--- title: Psalms 131:1 — A Song of Ascents; of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: A Song of Ascents; of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in things too great, or in things too wonderful for me. Who acts: heart, eyes, I. Psalms 131:1 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.131.1/) [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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/131/) / 131:1 # Psalms 131:1 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** heart, eyes, I · **What happens:** not be, be, exercise · **To what, where:** myself, things This is Psalms 131:1 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 — heart, eyes, I — and what happens in the verse to myself, things, 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. שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּֽעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥דיְהוָ֤ה ׀ לֹא־גָבַ֣הּ לִ֭בִּי וְלֹא־רָמ֣וּ עֵינַ֑י וְלֹֽא־הִלַּ֓כְתִּי ׀ בִּגְדֹל֖וֹת וּבְנִפְלָא֣וֹת מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ [A Song of Ascents; of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2427/) [LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in things too great, or in things too wonderful for me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2428/) ## 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:2273 # text = שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּֽעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥דיְהוָ֤ה ׀ לֹא־גָבַ֣הּ לִ֭בִּי וְלֹא־רָמ֣וּ עֵינַ֑י וְלֹֽא־הִלַּ֓כְתִּי ׀ בִּגְדֹל֖וֹת וּבְנִפְלָא֣וֹת מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ # verse = PSA.131.1 1 שִׁ֥יר שִׁיר NOUN _ Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Gloss=the.song|Ref=PSA_131:1!1|MId=o191310010011|Strong=7892 2-3 הַֽמַּֽעֲל֗וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 הַֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=PSA_131:1!2|MId=o191310010021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 מַּֽעֲל֗וֹת מַעֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 1 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.ascents|Ref=PSA_131:1!2|MId=o191310010022|Strong=4609 4-6 לְדָ֫וִ֥דיְהוָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=PSA_131:1!3|MId=o191310010031|Strong=3807a 5 דָ֫וִ֥ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=David|Ref=PSA_131:1!3|MId=o191310010032|Strong=1732 6 יְהוָ֤ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 9 dislocated _ Gloss=O.Yahweh|Ref=PSA_131:1!4|MId=o191310010041|Strong=3068 7 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 6 punct _ Ref=PSA_131:1!4 8 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=PSA_131:1!5|MId=o191310010051|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 9 גָבַ֣הּ גָּבַהּ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 parataxis _ Gloss=it.has.been.haughty|Ref=PSA_131:1!6|MId=o191310010061|Strong=1361|Frame=A0:191310010071;|Type=qatal 10-11 לִ֭בִּי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לִ֭בּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ Gloss=heart|Ref=PSA_131:1!7|MId=o191310010071|Strong=3820 11 ִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_131:1!7|MId=o191310010072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 12-13 וְלֹא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_131:1!8|MId=o191310010081|Strong=2050b 13 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 14 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=PSA_131:1!8|MId=o191310010082|Strong=3808|Type=negative 14 רָמ֣וּ רוּם VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=they.have.been.uplifted|Ref=PSA_131:1!9|MId=o191310010091|Strong=7311|Frame=A0:191310010101;|Type=qatal 15-16 עֵינַ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 עֵינ עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 14 nsubj _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=PSA_131:1!10|MId=o191310010101|Strong=5869 16 ַ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_131:1!10|MId=o191310010102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 17-18 וְלֹֽא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_131:1!11|MId=o191310010111|Strong=2050b 18 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=PSA_131:1!11|MId=o191310010112|Strong=3808|Type=negative 19 הִלַּ֓כְתִּי הָלַךְ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1 5 conj _ Gloss=I.have.walked|Ref=PSA_131:1!12|MId=o191310010121|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:191310010032;|Type=qatal 20 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 19 punct _ Ref=PSA_131:1!12 21-22 בִּגְדֹל֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_131:1!13|MId=o191310010131|Strong=0871a 22 גְדֹל֖וֹת גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 19 obl _ Gloss=[things.too].great|Ref=PSA_131:1!13|MId=o191310010132|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 23-25 וּבְנִפְלָא֣וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_131:1!14|MId=o191310010141|Strong=2050b 24 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_131:1!14|MId=o191310010142|Strong=0871a 25 נִפְלָא֣וֹת פָּלָא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur 22 conj _ Gloss=[things.too].difficult|Ref=PSA_131:1!14|MId=o191310010143|Strong=6381|Type=participle_active 26-27 מִמֶּֽנִּי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=PSA_131:1!15|MId=o191310010151|Strong=4480 27 ֶֽנִּי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=PSA_131:1!15|MId=o191310010152|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=PSA_131:1!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** גָבַהּ *it has been haughty* | qatal · qal | לִבּ *heart* | | | | | **not** רָמוּ *they have been uplifted* | qatal · qal | עֵינ *eyes* | | | | | **not** הִלַּכְתִּי *I have walked* | qatal · piel | דָוִד *David* | | | | 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} שִׁירָא דְאִתְאַמַר עַל מַסוּקִין דִתְהוֹמָא יְיָ לָא גְבַהּ לִבִּי וְלָא אִתְרוֹמַמוּ עֵינַי וְלָא הַלְכֵית בְּרַבְרְבִין וּבִפְרִישִׁין מִנִי: 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. [A Song of Ascents; of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2427/) 2. [LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in things too great, or in things too wonderful for me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2428/) **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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