--- title: 2 Samuel 18:4 — And the king said unto them: 'What seemeth you best I will do.' And… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the king said unto them: 'What seemeth you best I will do.' And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. Who acts: king, I, people. 2 Samuel 18:4 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.4/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/18/) / 18:4 # 2 Samuel 18:4 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** king, I, people · **What happens:** say, seem, do, stand, go out · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Samuel 18:4 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 — king, I, people — and what happens in the verse to you, 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. וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־יִיטַ֥ב בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם אֶעֱשֶׂ֑ה וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְכָל־הָעָם֙ יָֽצְא֔וּ לְמֵא֖וֹת וְלַאֲלָפִֽים׃ [And the king said unto them: 'What seemeth you best I will do.' And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.515/) ## 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:459 # text = וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־יִיטַ֥ב בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם אֶעֱשֶׂ֑ה וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְכָל־הָעָם֙ יָֽצְא֔וּ לְמֵא֖וֹת וְלַאֲלָפִֽים׃ # verse = 2SA.18.4 1-2 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_18:4!1|MId=o100180040011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_18:4!1|MId=o100180040012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100180040032;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֲלֵיהֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_18:4!2|MId=o100180040021|Strong=0413 4 הֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=2SA_18:4!2|MId=o100180040022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 5-6 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_18:4!3|MId=o100180040031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_18:4!3|MId=o100180040032|Strong=4428 7 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=[that].which|Ref=2SA_18:4!4|MId=o100180040041|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 8 יִיטַ֥ב יָטַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 obj _ Gloss=it.will.be.good|Ref=2SA_18:4!5|MId=o100180040051|Strong=3190|Frame=A0:;|Type=yiqtol 9-11 בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2SA_18:4!6|MId=o100180040061|Strong=0871a 10 עֵינֵי עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 8 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=2SA_18:4!6|MId=o100180040062|Strong=5869 11 כֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2SA_18:4!6|MId=o100180040063|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 12 אֶעֱשֶׂ֑ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=I.will.do|Ref=2SA_18:4!7|MId=o100180040071|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:100180040032;A1:100180040051;|Type=yiqtol 13-14 וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_18:4!8|MId=o100180040081|Strong=2050b 14 יַּעֲמֹ֤ד עָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.stood|Ref=2SA_18:4!8|MId=o100180040082|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:100180040092;|Type=wayyiqtol 15-16 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_18:4!9|MId=o100180040091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_18:4!9|MId=o100180040092|Strong=4428 17 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_18:4!10|MId=o100180040101|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 18 יַ֣ד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=the.side|Ref=2SA_18:4!11|MId=o100180040111|Strong=3027 19-20 הַשַּׁ֔עַר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=2SA_18:4!12|MId=o100180040121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 שַּׁ֔עַר שַׁעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.gate|Ref=2SA_18:4!12|MId=o100180040122|Strong=8179 21-22 וְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_18:4!13|MId=o100180040131|Strong=2050b 22 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=2SA_18:4!13|MId=o100180040132|Strong=3605 23-24 הָעָם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_18:4!14|MId=o100180040141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 עָם֙ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=people|Ref=2SA_18:4!14|MId=o100180040142|Strong=5971 25 יָֽצְא֔וּ יצא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.went.out|Ref=2SA_18:4!15|MId=o100180040151|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:100180040142;|Type=qatal 26-27 לְמֵא֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_18:4!16|MId=o100180040161|Strong=3807a 27 מֵא֖וֹת מֵאָה NUM _ Number=Plur 25 obl _ Gloss=hundreds|Ref=2SA_18:4!16|MId=o100180040162|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number 28-30 וְלַאֲלָפִֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_18:4!17|MId=o100180040171|Strong=2050b 29 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_18:4!17|MId=o100180040172|Strong=3807a 30 אֲלָפִֽים אֶלֶף NUM _ Number=Plur 27 conj _ Gloss=thousands|Ref=2SA_18:4!17|MId=o100180040173|Strong=0505|Type=cardinal_number 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=2SA_18:4!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | יִיטַב *it will be good* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | אֶעֱשֶׂה *I will do* | yiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | יִיטַב *it will be good* | | | | יַּעֲמֹד *he stood* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | יָֽצְאוּ *they went out* | qatal · qal | עָם *people* | | | | 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} וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן מַלְכָּא דְתַקִין בְּעֵינֵיכוֹן אַעְבֵּיד וְקָם מַלְכָּא עַל כֵּיבַשׁ אוֹרַח תַּרְעָא וְכָל עַמָא נְפָקוּ לְמָאתָן וּלְאַלְפִין: 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 the king said unto them: 'What seemeth you best I will do.' And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.515/) **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:459`. - ← previous: [2 Samuel 18:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.3/) - next →: [2 Samuel 18:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.5/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/18/)