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title: 2 Samuel 7:19 — And this was yet a small thing in Thine eyes, O Lord GOD; but Thou h… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And this was yet a small thing in Thine eyes, O Lord GOD; but Thou hast spoken also of Thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of great men, O Lord GOD. Who acts: this, Thou. 2 Samuel 7:19 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the prag
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# 2 Samuel 7:19 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** this, Thou · **What happens:** be, speak, come · **To what, where:** small thing, eyes · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Samuel 7:19 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 — this, Thou — and what happens in the verse to small thing, eyes, 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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וַתִּקְטַן֩ ע֨וֹד זֹ֤את בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וַתְּדַבֵּ֛ר גַּ֥ם אֶל־בֵּֽית־עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְמֵֽרָח֑וֹק וְזֹ֛את תּוֹרַ֥ת הָאָדָ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

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[And this was yet a small thing in Thine eyes, O Lord GOD; but Thou hast spoken also of Thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of great men, O Lord GOD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.197/)

## 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:176
# text = וַתִּקְטַן֩ ע֨וֹד זֹ֤את בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וַתְּדַבֵּ֛ר גַּ֥ם אֶל־בֵּֽית־עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְמֵֽרָח֑וֹק וְזֹ֛את תּוֹרַ֥ת הָאָדָ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
# verse = 2SA.7.19
1-2	וַתִּקְטַן֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_7:19!1|MId=o100070190011|Strong=2050b
2	תִּקְטַן֩	קָטֹן	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.was.small|Ref=2SA_7:19!1|MId=o100070190012|Strong=6994|Frame=A0:100070190031;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	ע֨וֹד	עוֹד	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	Gloss=yet|Ref=2SA_7:19!2|MId=o100070190021|Strong=5750
4	זֹ֤את	זֹאת	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=this.[thing]|Ref=2SA_7:19!3|MId=o100070190031|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative
5-7	בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=2SA_7:19!4|MId=o100070190041|Strong=0871a
6	עֵינֶ֙י	עַיִן	NOUN	_	Number=Dual	2	obl	_	Gloss=eyes|Ref=2SA_7:19!4|MId=o100070190042|Strong=5869
7	ךָ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=2SA_7:19!4|MId=o100070190043|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
8-9	אֲדֹנָ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	אֲדֹנ	אֲדֹנָי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=Lord|Ref=2SA_7:19!5|MId=o100070190051|Strong=0136
9	ָ֣י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my|Ref=2SA_7:19!5|MId=o100070190052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
10	יְהוִ֔ה	יְהֹוִה	PROPN	_	_	8	appos	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2SA_7:19!6|MId=o100070190061|Strong=3069
11-12	וַתְּדַבֵּ֛ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_7:19!7|MId=o100070190071|Strong=2050b
12	תְּדַבֵּ֛ר	דָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	conj	_	Gloss=you.have.spoken|Ref=2SA_7:19!7|MId=o100070190072|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:100070190051;|Type=wayyiqtol
13	גַּ֥ם	גַּם	ADV	_	_	15	advmod	_	Gloss=also|Ref=2SA_7:19!8|MId=o100070190081|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation
14	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=concerning|Ref=2SA_7:19!9|MId=o100070190091|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
15	בֵּֽית־	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	obl	_	Gloss=the.house|Ref=2SA_7:19!10|MId=o100070190101|Strong=1004|SpaceAfter=No
16-17	עַבְדְּךָ֖	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	עַבְדּ	עֶבֶד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=your.servant|Ref=2SA_7:19!11|MId=o100070190111|Strong=5650
17	ְךָ֖	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=2SA_7:19!11|MId=o100070190112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
18-20	לְמֵֽרָח֑וֹק	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=(to).from|Ref=2SA_7:19!12|MId=o100070190121|Strong=3807a
19	מֵֽ	מִן	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=distant|Ref=2SA_7:19!12|MId=o100070190122|Strong=4480
20	רָח֑וֹק	רָחֹוק	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	obl	_	Gloss=[time]|Ref=2SA_7:19!12|MId=o100070190123|Strong=7350|Type=adjective
21-22	וְזֹ֛את	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	23	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_7:19!13|MId=o100070190131|Strong=2050b
22	זֹ֛את	זֹאת	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	nsubj	_	Gloss=this|Ref=2SA_7:19!13|MId=o100070190132|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative
23	תּוֹרַ֥ת	תּוֹרָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	conj	_	Gloss=[is].the.manner|Ref=2SA_7:19!14|MId=o100070190141|Strong=8451
24-25	הָאָדָ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	25	det	_	Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=2SA_7:19!15|MId=o100070190151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
25	אָדָ֖ם	אָדָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=humankind|Ref=2SA_7:19!15|MId=o100070190152|Strong=0120
26-27	אֲדֹנָ֥י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	אֲדֹנ	אֲדֹנָי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	23	parataxis	_	Gloss=Lord|Ref=2SA_7:19!16|MId=o100070190161|Strong=0136
27	ָ֥י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my|Ref=2SA_7:19!16|MId=o100070190162|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
28	יְהוִֽה	יְהֹוִה	PROPN	_	_	26	appos	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2SA_7:19!17|MId=o100070190171|Strong=3069|SpaceAfter=No
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=2SA_7:19!17
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| תִּקְטַן *it was small* | wayyiqtol · qal | זֹאת *this \[thing\]* |  |  |  |
| תְּדַבֵּר *you have spoken* | wayyiqtol · piel | אֲדֹנ *Lord* |  |  |  |

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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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וּזְעֵירַת עוֹד דָא קֳדָמָךְ יְיָ אֱלֹהִים וּמַלֵלְתָּא אַף עַל בֵּית עַבְדָךְ לְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי וְדָא חַזְיָא לִבְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים:

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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 this was yet a small thing in Thine eyes, O Lord GOD; but Thou hast spoken also of Thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of great men, O Lord GOD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.197/)

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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:176`.

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