--- title: 2 Kings 23:4 (JPS 1917) — And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of t… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fie --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.701/) [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 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/23/) / [23:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.4/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 23:4 · JPS 1917 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** command, bring, make, burn, carry · **To what, where:** Hilkiah, vessels, temple, fields, ashes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 23:4 · 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 (king), 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:2KI:701 # text = And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Hilkiah Hilkiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 keepers keeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 27 forth forth ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Asherah Asherah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 60 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 without without ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 Kidron Kidron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obj _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nmod _ _ 75 unto unto ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 compound _ _ 77 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 76 punct _ _ 78 el el PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 79 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | the king | Hilkiah and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the door | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hilkiah=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | all vessels | | the temple of the LORD | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme out temple=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **make** | past · passive | | all vessels | | | | for Baal and the Asherah and all host of heaven | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for baal=Beneficiary | | 4 | **burn** | past | king | vessels *= vessel* | | the fields of Kidron | | without Jerusalem | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | past | king *not said here* | the ashes of priests | | | | unto Beth el | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | 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} וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־חִלְקִיָּהוּ֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן הַגָּד֜וֹל וְאֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֣י הַמִּשְׁנֶה֮ וְאֶת־שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַסַּף֒ לְהוֹצִיא֙ מֵהֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַכֵּלִ֗ים הָֽעֲשׂוּיִם֙ לַבַּ֣עַל וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔ה וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞ם מִח֤וּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹת קִדְר֔וֹן וְנָשָׂ֥א אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם בֵּֽית־אֵֽלבֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃ [2 Kings 23:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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