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title: 2 Samuel 23:10 — he stood firm, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, a… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: he stood firm, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword; and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain. Who acts: man, hand, LORD, people. 2 Samuel 23:10 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, T
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# 2 Samuel 23:10 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** man, hand, LORD, people · **What happens:** stand, smote, be, cleave, wrought, return · **To what, where:** Philistines, great victory, slain

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This is 2 Samuel 23:10 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 — man, hand, LORD, people — and what happens in the verse to Philistines, great victory, slain, 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.

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ה֣וּא קָם֩ וַיַּ֨ךְ בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים עַ֣ד ׀ כִּֽי־יָגְעָ֣ה יָד֗וֹ וַתִּדְבַּ֤ק יָדוֹ֙ אֶל־הַחֶ֔רֶב וַיַּ֧עַשׂ יְהוָ֛ה תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וְהָעָ֛ם יָשֻׁ֥בוּ אַחֲרָ֖יו אַךְ־לְפַשֵּֽׁט׃ס

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[he stood firm, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword; and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.720/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:640
# text = ה֣וּא קָם֩ וַיַּ֨ךְ בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים עַ֣ד ׀ כִּֽי־יָגְעָ֣ה יָד֗וֹ וַתִּדְבַּ֤ק יָדוֹ֙ אֶל־הַחֶ֔רֶב וַיַּ֧עַשׂ יְהוָ֛ה תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וְהָעָ֛ם יָשֻׁ֥בוּ אַחֲרָ֖יו אַךְ־לְפַשֵּֽׁט׃ס
# verse = 2SA.23.10
1	ה֣וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=2SA_23:10!1|MId=o100230100011|Strong=1931|Type=personal
2	קָם֩	קוּם	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.arose|Ref=2SA_23:10!2|MId=o100230100021|Strong=6965|Frame=A0:100230100011;|Type=qatal
3-4	וַיַּ֨ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	4	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_23:10!3|MId=o100230100031|Strong=2050b
4	יַּ֨ךְ	נָכָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.struck.down|Ref=2SA_23:10!3|MId=o100230100032|Strong=5221|Frame=A0:100230090031;|Type=wayyiqtol
5-7	בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=among|Ref=2SA_23:10!4|MId=o100230100041|Strong=0871a
6	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	7	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_23:10!4|MId=o100230100041ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
7	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים	פְּלִשְׁתִּי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	obl	_	Gloss=Philistines|Ref=2SA_23:10!4|MId=o100230100042|Strong=6430|Type=gentilic
8	עַ֣ד	עַד	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=2SA_23:10!5|MId=o100230100051|Strong=5704
9	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	8	punct	_	Ref=2SA_23:10!5
10	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	11	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2SA_23:10!6|MId=o100230100061|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
11	יָגְעָ֣ה	יָגֵעַ	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	parataxis	_	Gloss=it.was.weary|Ref=2SA_23:10!7|MId=o100230100071|Strong=3021|Frame=A0:100230100081;|Type=qatal
12-13	יָד֗וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	יָד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=hand|Ref=2SA_23:10!8|MId=o100230100081|Strong=3027
13	֗וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2SA_23:10!8|MId=o100230100082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
14-15	וַתִּדְבַּ֤ק	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	15	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_23:10!9|MId=o100230100091|Strong=2050b
15	תִּדְבַּ֤ק	דָּבַק	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	11	conj	_	Gloss=it.cleaved|Ref=2SA_23:10!9|MId=o100230100092|Strong=1692|Frame=A0:100230100101;|Type=wayyiqtol
16-17	יָדוֹ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	יָד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=hand|Ref=2SA_23:10!10|MId=o100230100101|Strong=3027
17	וֹ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=2SA_23:10!10|MId=o100230100102|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
18	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_23:10!11|MId=o100230100111|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
19-20	הַחֶ֔רֶב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_23:10!12|MId=o100230100121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	חֶ֔רֶב	חֶרֶב	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	15	obl	_	Gloss=sword|Ref=2SA_23:10!12|MId=o100230100122|Strong=2719
21-22	וַיַּ֧עַשׂ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_23:10!13|MId=o100230100131|Strong=2050b
22	יַּ֧עַשׂ	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.did|Ref=2SA_23:10!13|MId=o100230100132|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:100230100141;A1:100230100151;|Type=wayyiqtol
23	יְהוָ֛ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	22	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2SA_23:10!14|MId=o100230100141|Strong=3068
24	תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה	תְּשׁוּעָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	22	obj	_	Gloss=a.victory|Ref=2SA_23:10!15|MId=o100230100151|Strong=8668
25	גְדוֹלָ֖ה	גָּדוֹל	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	24	amod	_	Gloss=great|Ref=2SA_23:10!16|MId=o100230100161|Strong=1419|Type=adjective
26-28	בַּיּ֣וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=2SA_23:10!17|MId=o100230100171|Strong=0871a
27	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_23:10!17|MId=o100230100171ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	יּ֣וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=2SA_23:10!17|MId=o100230100172|Strong=3117
29-30	הַה֑וּא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	30	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_23:10!18|MId=o100230100181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
30	ה֑וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	det	_	Gloss=that|Ref=2SA_23:10!18|MId=o100230100182|Strong=1931|Type=personal
31-33	וְהָעָ֛ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	34	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_23:10!19|MId=o100230100191|Strong=2050b
32	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	33	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_23:10!19|MId=o100230100192|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
33	עָ֛ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=2SA_23:10!19|MId=o100230100193|Strong=5971
34	יָשֻׁ֥בוּ	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.returned|Ref=2SA_23:10!20|MId=o100230100201|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:100230100193;|Type=yiqtol
35-36	אַחֲרָ֖יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
35	אַחֲרָ֖י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	36	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=2SA_23:10!21|MId=o100230100211|Strong=0310
36	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=2SA_23:10!21|MId=o100230100212|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
37	אַךְ־	אַךְ	ADV	_	_	39	advmod	_	Gloss=only|Ref=2SA_23:10!22|MId=o100230100221|Strong=0389|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No
38-39	לְפַשֵּֽׁט	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
38	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	39	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_23:10!23|MId=o100230100231|Strong=3807a
39	פַשֵּֽׁט	פָּשַׁט	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	34	advcl	_	Gloss=strip|Ref=2SA_23:10!23|MId=o100230100232|Strong=6584|Frame=A0:100230100193;|Type=infinitive_construct
40	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	39	punct	_	Ref=2SA_23:10!23|SpaceAfter=No
41	ס	ס	PUNCT	_	_	39	punct	_	Ref=2SA_23:10!23
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| קָם *he arose* | qatal · qal | הוּא *he* |  |  |  |
| יַּךְ *he struck down* | wayyiqtol · hiphil |  |  |  |  |
| יָגְעָה *it was weary* | qatal · qal | יָד *hand* |  |  |  |
| תִּדְבַּק *it cleaved* | wayyiqtol · qal | יָד *hand* |  |  |  |
| יַּעַשׂ *he did* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | תְּשׁוּעָה *a victory* |  |  |
| יָשֻׁבוּ *they returned* | yiqtol · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| פַשֵּֽׁט *strip* | infinitive construct · piel | עָם *people* |  |  |  |

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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}

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הוּא קָם וּקְטַל בִּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי עַד דְלָאִית יְדֵיהּ וְאַדְבִּיקַת יְדֵיהּ עִם חַרְבָּא וַעֲבַד יְיָ פּוּרְקָנָא רַבָּא בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא וְעַמָא תַּב בַּתְרוֹהִי בְּרַם לַחֲלָצָא קְטִילַיָא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [he stood firm, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword; and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.720/)

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**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:640`.

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