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title: 1 Kings 16:34 (JPS 1917) — In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho; with Abiram his fi… · tree and pragmatics
description: In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho; with Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation thereof, and with his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof; according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun. Who acts: Hiel, Ahab. 1 Kings 16:34 in JPS
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# 1 Kings 16:34 · JPS 1917

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In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho; with Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation thereof, and with his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof; according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.

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**Who acts:** Hiel, Ahab · **What happens:** build, lay, set up, accord, speak, word · **To what, where:** Jericho, foundation, gates, word, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Kings 16:34 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hiel, Ahab), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = jps:1KI:625
# text = In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho; with Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation thereof, and with his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof; according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	Hiel	Hiel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Bethelite	Bethelite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
8	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	Jericho	Jericho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Abiram	Abiram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	_
16	born	born	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	appos	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	foundation	foundation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	27	amod	_	_
27	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
28	Segub	Segub	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
31	up	up	ADP	RP	_	30	compound:prt	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obj	_	_
34	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
36	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	case	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	fixed	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	obj	_	_
45	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
47	by	by	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	appos	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Nun	Nun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · do-support | Hiel | Jericho |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jericho=Product |
| 2 | **lay** | past | Ahab | the foundation |  |  |  | with Abiram | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Result |
| 3 | **set up** | past | Ahab | the gates |  |  |  | with Ahab's youngest son; accord the word of the LORD; thereof *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gate=Patient with son=Instrument |
| 4 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Ahab | the word of the LORD |  |  |  | by the hand of Joshua | tree rules |
| 6 | **word** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew}

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בְּיָמָ֞יו בָּנָ֥ה חִיאֵ֛ל בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלִ֖י בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלִ֖י אֶת־יְרִיחֹ֑ה בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם בְּכֹר֜וֹ יִסְּדָ֗הּ וּבִשְׂג֤וּב צְעִירוֹ֙ הִצִּ֣יב דְּלָתֶ֔יהָ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃ס

[1 Kings 16:34: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.34/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1KI:625` of Mova's parse database.

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