבֵּב *to change* | infinitive construct · piel | עַבְדּ *servant* | פְּנֵי *the face* | | | | עָשָׂה *he did* | qatal · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* | דָּבָר *thing* | | | | דַעַת *know* | infinitive construct · qal | אדֹנ *lord* | כָּל־ *all* | | | 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} בְּדִיל לְאַקָפָא יַת אַפֵּי פִתְגָמָא עֲבַד עַבְדָךְ יוֹאָב יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וְרִבּוֹנִי חַכִּים כְּחָכְמַת מַלְאָכָא דַייָ לְמִידַע יַת כָּל דִי בְאַרְעָא: 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. [to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.404/) **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:353`. - ← previous: [2 Samuel 14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.19/) - next →: [2 Samuel 14:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.21/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/14/)