--- title: Ruth 4:12 — and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto J… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.' Who acts: you, house, Tamar, LORD. Ruth 4:12 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/RUT.4.12/) [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/) / [Ruth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT/) / [chapter 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT/4/) / 4:12 # Ruth 4:12 רוּת **Who acts:** you, house, Tamar, LORD · **What happens:** let, be, bear, give · **To what, where:** house, Perez, seed, thee This is Ruth 4:12 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, house, Tamar, LORD — and what happens in the verse to house, Perez, seed, thee, 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 4 chapters of Ruth on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וִיהִ֤י בֵֽיתְךָ֙ כְּבֵ֣ית פֶּ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה תָמָ֖ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה מִן־הַזֶּ֗רַע אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לְךָ֔ מִן־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃ [and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.83/) ## 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:RUT:74 # text = וִיהִ֤י בֵֽיתְךָ֙ כְּבֵ֣ית פֶּ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה תָמָ֖ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה מִן־הַזֶּ֗רַע אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לְךָ֔ מִן־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃ # verse = RUT.4.12 1-2 וִיהִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וִ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=RUT_4:12!1|MId=o080040120011|Strong=2050b 2 יהִ֤י הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 cop _ Gloss=may.it.be|Ref=RUT_4:12!1|MId=o080040120012|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:080040120021;|Type=jussive 3-4 בֵֽיתְךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 בֵֽית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=household|Ref=RUT_4:12!2|MId=o080040120021|Strong=1004 4 ְךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=RUT_4:12!2|MId=o080040120022|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 5-6 כְּבֵ֣ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=RUT_4:12!3|MId=o080040120031|Strong=3509a 6 בֵ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=the.household|Ref=RUT_4:12!3|MId=o080040120032|Strong=1004 7 פֶּ֔רֶץ פֶּרֶץ PROPN _ _ 6 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Perez|Ref=RUT_4:12!4|MId=o080040120041|Strong=6557 8 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=whom|Ref=RUT_4:12!5|MId=o080040120051|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 9 יָלְדָ֥ה יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 acl:relcl _ Gloss=she.bore|Ref=RUT_4:12!6|MId=o080040120061|Strong=3205|Frame=A0:080040120071;A1:080040120041;|Type=qatal 10 תָמָ֖ר תָּמָר PROPN _ _ 9 nsubj _ Gloss=Tamar|Ref=RUT_4:12!7|MId=o080040120071|Strong=8559 11-12 לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לִֽ לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=RUT_4:12!8|MId=o080040120081|Strong=3807a 12 יהוּדָ֑ה יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 9 obl _ Gloss=Judah|Ref=RUT_4:12!8|MId=o080040120082|Strong=3063 13 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=RUT_4:12!9|MId=o080040120091|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 14-15 הַזֶּ֗רַע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=RUT_4:12!10|MId=o080040120101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 זֶּ֗רַע זֶרַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=offspring|Ref=RUT_4:12!10|MId=o080040120102|Strong=2233 16 אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 17 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=RUT_4:12!11|MId=o080040120111|Strong=0834|Type=relative 17 יִתֵּ֤ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 15 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.will.give|Ref=RUT_4:12!12|MId=o080040120121|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:080040120131;A1:080040120102;|Type=yiqtol 18 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 17 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=RUT_4:12!13|MId=o080040120131|Strong=3068 19-20 לְךָ֔ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 ל לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=RUT_4:12!14|MId=o080040120141|Strong=3807a 20 ְךָ֔ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=RUT_4:12!14|MId=o080040120142|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 21 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=RUT_4:12!15|MId=o080040120151|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 22-23 הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=the.young|Ref=RUT_4:12!16|MId=o080040120161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 נַּעֲרָ֖ה נַעֲרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 obl _ Gloss=woman|Ref=RUT_4:12!16|MId=o080040120162|Strong=5291 24-25 הַזֹּֽאת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=RUT_4:12!17|MId=o080040120171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 זֹּֽאת זֹאת DET _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=RUT_4:12!17|MId=o080040120172|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=RUT_4:12!17 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יהִי *may it be* | jussive · qal | בֵֽית *household* | | | | | יָלְדָה *she bore* | qatal · qal | תָמָר *Tamar* | פֶּרֶץ *of Perez* | | | | יִתֵּן *he will give* | yiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | זֶּרַע *offspring* | | | 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} וִיהֵי מַצְלַח בֵּיתָךְ כְּבֵית פֶּרֶץ דִּילֵידַת תָּמָר לִיהוּדָה מִן זַרְעָא דְּיִתֵּן יְיָ לָךְ מִן רִיבָא הָדָא: 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. [and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.83/) **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). Hebrew sentence `wlc:RUT:74`. - ← previous: [Ruth 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.11/) - next →: [Ruth 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.13/) - ↑ back to [Ruth 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT/4/)