--- title: Psalms 86:17 — Work in my behalf a sign for good; that they that hate me may see it… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Work in my behalf a sign for good; that they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me. Who acts: you, nations, Thou. Psalms 86:17 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.86.17/) [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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/86/) / 86:17 # Psalms 86:17 תְּהִלִּים **Who acts:** you, nations, Thou · **What happens:** work, hate, see, put, help, comfort · **To what, where:** sign, behalf, me This is Psalms 86:17 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, nations, Thou — and what happens in the verse to sign, behalf, me, 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. עֲשֵֽׂה־עִמִּ֥י א֗וֹת לְט֫וֹבָ֥ה וְיִרְא֣וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣י וְיֵבֹ֑שׁוּ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עֲזַרְתַּ֥נִי וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי׃ [Work in my behalf a sign for good; that they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1530/) ## 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:1420 # text = עֲשֵֽׂה־עִמִּ֥י א֗וֹת לְט֫וֹבָ֥ה וְיִרְא֣וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣י וְיֵבֹ֑שׁוּ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עֲזַרְתַּ֥נִי וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי׃ # verse = PSA.86.17 1 עֲשֵֽׂה־ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=do|Ref=PSA_86:17!1|MId=o190860170011|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:190860150021;A1:190860170031;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 2-3 עִמִּ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 עִמּ עִם ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=PSA_86:17!2|MId=o190860170021|Strong=5973 3 ִ֥י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=PSA_86:17!2|MId=o190860170022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 4 א֗וֹת אוֹת NOUN _ Number=Sing 1 obj _ Gloss=a.sign|Ref=PSA_86:17!3|MId=o190860170031|Strong=0226 5-6 לְט֫וֹבָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=PSA_86:17!4|MId=o190860170041|Strong=3807a 6 ט֫וֹבָ֥ה טוֹבָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 4 nmod _ Gloss=goodness|Ref=PSA_86:17!4|MId=o190860170042|Strong=2896b|Type=adjective 7-8 וְיִרְא֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=PSA_86:17!5|MId=o190860170051|Strong=2050b 8 יִרְא֣וּ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=that.they.may.see|Ref=PSA_86:17!5|MId=o190860170052|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:190860170061;A1:190860170031;|Type=yiqtol 9-10 שֹׂנְאַ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 שֹׂנְא שָׂנֵא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ Gloss=[those|Ref=PSA_86:17!6|MId=o190860170061|Strong=8130|Frame=A1:190860170062;|Type=participle_active 10 ַ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=who].hate.me|Ref=PSA_86:17!6|MId=o190860170062|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 11-12 וְיֵבֹ֑שׁוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_86:17!7|MId=o190860170071|Strong=2050b 12 יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ בּוֹשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 8 conj _ Gloss=so.that.they.may.be.ashamed|Ref=PSA_86:17!7|MId=o190860170072|Strong=0954|Frame=A0:190860170061;|Type=yiqtol 13 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=PSA_86:17!8|MId=o190860170081|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 14 אַתָּ֥ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=PSA_86:17!9|MId=o190860170091|Strong=0859|Type=personal 15 יְ֝הוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 16 dislocated _ Gloss=O.Yahweh|Ref=PSA_86:17!10|MId=o190860170101|Strong=3068 16-17 עֲזַרְתַּ֥נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 עֲזַרְתַּ֥ עָזַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 advcl _ Gloss=you|Ref=PSA_86:17!11|MId=o190860170111|Strong=5826|Frame=A0:190860170091;A1:190860170112;|Type=qatal 17 נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ Gloss=have.helped.me|Ref=PSA_86:17!11|MId=o190860170112|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 18-20 וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=PSA_86:17!12|MId=o190860170121|Strong=2050b 19 נִחַמְתָּֽ נָחַם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=PSA_86:17!12|MId=o190860170122|Strong=5162|Frame=A0:190860170101;A1:190860170123;|Type=qatal 20 נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=have.comforted.me|Ref=PSA_86:17!12|MId=o190860170123|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 21 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 20 punct _ Ref=PSA_86:17!12 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עֲשֵֽׂה־ *do* | imperative · qal | | אוֹת *a sign* | | | | יִרְאוּ *that they may see* | yiqtol · qal | שֹׂנְא *\[those* | אוֹת *a sign* | | | | שֹׂנְא *\[those* | participle active · qal | | ַי *who\] hate me* | | | | יֵבֹשׁוּ *so that they may be ashamed* | yiqtol · qal | שֹׂנְא *\[those* | | | | | עֲזַרְתַּ *you* | qatal · qal | אַתָּה *you* | נִי *have helped me* | | | | נִחַמְתָּֽ *you* | qatal · piel | יְהוָה *O Yahweh* | נִי *have comforted me* | | | 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} עֲבֵד עִמִי אָת לְטָבָא בִּזְמַן דְעָיֵל שְׁלֹמֹה בְּרִי יַת אֲרוֹנָא בְּבֵית מַקְדְשָׁא יִתְפַּתְּחָן תַּרְעַיָא אַמְטוּלְתִּי וְיֶחֱמוּ סַנְאַי אֲרוּם שְׁבַקְתָּא לִי וְיִבַּהֲתוּן וִידוּן אֲרוּם אַתְּ יְיָ סִיַעְתַּנִי וְנִחַמְתָּנִי: 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. [Work in my behalf a sign for good; that they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1530/) **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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