--- title: Psalms 51:6 — Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in Thy sight; that Thou mayest be justified when Thou speakest, and be in the right when Thou judgest. Who acts: I, Thou, Thy. Psalms 51:6 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.51.6/) [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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/51/) / 51:6 # Psalms 51:6 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** I, Thou, Thy · **What happens:** sin, do, be, justify, speak, judge · **To what, where:** that, sight, Thou, right · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Psalms 51:6 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, Thou, Thy — and what happens in the verse to that, sight, Thou, right, 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. לְךָ֤ לְבַדְּךָ֨ ׀ חָטָאתִי֮ וְהָרַ֥ע בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָ עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִי לְ֭מַעַן תִּצְדַּ֥ק בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָ תִּזְכֶּ֥ה בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ׃ [Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in Thy sight; that Thou mayest be justified when Thou speakest, and be in the right when Thou judgest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.847/) ## 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:785 # text = לְךָ֤ לְבַדְּךָ֨ ׀ חָטָאתִי֮ וְהָרַ֥ע בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָ עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִי לְ֭מַעַן תִּצְדַּ֥ק בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָ תִּזְכֶּ֥ה בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ׃ # verse = PSA.51.6 1-2 לְךָ֤ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 ל לְ ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=PSA_51:6!1|MId=o190510060011|Strong=3807a 2 ְךָ֤ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=PSA_51:6!1|MId=o190510060012|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 3-5 לְבַדְּךָ֨ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=you|Ref=PSA_51:6!2|MId=o190510060021|Strong=3807a 4 בַדּ בַּד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=PSA_51:6!2|MId=o190510060022|Strong=0905 5 ְךָ֨ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=alone|Ref=PSA_51:6!2|MId=o190510060023|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 6 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ Ref=PSA_51:6!2 7 חָטָאתִי֮ חָטָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.have.sinned|Ref=PSA_51:6!3|MId=o190510060031|Strong=2398|Frame=A0:190510010032;|Type=qatal 8-10 וְהָרַ֥ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_51:6!4|MId=o190510060041|Strong=2050b 9 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=PSA_51:6!4|MId=o190510060042|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 רַ֥ע רַע ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=evil|Ref=PSA_51:6!4|MId=o190510060043|Strong=7451|Type=adjective 11-13 בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=PSA_51:6!5|MId=o190510060051|Strong=0871a 12 עֵינֶ֗י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 10 nmod _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=PSA_51:6!5|MId=o190510060052|Strong=5869 13 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=PSA_51:6!5|MId=o190510060053|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 14 עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִי עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 conj _ Gloss=I.have.done|Ref=PSA_51:6!6|MId=o190510060061|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:190510010032;A1:190510060043;|Type=qatal 15 לְ֭מַעַן לְמַעַן SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=so.that|Ref=PSA_51:6!7|MId=o190510060071|Strong=4616 16 תִּצְדַּ֥ק צָדֵק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 7 parataxis _ Gloss=you.may.be.just|Ref=PSA_51:6!8|MId=o190510060081|Strong=6663|Frame=A0:190510030021;|Type=yiqtol 17-19 בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=when|Ref=PSA_51:6!9|MId=o190510060091|Strong=0871a 18 דָבְר דָבַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 16 advcl _ Gloss=speak|Ref=PSA_51:6!9|MId=o190510060092|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:190510060093;|Type=infinitive_construct 19 ֶ֗ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=PSA_51:6!9|MId=o190510060093|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 20 תִּזְכֶּ֥ה זָכָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 16 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.be.pure|Ref=PSA_51:6!10|MId=o190510060101|Strong=2135|Frame=A0:190510030021;|Type=yiqtol 21-23 בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=when|Ref=PSA_51:6!11|MId=o190510060111|Strong=0871a 22 שָׁפְט שָׁפַט VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 20 advcl _ Gloss=judge|Ref=PSA_51:6!11|MId=o190510060112|Strong=8199|Frame=A0:190510060113;|Type=infinitive_construct 23 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=PSA_51:6!11|MId=o190510060113|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=PSA_51:6!11 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | חָטָאתִי *I have sinned* | qatal · qal | | | | | | עָשִׂיתִי *I have done* | qatal · qal | | רַע *evil* | | | | תִּצְדַּק *you may be just* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | דָבְר *speak* | infinitive construct · qal | ֶךָ *you* | | | | | תִּזְכֶּה *you will be pure* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | שָׁפְט *judge* | infinitive construct · qal | ֶֽךָ *you* | | | | 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} קֳדָמָךְ בִּלְחוֹדָךְ חָבֵית וּדְבִישׁ קֳדָמָךְ עֲבַדֵית מִן בִּגְלַל דִתְזַכֵּי יָתִי בְּמַלָלוּתָךְ תִּבְרוֹר יָתִי כַּד תְּדִין: 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. [Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in Thy sight; that Thou mayest be justified when Thou speakest, and be in the right when Thou judgest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.847/) **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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