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title: 2 Samuel 24:9 — And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the kin… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. Who acts: Joab, thousand valiant men, men. 2 Samuel 24:9 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Ta
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# 2 Samuel 24:9 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** Joab, thousand valiant men, men · **What happens:** give up, be, draw, sum, number · **To what, where:** sum, Israel, sword, thousand men, numbering, people

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This is 2 Samuel 24:9 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, thousand valiant men, men — and what happens in the verse to sum, Israel, sword, thousand men, numbering, people, 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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וַיִּתֵּ֥ן יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַתְּהִ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל שְׁמֹנֶה֩ מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף אִֽישׁ־חַ֙יִל֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וְאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃

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[And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.764/)

## 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:678
# text = וַיִּתֵּ֥ן יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַתְּהִ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל שְׁמֹנֶה֩ מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף אִֽישׁ־חַ֙יִל֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וְאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃
# verse = 2SA.24.9
1-2	וַיִּתֵּ֥ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_24:9!1|MId=o100240090011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּתֵּ֥ן	נָתַן	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.gave|Ref=2SA_24:9!1|MId=o100240090012|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:100240090021;A1:100240090041;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	יוֹאָ֛ב	יוֹאָב	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Joab|Ref=2SA_24:9!2|MId=o100240090021|Strong=3097
4	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_24:9!3|MId=o100240090031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
5	מִסְפַּ֥ר	מִסְפָּר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obj	_	Gloss=the.number|Ref=2SA_24:9!4|MId=o100240090041|Strong=4557
6	מִפְקַד־	מִפְקָד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.muster|Ref=2SA_24:9!5|MId=o100240090051|Strong=4662|SpaceAfter=No
7-8	הָעָ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	8	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2SA_24:9!6|MId=o100240090061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
8	עָ֖ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=2SA_24:9!6|MId=o100240090062|Strong=5971
9	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_24:9!7|MId=o100240090071|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
10-11	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	11	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_24:9!8|MId=o100240090081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
11	מֶּ֑לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_24:9!8|MId=o100240090082|Strong=4428
12-13	וַתְּהִ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_24:9!9|MId=o100240090091|Strong=2050b
13	תְּהִ֣י	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	18	cop	_	Gloss=it.was|Ref=2SA_24:9!9|MId=o100240090092|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:100240090101;|Type=wayyiqtol
14	יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	18	nsubj	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=2SA_24:9!10|MId=o100240090101|Strong=3478
15	שְׁמֹנֶה֩	שְׁמֹנֶה	NUM	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	18	nummod	_	Gloss=eight|Ref=2SA_24:9!11|MId=o100240090111|Strong=8083|Type=cardinal_number
16	מֵא֨וֹת	מֵאָה	NUM	_	Number=Plur	15	flat	_	Gloss=hundred(s)|Ref=2SA_24:9!12|MId=o100240090121|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number
17	אֶ֤לֶף	אֶלֶף	NUM	_	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	Gloss=thousand|Ref=2SA_24:9!13|MId=o100240090131|Strong=0505|Type=cardinal_number
18	אִֽישׁ־	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	conj	_	Gloss=man|Ref=2SA_24:9!14|MId=o100240090141|Strong=0376|SpaceAfter=No
19	חַ֙יִל֙	חַיִל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.strength|Ref=2SA_24:9!15|MId=o100240090151|Strong=2428
20	שֹׁ֣לֵֽף	שָׁלַף	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	18	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=[who].drew|Ref=2SA_24:9!16|MId=o100240090161|Strong=8025|Frame=A0:100240090141;A1:100240090171;|Type=participle_active
21	חֶ֔רֶב	חֶרֶב	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	obj	_	Gloss=a.sword|Ref=2SA_24:9!17|MId=o100240090171|Strong=2719
22-23	וְאִ֣ישׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	23	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_24:9!18|MId=o100240090181|Strong=2050b
23	אִ֣ישׁ	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	conj	_	Gloss=the.man|Ref=2SA_24:9!18|MId=o100240090182|Strong=0376
24	יְהוּדָ֔ה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=2SA_24:9!19|MId=o100240090191|Strong=3063
25	חֲמֵשׁ־	חָמֵשׁ	NUM	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	28	nummod	_	Gloss=[was].five|Ref=2SA_24:9!20|MId=o100240090201|Strong=2568|Type=cardinal_number|SpaceAfter=No
26	מֵא֥וֹת	מֵאָה	NUM	_	Number=Plur	25	flat	_	Gloss=hundred(s)|Ref=2SA_24:9!21|MId=o100240090211|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number
27	אֶ֖לֶף	אֶלֶף	NUM	_	Number=Sing	25	flat	_	Gloss=thousand|Ref=2SA_24:9!22|MId=o100240090221|Strong=0505|Type=cardinal_number
28	אִֽישׁ	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	23	obj	_	Gloss=man|Ref=2SA_24:9!23|MId=o100240090231|Strong=0376|SpaceAfter=No
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=2SA_24:9!23
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּתֵּן *he gave* | wayyiqtol · qal | יוֹאָב *Joab* | מִסְפַּר *the number* |  |  |
| תְּהִי *it was* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* |  |  |  |
| שֹׁלֵֽף *\[who\] drew* | participle active · qal | אִֽישׁ־ *man* | חֶרֶב *a sword* |  |  |

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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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וִיהַב יוֹאָב יַת חֻשְׁבַּן מִנְיַן עַמָא לְמַלְכָּא וַהֲווֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל תַּמְנֵי מְאָה אַלְפִין גְבַר גִבַּר שַׁלְפֵי סַיָפָא וֶאֱנַשׁ יְהוּדָה חֲמֵשׁ מְאָה אַלְפִין גַבְרָא:

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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. [And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.764/)

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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:678`.

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