2 Samuel 6:20 שְׁמוּאֵל ב
Who acts: David, Michal, king, one · What happens: return, bless, come out, meet, say, get · To what, where: household, David, honour, eyes · Speech: someone speaks in this verse
This is 2 Samuel 6:20 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, Michal, king, one — and what happens in the verse to household, David, honour, eyes, 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.
וַיָּ֥שָׁב דָּוִ֖ד לְבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ וַתֵּצֵ֞א מִיכַ֤ל בַּת־שָׁאוּל֙ לִקְרַ֣את דָּוִ֔ד וַתֹּ֗אמֶר מַה־נִּכְבַּ֨ד הַיּ֜וֹם מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִגְלָ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ לְעֵינֵ֨י אַמְה֣וֹת עֲבָדָ֔יו כְּהִגָּל֥וֹת נִגְל֖וֹת אַחַ֥ד הָרֵקִֽים׃
Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said: 'How did the king of Israel get him honour to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!'
The 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation | gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַ | וְ | CCONJ | _ | 2 יָּ֥שָׁב | cc | and |
| 2 | יָּ֥שָׁב | שׁוּב | VERB | Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3 | root | root | he returned |
| 3 | דָּוִ֖ד | דָּוִד | PROPN | _ | 2 יָּ֥שָׁב | nsubj | David |
| 4 | לְ | לְ | ADP | _ | 5 בָרֵ֣ךְ | case | to |
| 5 | בָרֵ֣ךְ | בָּרַךְ | VERB | HebBinyan=PIEL | 2 יָּ֥שָׁב | advcl | bless |
| 6 | אֶת־ | אֵת | ADP | _ | 7 בֵּית | case | (et) |
| 7 | בֵּית | בַּיִת | NOUN | Gender=Masc Number=Sing | 5 בָרֵ֣ךְ | obj | household |
| 8 | ֑וֹ | הוּא | PRON | Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 בֵּית | nmod:poss | his |
| 9 | וַ | וְ | CCONJ | _ | 10 תֵּצֵ֞א | cc | and |
| 10 | תֵּצֵ֞א | יָצָא | VERB | Gender=Fem HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3 | 2 יָּ֥שָׁב | conj | she came out |
| 11 | מִיכַ֤ל | מִיכַל | PROPN | _ | 10 תֵּצֵ֞א | nsubj | Michal |
| 12 | בַּת־ | בַּת | NOUN | Gender=Fem Number=Sing | 11 מִיכַ֤ל | appos | the daughter |
| 13 | שָׁאוּל֙ | שָׁאוּל | PROPN | _ | 12 בַּת־ | compound:smixut | of Saul |
| 14 | לִ | לְ | ADP | _ | 15 קְרַ֣את | case | to |
| 15 | קְרַ֣את | קרא | VERB | HebBinyan=QAL | 10 תֵּצֵ֞א | advcl | meet |
| 16 | דָּוִ֔ד | דָּוִד | PROPN | _ | 15 קְרַ֣את | obj | David |
| 17 | וַ | וְ | CCONJ | _ | 18 תֹּ֗אמֶר | cc | and |
| 18 | תֹּ֗אמֶר | אָמַר | VERB | Gender=Fem HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3 | 2 יָּ֥שָׁב | conj | she said |
| 19 | מַה־ | מָה | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 נִּכְבַּ֨ד | advmod | how! |
| 20 | נִּכְבַּ֨ד | כָּבֵד | VERB | Gender=Masc HebBinyan=NIPHAL Number=Sing Person=3 | 18 תֹּ֗אמֶר | ccomp | he has honored himself |
| 21 | הַ | הַ | DET | PronType=Art | 22 יּ֜וֹם | det | this |
| 22 | יּ֜וֹם | יוֹם | NOUN | Gender=Masc Number=Sing | 20 נִּכְבַּ֨ד | obl | day |
| 23 | מֶ֣לֶךְ | מֶלֶךְ | NOUN | Gender=Masc Number=Sing | 20 נִּכְבַּ֨ד | nsubj | the king |
| 24 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | יִשְׂרָאֵל | PROPN | _ | 23 מֶ֣לֶךְ | compound:smixut | of Israel |
