--- title: Job 16:4 — I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you. Who acts: I, soul. Job 16:4 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, the Targum, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.4/) [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/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / [chapter 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/16/) / 16:4 # Job 16:4 אִיּוֹב **Who acts:** I, soul · **What happens:** speak, be, join, shake · **To what, where:** stead, words, head · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Job 16:4 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). 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 — I, soul — and what happens in the verse to stead, words, head, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of the Targum 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 42 chapters of Job on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. גַּ֤ם ׀ אָנֹכִי֮ כָּכֶ֪ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ־יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם תַּ֤חַת נַפְשִׁ֗י אַחְבִּ֣ירָה עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בְּמִלִּ֑ים וְאָנִ֥יעָה עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃ [I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.408/) ## 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:JOB:372 # text = גַּ֤ם ׀ אָנֹכִי֮ כָּכֶ֪ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ־יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם תַּ֤חַת נַפְשִׁ֗י אַחְבִּ֣ירָה עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בְּמִלִּ֑ים וְאָנִ֥יעָה עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃ # verse = JOB.16.4 1 גַּ֤ם גַּם ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=JOB_16:4!1|MId=o180160040011|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation 2 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 1 punct _ Ref=JOB_16:4!1 3 אָנֹכִי֮ אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=JOB_16:4!2|MId=o180160040021|Strong=0595|Type=personal 4-5 כָּכֶ֪ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 כּ כְּ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=JOB_16:4!3|MId=o180160040031|Strong=3509a 5 ָכֶ֪ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JOB_16:4!3|MId=o180160040032|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 6 אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.will.speak|Ref=JOB_16:4!4|MId=o180160040041|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:180160040021;|Type=cohortative 7 ל֤וּ־ לוּ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=if|Ref=JOB_16:4!5|MId=o180160040051|Strong=3863|SpaceAfter=No 8 יֵ֪שׁ יֵשׁ ADV _ _ 6 ccomp _ Gloss=(there)|Ref=JOB_16:4!6|MId=o180160040061|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative 9-10 נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ Gloss=self|Ref=JOB_16:4!7|MId=o180160040071|Strong=5315 10 ְכֶ֡ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=JOB_16:4!7|MId=o180160040072|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 11 תַּ֤חַת תַּחַת NOUN _ _ 8 obl _ Gloss=[were].in.place.of|Ref=JOB_16:4!8|MId=o180160040081|Strong=8478 12-13 נַפְשִׁ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=self|Ref=JOB_16:4!9|MId=o180160040091|Strong=5315 13 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JOB_16:4!9|MId=o180160040092|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 14 אַחְבִּ֣ירָה חָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 8 parataxis _ Gloss=I.will.make.join|Ref=JOB_16:4!10|MId=o180160040101|Strong=2266a|Frame=A0:180160010021;|Type=cohortative 15-16 עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 עֲלֵי עַל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=JOB_16:4!11|MId=o180160040111|Strong=5921 16 כֶ֣ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JOB_16:4!11|MId=o180160040112|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 17-18 בְּמִלִּ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=JOB_16:4!12|MId=o180160040121|Strong=0871a 18 מִלִּ֑ים מִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 14 obl _ Gloss=words|Ref=JOB_16:4!12|MId=o180160040122|Strong=4405 19-20 וְאָנִ֥יעָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JOB_16:4!13|MId=o180160040131|Strong=2050b 20 אָנִ֥יעָה נוּעַ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 8 conj _ Gloss=I.will.shake|Ref=JOB_16:4!13|MId=o180160040132|Strong=5128|Frame=A0:180160010021;|Type=cohortative 21-22 עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 עֲ֝לֵי עַל ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=JOB_16:4!14|MId=o180160040141|Strong=5921 22 כֶ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JOB_16:4!14|MId=o180160040142|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 23 בְּמ֣וֹ בְּמוֹ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=JOB_16:4!15|MId=o180160040151|Strong=1119 24-25 רֹאשִֽׁי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 רֹאשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=head|Ref=JOB_16:4!16|MId=o180160040161|Strong=7218 25 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JOB_16:4!16|MId=o180160040162|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=JOB_16:4!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֲדַבֵּרָה *I will speak* | cohortative · piel | אָנֹכִי *I* | | | | | אַחְבִּירָה *I will make join* | cohortative · hiphil | | | | | | אָנִיעָה *I will shake* | cohortative · hiphil | | | | | 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. ## The Targum {#onkelos} לְחוֹד אֲנָא כְּוַתְכוֹן אֲמַלֵיל לְוַי דְאִית נַפְשְׁכוֹן חִלוּפֵי נַפְשִׁי אֲחַבֵּר עֲלֵיכוֹן בְּמִלַיָא וַאֲטַלְטֵל עֲלֵיכוֹן בְּמוֹ רֵישִׁי: 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. [I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.408/) **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:JOB:372`. - ← previous: [Job 16:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.3/) - next →: [Job 16:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.5/) - ↑ back to [Job 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/16/)