--- title: 2 Samuel 8:2 — And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to l… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought presents. Who acts: David, Philistines, Moabites. 2 Samuel 8:2 in Hebrew with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.8.2/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/8/) / 8:2 # 2 Samuel 8:2 שְׁמוּאֵל ב **Who acts:** David, Philistines, Moabites · **What happens:** smite, measure, make, lie down, put, keep · **To what, where:** Moab, Philistines, ground, two lines, one full line, servants This is 2 Samuel 8:2 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, Philistines, Moabites — and what happens in the verse to Moab, Philistines, ground, two lines, one full line, servants, 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. וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־מוֹאָ֗ב וַֽיְמַדְּדֵ֤ם בַּחֶ֙בֶל֙ הַשְׁכֵּ֣ב אוֹתָ֣ם אַ֔רְצָה וַיְמַדֵּ֤ד שְׁנֵֽי־חֲבָלִים֙ לְהָמִ֔ית וּמְלֹ֥א הַחֶ֖בֶל לְהַחֲי֑וֹת וַתְּהִ֤י מוֹאָב֙ לְדָוִ֔ד לַעֲבָדִ֖ים נֹשְׂאֵ֥י מִנְחָֽה׃ [And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.209/) [And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought presents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.210/) ## 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:188 # text = וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־מוֹאָ֗ב וַֽיְמַדְּדֵ֤ם בַּחֶ֙בֶל֙ הַשְׁכֵּ֣ב אוֹתָ֣ם אַ֔רְצָה וַיְמַדֵּ֤ד שְׁנֵֽי־חֲבָלִים֙ לְהָמִ֔ית וּמְלֹ֥א הַחֶ֖בֶל לְהַחֲי֑וֹת וַתְּהִ֤י מוֹאָב֙ לְדָוִ֔ד לַעֲבָדִ֖ים נֹשְׂאֵ֥י מִנְחָֽה׃ # verse = 2SA.8.2 1-2 וַיַּ֣ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_8:2!1|MId=o100080020011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּ֣ךְ נָכָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.defeated|Ref=2SA_8:2!1|MId=o100080020012|Strong=5221|Frame=AA:100080010101;A0:100080020031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2SA_8:2!2|MId=o100080020021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4 מוֹאָ֗ב מוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 2 obj _ Gloss=Moab|Ref=2SA_8:2!3|MId=o100080020031|Strong=4124 5-7 וַֽיְמַדְּדֵ֤ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_8:2!4|MId=o100080020041|Strong=2050b 6 יְמַדְּד מָדַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=2SA_8:2!4|MId=o100080020042|Strong=4058|Frame=A0:100080010101;A1:100080020043;|Type=wayyiqtol 7 ֵ֤ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ Gloss=measured.them.off|Ref=2SA_8:2!4|MId=o100080020043|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 8-10 בַּחֶ֙בֶל֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2SA_8:2!5|MId=o100080020051|Strong=0871a 9 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2SA_8:2!5|MId=o100080020051ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 חֶ֙בֶל֙ חֶבֶל NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=measuring-line|Ref=2SA_8:2!5|MId=o100080020052|Strong=2256 11 הַשְׁכֵּ֣ב שָׁכַב VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 2 parataxis _ Gloss=he.made.lie.down|Ref=2SA_8:2!6|MId=o100080020061|Strong=7901|Frame=AA:100080010101;A0:100080020072;|Type=infinitive_absolute 12-13 אוֹתָ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=|Ref=2SA_8:2!7|MId=o100080020071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 13 ָ֣ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=2SA_8:2!7|MId=o100080020072|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 14-15 אַ֔רְצָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 אַ֔רְצ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=ground|Ref=2SA_8:2!8|MId=o100080020081|Strong=0776 15 ָה ה X _ _ 14 nmod _ Gloss=to.