--- title: Psalms 27:4 — One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I m… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early in His temple. Who acts: I. 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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 — and what happens in the verse to One thing, house, graciousness, 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. אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהוָה֮ אוֹתָ֪הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃ [One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early in His temple.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.399/) ## 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:362 # text = אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהוָה֮ אוֹתָ֪הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃ # verse = PSA.27.4 1 אַחַ֤ת אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 obj _ Gloss=one.[thing]|Ref=PSA_27:4!1|MId=o190270040011|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 2 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 1 punct _ Ref=PSA_27:4!1 3 שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי שָׁאַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.have.asked|Ref=PSA_27:4!2|MId=o190270040021|Strong=7592|Frame=A0:190270010012;A1:190270040011;|Type=qatal 4-5 מֵֽאֵת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 מֵֽ מִן ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=PSA_27:4!3|MId=o190270040031|Strong=4480 5 אֵת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=PSA_27:4!3|MId=o190270040032|Strong=0854 6 יְהוָה֮ יהוה PROPN _ _ 3 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=PSA_27:4!4|MId=o190270040041|Strong=3068 7-8 אוֹתָ֪הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=|Ref=PSA_27:4!5|MId=o190270040051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 8 ָ֪הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ Gloss=it|Ref=PSA_27:4!5|MId=o190270040052|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 9 אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1 3 ccomp _ Gloss=I.will.seek|Ref=PSA_27:4!6|MId=o190270040061|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:190270010012;A1:190270040052;|Type=yiqtol 10-11 שִׁבְתִּ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 שִׁבְתּ יָשַׁב VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 9 parataxis _ Gloss=I|Ref=PSA_27:4!7|MId=o190270040071|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:190270040072;|Type=infinitive_construct 11 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ Gloss=to.dwell|Ref=PSA_27:4!7|MId=o190270040072|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 12-13 בְּבֵית־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_27:4!8|MId=o190270040081|Strong=0871a 13 בֵית־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=PSA_27:4!8|MId=o190270040082|Strong=1004 14 יְ֭הוָה יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=PSA_27:4!9|MId=o190270040091|Strong=3068 15 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=PSA_27:4!10|MId=o190270040101|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 16 יְמֵ֣י יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.days|Ref=PSA_27:4!11|MId=o190270040111|Strong=3117 17-18 חַיַּ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 חַיּ חַיִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.life|Ref=PSA_27:4!12|MId=o190270040121|Strong=2416 18 ַ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_27:4!12|MId=o190270040122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 19-20 לַחֲז֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=PSA_27:4!13|MId=o190270040131|Strong=3807a 20 חֲז֥וֹת חָזָה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 10 advcl _ Gloss=look|Ref=PSA_27:4!13|MId=o190270040132|Strong=2372|Frame=A0:190270010012;|Type=infinitive_construct 21-22 בְּנֹֽעַם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=PSA_27:4!14|MId=o190270040141|Strong=0871a 22 נֹֽעַם־ נֹעַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=the.kindness|Ref=PSA_27:4!14|MId=o190270040142|Strong=5278 23 יְ֝הוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=PSA_27:4!15|MId=o190270040151|Strong=3068 24-26 וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_27:4!16|MId=o190270040161|Strong=2050b 25 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=PSA_27:4!16|MId=o190270040162|Strong=3807a 26 בַקֵּ֥ר בָּקַר VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 20 conj _ Gloss=contemplate|Ref=PSA_27:4!16|MId=o190270040163|Strong=1239|Frame=A0:190270010012;|Type=infinitive_construct 27-29 בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_27:4!17|MId=o190270040171|Strong=0871a 28 הֵיכָל הֵיכָל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 obl _ Gloss=temple|Ref=PSA_27:4!17|MId=o190270040172|Strong=1964 29 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=PSA_27:4!17|MId=o190270040173|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=PSA_27:4!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שָׁאַלְתִּי *I have asked* | qatal · qal | | אַחַת *one \[thing\]* | | | | אֲבַקֵּשׁ *I will seek* | yiqtol · piel | | ָהּ *it* | | | | שִׁבְתּ *I* | infinitive construct · qal | ִי *to dwell* | | | | | חֲזוֹת *look* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | בַקֵּר *contemplate* | infinitive construct · piel | | | | | 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} חֲדָא בְּעִיתִי מִן קֳדָם יְיָ יָתָהּ אֶתְבַּע דְאֵתֵב בְּבֵית מַקְדְשָׁא דַייָ כָּל יוֹמֵי חַיַי לְמֶחֱמֵי בְּבַּסִימוּתָא דַייָ וּלְבַקָרָא בְּהֵיכְלֵיהּ: 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. [One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early in His temple.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.399/) **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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