--- title: 2 Kings 23:24 (JPS 1917) — Moreover them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit, and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the detestable things that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest fou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.721/) [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/) / [23:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.24/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 23:24 · JPS 1917 Moreover them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the detestable things that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. **Who acts:** women, Josiah, Hilkiah · **What happens:** divine, spy, put away, confirm, write, find · **To what, where:** detestable things, land, words, law, book, house This is 2 Kings 23:24 · 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 (women, Josiah, Hilkiah), 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:721 # text = Moreover them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the detestable things that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 divined divine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 teraphim teraphim NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 detestable detestable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 spied spy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 Josiah Josiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 confirm confirm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 obj _ _ 59 Hilkiah Hilkiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 appos _ _ 62 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divine** | past | | | | | | by a ghost or a familiar spirit and the teraphim and the idols | tree rules | | 2 | **spy** | past · passive | | all detestable things | | the land of Judah and Jerusalem | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **put away** | past · do-support | women *= woman* | | | | | away, moreover *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **confirm** | might | Josiah | the words of the law | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Topic | | 5 | **write** | past · passive | | the law | | the book | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination | | 6 | **find** | past | Hilkiah | the book | | the house of the LORD | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 7 | **word** | | | the law | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְגַ֣ם אֶת־הָאֹב֣וֹת וְאֶת־הַ֠יִּדְּעֹנִים וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֨ים וְאֶת־הַגִּלֻּלִ֜ים וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־הַשִּׁקֻּצִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִרְאוּ֙ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ יְהוּדָה֙ וּבִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בִּעֵ֖ר יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ לְ֠מַעַן הָקִ֞ים אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֤י הַתּוֹרָה֙ הַכְּתֻבִ֣ים עַל־הַסֵּ֔פֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָצָ֛א חִלְקִיָּ֥הוּ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Kings 23:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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