--- title: 2 Samuel 7:18 — Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said: '… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said: 'Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that Thou hast brought me thus far? Who acts: David, I, Thou. 2 Samuel 7:18 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.7.18/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/7/) / 7:18 # 2 Samuel 7:18 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** David, I, Thou · **What happens:** go in, sit, say, be, bring · **To what, where:** house, me · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Samuel 7:18 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, I, Thou — and what happens in the verse to house, me, 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. וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מִ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ וּמִ֣י בֵיתִ֔י כִּ֥י הֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִי עַד־הֲלֹֽם׃ [Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said: 'Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that Thou hast brought me thus far?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.196/) ## 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:175 # text = וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מִ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ וּמִ֣י בֵיתִ֔י כִּ֥י הֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִי עַד־הֲלֹֽם׃ # verse = 2SA.7.18 1-2 וַיָּבֹא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_7:18!1|MId=o100070180011|Strong=2050b 2 יָּבֹא֙ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.went|Ref=2SA_7:18!1|MId=o100070180012|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:100070180022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_7:18!2|MId=o100070180021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_7:18!2|MId=o100070180022|Strong=4428 5 דָּוִ֔ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 4 appos _ Gloss=David|Ref=2SA_7:18!3|MId=o100070180031|Strong=1732 6-7 וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_7:18!4|MId=o100070180041|Strong=2050b 7 יֵּ֖שֶׁב יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.sat|Ref=2SA_7:18!4|MId=o100070180042|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:100070180022;|Type=wayyiqtol 8-9 לִפְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=2SA_7:18!5|MId=o100070180051|Strong=3807a 9 פְנֵ֣י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 7 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=2SA_7:18!5|MId=o100070180052|Strong=6440 10 יְהוָ֑ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2SA_7:18!6|MId=o100070180061|Strong=3068 11-12 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_7:18!7|MId=o100070180071|Strong=2050b 12 יֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_7:18!7|MId=o100070180072|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100070180022;|Type=wayyiqtol 13 מִ֣י מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 12 ccomp _ Gloss=who?|Ref=2SA_7:18!8|MId=o100070180081|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative 14 אָנֹכִ֞י אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ Gloss=[am].I|Ref=2SA_7:18!9|MId=o100070180091|Strong=0595|Type=personal 15-16 אֲדֹנָ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אֲדֹנ אֲדֹנָי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 parataxis _ Gloss=Lord|Ref=2SA_7:18!10|MId=o100070180101|Strong=0136 16 ָ֤י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=2SA_7:18!10|MId=o100070180102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 17 יְהוִה֙ יְהֹוִה PROPN _ _ 15 appos _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2SA_7:18!11|MId=o100070180111|Strong=3069 18-19 וּמִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_7:18!12|MId=o100070180121|Strong=2050b 19 מִ֣י מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 13 conj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=2SA_7:18!12|MId=o100070180122|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative 20-21 בֵיתִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בֵית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=house|Ref=2SA_7:18!13|MId=o100070180131|Strong=1004 21 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].my|Ref=2SA_7:18!13|MId=o100070180132|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 22 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2SA_7:18!14|MId=o100070180141|Strong=3588 23-24 הֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הֲבִיאֹתַ֖ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 13 parataxis _ Gloss=you|Ref=2SA_7:18!15|MId=o100070180151|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:100070180101;A0:100070180152;|Type=qatal 24 נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ Gloss=have.brought.me|Ref=2SA_7:18!15|MId=o100070180152|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 25 עַד־ עַד ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_7:18!16|MId=o100070180161|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No 26 הֲלֹֽם הֲלֹם ADV _ _ 23 obl _ Gloss=here|Ref=2SA_7:18!17|MId=o100070180171|Strong=1988|SpaceAfter=No 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=2SA_7:18!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָּבֹא *he went* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | יֵּשֶׁב *he sat* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | הֲבִיאֹתַ *you* | qatal · hiphil | נִי *have brought me* | | | אֲדֹנ *Lord* | 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} וַאֲתָא מַלְכָּא דָוִד וִיתֵיב קֳדָם יְיָ וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אֲנָא כְמִסַת יְיָ אֱלֹהִים וּמַן בֵּיתִי אֲרֵי אַמְטַתְנִי עַד הַלְכָא: 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. [Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said: 'Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that Thou hast brought me thus far?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.196/) **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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