--- title: Psalms 42:12 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? H… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God. Who acts: thou, I. Psalms 42:12 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.42.12/) [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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/42/) / 42:12 # Psalms 42:12 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** thou, I · **What happens:** cast down, moan, hope, praise, salve · **To what, where:** thou, God, countenance This is Psalms 42:12 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 — thou, I — and what happens in the verse to thou, God, countenance, 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. מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־ע֣וֹד אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת פָּ֝נַ֗י וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃ [Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.702/) [Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.703/) ## 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:648 # text = מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־ע֣וֹד אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת פָּ֝נַ֗י וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃ # verse = PSA.42.12 1 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 2 advmod _ Gloss=why?|Ref=PSA_42:12!1|MId=o190420120011|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 2 תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י שׁיח VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HITHPOLEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=are.you.bowed.down|Ref=PSA_42:12!2|MId=o190420120021|Strong=7817a|Frame=A0:190420120031;|Type=yiqtol 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=PSA_42:12!2 4-5 נַפְשִׁי֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ Gloss=my.soul|Ref=PSA_42:12!3|MId=o190420120031|Strong=5315 5 ִי֮ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_42:12!3|MId=o190420120032|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 6-7 וּֽמַה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וּֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_42:12!4|MId=o190420120041|Strong=2050b 7 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 8 advmod _ Gloss=why?|Ref=PSA_42:12!4|MId=o190420120042|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 8 תֶּהֱמִ֪י הָמָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=are.you.in.turmoil|Ref=PSA_42:12!5|MId=o190420120051|Strong=1993|Frame=A0:190420120031;|Type=yiqtol 9-10 עָ֫לָ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 עָ֫ל עַל ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=PSA_42:12!6|MId=o190420120061|Strong=5921 10 ָ֥י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=PSA_42:12!6|MId=o190420120062|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 11 הוֹחִ֣ילִי יָחַל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=wait|Ref=PSA_42:12!7|MId=o190420120071|Strong=3176|Frame=A0:190420120031;|Type=imperative 12-13 לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לֵֽ֭ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=PSA_42:12!8|MId=o190420120081|Strong=3807a 13 אלֹהִים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 obl _ Gloss=God|Ref=PSA_42:12!8|MId=o190420120082|Strong=0430 14 כִּי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=PSA_42:12!9|MId=o190420120091|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 15 ע֣וֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=again|Ref=PSA_42:12!10|MId=o190420120101|Strong=5750 16-17 אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 אוֹד יָדָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 advcl _ Gloss=I|Ref=PSA_42:12!11|MId=o190420120111|Strong=3034|Frame=AA:190420010032;A0:190420120112;|Type=yiqtol 17 ֶ֑נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ Gloss=will.give.thanks.to.him|Ref=PSA_42:12!11|MId=o190420120112|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 18 יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת יְשׁוּעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 17 appos _ Gloss=the.salvation(s)|Ref=PSA_42:12!12|MId=o190420120121|Strong=3444 19-20 פָּ֝נַ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 פָּ֝נ פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.face|Ref=PSA_42:12!13|MId=o190420120131|Strong=6440 20 ַ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_42:12!13|MId=o190420120132|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 21-23 וֵֽאלֹהָֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וֵֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_42:12!14|MId=o190420120141|Strong=2050b 22 אלֹה אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 conj _ Gloss=God|Ref=PSA_42:12!14|MId=o190420120142|Strong=0430 23 ָֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_42:12!14|MId=o190420120143|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=PSA_42:12!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no - indirect: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי *are you bowed down* | yiqtol · hithpolel | נַפְשׁ *my soul* | | | | | תֶּהֱמִי *are you in turmoil* | yiqtol · qal | נַפְשׁ *my soul* | | | | | הוֹחִילִי *wait* | imperative · hiphil | נַפְשׁ *my soul* | | | | | אוֹד *I* | yiqtol · hiphil | ֶנּוּ *will give thanks to him* | | | | 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} מַה תִּתְמַכְּכִין נַפְשִׁי וּמַה תִּרְגְשִׁי עֲלָי אוֹרִיכִי לֵאלָהָא אֲרוּם תּוּב אֲשַׁבְּחִינֵהּ בְּפוּרְקָנֵיהּ דְמִן קֳדָמוֹי דִי הוּא אֱלָהִי: 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. [Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.702/) 2. [Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.703/) **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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