--- title: 2 Samuel 17:6 — And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying:… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying: 'Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.' Who acts: Absalom, Ahithophel, we, thou. 2 Samuel 17:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.6/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/17/) / 17:6 # 2 Samuel 17:6 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** Absalom, Ahithophel, we, thou · **What happens:** come, speak, say, do · **To what, where:** Hushai, Absalom · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Samuel 17:6 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 — Absalom, Ahithophel, we, thou — and what happens in the verse to Hushai, Absalom, 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. וַיָּבֹ֣א חוּשַׁי֮ אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒ וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר כַּדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל הֲנַעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֶת־דְּבָר֑וֹ אִם־אַ֖יִן אַתָּ֥ה דַבֵּֽר׃ס [And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying: 'Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.486/) ## 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:432 # text = וַיָּבֹ֣א חוּשַׁי֮ אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒ וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר כַּדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל הֲנַעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֶת־דְּבָר֑וֹ אִם־אַ֖יִן אַתָּ֥ה דַבֵּֽר׃ס # verse = 2SA.17.6 1-2 וַיָּבֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_17:6!1|MId=o100170060011|Strong=2050b 2 יָּבֹ֣א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.came|Ref=2SA_17:6!1|MId=o100170060012|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:100170060021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 חוּשַׁי֮ חוּשַׁי PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Hushai|Ref=2SA_17:6!2|MId=o100170060021|Strong=2365 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_17:6!3|MId=o100170060031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 אַבְשָׁלוֹם֒ אַבְשָׁלֹום PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Absalom|Ref=2SA_17:6!4|MId=o100170060041|Strong=0053 6-7 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_17:6!5|MId=o100170060051|Strong=2050b 7 יֹּאמֶר֩ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_17:6!5|MId=o100170060052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100170060061;|Type=wayyiqtol 8 אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אַבְשָׁלֹום PROPN _ _ 7 nsubj _ Gloss=Absalom|Ref=2SA_17:6!6|MId=o100170060061|Strong=0053 9-10 אֵלָ֜יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 אֵלָ֜י אֶל ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_17:6!7|MId=o100170060071|Strong=0413 10 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2SA_17:6!7|MId=o100170060072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 11-12 לֵאמֹ֗ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 18 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2SA_17:6!8|MId=o100170060081|Strong=3807a 12 אמֹ֗ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 11 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=2SA_17:6!8|MId=o100170060082|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100170060061;|Type=infinitive_construct 13-15 כַּדָּבָ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=2SA_17:6!9|MId=o100170060091|Strong=3509a 14 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_17:6!9|MId=o100170060091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 דָּבָ֤ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=the.word|Ref=2SA_17:6!9|MId=o100170060092|Strong=1697 16-17 הַזֶּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_17:6!10|MId=o100170060101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 זֶּה֙ זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=2SA_17:6!10|MId=o100170060102|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 18 דִּבֶּ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 ccomp _ Gloss=he.has.spoken|Ref=2SA_17:6!11|MId=o100170060111|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:100170060121;|Type=qatal 19 אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל אֲחִיתֹפֶל PROPN _ _ 18 nsubj _ Gloss=Ahithophel|Ref=2SA_17:6!12|MId=o100170060121|Strong=0302 20-21 הֲנַעֲשֶׂ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 21 advmod _ Gloss=will|Ref=2SA_17:6!13|MId=o100170060131|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 21 נַעֲשֶׂ֖ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 18 ccomp _ Gloss=we.do?|Ref=2SA_17:6!13|MId=o100170060132|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:100170060061;100170040071;A1:100170060151;|Type=yiqtol 22 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_17:6!14|MId=o100170060141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 23-24 דְּבָר֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 דְּבָר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obj _ Gloss=word|Ref=2SA_17:6!15|MId=o100170060151|Strong=1697 24 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=2SA_17:6!15|MId=o100170060152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 25 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 26 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=2SA_17:6!16|MId=o100170060161|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 26 אַ֖יִן אַיִן ADV _ _ 21 parataxis _ Gloss=not|Ref=2SA_17:6!17|MId=o100170060171|Strong=0369|Type=negative 27 אַתָּ֥ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=2SA_17:6!18|MId=o100170060181|Strong=0859|Type=personal 28 דַבֵּֽר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 21 parataxis _ Gloss=speak|Ref=2SA_17:6!19|MId=o100170060191|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:100170060181;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=2SA_17:6!19|SpaceAfter=No 30 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=2SA_17:6!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָּבֹא *he came* | wayyiqtol · qal | חוּשַׁי *Hushai* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אַבְשָׁלוֹם *Absalom* | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | אַבְשָׁלוֹם *Absalom* | | | | | דִּבֶּר *he has spoken* | qatal · piel | אֲחִיתֹפֶל *Ahithophel* | | | | | **not** נַעֲשֶׂה *we do?* | yiqtol · qal | אַבְשָׁלוֹם *Absalom* | דְּבָר *word* | | | | דַבֵּֽר *speak* | imperative · piel | אַתָּה *you* | | | | 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} וַאֲתָא חוּשַׁי לְוַת אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַאֲמַר אַבְשָׁלוֹם לֵיהּ לְמֵימַר כְּפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין מַלֵיל אֲחִיתוֹפֶל הֲנַעְבֵּיד יַת פִּתְגָמֵיהּ אִם לָא דְכָשַׁר בְּעֵינָךְ אַתְּ מַלֵיל: 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 when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying: 'Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.486/) **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:432`. - ← previous: [2 Samuel 17:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.5/) - next →: [2 Samuel 17:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.7/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/17/)