[the]|Ref=2SA_8:2!8|MId=o100080020082|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 16-17 וַיְמַדֵּ֤ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_8:2!9|MId=o100080020091|Strong=2050b 17 יְמַדֵּ֤ד מָדַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.measured.off|Ref=2SA_8:2!9|MId=o100080020092|Strong=4058|Frame=A0:100080010101;A1:100080020111;|Type=wayyiqtol 18 שְׁנֵֽי־ שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 19 nummod _ Gloss=two|Ref=2SA_8:2!10|MId=o100080020101|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number|SpaceAfter=No 19 חֲבָלִים֙ חֶבֶל NOUN _ Number=Plur 17 obj _ Gloss=measuring-lines|Ref=2SA_8:2!11|MId=o100080020111|Strong=2256 20-21 לְהָמִ֔ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_8:2!12|MId=o100080020121|Strong=3807a 21 הָמִ֔ית מוּת VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 17 advcl _ Gloss=put.to.death|Ref=2SA_8:2!12|MId=o100080020122|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:100080010101;|Type=infinitive_construct 22-23 וּמְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_8:2!13|MId=o100080020131|Strong=2050b 23 מְלֹ֥א מְלֹא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 conj _ Gloss=the.fullness|Ref=2SA_8:2!13|MId=o100080020132|Strong=4393 24-25 הַחֶ֖בֶל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=2SA_8:2!14|MId=o100080020141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 חֶ֖בֶל חֶבֶל NOUN _ Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=measuring-line|Ref=2SA_8:2!14|MId=o100080020142|Strong=2256 26-27 לְהַחֲי֑וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_8:2!15|MId=o100080020151|Strong=3807a 27 הַחֲי֑וֹת חָיָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 23 advcl _ Gloss=let.live|Ref=2SA_8:2!15|MId=o100080020152|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:100080010101;|Type=infinitive_construct 28-29 וַתְּהִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_8:2!16|MId=o100080020161|Strong=2050b 29 תְּהִ֤י הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.became|Ref=2SA_8:2!16|MId=o100080020162|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:100080020171;|Type=wayyiqtol 30 מוֹאָב֙ מוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 29 nsubj _ Gloss=Moab|Ref=2SA_8:2!17|MId=o100080020171|Strong=4124 31-32 לְדָוִ֔ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=2SA_8:2!18|MId=o100080020181|Strong=3807a 32 דָוִ֔ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 29 obl _ Gloss=David|Ref=2SA_8:2!18|MId=o100080020182|Strong=1732 33-34 לַעֲבָדִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=(into)|Ref=2SA_8:2!19|MId=o100080020191|Strong=3807a 34 עֲבָדִ֖ים עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 29 obl _ Gloss=subjects|Ref=2SA_8:2!19|MId=o100080020192|Strong=5650 35 נֹשְׂאֵ֥י נָשָׂא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 34 appos _ Gloss=[who.were].bringing|Ref=2SA_8:2!20|MId=o100080020201|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:100080020192;A1:100080020211;|Type=participle_active 36 מִנְחָֽה מִנְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 35 compound:smixut _ Gloss=(of).tribute|Ref=2SA_8:2!21|MId=o100080020211|Strong=4503|SpaceAfter=No 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=2SA_8:2!21 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּךְ *he defeated* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | מוֹאָב *Moab* | | | | | יְמַדְּד *he* | wayyiqtol · piel | | ֵם *measured them off* | | | | הַשְׁכֵּב *he made lie down* | infinitive absolute · hiphil | ָם *them* | | | | | יְמַדֵּד *he measured off* | wayyiqtol · piel | | חֲבָלִים *measuring-lines* | | | | הָמִית *put to death* | infinitive construct · hiphil | | | | | | הַחֲיוֹת *let live* | infinitive construct · hiphil | | | | | | תְּהִי *it became* | wayyiqtol · qal | מוֹאָב *Moab* | | | | | נֹשְׂאֵי *\[who were\] bringing* | participle active · qal | עֲבָדִים *subjects* | מִנְחָֽה *(of) tribute* | | | 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} וּמְחָא יַת מוֹאֲבָאֵי וּמְשַׁח לְהוֹן בְּעַדְבָא רָמֵי יַתְהוֹן לְאַרְעָא וּמְשַׁח תְּרֵין חַבְלִין לְמִקְטַל וּמְלֵי חַבְלָא לַאֲחָאָה וַהֲווֹ מוֹאָבָא לְדָוִד לְעַבְדִין נַטְלֵי פְרָס: 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. [And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.209/) 2. [And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought presents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.210/) **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:188`. - ← previous: [2 Samuel 8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.8.1/) - next →: [2 Samuel 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.8.3/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/8/)