--- title: 2 Samuel 21:7 — But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Sau… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. Who acts: king, oath. 2 Samuel 21:7 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.7/) [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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/21/) / 21:7 # 2 Samuel 21:7 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** king, oath · **What happens:** spare, be · **To what, where:** Mephibosheth This is 2 Samuel 21:7 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 — king, oath — and what happens in the verse to Mephibosheth, 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. וַיַּחְמֹ֣ל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַל־מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁתמְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת בֶּן־יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בֶּן־שָׁא֑וּל עַל־שְׁבֻעַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּֽינֹתָ֔ם בֵּ֣ין דָּוִ֔ד וּבֵ֖ין יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן בֶּן־שָׁאֽוּל׃ [But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.641/) ## 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:564 # text = וַיַּחְמֹ֣ל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַל־מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁתמְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת בֶּן־יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בֶּן־שָׁא֑וּל עַל־שְׁבֻעַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּֽינֹתָ֔ם בֵּ֣ין דָּוִ֔ד וּבֵ֖ין יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן בֶּן־שָׁאֽוּל׃ # verse = 2SA.21.7 1-2 וַיַּחְמֹ֣ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_21:7!1|MId=o100210070011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּחְמֹ֣ל חָמַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.had.compassion|Ref=2SA_21:7!1|MId=o100210070012|Strong=2550|Frame=A0:100210070022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_21:7!2|MId=o100210070021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_21:7!2|MId=o100210070022|Strong=4428 5 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=2SA_21:7!3|MId=o100210070031|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 6-7 מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁתמְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת מְפִיבֹשֶׁת PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Mephibosheth|Ref=2SA_21:7!4|MId=o100210070041 7 מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת בֹּשֶׁת PROPN _ _ 6 appos _ Gloss=|Ref=2SA_21:7!5|MId=o100210070051 8 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=2SA_21:7!6|MId=o100210070061|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 9 יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן יְהוֹנָתָן PROPN _ _ 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Jonathan|Ref=2SA_21:7!7|MId=o100210070071|Strong=3083 10 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=2SA_21:7!8|MId=o100210070081|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 11 שָׁא֑וּל שָׁאוּל PROPN _ _ 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Saul|Ref=2SA_21:7!9|MId=o100210070091|Strong=7586 12 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=2SA_21:7!10|MId=o100210070101|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 13 שְׁבֻעַ֤ת שְׁבוּעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=the.oath|Ref=2SA_21:7!11|MId=o100210070111|Strong=7621 14 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=2SA_21:7!12|MId=o100210070121|Strong=3068 15 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 17 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=2SA_21:7!13|MId=o100210070131|Strong=0834|Type=relative 16-17 בֵּֽינֹתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בֵּֽינֹת בֵּין ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=[was].between|Ref=2SA_21:7!14|MId=o100210070141|Strong=0996 17 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 acl:relcl _ Gloss=them|Ref=2SA_21:7!14|MId=o100210070142|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 18 בֵּ֣ין בֵּין ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=2SA_21:7!15|MId=o100210070151|Strong=0996 19 דָּוִ֔ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 17 nmod _ Gloss=David|Ref=2SA_21:7!16|MId=o100210070161|Strong=1732 20-21 וּבֵ֖ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_21:7!17|MId=o100210070171|Strong=2050b 21 בֵ֖ין בֵּין ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=2SA_21:7!17|MId=o100210070172|Strong=0996 22 יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן יְהוֹנָתָן PROPN _ _ 19 conj _ Gloss=Jonathan|Ref=2SA_21:7!18|MId=o100210070181|Strong=3083 23 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=2SA_21:7!19|MId=o100210070191|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 24 שָׁאֽוּל שָׁאוּל PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Saul|Ref=2SA_21:7!20|MId=o100210070201|Strong=7586|SpaceAfter=No 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=2SA_21:7!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּחְמֹל *he had compassion* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | 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} וְחָס מַלְכָּא עַל מְפִיבֹשֶׁת בַּר יְהוֹנָתָן בַּר שָׁאוּל עַל שְׁבוּעֲתָא דַייָ דְבֵינֵיהוֹן בֵּין דָוִד וּבֵין יְהוֹנָתָן בַּר שָׁאוּל: 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. [But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.641/) **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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