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title: 2 Samuel 15:23 — And all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed over; and as the king passed over the brook Kidron, all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. Who acts: country, people, king. 2 Samuel 15:23 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the
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# 2 Samuel 15:23 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** country, people, king · **What happens:** weep, pass over, pass · **To what, where:** brook, way

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This is 2 Samuel 15:23 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 — country, people, king — and what happens in the verse to brook, way, 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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וְכָל־הָאָ֗רֶץ בּוֹכִים֙ ק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹל וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם עֹֽבְרִ֑ים וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֹבֵר֙ בְּנַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן וְכָל־הָעָם֙ עֹבְרִ֔ים עַל־פְּנֵי־דֶ֖רֶךְ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

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[And all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed over; and as the king passed over the brook Kidron, all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.442/)

## 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:389
# text = וְכָל־הָאָ֗רֶץ בּוֹכִים֙ ק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹל וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם עֹֽבְרִ֑ים וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֹבֵר֙ בְּנַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן וְכָל־הָעָם֙ עֹבְרִ֔ים עַל־פְּנֵי־דֶ֖רֶךְ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
# verse = 2SA.15.23
1-2	וְכָל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	5	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_15:23!1|MId=o100150230011|Strong=2050b
2	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=2SA_15:23!1|MId=o100150230012|Strong=3605
3-4	הָאָ֗רֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	4	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_15:23!2|MId=o100150230021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
4	אָ֗רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	2	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=land|Ref=2SA_15:23!2|MId=o100150230022|Strong=0776
5	בּוֹכִים֙	בָּכָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	0	root	_	Gloss=[were].weeping|Ref=2SA_15:23!3|MId=o100150230031|Strong=1058|Frame=A0:100150230022;|Type=participle_active
6	ק֣וֹל	קוֹל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	obl	_	Gloss=a.voice|Ref=2SA_15:23!4|MId=o100150230041|Strong=6963
7	גָּד֔וֹל	גָּדוֹל	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	amod	_	Gloss=great|Ref=2SA_15:23!5|MId=o100150230051|Strong=1419|Type=adjective
8-9	וְכָל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_15:23!6|MId=o100150230061|Strong=2050b
9	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=2SA_15:23!6|MId=o100150230062|Strong=3605
10-11	הָעָ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	11	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_15:23!7|MId=o100150230071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
11	עָ֖ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=people|Ref=2SA_15:23!7|MId=o100150230072|Strong=5971
12	עֹֽבְרִ֑ים	עָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	5	conj	_	Gloss=[were].passing.by|Ref=2SA_15:23!8|MId=o100150230081|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:100150230072;|Type=participle_active
13-15	וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_15:23!9|MId=o100150230091|Strong=2050b
14	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_15:23!9|MId=o100150230092|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	מֶּ֗לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_15:23!9|MId=o100150230093|Strong=4428
16	עֹבֵר֙	עָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	5	conj	_	Gloss=[was].passing|Ref=2SA_15:23!10|MId=o100150230101|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:100150230093;|Type=participle_active
17-18	בְּנַ֣חַל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=2SA_15:23!11|MId=o100150230111|Strong=0871a
18	נַ֣חַל	נַחַל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=the.wadi|Ref=2SA_15:23!11|MId=o100150230112|Strong=5158
19	קִדְר֔וֹן	קִדְרוֹן	PROPN	_	_	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Kidron|Ref=2SA_15:23!12|MId=o100150230121|Strong=6939
20-21	וְכָל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_15:23!13|MId=o100150230131|Strong=2050b
21	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=2SA_15:23!13|MId=o100150230132|Strong=3605
22-23	הָעָם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	23	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_15:23!14|MId=o100150230141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
23	עָם֙	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=people|Ref=2SA_15:23!14|MId=o100150230142|Strong=5971
24	עֹבְרִ֔ים	עָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	5	conj	_	Gloss=[were].passing.on|Ref=2SA_15:23!15|MId=o100150230151|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:100150230142;|Type=participle_active
25	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=2SA_15:23!16|MId=o100150230161|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
26	פְּנֵי־	פָּנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	Gloss=the.face|Ref=2SA_15:23!17|MId=o100150230171|Strong=6440|SpaceAfter=No
27	דֶ֖רֶךְ	דֶּרֶךְ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	26	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.road|Ref=2SA_15:23!18|MId=o100150230181|Strong=1870
28	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_15:23!19|MId=o100150230191|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
29-30	הַמִּדְבָּֽר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	30	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_15:23!20|MId=o100150230201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
30	מִּדְבָּֽר	מִדְבָּר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	obl	_	Gloss=wilderness|Ref=2SA_15:23!20|MId=o100150230202|Strong=4057
31	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	30	punct	_	Ref=2SA_15:23!20
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| בּוֹכִים *\[were\] weeping* | participle active · qal | אָרֶץ *land* |  |  |  |
| עֹֽבְרִים *\[were\] passing by* | participle active · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| עֹבֵר *\[was\] passing* | participle active · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* |  |  |  |
| עֹבְרִים *\[were\] passing on* | participle active · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |

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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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וְכָל דַיָירֵי אַרְעָא בָּכַן קַל רַב וְכָל עַמָא עָבְרִין וּמַלְכָּא עֲבַר בְּנַחֲלָא דְקִדְרוּן וְכָל עַמָא עָבְרִין עַל אַפֵּי אוֹרַח מַדְבְּרָא:

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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 all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed over; and as the king passed over the brook Kidron, all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.442/)

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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:389`.

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