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title: 2 Samuel 19:4 — And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. Who acts: people. 2 Samuel 19:4 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 2 Samuel 19:4 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** people · **What happens:** get, be, steal away, flee · **To what, where:** them, city, battle

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This is 2 Samuel 19:4 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 — people — and what happens in the verse to them, city, battle, 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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וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב הָעָ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לָב֣וֹא הָעִ֑יר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְגַּנֵּ֗ב הָעָם֙ הַנִּכְלָמִ֔ים בְּנוּסָ֖ם בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

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[And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.549/)

## 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:491
# text = וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב הָעָ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לָב֣וֹא הָעִ֑יר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְגַּנֵּ֗ב הָעָם֙ הַנִּכְלָמִ֔ים בְּנוּסָ֖ם בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
# verse = 2SA.19.4
1-2	וַיִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_19:4!1|MId=o100190040011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּתְגַּנֵּ֥ב	גָּנַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.acted.stealthily|Ref=2SA_19:4!1|MId=o100190040012|Strong=1589|Frame=A0:100190040022;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	הָעָ֛ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	4	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_19:4!2|MId=o100190040021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
4	עָ֛ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=2SA_19:4!2|MId=o100190040022|Strong=5971
5-7	בַּיּ֥וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=2SA_19:4!3|MId=o100190040031|Strong=0871a
6	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	7	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_19:4!3|MId=o100190040031ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
7	יּ֥וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=2SA_19:4!3|MId=o100190040032|Strong=3117
8-9	הַה֖וּא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	9	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_19:4!4|MId=o100190040041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
9	ה֖וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	det	_	Gloss=that|Ref=2SA_19:4!4|MId=o100190040042|Strong=1931|Type=personal
10-11	לָב֣וֹא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_19:4!5|MId=o100190040051|Strong=3807a
11	ב֣וֹא	בּוֹא	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	2	advcl	_	Gloss=enter|Ref=2SA_19:4!5|MId=o100190040052|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:100190040022;|Type=infinitive_construct
12-13	הָעִ֑יר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	13	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_19:4!6|MId=o100190040061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
13	עִ֑יר	עִיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	obl	_	Gloss=city|Ref=2SA_19:4!6|MId=o100190040062|Strong=5892
14-15	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	כַּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=just|Ref=2SA_19:4!7|MId=o100190040071|Strong=3509a
15	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	16	mark	_	Gloss=as|Ref=2SA_19:4!7|MId=o100190040072|Strong=0834|Type=relative
16	יִתְגַּנֵּ֗ב	גָּנַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	14	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=it.acts.stealthily|Ref=2SA_19:4!8|MId=o100190040081|Strong=1589|Frame=A0:100190040092;|Type=yiqtol
17-18	הָעָם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_19:4!9|MId=o100190040091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	עָם֙	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=2SA_19:4!9|MId=o100190040092|Strong=5971
19-20	הַנִּכְלָמִ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הַ	הַ	SCONJ	_	_	20	mark	_	Gloss=[who|Ref=2SA_19:4!10|MId=o100190040101|Strong=1886a
20	נִּכְלָמִ֔ים	כָּלַם	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur	18	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=are].ashamed|Ref=2SA_19:4!10|MId=o100190040102|Strong=3637|Frame=A0:100190040092;|Type=participle_passive
21-23	בְּנוּסָ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=when|Ref=2SA_19:4!11|MId=o100190040111|Strong=0871a
22	נוּס	נוּס	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	16	advcl	_	Gloss=flee|Ref=2SA_19:4!11|MId=o100190040112|Strong=5127|Frame=A0:100190040113;|Type=infinitive_construct
23	ָ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=2SA_19:4!11|MId=o100190040113|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
24-26	בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=2SA_19:4!12|MId=o100190040121|Strong=0871a
25	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	26	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_19:4!12|MId=o100190040121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
26	מִּלְחָמָֽה	מִלְחָמָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	22	obl	_	Gloss=battle|Ref=2SA_19:4!12|MId=o100190040122|Strong=4421
27	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	26	punct	_	Ref=2SA_19:4!12
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּתְגַּנֵּב *it acted stealthily* | wayyiqtol · hithpael | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| בוֹא *enter* | infinitive construct · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| יִתְגַּנֵּב *it acts stealthily* | yiqtol · hithpael | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| נִּכְלָמִים *are\] ashamed* | participle passive · niphal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| נוּס *flee* | infinitive construct · qal | ָם *they* |  |  |  |

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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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וּמִתְגַנְבִין עַמָא בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא לְמֵיעַל לְקַרְתָּא כְּמָא דְמִתְגַנְבִין עַמָא דְמִתְכַּלְמִין בְּמִפַּכְהוֹן בִּקְרָבָא:

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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 people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.549/)

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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:491`.

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