--- title: 2 Samuel 20:1 — Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.' Who acts: base fellow, name, fellow, We. 2 Samuel 20:1 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.1/) [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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/20/) / 20:1 # 2 Samuel 20:1 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** base fellow, name, fellow, We, Sheba · **What happens:** happen, be, blow, say, have, name · **To what, where:** Sheba, horn, portion, David, inheritance · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Samuel 20:1 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 — base fellow, name, fellow, We, Sheba — and what happens in the verse to Sheba, horn, portion, David, inheritance, 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. וְשָׁ֨ם נִקְרָ֜א אִ֣ישׁ בְּלִיַּ֗עַל וּשְׁמ֛וֹ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י אִ֣ישׁ יְמִינִ֑י וַיִּתְקַ֣ע בַּשֹּׁפָ֗ר וַ֠יֹּאמֶר אֵֽין־לָ֨נוּ חֵ֜לֶק בְּדָוִ֗ד וְלֹ֤א נַֽחֲלָה־לָ֙נוּ֙ בְּבֶן־יִשַׁ֔י אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֖יו יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.601/) ## 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:532 # text = וְשָׁ֨ם נִקְרָ֜א אִ֣ישׁ בְּלִיַּ֗עַל וּשְׁמ֛וֹ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י אִ֣ישׁ יְמִינִ֑י וַיִּתְקַ֣ע בַּשֹּׁפָ֗ר וַ֠יֹּאמֶר אֵֽין־לָ֨נוּ חֵ֜לֶק בְּדָוִ֗ד וְלֹ֤א נַֽחֲלָה־לָ֙נוּ֙ בְּבֶן־יִשַׁ֔י אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֖יו יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ # verse = 2SA.20.1 1-2 וְשָׁ֨ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 3 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:1!1|MId=o100200010011|Strong=2050b 2 שָׁ֨ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=there|Ref=2SA_20:1!1|MId=o100200010012|Strong=8033 3 נִקְרָ֜א קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.was.met|Ref=2SA_20:1!2|MId=o100200010021|Strong=7122|Frame=A0:100200010031;|Type=qatal 4 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=a.man|Ref=2SA_20:1!3|MId=o100200010031|Strong=0376 5 בְּלִיַּ֗עַל בְּלִיַּעַל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.worthlessness|Ref=2SA_20:1!4|MId=o100200010041|Strong=1100 6-8 וּשְׁמ֛וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:1!5|MId=o100200010051|Strong=2050b 7 שְׁמ שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ Gloss=name|Ref=2SA_20:1!5|MId=o100200010052|Strong=8034 8 ֛וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=2SA_20:1!5|MId=o100200010053|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 9 שֶׁ֥בַע שֶׁבַע NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 conj _ Gloss=[was].Sheba|Ref=2SA_20:1!6|MId=o100200010061|Strong=7652|Type=cardinal_number 10 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=2SA_20:1!7|MId=o100200010071|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 11 בִּכְרִ֖י בִּכְרִי PROPN _ _ 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Bicri|Ref=2SA_20:1!8|MId=o100200010081|Strong=1075 12 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 appos _ Gloss=a.man|Ref=2SA_20:1!9|MId=o100200010091|Strong=0376 13 יְמִינִ֑י יָמִינִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 appos _ Gloss=a.Jaminite|Ref=2SA_20:1!10|MId=o100200010101|Strong=1145|Type=gentilic 14-15 וַיִּתְקַ֣ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:1!11|MId=o100200010111|Strong=2050b 15 יִּתְקַ֣ע תָּקַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.gave.a.blast|Ref=2SA_20:1!11|MId=o100200010112|Strong=8628|Frame=A0:100200010031;|Type=wayyiqtol 16-18 בַּשֹּׁפָ֗ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=2SA_20:1!12|MId=o100200010121|Strong=0871a 17 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_20:1!12|MId=o100200010121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 שֹּׁפָ֗ר שֹׁופָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=trumpet|Ref=2SA_20:1!12|MId=o100200010122|Strong=7782 19-20 וַ֠יֹּאמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וַ֠ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:1!13|MId=o100200010131|Strong=2050b 20 יֹּאמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_20:1!13|MId=o100200010132|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100200010031;|Type=wayyiqtol 21 אֵֽין־ אַיִן ADV _ _ 20 ccomp _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=2SA_20:1!14|MId=o100200010141|Strong=0369|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 22-23 לָ֨נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 ל לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2SA_20:1!15|MId=o100200010151|Strong=3807a 23 ָ֨נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=2SA_20:1!15|MId=o100200010152|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 24 חֵ֜לֶק חֵלֶק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=a.portion|Ref=2SA_20:1!16|MId=o100200010161|Strong=2506 25-26 בְּדָוִ֗ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2SA_20:1!17|MId=o100200010171|Strong=0871a 26 דָוִ֗ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 21 obl _ Gloss=David|Ref=2SA_20:1!17|MId=o100200010172|Strong=1732 27-28 וְלֹ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:1!18|MId=o100200010181|Strong=2050b 28 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 31 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2SA_20:1!18|MId=o100200010182|Strong=3808|Type=negative 29 נַֽחֲלָה־ נַחֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ Gloss=an.inheritance|Ref=2SA_20:1!19|MId=o100200010191|Strong=5159|SpaceAfter=No 30-31 לָ֙נוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 ל לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=2SA_20:1!20|MId=o100200010201|Strong=3807a 31 ָ֙נוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 conj _ Gloss=us|Ref=2SA_20:1!20|MId=o100200010202|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 32-33 בְּבֶן־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2SA_20:1!21|MId=o100200010211|Strong=0871a 33 בֶן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 obl _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=2SA_20:1!21|MId=o100200010212|Strong=1121 34 יִשַׁ֔י יִשַׁי PROPN _ _ 33 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Jesse|Ref=2SA_20:1!22|MId=o100200010221|Strong=3448 35 אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ Gloss=everyone|Ref=2SA_20:1!23|MId=o100200010231|Strong=0376 36-38 לְאֹהָלָ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 37 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_20:1!24|MId=o100200010241|Strong=3807a 37 אֹהָלָ֖י אֹהֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 35 obl _ Gloss=tents|Ref=2SA_20:1!24|MId=o100200010242|Strong=0168 38 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=2SA_20:1!24|MId=o100200010243|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 39 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 35 parataxis _ Gloss=O.Israel|Ref=2SA_20:1!25|MId=o100200010251|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No 40 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 39 punct _ Ref=2SA_20:1!25 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נִקְרָא *he was met* | qatal · niphal | אִישׁ *a man* | | | | | יִּתְקַע *he gave a blast* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *a man* | | | | | **not** יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *a man* | | | | 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} וְתַמָן אִתְעַרַע גְבַר רַשִׁיעָא וּשְׁמֵיהּ שֶׁבַע בַּר בִּכְרִי גַבְרָא מִשִׁבְטָא דְבֵית בִּנְיָמִן וּתְקַע בְּשׁוֹפָרָא וַאֲמַר לֵית לָן חוּלַק בְּדָוִד וְלָא אַחְסָנָא לָנָא בְּבַר יִשַׁי גְבַר לְקִרְווֹהִי יִשְׂרָאֵל: 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. [Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.601/) **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). 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