--- title: Song of Songs 4:2 — Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them. Who acts: teeth, none. Song of Songs 4:2 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.4.2/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/4/) / 4:2 # Song of Songs 4:2 שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים **Who acts:** teeth, none · **What happens:** be, shape, come up, pair, fail · **To what, where:** ewes, washing, all This is Song of Songs 4:2 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 — teeth, none — and what happens in the verse to ewes, washing, all, 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. שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃ [Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.48/) ## 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:46 # text = שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃ # verse = SNG.4.2 1-2 שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 שִׁנַּ֙י שֵׁן NOUN _ Number=Dual 4 nsubj _ Gloss=teeth|Ref=SNG_4:2!1|MId=o220040020011|Strong=8127 2 ִךְ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=SNG_4:2!1|MId=o220040020012|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 3-4 כְּעֵ֣דֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=[are].like.(the)|Ref=SNG_4:2!2|MId=o220040020021|Strong=3509a 4 עֵ֣דֶר עֵדֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=flock|Ref=SNG_4:2!2|MId=o220040020022|Strong=5739 5-6 הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=SNG_4:2!3|MId=o220040020031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 קְּצוּב֔וֹת קָצַב VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=shorn.[ewes]|Ref=SNG_4:2!3|MId=o220040020032|Strong=7094|Type=participle_passive 7-8 שֶׁעָל֖וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=SNG_4:2!4|MId=o220040020041|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 8 עָל֖וּ עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 6 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.have.come.up|Ref=SNG_4:2!4|MId=o220040020042|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:220040020032;|Type=qatal 9 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=SNG_4:2!5|MId=o220040020051|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 10-11 הָרַחְצָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=SNG_4:2!6|MId=o220040020061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 רַחְצָ֑ה רַחְצָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=washing|Ref=SNG_4:2!6|MId=o220040020062|Strong=7367 12-14 שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 15 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=SNG_4:2!7|MId=o220040020071|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 13 כֻּלּ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=SNG_4:2!7|MId=o220040020072|Strong=3605 14 ָם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=of.them|Ref=SNG_4:2!7|MId=o220040020073|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 15 מַתְאִימ֔וֹת תָּאַם VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur 6 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[are].bearing.twins|Ref=SNG_4:2!8|MId=o220040020081|Strong=8382|Frame=A0:220040020073;|Type=participle_active 16-17 וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and.[one]|Ref=SNG_4:2!9|MId=o220040020091|Strong=2050b 17 שַׁכֻּלָ֖ה שַׁכּוּל ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ Gloss=deprived.of.offspring|Ref=SNG_4:2!9|MId=o220040020092|Strong=7909|Type=adjective 18 אֵ֥ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 15 conj _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=SNG_4:2!10|MId=o220040020101|Strong=0369|Type=negative 19-20 בָּהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=SNG_4:2!11|MId=o220040020111|Strong=0871a 20 ָהֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=SNG_4:2!11|MId=o220040020112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 21 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 20 punct _ Ref=SNG_4:2!11 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עָלוּ *they have come up* | qatal · qal | קְּצוּבוֹת *shorn \[ewes\]* | | | | | **not** מַתְאִימוֹת *\[are\] bearing twins* | participle active · hiphil | ָם *of them* | | | | 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} כַּמָּה יָאֲיָן כָּהֲנַיָּא וְלֵיוָאֵי דִּמְקָרְבִין יָת קוּרְבָּנַיִךְ וְאָכְלִין בְּסַר קוּדְשָׁא וּמַעְשְׂרָא וְאַפְרָשׁוּתָא וְדָכְיָן מִכָּל אוּנְסָא וְגָזֵילָא הֵיכְמָא דַּהֲווֹ דָּכְיָן עֶדְרֵי עָנָא דְּיַעֲקֹב בְּעִדָּן דַּהֲווֹ גְּזִיזִין וְסָלְקָן מִן נַחְלָא דְּיוּבְקָא דְּלָא הֲוָת בְּהוֹן אֲנִיסוּתָא וְגָזֵילָא וְכוּלְּהוֹן דָּמְיָן דָּא לְדָא וְיָלְדָן תְּיוֹמִין בְּכָל עִדָּן וְעַקְרָא וּמַתְכְּלָא לָא הֲוָת בְּהוֹן: 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. [Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.48/) **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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