--- title: 2 Samuel 20:6 — And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us m… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.' Who acts: David, Sheba, thou, our. 2 Samuel 20:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Tar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.6/) [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/) / 20:6 # 2 Samuel 20:6 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** David, Sheba, thou, our · **What happens:** say, do, take, pursue, get, fortify · **To what, where:** Abishai, more harm, us, servants, fortified cities, Absalom · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Samuel 20:6 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 — David, Sheba, thou, our — and what happens in the verse to Abishai, more harm, us, servants, fortified cities, Absalom, 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 דָּוִד֙ אֶל־אֲבִישַׁ֔י עַתָּ֗ה יֵ֧רַֽע לָ֛נוּ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י מִן־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם אַ֠תָּה קַ֞ח אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְדֹ֣ף אַחֲרָ֔יו פֶּן־מָ֥צָא ל֛וֹ עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻר֖וֹת וְהִצִּ֥יל עֵינֵֽנוּ׃ [And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.607/) ## 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:537 # text = וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־אֲבִישַׁ֔י עַתָּ֗ה יֵ֧רַֽע לָ֛נוּ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י מִן־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם אַ֠תָּה קַ֞ח אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְדֹ֣ף אַחֲרָ֔יו פֶּן־מָ֥צָא ל֛וֹ עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻר֖וֹת וְהִצִּ֥יל עֵינֵֽנוּ׃ # verse = 2SA.20.6 1-2 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:6!1|MId=o100200060011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_20:6!1|MId=o100200060012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100200060021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 דָּוִד֙ דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=David|Ref=2SA_20:6!2|MId=o100200060021|Strong=1732 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_20:6!3|MId=o100200060031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 אֲבִישַׁ֔י אֲבִישַׁי PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Abishai|Ref=2SA_20:6!4|MId=o100200060041|Strong=0052 6 עַתָּ֗ה עַתָּה ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=now|Ref=2SA_20:6!5|MId=o100200060051|Strong=6258 7 יֵ֧רַֽע רעע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=he.will.be.bad|Ref=2SA_20:6!6|MId=o100200060061|Strong=7489|Frame=A0:100200060081;|Type=yiqtol 8-9 לָ֛נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 ל לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2SA_20:6!7|MId=o100200060071|Strong=3807a 9 ָ֛נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=2SA_20:6!7|MId=o100200060072|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 10 שֶׁ֥בַע שֶׁבַע NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=Sheba|Ref=2SA_20:6!8|MId=o100200060081|Strong=7652|Type=cardinal_number 11 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=2SA_20:6!9|MId=o100200060091|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 12 בִּכְרִ֖י בִּכְרִי PROPN _ _ 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Bicri|Ref=2SA_20:6!10|MId=o100200060101|Strong=1075 13 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=more.than|Ref=2SA_20:6!11|MId=o100200060111|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 14 אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם אַבְשָׁלֹום PROPN _ _ 7 obl _ Gloss=Absalom|Ref=2SA_20:6!12|MId=o100200060121|Strong=0053 15 אַ֠תָּה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=2SA_20:6!13|MId=o100200060131|Strong=0859|Type=personal 16 קַ֞ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 7 parataxis _ Gloss=take|Ref=2SA_20:6!14|MId=o100200060141|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:100200060131;A1:100200060161;|Type=imperative 17 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_20:6!15|MId=o100200060151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 18 עַבְדֵ֤י עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 obj _ Gloss=the.servants|Ref=2SA_20:6!16|MId=o100200060161|Strong=5650 19-20 אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 אֲדֹנֶ֙י אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.master(s)|Ref=2SA_20:6!17|MId=o100200060171|Strong=0113 20 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2SA_20:6!17|MId=o100200060172|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 21-22 וּרְדֹ֣ף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:6!18|MId=o100200060181|Strong=2050b 22 רְדֹ֣ף רָדַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 16 conj _ Gloss=pursue|Ref=2SA_20:6!18|MId=o100200060182|Strong=7291|Frame=A0:100200060041;|Type=imperative 23-24 אַחֲרָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 אַחֲרָ֔י אַחַר ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=after|Ref=2SA_20:6!19|MId=o100200060191|Strong=0310 24 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2SA_20:6!19|MId=o100200060192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 25 פֶּן־ פֶּן SCONJ _ _ 26 mark _ Gloss=lest|Ref=2SA_20:6!20|MId=o100200060201|Strong=6435|SpaceAfter=No 26 מָ֥צָא מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 advcl _ Gloss=he.has.found|Ref=2SA_20:6!21|MId=o100200060211|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:100200060081;A1:100200060231;|Type=qatal 27-28 ל֛וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 ל לְ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2SA_20:6!22|MId=o100200060221|Strong=3807a 28 ֛וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ Gloss=himself|Ref=2SA_20:6!22|MId=o100200060222|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 29 עָרִ֥ים עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 26 obj _ Gloss=cities|Ref=2SA_20:6!23|MId=o100200060231|Strong=5892 30 בְּצֻר֖וֹת בָּצוּר ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 29 amod _ Gloss=fortified|Ref=2SA_20:6!24|MId=o100200060241|Strong=1208|Type=adjective 31-32 וְהִצִּ֥יל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 32 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_20:6!25|MId=o100200060251|Strong=2050b 32 הִצִּ֥יל נָצַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 26 conj _ Gloss=he.will.tear.out|Ref=2SA_20:6!25|MId=o100200060252|Strong=5337|Frame=AA:100200060081;A0:100200060261;|Type=weqatal 33-34 עֵינֵֽנוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 עֵינ עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Sing 32 obj _ Gloss=eye|Ref=2SA_20:6!26|MId=o100200060261|Strong=5869 34 ֵֽנוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=2SA_20:6!26|MId=o100200060262|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=2SA_20:6!26 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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 | דָּוִד *David* | | | | | יֵרַֽע *he will be bad* | yiqtol · qal | שֶׁבַע *Sheba* | | | | | קַח *take* | imperative · qal | אַתָּה *you* | עַבְדֵי *the servants* | | | | רְדֹף *pursue* | imperative · qal | אֲבִישַׁי *Abishai* | | | | | מָצָא *he has found* | qatal · qal | שֶׁבַע *Sheba* | עָרִים *cities* | | | | הִצִּיל *he will tear out* | weqatal · hiphil | עֵינ *eye* | | | שֶׁבַע *Sheba* | 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 דָוִד לַאֲבִישַׁי כְּעַן יַבְאֵישׁ לָנָא שֶׁבַע בַּר בִּכְרִי מִן אַבְשָׁלוֹם אַתְּ דְבַר יַת עַבְדֵי רִבּוֹנָךְ וּרְדַף בַּתְרוֹהִי דִלְמָא יַשְׁכַּח לֵיהּ קִרְוִין כְּרִיכָן וְיָעִיק לָנָא: 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 David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.607/) **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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