--- title: Song of Songs 1:8 — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents. Who acts: thou, you. Song of Songs 1:8 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/SNG.1.8/) [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/) / [Song of Songs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/) / [chapter 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/1/) / 1:8 # Song of Songs 1:8 שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים **Who acts:** thou, you · **What happens:** not know, go, feed · **To what, where:** way, kids, tents This is Song of Songs 1:8 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, you — and what happens in the verse to way, kids, tents, 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 8 chapters of Song of Songs on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. אִם־לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ לָ֔ךְ הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים צְֽאִי־לָ֞ךְ בְּעִקְבֵ֣י הַצֹּ֗אן וּרְעִי֙ אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְ עַ֖ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת הָרֹעִֽים׃ס [If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.7/) ## 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:SNG:7 # text = אִם־לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ לָ֔ךְ הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים צְֽאִי־לָ֞ךְ בְּעִקְבֵ֣י הַצֹּ֗אן וּרְעִי֙ אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְ עַ֖ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת הָרֹעִֽים׃ס # verse = SNG.1.8 1 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=SNG_1:8!1|MId=o220010080011|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 2 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=SNG_1:8!2|MId=o220010080021|Strong=3808|Type=negative 3 תֵדְעִי֙ יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 11 advcl _ Gloss=you.know|Ref=SNG_1:8!3|MId=o220010080031|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:220010080052;|Type=yiqtol 4-5 לָ֔ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 ל לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(for|Ref=SNG_1:8!4|MId=o220010080041|Strong=3807a 5 ָ֔ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ Gloss=yourself|Ref=SNG_1:8!4|MId=o220010080042|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 6-7 הַיָּפָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=O|Ref=SNG_1:8!5|MId=o220010080051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 יָּפָ֖ה יָפֶה ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 dislocated _ Gloss=beautiful.[one]|Ref=SNG_1:8!5|MId=o220010080052|Strong=3303|Type=adjective 8-10 בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=SNG_1:8!6|MId=o220010080061|Strong=0871a 9 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=SNG_1:8!6|MId=o220010080061ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 נָּשִׁ֑ים אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 7 nmod _ Gloss=women|Ref=SNG_1:8!6|MId=o220010080062|Strong=0802 11 צְֽאִי־ יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=go.out|Ref=SNG_1:8!7|MId=o220010080071|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:220010080052;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 לָ֞ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 ל לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=(for|Ref=SNG_1:8!8|MId=o220010080081|Strong=3807a 13 ָ֞ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ Gloss=yourself|Ref=SNG_1:8!8|MId=o220010080082|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 14-15 בְּעִקְבֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=SNG_1:8!9|MId=o220010080091|Strong=0871a 15 עִקְבֵ֣י עָקֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 obl _ Gloss=the.footprints|Ref=SNG_1:8!9|MId=o220010080092|Strong=6119 16-17 הַצֹּ֗אן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=SNG_1:8!10|MId=o220010080101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 צֹּ֗אן צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.flock|Ref=SNG_1:8!10|MId=o220010080102|Strong=6629 18-19 וּרְעִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=SNG_1:8!11|MId=o220010080111|Strong=2050b 19 רְעִי֙ רָעָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 11 conj _ Gloss=pasture|Ref=SNG_1:8!11|MId=o220010080112|Strong=7462|Frame=A0:220010080052;A1:220010080131;|Type=imperative 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=SNG_1:8!12|MId=o220010080121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 21-22 גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 גְּדִיֹּתַ֔י גְּדִיָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 19 obj _ Gloss=goats|Ref=SNG_1:8!13|MId=o220010080131|Strong=1429 22 ִךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your.young|Ref=SNG_1:8!13|MId=o220010080132|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 23 עַ֖ל עַל ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=SNG_1:8!14|MId=o220010080141|Strong=5921 24 מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת מִשְׁכָּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 obl _ Gloss=the.dwelling.places|Ref=SNG_1:8!15|MId=o220010080151|Strong=4908 25-26 הָרֹעִֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=SNG_1:8!16|MId=o220010080161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 רֹעִֽים רָעָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.shepherds|Ref=SNG_1:8!16|MId=o220010080162|Strong=7473|Type=participle_active 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=SNG_1:8!16|SpaceAfter=No 28 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=SNG_1:8!16 ``` ## 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** תֵדְעִי *you know* | yiqtol · qal | יָּפָה *beautiful \[one\]* | | | | | צְֽאִי־ *go out* | imperative · qal | יָּפָה *beautiful \[one\]* | | | | | רְעִי *pasture* | imperative · qal | יָּפָה *beautiful \[one\]* | גְּדִיֹּתַי *goats* | | | 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} אֲמַר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה נְבִיָּא אִבַּעְיָא לְהוֹן לְמִהְוֵי בְּגָלוּתָא כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל דִּמְתִילָא לְרִיבָא שַׁפִּירְתָא וְנַפְשִׁי תְּהֵא רָחֵים לַהּ תְּהֵא מְהַלְּכָא בְּאוֹרְחֵיהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָּא וּתְהֵא מְסַדְּרָא צְלוֹתָא עַל פּוּם בַּרְזִלַּהָא וּמְדַבְּרֵי דָרָהָא וּתְהֵא מְאַלְּפָא לִבְנַהָא דִּמְתִילִין לִגְדָיֵי עִזִּין לִמְהָךְ לְבֵי כְּנִשְׁתָּא וּלְבֵי מִדְרָשָׁא וּבְהַהִיא זְכוּתָא יִהֱוְיָן מִתְפַּרְנְסִין בְּגָלוּתָא עַד זְמָן דְּאֶשְׁלַח מַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא וִיהֵי מְדַבַּר יָתְהוֹן בְּנִיחַ עַל מַשְׁכְּנֵיהוֹן הוּא בֵּית מַקְדְּשָׁא דְּיִבְנֵי לְהוֹן דָּוִד וּשְׁלֹמֹה רַעֲיָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל: 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. [If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.7/) **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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