--- title: Psalms 106:23 — Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chos… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them. Who acts: Ham, Moses. Psalms 106:23 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/PSA.106.23/) [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/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / [chapter 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/106/) / 106:23 # Psalms 106:23 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** Ham, Moses · **What happens:** say, destroy, not stand, turn back · **To what, where:** things, breach, wrath · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Psalms 106:23 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 — Ham, Moses — and what happens in the verse to things, breach, wrath, 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 150 chapters of Psalms on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם לוּלֵ֡י מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה בְחִיר֗וֹ עָמַ֣ד בַּפֶּ֣רֶץ לְפָנָ֑יו לְהָשִׁ֥יב חֲ֝מָת֗וֹ מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃ [Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1929/) ## 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:PSA:1797 # text = וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם לוּלֵ֡י מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה בְחִיר֗וֹ עָמַ֣ד בַּפֶּ֣רֶץ לְפָנָ֑יו לְהָשִׁ֥יב חֲ֝מָת֗וֹ מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃ # verse = PSA.106.23 1-2 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_106:23!1|MId=o191060230011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=PSA_106:23!1|MId=o191060230012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:191060210021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-5 לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לְֽ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=PSA_106:23!2|MId=o191060230021|Strong=3807a 4 הַשְׁמִ֫יד שָׁמַד VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 2 advcl _ Gloss=destroy|Ref=PSA_106:23!2|MId=o191060230022|Strong=8045|Frame=AA:191060210021;A0:191060230023;|Type=infinitive_construct 5 ָ֥ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=PSA_106:23!2|MId=o191060230023|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 6 לוּלֵ֡י לוּלֵא CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=if.not|Ref=PSA_106:23!3|MId=o191060230031|Strong=3884 7 מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 10 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=PSA_106:23!4|MId=o191060230041|Strong=4872 8-9 בְחִיר֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְחִיר בָּחִיר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 appos _ Gloss=one|Ref=PSA_106:23!5|MId=o191060230051|Strong=0972|Type=adjective 9 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his.chosen|Ref=PSA_106:23!5|MId=o191060230052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10 עָמַ֣ד עָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.had.stood|Ref=PSA_106:23!6|MId=o191060230061|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:191060230041;|Type=qatal 11-13 בַּפֶּ֣רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_106:23!7|MId=o191060230071|Strong=0871a 12 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=PSA_106:23!7|MId=o191060230071ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 פֶּ֣רֶץ פֶּרֶץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=breach|Ref=PSA_106:23!7|MId=o191060230072|Strong=6556 14-16 לְפָנָ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=PSA_106:23!8|MId=o191060230081|Strong=3807a 15 פָנָ֑י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 10 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=PSA_106:23!8|MId=o191060230082|Strong=6440 16 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=him|Ref=PSA_106:23!8|MId=o191060230083|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-18 לְהָשִׁ֥יב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=PSA_106:23!9|MId=o191060230091|Strong=3807a 18 הָשִׁ֥יב שׁוּב VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 10 advcl _ Gloss=turn.back|Ref=PSA_106:23!9|MId=o191060230092|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:191060230041;A0:191060230101;|Type=infinitive_construct 19-20 חֲ֝מָת֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 חֲ֝מָת חֵמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=anger|Ref=PSA_106:23!10|MId=o191060230101|Strong=2534 20 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=PSA_106:23!10|MId=o191060230102|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 21-22 מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 מֵֽ מִן ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=PSA_106:23!11|MId=o191060230111|Strong=4480 22 הַשְׁחִֽית שָׁחַת VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 18 advcl _ Gloss=destroying|Ref=PSA_106:23!11|MId=o191060230112|Strong=7843|Frame=AA:191060230101;A0:191060070011;|Type=infinitive_construct 23 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=PSA_106:23!11 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | הַשְׁמִיד *destroy* | infinitive construct · hiphil | ָם *them* | | | | | עָמַד *he had stood* | qatal · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | הָשִׁיב *turn back* | infinitive construct · hiphil | חֲמָת *anger* | | | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | הַשְׁחִֽית *destroying* | infinitive construct · hiphil | | | | חֲמָת *anger* | 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} וַאֲמַר בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ לְשֵׁצָיוּתְהוֹן אִלְמָלֵי מֹשֶׁה בְּחִירֵיהּ דְקָם וְאִתְקַף בִּצְלוֹ קֳדָמוֹי לַאֲתָבָא חֲמָתִי מִלְחַבָּלָא: 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. [Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1929/) **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). 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