--- title: Psalms 59:12 — Slay them not, lest my people forget, make them wander to and fro by… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Slay them not, lest my people forget, make them wander to and fro by Thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield. Who acts: you, people, nations. Psalms 59:12 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.59.12/) [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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/59/) / 59:12 # Psalms 59:12 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** you, people, nations · **What happens:** not slay, forget, make, wander, bring down · **To what, where:** nations This is Psalms 59:12 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 — you, people, nations — and what happens in the verse to nations, 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. אַל־תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם ׀ פֶּֽן־יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ עַמִּ֗י הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ בְ֭חֵילְךָ וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ אֲדֹנָֽי׃ [Slay them not, lest my people forget, make them wander to and fro by Thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.970/) ## 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:901 # text = אַל־תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם ׀ פֶּֽן־יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ עַמִּ֗י הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ בְ֭חֵילְךָ וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ אֲדֹנָֽי׃ # verse = PSA.59.12 1 אַל־ אַל ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=do.not|Ref=PSA_59:12!1|MId=o190590120011|Strong=0408|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 2-3 תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 תַּהַרְג הָרַג VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=kill|Ref=PSA_59:12!2|MId=o190590120021|Strong=2026|Frame=A0:190590110051;A1:190590120022;|Type=jussive 3 ֵ֤ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=PSA_59:12!2|MId=o190590120022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 4 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 3 punct _ Ref=PSA_59:12!2 5 פֶּֽן־ פֶּן SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ Gloss=lest|Ref=PSA_59:12!3|MId=o190590120031|Strong=6435|SpaceAfter=No 6 יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ שָׁכַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=they.should.forget|Ref=PSA_59:12!4|MId=o190590120041|Strong=7911|Frame=A0:190590120051;|Type=yiqtol 7-8 עַמִּ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=people|Ref=PSA_59:12!5|MId=o190590120051|Strong=5971 8 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_59:12!5|MId=o190590120052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 9-10 הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הֲנִיע נוּעַ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=make|Ref=PSA_59:12!6|MId=o190590120061|Strong=5128|Frame=AA:190590110051;A0:190590120062;|Type=imperative 10 ֵ֣מוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ Gloss=them.wander.about|Ref=PSA_59:12!6|MId=o190590120062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 11-13 בְ֭חֵילְךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְ֭ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=PSA_59:12!7|MId=o190590120071|Strong=0871a 12 חֵיל חַיִל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=strength|Ref=PSA_59:12!7|MId=o190590120072|Strong=2428 13 ְךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=PSA_59:12!7|MId=o190590120073|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 14-16 וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_59:12!8|MId=o190590120081|Strong=2050b 15 הוֹרִיד יָרַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=bring|Ref=PSA_59:12!8|MId=o190590120082|Strong=3381|Frame=AA:190590110051;A0:190590120083;|Type=imperative 16 ֵ֑מוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ Gloss=them.down|Ref=PSA_59:12!8|MId=o190590120083|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 17-18 מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 מָֽגִנּ מָגֵן NOUN _ Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ Gloss=our.shield|Ref=PSA_59:12!9|MId=o190590120091|Strong=4043 18 ֵ֣נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=O|Ref=PSA_59:12!9|MId=o190590120092|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 19-20 אֲדֹנָֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 אֲדֹנ אֲדֹנָי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 parataxis _ Gloss=Lord|Ref=PSA_59:12!10|MId=o190590120101|Strong=0136 20 ָֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=PSA_59:12!10|MId=o190590120102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 21 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 20 punct _ Ref=PSA_59:12!10 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** תַּהַרְג *kill* | jussive · qal | | ֵם *them* | | | | יִשְׁכְּחוּ *they should forget* | yiqtol · qal | עַמּ *people* | | | | | הֲנִיע *make* | imperative · hiphil | ֵמוֹ *them wander about* | | | | | הוֹרִיד *bring* | imperative · hiphil | ֵמוֹ *them down* | | | | 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} לָא תִקְטְלִינוּן מִן יַד דִלְמָא יִתְנְשׁוּן עַמִי טַלְטֵל יַתְהוֹן מִן בָּתֵּיהוֹן בְּתוּקְפָךְ וּתְמַסְכֵּן יַתְהוֹן מִן מָמוֹנֵיהוֹן תְּרִיסָנָא יְיָ: 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. [Slay them not, lest my people forget, make them wander to and fro by Thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.970/) **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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