--- title: Isaiah 39:1 — At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, s… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. Who acts: Merodach baladan, baladan. 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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 — Merodach baladan, baladan — and what happens in the verse to letter, Hezekiah, 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 66 chapters of Isaiah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡וא שָׁלַ֡ח מְרֹדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן מְרֹדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק׃ [At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.828/) ## 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:ISA:758 # text = בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡וא שָׁלַ֡ח מְרֹדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן מְרֹדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק׃ # verse = ISA.39.1 1-3 בָּעֵ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=ISA_39:1!1|MId=o230390010011|Strong=0871a 2 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_39:1!1|MId=o230390010011ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 עֵ֣ת עֵת NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=time|Ref=ISA_39:1!1|MId=o230390010012|Strong=6256 4-5 הַהִ֡וא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ISA_39:1!2|MId=o230390010021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 הִ֡וא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 det _ Gloss=that|Ref=ISA_39:1!2|MId=o230390010022|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 6 שָׁלַ֡ח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.sent|Ref=ISA_39:1!3|MId=o230390010031|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:230390010041;A1:230390010091;230390010102;|Type=qatal 7 מְרֹדַ֣כְ מְרֹדַךְ PROPN _ _ 6 nsubj _ Gloss=Merodach-Baladan|Ref=ISA_39:1!4|MId=o230390010041 8 ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בַּלְאֲדָן PROPN _ _ 7 flat:name _ Ref=ISA_39:1!4 9 מְרֹדַ֣כְ מְרֹדַךְ PROPN _ _ 7 appos _ Gloss=Merodach-Baladan|Ref=ISA_39:1!5|MId=o230390010051 10 ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בַּלְאֲדָן PROPN _ _ 9 flat:name _ Ref=ISA_39:1!5 11 בֶּֽן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=ISA_39:1!6|MId=o230390010061|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 12 בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן בַּלְאֲדָן PROPN _ _ 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Baladan|Ref=ISA_39:1!7|MId=o230390010071|Strong=1081 13 מֶֽלֶךְ־ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 appos _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=ISA_39:1!8|MId=o230390010081|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No 14 בָּבֶ֛ל בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Babylon|Ref=ISA_39:1!9|MId=o230390010091|Strong=0894 15 סְפָרִ֥ים סֵפֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 obj _ Gloss=letters|Ref=ISA_39:1!10|MId=o230390010101|Strong=5612 16-17 וּמִנְחָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_39:1!11|MId=o230390010111|Strong=2050b 17 מִנְחָ֖ה מִנְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 conj _ Gloss=a.gift|Ref=ISA_39:1!11|MId=o230390010112|Strong=4503 18 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_39:1!12|MId=o230390010121|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 19 חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ חִזְקִיָּהוּ PROPN _ _ 6 obl _ Gloss=Hezekiah|Ref=ISA_39:1!13|MId=o230390010131|Strong=2396a 20-21 וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_39:1!14|MId=o230390010141|Strong=2050b 21 יִּשְׁמַ֕ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=he.had.heard|Ref=ISA_39:1!14|MId=o230390010142|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:230390010041;A1:230390010151;230390010162;|Type=wayyiqtol 22 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=ISA_39:1!15|MId=o230390010151|Strong=3588 23 חָלָ֖ה חָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 21 ccomp _ Gloss=he.had.been.sick|Ref=ISA_39:1!16|MId=o230390010161|Strong=2470|Frame=A0:230390010121;|Type=qatal 24-25 וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_39:1!17|MId=o230390010171|Strong=2050b 25 יֶּחֱזָֽק חָזַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 23 conj _ Gloss=he.was.strong|Ref=ISA_39:1!17|MId=o230390010172|Strong=2388|Frame=A0:230390010121;|Type=wayyiqtol 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=ISA_39:1!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שָׁלַח *he sent* | qatal · qal | מְרֹדַכְ *Merodach-Baladan* | בָּבֶל *of Babylon* | | | | יִּשְׁמַע *he had heard* | wayyiqtol · qal | מְרֹדַכְ *Merodach-Baladan* | כִּי *(dm) that* | | | | חָלָה *he had been sick* | qatal · qal | אֶל־ *to* | | | | | יֶּחֱזָֽק *he was strong* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֶל־ *to* | | | | 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} בְּעִידָנָא הַהִיא שְׁלַח מְרוֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן בַּר בַּלְאֲדָן מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל אִיגְרִין וְקוּרְבְּנִין לְוַת חִזְקִיָה כַּד שְׁמַע אֲרֵי מְרַע וְאִתַּסֵי: 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. [At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.828/) **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:ISA:758`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 38:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.22/) - next →: [Isaiah 39:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.39.2/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/39/)