| 25 | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | אֲשֶׁר | SCONJ | _ | 26 נִגְלָ֤ה | mark | who |
| 26 | נִגְלָ֤ה | גָּלָה | VERB | Gender=Masc HebBinyan=NIPHAL Number=Sing Person=3 | 23 מֶ֣לֶךְ | acl:relcl | he has uncovered himself |
| 27 | הַ | הַ | DET | PronType=Art | 28 יּוֹם֙ | det | this |
| 28 | יּוֹם֙ | יוֹם | NOUN | Gender=Masc Number=Sing | 26 נִגְלָ֤ה | obl | day |
| 29 | לְ | לְ | ADP | _ | 30 עֵינֵ֨י | case | to |
| 30 | עֵינֵ֨י | עַיִן | NOUN | Number=Dual | 26 נִגְלָ֤ה | obl | the eyes |
| 31 | אַמְה֣וֹת | אָמָה | NOUN | Gender=Fem Number=Plur | 30 עֵינֵ֨י | compound:smixut | of the maidservants |
| 32 | עֲבָדָ֔י | עֶבֶד | NOUN | Gender=Masc Number=Plur | 31 אַמְה֣וֹת | compound:smixut | his servants |
| 33 | ו | הוּא | PRON | Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 עֲבָדָ֔י | nmod:poss | his |
| 34 | כְּ | כְּ | ADP | _ | 35 הִגָּל֥וֹת | case | as |
| 35 | הִגָּל֥וֹת | גָּלָה | VERB | HebBinyan=NIPHAL | 26 נִגְלָ֤ה | advcl | uncovers himself |
| 36 | נִגְל֖וֹת | גָּלָה | VERB | HebBinyan=NIPHAL | 35 הִגָּל֥וֹת | obl:npmod | shamelessly (uncover) |
| 37 | אַחַ֥ד | אֶחָד | NUM | Gender=Masc Number=Sing | 39 רֵקִֽים | nummod | one |
| 38 | הָ | הַ | DET | PronType=Art | 39 רֵקִֽים | det | of |
| 39 | רֵקִֽים | רֵיק | ADJ | Gender=Masc Number=Plur | 35 הִגָּל֥וֹת | nsubj | the worthless [men] |
| 40 | ׃ | ׃ | PUNCT | _ | 39 רֵקִֽים | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- wh-question
- act
- ask
- voice
- character
- speech
- a frame and its quote
- negation
- no
- the frame alone
- decl · narrate · none
| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָּשָׁב he returned | wayyiqtol · qal | דָּוִד David | |||
| בָרֵךְ bless | infinitive construct · piel | דָּוִד David | בֵּית household | ||
| תֵּצֵא she came out | wayyiqtol · qal | מִיכַל Michal | |||
| קְרַאת meet | infinitive construct · qal | מִיכַל Michal | דָּוִד David | ||
| תֹּאמֶר she said | wayyiqtol · qal | מִיכַל Michal | |||
| נִּכְבַּד he has honored himself | qatal · niphal | מֶלֶךְ the king | |||
| נִגְלָה he has uncovered himself | qatal · niphal | מֶלֶךְ the king | |||
| הִגָּלוֹת uncovers himself | infinitive construct · niphal | רֵקִֽים the worthless [men] |
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
וְתָב דָוִד לְבָרָכָא יַת אֱנָשׁ בֵּיתֵיהּ וּנְפָקַת מִיכַל בַּת שָׁאוּל לָקֳדָמוּת דָוִד וַאֲמַרַת מַה אִתְיַקַר יוֹמָא דֵין מַלְכָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל דְאִתְגְלֵי יוֹמָא דֵין לְעֵינֵי אַמְהַת עַבְדוֹהִי כְּמָא דְחָלִיץ וּמִתְגְלֵי חַד מִן סְרִיקַיָא:
The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.
English, JPS 1917
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.
- Then David returned to bless his household.
- And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said: 'How did the king of Israel get him honour to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!'
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. Tree, glosses and frames: MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew, CC 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:154.
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