--- title: Psalms 4:2 — Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness, Thou who didst set… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness, Thou who didst set me free when I was in distress; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer. Who acts: you, I, my. Psalms 4:2 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.4.2/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/4/) / 4:2 # Psalms 4:2 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** you, I, my · **What happens:** answer, call, set, be, hear, pray · **To what, where:** me, distress, prayer · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Psalms 4:2 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 — you, I, my — and what happens in the verse to me, distress, prayer, 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. בְּקָרְאִ֡י עֲנֵ֤נִי ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צִדְקִ֗י בַּ֭צָּר הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ לִּ֑י חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי וּשְׁמַ֥ע תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ [Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness, Thou who didst set me free when I was in distress; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.32/) ## 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:28 # text = בְּקָרְאִ֡י עֲנֵ֤נִי ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צִדְקִ֗י בַּ֭צָּר הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ לִּ֑י חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי וּשְׁמַ֥ע תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ # verse = PSA.4.2 1-3 בְּקָרְאִ֡י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=when|Ref=PSA_4:2!1|MId=o190040020011|Strong=0871a 2 קָרְא קָרָא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 4 advcl _ Gloss=call|Ref=PSA_4:2!1|MId=o190040020012|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:190040020013;|Type=infinitive_construct 3 ִ֡י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=PSA_4:2!1|MId=o190040020013|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 4-5 עֲנֵ֤נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 עֲנ עָנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=answer|Ref=PSA_4:2!2|MId=o190040020021|Strong=6030|Frame=A0:190040020031;A1:190040020022;|Type=imperative 5 ֵ֤נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ Gloss=me|Ref=PSA_4:2!2|MId=o190040020022|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 6 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ Ref=PSA_4:2!2 7 אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 ccomp _ Gloss=O.God|Ref=PSA_4:2!3|MId=o190040020031|Strong=0430 8-9 צִדְקִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 צִדְק צֶדֶק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.righteousness|Ref=PSA_4:2!4|MId=o190040020041|Strong=6664 9 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_4:2!4|MId=o190040020042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 10-12 בַּ֭צָּר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 בַּ֭ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_4:2!5|MId=o190040020051|Strong=0871a 11 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=PSA_4:2!5|MId=o190040020051ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 צָּר צַר ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=distress|Ref=PSA_4:2!5|MId=o190040020052|Strong=6862|Type=adjective 13 הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ רָחַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 4 ccomp _ Gloss=you.have.made.wide|Ref=PSA_4:2!6|MId=o190040020061|Strong=7337|Frame=A0:190040020031;|Type=qatal 14-15 לִּ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=PSA_4:2!7|MId=o190040020071|Strong=3807a 15 ִ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=PSA_4:2!7|MId=o190040020072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 16-17 חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 חָ֝נּ חָנַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 13 parataxis _ Gloss=show|Ref=PSA_4:2!8|MId=o190040020081|Strong=2603|Frame=A0:190040020031;A1:190040020082;|Type=imperative 17 ֵ֗נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ Gloss=favor.to.me|Ref=PSA_4:2!8|MId=o190040020082|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 18-19 וּשְׁמַ֥ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_4:2!9|MId=o190040020091|Strong=2050b 19 שְׁמַ֥ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 13 conj _ Gloss=hear|Ref=PSA_4:2!9|MId=o190040020092|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:190040020031;A1:190040020101;|Type=imperative 20-21 תְּפִלָּתִֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 תְּפִלָּת תְּפִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 obj _ Gloss=prayer|Ref=PSA_4:2!10|MId=o190040020101|Strong=8605 21 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_4:2!10|MId=o190040020102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=PSA_4:2!10 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | קָרְא *call* | infinitive construct · qal | ִי *I* | | | | | עֲנ *answer* | imperative · qal | אֱלֹהֵי *O God* | ֵנִי *me* | | | | הִרְחַבְתָּ *you have made wide* | qatal · hiphil | אֱלֹהֵי *O God* | | | | | חָנּ *show* | imperative · qal | אֱלֹהֵי *O God* | ֵנִי *favor to me* | | | | שְׁמַע *hear* | imperative · qal | אֱלֹהֵי *O God* | תְּפִלָּת *prayer* | | | 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} בְּעִדָן צְלוֹתִי קַבֵּל מִנִי אֱלוֹהַּ צִדְקוֹתִי בְּעִידָן עַקְתָא אַפְתִּיתָא לִי חוּס עֲלַי וְקַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי: 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. [Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness, Thou who didst set me free when I was in distress; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.32/) **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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