--- title: 2 Samuel 2:1 — And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, say… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?' And the LORD said unto him: 'Go up.' And David said: 'Whither shall I go up?' And He said: 'Unto Hebron.' Who acts: it, David, I, LORD. 2 Samuel 2:1 in Hebrew with its dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.1/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/2/) / 2:1 # 2 Samuel 2:1 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** it, David, I, LORD · **What happens:** come, pass, inquire, say, go up · **To what, where:** any · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Samuel 2:1 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 — it, David, I, LORD — and what happens in the verse to any, 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. וַיְהִ֣י אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן וַיִּשְׁאַל֩ דָּוִ֨ד בַּֽיהוָ֤ה ׀ לֵאמֹר֙ הַאֶעֱלֶ֗ה בְּאַחַת֙ עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו עֲלֵ֑ה וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛ד אָ֥נָה אֶעֱלֶ֖ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חֶבְרֹֽנָה׃ [And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?' And the LORD said unto him: 'Go up.' And David said: 'Whither shall I go up?' And He said: 'Unto Hebron.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.33/) ## 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:27 # text = וַיְהִ֣י אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן וַיִּשְׁאַל֩ דָּוִ֨ד בַּֽיהוָ֤ה ׀ לֵאמֹר֙ הַאֶעֱלֶ֗ה בְּאַחַת֙ עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו עֲלֵ֑ה וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛ד אָ֥נָה אֶעֱלֶ֖ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חֶבְרֹֽנָה׃ # verse = 2SA.2.1 1-2 וַיְהִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_2:1!1|MId=o100020010011|Strong=2050b 2 יְהִ֣י הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=2SA_2:1!1|MId=o100020010012|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אַֽחֲרֵי־ אַחַר ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=after|Ref=2SA_2:1!2|MId=o100020010021|Strong=0310|SpaceAfter=No 4 כֵ֗ן כֵּן ADV _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=thus|Ref=2SA_2:1!3|MId=o100020010031|Strong=3651 5-6 וַיִּשְׁאַל֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_2:1!4|MId=o100020010041|Strong=2050b 6 יִּשְׁאַל֩ שָׁאַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.enquired|Ref=2SA_2:1!4|MId=o100020010042|Strong=7592|Frame=A0:100020010051;|Type=wayyiqtol 7 דָּוִ֨ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 6 nsubj _ Gloss=David|Ref=2SA_2:1!5|MId=o100020010051|Strong=1732 8-9 בַּֽיהוָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בַּֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=2SA_2:1!6|MId=o100020010061|Strong=0871a 9 יהוָ֤ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 6 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2SA_2:1!6|MId=o100020010062|Strong=3068 10 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 9 punct _ Ref=2SA_2:1!6 11-12 לֵאמֹר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 14 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2SA_2:1!7|MId=o100020010071|Strong=3807a 12 אמֹר֙ אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 11 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=2SA_2:1!7|MId=o100020010072|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100020010051;|Type=infinitive_construct 13-14 הַאֶעֱלֶ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הֲ PART _ _ 14 advmod _ Gloss=will|Ref=2SA_2:1!8|MId=o100020010081|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 14 אֶעֱלֶ֗ה עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 6 ccomp _ Gloss=I.go.up?|Ref=2SA_2:1!8|MId=o100020010082|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:100020010051;|Type=yiqtol 15-16 בְּאַחַת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2SA_2:1!9|MId=o100020010091|Strong=0871a 16 אַחַת֙ אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=2SA_2:1!9|MId=o100020010092|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 17 עָרֵ֣י עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 14 obl _ Gloss=of.the.cities|Ref=2SA_2:1!10|MId=o100020010101|Strong=5892 18 יְהוּדָ֔ה יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=2SA_2:1!11|MId=o100020010111|Strong=3063 19-20 וַיֹּ֧אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_2:1!12|MId=o100020010121|Strong=2050b 20 יֹּ֧אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_2:1!12|MId=o100020010122|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100020010131;|Type=wayyiqtol 21 יְהוָ֛ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 20 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2SA_2:1!13|MId=o100020010131|Strong=3068 22-23 אֵלָ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 אֵלָ֖י אֶל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_2:1!14|MId=o100020010141|Strong=0413 23 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2SA_2:1!14|MId=o100020010142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 24 עֲלֵ֑ה עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 20 ccomp _ Gloss=go.up|Ref=2SA_2:1!15|MId=o100020010151|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:100020010051;|Type=imperative 25-26 וַיֹּ֧אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_2:1!16|MId=o100020010161|Strong=2050b 26 יֹּ֧אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_2:1!16|MId=o100020010162|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100020010171;|Type=wayyiqtol 27 דָּוִ֛ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 26 nsubj _ Gloss=David|Ref=2SA_2:1!17|MId=o100020010171|Strong=1732 28 אָ֥נָה אָן PRON _ PronType=Prs 29 advmod _ Gloss=where?|Ref=2SA_2:1!18|MId=o100020010181|Strong=0575 29 אֶעֱלֶ֖ה עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 26 ccomp _ Gloss=will.I.go.up|Ref=2SA_2:1!19|MId=o100020010191|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:100020010171;|Type=yiqtol 30-31 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_2:1!20|MId=o100020010201|Strong=2050b 31 יֹּ֥אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_2:1!20|MId=o100020010202|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100020010131;A1:100020010211;|Type=wayyiqtol 32-33 חֶבְרֹֽנָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 חֶבְרֹֽנ חֶבְרוֹן PROPN _ _ 31 ccomp _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_2:1!21|MId=o100020010211|Strong=2275 33 ָה ה X _ _ 32 nmod _ Gloss=Hebron|Ref=2SA_2:1!21|MId=o100020010212|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=2SA_2:1!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּשְׁאַל *he enquired* | wayyiqtol · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | אֶעֱלֶה *I go up?* | yiqtol · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | עֲלֵה *go up* | imperative · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | אֶעֱלֶה *will I go up* | yiqtol · qal | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | חֶבְרֹֽנ *to* | | | 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} וַהֲוָה בָּתַר כֵּן וּשְׁאֵיל דָוִד בְּמֵימְרָא דַייָ לְמֵימָר הַאֶסַק בַּחֲדָא מִקִרְוַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה וַאֲמַר יְיָ לֵיהּ סַק וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְאָן אֲסַק וַאֲמַר לְחֶבְרוֹן: 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 it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?' And the LORD said unto him: 'Go up.' And David said: 'Whither shall I go up?' And He said: 'Unto Hebron.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.33/) **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:27`. - ← previous: [2 Samuel 1:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.1.27/) - next →: [2 Samuel 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.2/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/2/)