--- title: 2 Samuel 20:17 — And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.' Who acts: Joab, woman, thou, Beth. 2 Samuel 20:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.17/) [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/) / 20:17 # 2 Samuel 20:17 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** Joab, woman, thou, Beth, I · **What happens:** come, say, be, answer, hear, word · **To what, where:** Joab, words, handmaid · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Samuel 20:17 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 — Joab, woman, thou, Beth, I — and what happens in the verse to Joab, words, handmaid, 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. וַיִּקְרַ֣ב אֵלֶ֔יהָ וַתֹּ֧אמֶר הָאִשָּׁ֛ה הַאַתָּ֥ה יוֹאָ֖ב וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָ֑נִי וַתֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ שְׁמַע֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שֹׁמֵ֥עַ אָנֹֽכִי׃ [And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.621/) ## 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:548 # text = וַיִּקְרַ֣ב אֵלֶ֔יהָ וַתֹּ֧אמֶר הָאִשָּׁ֛ה הַאַתָּ֥ה יוֹאָ֖ב וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָ֑נִי וַתֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ שְׁמַע֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שֹׁמֵ֥עַ אָנֹֽכִי׃ # verse = 2SA.20.17 1-2 וַיִּקְרַ֣ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:17!1|MId=o100200170011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּקְרַ֣ב קָרַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.drew.near|Ref=2SA_20:17!1|MId=o100200170012|Strong=7126|Frame=A0:100200150151;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֵלֶ֔יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵלֶ֔י אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_20:17!2|MId=o100200170021|Strong=0413 4 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=2SA_20:17!2|MId=o100200170022|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 5-6 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:17!3|MId=o100200170031|Strong=2050b 6 תֹּ֧אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.said|Ref=2SA_20:17!3|MId=o100200170032|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100200170042;|Type=wayyiqtol 7-8 הָאִשָּׁ֛ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_20:17!4|MId=o100200170041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אִשָּׁ֛ה אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=woman|Ref=2SA_20:17!4|MId=o100200170042|Strong=0802 9-10 הַאַתָּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הֲ PART _ _ 11 advmod _ Gloss=[are]|Ref=2SA_20:17!5|MId=o100200170051|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 10 אַתָּ֥ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ Gloss=you?|Ref=2SA_20:17!5|MId=o100200170052|Strong=0859|Type=personal 11 יוֹאָ֖ב יוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 6 ccomp _ Gloss=Joab|Ref=2SA_20:17!6|MId=o100200170061|Strong=3097 12-13 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:17!7|MId=o100200170071|Strong=2050b 13 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_20:17!7|MId=o100200170072|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100200150151;|Type=wayyiqtol 14 אָ֑נִי אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 ccomp _ Gloss=I.[am]|Ref=2SA_20:17!8|MId=o100200170081|Strong=0589|Type=personal 15-16 וַתֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:17!9|MId=o100200170091|Strong=2050b 16 תֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.said|Ref=2SA_20:17!9|MId=o100200170092|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100200170042;|Type=wayyiqtol 17-18 ל֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 ל לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_20:17!10|MId=o100200170101|Strong=3807a 18 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2SA_20:17!10|MId=o100200170102|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 19 שְׁמַע֙ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 16 ccomp _ Gloss=listen.to|Ref=2SA_20:17!11|MId=o100200170111|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:100200150151;A1:100200170121;|Type=imperative 20 דִּבְרֵ֣י דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 obj _ Gloss=the.words|Ref=2SA_20:17!12|MId=o100200170121|Strong=1697 21-22 אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 אֲמָת אָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.maidservant|Ref=2SA_20:17!13|MId=o100200170131|Strong=0519 22 ֶ֔ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2SA_20:17!13|MId=o100200170132|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 23-24 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:17!14|MId=o100200170141|Strong=2050b 24 יֹּ֖אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_20:17!14|MId=o100200170142|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100200150151;|Type=wayyiqtol 25 שֹׁמֵ֥עַ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ Gloss=[am].listening|Ref=2SA_20:17!15|MId=o100200170151|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:100200170161;|Type=participle_active 26 אָנֹֽכִי אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=2SA_20:17!16|MId=o100200170161|Strong=0595|Type=personal|SpaceAfter=No 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=2SA_20:17!16 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּקְרַב *he drew near* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | תֹּאמֶר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִשָּׁה *woman* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | תֹּאמֶר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִשָּׁה *woman* | | | | | שְׁמַע *listen to* | imperative · qal | | דִּבְרֵי *the words* | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | שֹׁמֵעַ *\[am\] listening* | participle active · qal | אָנֹֽכִי *I* | | | | 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} וּקְרִיב לְוָתָהּ וַאֲמַרַת אִתְּתָא הַאַתְּ יוֹאָב וַאֲמַר אֲנָא וַאֲמַרַת לֵיהּ שְׁמַע פִּתְגָמֵי אַמְתָךְ וַאֲמַר שָׁמַע אֲנָא: 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 he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.621/) **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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