--- title: Psalms 17:1 — A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit. Who acts: David, you, my. Psalms 17:1 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.17.1/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/17/) / 17:1 # Psalms 17:1 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** David, you, my · **What happens:** pray, hear, attend, give, cry · **To what, where:** right, ear, lips This is Psalms 17:1 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 — David, you, my — and what happens in the verse to right, ear, lips, 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. תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥דשִׁמְעָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ צֶ֗דֶק הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה רִנָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה תְפִלָּתִ֑י בְּ֝לֹ֗א שִׂפְתֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃ [A Prayer of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.195/) [Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.196/) ## 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:172 # text = תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥דשִׁמְעָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ צֶ֗דֶק הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה רִנָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה תְפִלָּתִ֑י בְּ֝לֹ֗א שִׂפְתֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃ # verse = PSA.17.1 1 תְּפִלָּ֗ה תְּפִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=a.prayer|Ref=PSA_17:1!1|MId=o190170010011|Strong=8605 2-5 לְדָ֫וִ֥דשִׁמְעָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=PSA_17:1!2|MId=o190170010021|Strong=3807a 3 דָ֫וִ֥ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=David|Ref=PSA_17:1!2|MId=o190170010022|Strong=1732 4 שִׁמְע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 3 parataxis _ Gloss=hear|Ref=PSA_17:1!3|MId=o190170010031|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:190170010041;A1:190170010051;|Type=imperative 5 ָ֤ה ה X _ _ 4 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=PSA_17:1!3|MId=o190170010032|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 6 יְהוָ֨ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 4 parataxis _ Gloss=O.Yahweh|Ref=PSA_17:1!4|MId=o190170010041|Strong=3068 7 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 6 punct _ Ref=PSA_17:1!4 8 צֶ֗דֶק צֶדֶק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obj _ Gloss=righteousness|Ref=PSA_17:1!5|MId=o190170010051|Strong=6664 9-10 הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַקְשִׁ֥יב קָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 3 parataxis _ Gloss=pay|Ref=PSA_17:1!6|MId=o190170010061|Strong=7181|Frame=AA:190170010041;A0:190170010071;|Type=imperative 10 ָה ה X _ _ 9 nmod _ Gloss=attention.to|Ref=PSA_17:1!6|MId=o190170010062|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 11-12 רִנָּתִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 רִנָּת רִנָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 obj _ Gloss=of.entreaty|Ref=PSA_17:1!7|MId=o190170010071|Strong=7440 12 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my.cry|Ref=PSA_17:1!7|MId=o190170010072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 13-14 הַאֲזִ֥ינָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַאֲזִ֥ינ אָזַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 3 parataxis _ Gloss=give|Ref=PSA_17:1!8|MId=o190170010081|Strong=0238|Frame=AA:190170010041;A0:190170010091;|Type=imperative 14 ָה ה X _ _ 13 nmod _ Gloss=ear.to|Ref=PSA_17:1!8|MId=o190170010082|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 15-16 תְפִלָּתִ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 תְפִלָּת תְּפִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=prayer|Ref=PSA_17:1!9|MId=o190170010091|Strong=8605 16 ִ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_17:1!9|MId=o190170010092|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 17-18 בְּ֝לֹ֗א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בְּ֝ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=PSA_17:1!10|MId=o190170010101|Strong=0871a 18 לֹ֗א לֹא ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=PSA_17:1!10|MId=o190170010102|Strong=3808|Type=negative 19 שִׂפְתֵ֥י שָׂפָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 13 parataxis _ Gloss=lips|Ref=PSA_17:1!11|MId=o190170010111|Strong=8193 20 מִרְמָֽה מִרְמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.deceit|Ref=PSA_17:1!12|MId=o190170010121|Strong=4820|SpaceAfter=No 21 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 20 punct _ Ref=PSA_17:1!12 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שִׁמְע *hear* | imperative · qal | יְהוָה *O Yahweh* | צֶדֶק *righteousness* | | | | הַקְשִׁיב *pay* | imperative · hiphil | רִנָּת *of entreaty* | | | יְהוָה *O Yahweh* | | הַאֲזִינ *give* | imperative · hiphil | תְפִלָּת *prayer* | | | יְהוָה *O Yahweh* | 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} צְלוֹתָא לְדָוִד קַבֵּל יְיָ פְּגִיעֲתִי בִּצְדָקָה אֲצִית שַׁבּוּחִי תַּצְלֵי אוּדְנָךְ לִצְלוֹתִי בִּדְלָא סְפְוָתֵי נִכְלָא: 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 Prayer of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.195/) 2. [Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.196/) **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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