--- title: Song of Songs 6:9 — My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her happy; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Who acts: dove, flock, daughters. 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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 — dove, flock, daughters — and what happens in the verse to one, only one, choice one, flock, 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. אַחַ֥ת הִיא֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י אַחַ֥ת הִיא֙ לְאִמָּ֔הּ בָּרָ֥ה הִ֖יא לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ רָא֤וּהָ בָנוֹת֙ וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָ מְלָכ֥וֹת וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ׃ס [My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.96/) [The daughters saw her, and called her happy; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.97/) ## 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:85 # text = אַחַ֥ת הִיא֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י אַחַ֥ת הִיא֙ לְאִמָּ֔הּ בָּרָ֥ה הִ֖יא לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ רָא֤וּהָ בָנוֹת֙ וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָ מְלָכ֥וֹת וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ׃ס # verse = SNG.6.9 1 אַחַ֥ת אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[is].one|Ref=SNG_6:9!1|MId=o220060090011|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 2 הִיא֙ הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ Gloss=she|Ref=SNG_6:9!2|MId=o220060090021|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 3-4 יוֹנָתִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 יוֹנָת יוֹנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 appos _ Gloss=dove|Ref=SNG_6:9!3|MId=o220060090031|Strong=3123 4 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=SNG_6:9!3|MId=o220060090032|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 5-6 תַמָּתִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 תַמָּת תָּם ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 appos _ Gloss=my.perfect|Ref=SNG_6:9!4|MId=o220060090041|Strong=8535|Type=adjective 6 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[one]|Ref=SNG_6:9!4|MId=o220060090042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 7 אַחַ֥ת אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=[is].one.[daughter]|Ref=SNG_6:9!5|MId=o220060090051|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 8 הִיא֙ הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ Gloss=she|Ref=SNG_6:9!6|MId=o220060090061|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 9-11 לְאִמָּ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=SNG_6:9!7|MId=o220060090071|Strong=3807a 10 אִמּ אֵם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=mother|Ref=SNG_6:9!7|MId=o220060090072|Strong=0517 11 ָ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=SNG_6:9!7|MId=o220060090073|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 12 בָּרָ֥ה בַּר ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=[is].a.pure.[daughter]|Ref=SNG_6:9!8|MId=o220060090081|Strong=1249|Type=adjective 13 הִ֖יא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=she|Ref=SNG_6:9!9|MId=o220060090091|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 14-16 לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=SNG_6:9!10|MId=o220060090101|Strong=3807a 15 יֽוֹלַדְתּ יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 12 advcl _ Gloss=the.[one|Ref=SNG_6:9!10|MId=o220060090102|Strong=3205|Frame=A1:220060090103;|Type=participle_active 16 ָ֑הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=who].bore.her|Ref=SNG_6:9!10|MId=o220060090103|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 17-18 רָא֤וּהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 רָא֤וּ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=they|Ref=SNG_6:9!11|MId=o220060090111|Strong=7200|Frame=A1:220060090112;A0:220060090121;|Type=qatal 18 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ Gloss=saw.her|Ref=SNG_6:9!11|MId=o220060090112|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 19 בָנוֹת֙ בַּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ Gloss=daughters|Ref=SNG_6:9!12|MId=o220060090121|Strong=1323 20-22 וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=SNG_6:9!13|MId=o220060090131|Strong=2050b 21 יְאַשְּׁר֔וּ אָשַׁר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 17 conj _ Gloss=they|Ref=SNG_6:9!13|MId=o220060090132|Strong=0833a|Frame=A0:220060090121;A1:220060090133;|Type=wayyiqtol 22 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=called.her.blessed|Ref=SNG_6:9!13|MId=o220060090133|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 23 מְלָכ֥וֹת מַלְכָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ Gloss=queens|Ref=SNG_6:9!14|MId=o220060090141|Strong=4436 24-25 וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=SNG_6:9!15|MId=o220060090151|Strong=2050b 25 פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים פִּלֶגֶשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 23 conj _ Gloss=concubines|Ref=SNG_6:9!15|MId=o220060090152|Strong=6370 26-28 וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=SNG_6:9!16|MId=o220060090161|Strong=2050b 27 יְהַלְלֽוּ הָלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 23 conj _ Gloss=they|Ref=SNG_6:9!16|MId=o220060090162|Strong=1984a|Frame=A0:220060090141;220060090152;A1:220060090163;|Type=wayyiqtol 28 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ Gloss=praised.her|Ref=SNG_6:9!16|MId=o220060090163|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=SNG_6:9!16|SpaceAfter=No 30 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=SNG_6:9!16 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֽוֹלַדְתּ *the \[one* | participle active · qal | | ָהּ *who\] bore her* | | | | רָאוּ *they* | qatal · qal | בָנוֹת *daughters* | הָ *saw her* | | | | יְאַשְּׁרוּ *they* | wayyiqtol · piel | בָנוֹת *daughters* | הָ *called her blessed* | | | | יְהַלְלֽוּ *they* | wayyiqtol · piel | מְלָכוֹת *queens* + פִֽילַגְשִׁים *concubines* | הָ *praised her* | | | 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} וּבְעִדָּנָא הַהוּא הֲוָת כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל דִּמְתִילָא לְיוֹנְתָא שְׁלִימְתָא פָּלְחָא בְּלֵב חַד לְמָרָהָא וְאָחְדָא לְאוֹרָיְתָא וְעָסְקָא בְּפִתְגָמֵי אוֹרָיְתָא בְּלֵב שְׁלִים וּבְרִירָן זָכְוָתָהָא כְּיוֹמָא דִּנְפַקַת מִמִּצְרַיִם הָא בְּכֵן נְפַקוּ בְּנֵי חַשְׁמוֹנָאֵי וּמַתִּתְיָה וְכָל עַמָּא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲגִיחוּ בְּהוֹן קְרָבָא וּמְסַר יְיָ יָתְהוֹן בְּיַדְהוֹן וְכַד חֲזוֹ יָתְבֵי פִּלְכַּיָּא אַשַּׁרוּ יָתְהוֹן וּמַלְכְוָת אַרְעָא וְשִׁלְטוֹנַיָּא וְקַלִיסוּ לְהוֹן: 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. [My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.96/) 2. [The daughters saw her, and called her happy; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.97/) **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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