--- title: Psalms 18:7 — In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears. Who acts: I, LORD, cry, my. Psalms 18:7 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.18.7/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/18/) / 18:7 # Psalms 18:7 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** I, LORD, cry, my · **What happens:** call, cry, hear, come, distress · **To what, where:** distress, voice, temple · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Psalms 18:7 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, LORD, cry, my — and what happens in the verse to distress, voice, temple, 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. בַּצַּר־לִ֤י ׀ אֶֽקְרָ֣א יְהוָה֮ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַ֪י אֲשַׁ֫וֵּ֥עַ יִשְׁמַ֣ע מֵהֵיכָל֣וֹ קוֹלִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֤יו ׀ תָּב֬וֹא בְאָזְנָֽיו׃ [In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.217/) ## 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:193 # text = בַּצַּר־לִ֤י ׀ אֶֽקְרָ֣א יְהוָה֮ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַ֪י אֲשַׁ֫וֵּ֥עַ יִשְׁמַ֣ע מֵהֵיכָל֣וֹ קוֹלִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֤יו ׀ תָּב֬וֹא בְאָזְנָֽיו׃ # verse = PSA.18.7 1-3 בַּצַּר־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_18:7!1|MId=o190180070011|Strong=0871a 2 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=PSA_18:7!1|MId=o190180070011ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 צַּר־ צַר ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=distress|Ref=PSA_18:7!1|MId=o190180070012|Strong=6862|Type=adjective 4-5 לִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 ל לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=|Ref=PSA_18:7!2|MId=o190180070021|Strong=3807a 5 ִ֤י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_18:7!2|MId=o190180070022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 6 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ Ref=PSA_18:7!2 7 אֶֽקְרָ֣א קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.called.out.to|Ref=PSA_18:7!3|MId=o190180070031|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:190180010042;A1:190180070041;|Type=yiqtol 8 יְהוָה֮ יהוה PROPN _ _ 7 obj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=PSA_18:7!4|MId=o190180070041|Strong=3068 9-10 וְאֶל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_18:7!5|MId=o190180070051|Strong=2050b 10 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=PSA_18:7!5|MId=o190180070052|Strong=0413 11-12 אֱלֹהַ֪י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 אֱלֹה אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 obl _ Gloss=God|Ref=PSA_18:7!6|MId=o190180070061|Strong=0430 12 ַ֪י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_18:7!6|MId=o190180070062|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 13 אֲשַׁ֫וֵּ֥עַ שָׁוַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 conj _ Gloss=I.cried.for.help|Ref=PSA_18:7!7|MId=o190180070071|Strong=7768|Frame=A0:190180010042;|Type=yiqtol 14 יִשְׁמַ֣ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 parataxis _ Gloss=he.heard|Ref=PSA_18:7!8|MId=o190180070081|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:190180070061;A1:190180070101;|Type=yiqtol 15-17 מֵהֵיכָל֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=PSA_18:7!9|MId=o190180070091|Strong=4480 16 הֵיכָל הֵיכָל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=temple|Ref=PSA_18:7!9|MId=o190180070092|Strong=1964 17 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=PSA_18:7!9|MId=o190180070093|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 18-19 קוֹלִ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 קוֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=voice|Ref=PSA_18:7!10|MId=o190180070101|Strong=6963 19 ִ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_18:7!10|MId=o190180070102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 20-22 וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ֝ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_18:7!11|MId=o190180070111|Strong=2050b 21 שַׁוְעָת שַׁוְעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ Gloss=my.cry|Ref=PSA_18:7!11|MId=o190180070112|Strong=7775 22 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=for.help|Ref=PSA_18:7!11|MId=o190180070113|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 23-25 לְפָנָ֤יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=PSA_18:7!12|MId=o190180070121|Strong=3807a 24 פָנָ֤י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 21 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=PSA_18:7!12|MId=o190180070122|Strong=6440 25 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=him|Ref=PSA_18:7!12|MId=o190180070123|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=PSA_18:7!12 27 תָּב֬וֹא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 conj _ Gloss=it.came|Ref=PSA_18:7!13|MId=o190180070131|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:190180070112;|Type=yiqtol 28-30 בְאָזְנָֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_18:7!14|MId=o190180070141|Strong=0871a 29 אָזְנָֽי אֹזֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 27 obl _ Gloss=ears|Ref=PSA_18:7!14|MId=o190180070142|Strong=0241 30 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=PSA_18:7!14|MId=o190180070143|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=PSA_18:7!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֶֽקְרָא *I called out to* | yiqtol · qal | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | אֲשַׁוֵּעַ *I cried for help* | yiqtol · piel | | | | | | יִשְׁמַע *he heard* | yiqtol · qal | אֱלֹה *God* | קוֹל *voice* | | | | תָּבוֹא *it came* | yiqtol · qal | שַׁוְעָת *my cry* | | | | 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} בִּדְעָיְקָא לִי אֲנָא מְצַלֵי קֳדָם יְיָ וּקְדָם אֱלָהִי אֲנָא מִתְחַנֵן וּמְקַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי מִן הֵיכְלֵיהּ וּבָעוּתִי קֳדָמוֹי מִתְקַבְּלָא בְּאוּדְנוֹי וּמִתְעַבְדָא: 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. [In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.217/) **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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