--- title: Judges 11:9 — And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back ho… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, I will be your head.' Who acts: Jephthah, ye, LORD, I. 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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 — Jephthah, ye, LORD, I — and what happens in the verse to me, elders, head, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan 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 21 chapters of Judges on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִפְתָּ֜ח אֶל־זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֗ד אִם־מְשִׁיבִ֨ים אַתֶּ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ לְהִלָּחֵם֙ בִּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וְנָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אוֹתָ֖ם לְפָנָ֑י אָנֹכִ֕י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לְרֹֽאשׁ׃ [And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, I will be your head.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.345/) ## 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:JDG:328 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִפְתָּ֜ח אֶל־זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֗ד אִם־מְשִׁיבִ֨ים אַתֶּ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ לְהִלָּחֵם֙ בִּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וְנָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אוֹתָ֖ם לְפָנָ֑י אָנֹכִ֕י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לְרֹֽאשׁ׃ # verse = JDG.11.9 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_11:9!1|MId=o070110090011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JDG_11:9!1|MId=o070110090012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:070110090021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יִפְתָּ֜ח יִפְתָּח PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Jephthah|Ref=JDG_11:9!2|MId=o070110090021|Strong=3316 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_11:9!3|MId=o070110090031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 זִקְנֵ֣י זָקֵן ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=the.elders|Ref=JDG_11:9!4|MId=o070110090041|Strong=2205|Type=adjective 6 גִלְעָ֗ד גִּלְעָד PROPN _ _ 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Gilead|Ref=JDG_11:9!5|MId=o070110090051|Strong=1568 7 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=JDG_11:9!6|MId=o070110090061|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 8 מְשִׁיבִ֨ים שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur 30 advcl _ Gloss=[are].bringing.back|Ref=JDG_11:9!7|MId=o070110090071|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:070110090081;A0:070110090092;|Type=participle_active 9 אַתֶּ֤ם אַתֶּם PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JDG_11:9!8|MId=o070110090081|Strong=0859a|Type=personal 10-11 אוֹתִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=|Ref=JDG_11:9!9|MId=o070110090091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 11 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ Gloss=me|Ref=JDG_11:9!9|MId=o070110090092|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 12-13 לְהִלָּחֵם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_11:9!10|MId=o070110090101|Strong=3807a 13 הִלָּחֵם֙ לָחַם VERB _ HebBinyan=NIPHAL 8 advcl _ Gloss=fight|Ref=JDG_11:9!10|MId=o070110090102|Strong=3898|Frame=A0:070110090021;|Type=infinitive_construct 14-15 בִּבְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=against|Ref=JDG_11:9!11|MId=o070110090111|Strong=0871a 15 בְנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 obl _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=JDG_11:9!11|MId=o070110090112|Strong=1121 16 עַמּ֔וֹן עַמּוֹן PROPN _ _ 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Ammon|Ref=JDG_11:9!12|MId=o070110090121|Strong=5983 17-18 וְנָתַ֧ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_11:9!13|MId=o070110090131|Strong=2050b 18 נָתַ֧ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 8 conj _ Gloss=he.will.deliver.up|Ref=JDG_11:9!13|MId=o070110090132|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:070110090141;A1:070110090152;|Type=weqatal 19 יְהוָ֛ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 18 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JDG_11:9!14|MId=o070110090141|Strong=3068 20-21 אוֹתָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=|Ref=JDG_11:9!15|MId=o070110090151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 21 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=JDG_11:9!15|MId=o070110090152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 22-24 לְפָנָ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=JDG_11:9!16|MId=o070110090161|Strong=3807a 23 פָנ פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 18 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=JDG_11:9!16|MId=o070110090162|Strong=6440 24 ָ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=me|Ref=JDG_11:9!16|MId=o070110090163|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 25 אָנֹכִ֕י אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=JDG_11:9!17|MId=o070110090171|Strong=0595|Type=personal 26 אֶהְיֶ֥ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 30 cop _ Gloss=I.will.become|Ref=JDG_11:9!18|MId=o070110090181|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:070110090171;|Type=yiqtol 27-28 לָכֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 ל לְ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=JDG_11:9!19|MId=o070110090191|Strong=3807a 28 ָכֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JDG_11:9!19|MId=o070110090192|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 29-30 לְרֹֽאשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=(into)|Ref=JDG_11:9!20|MId=o070110090201|Strong=3807a 30 רֹֽאשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ Gloss=chief|Ref=JDG_11:9!20|MId=o070110090202|Strong=7218 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=JDG_11:9!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִפְתָּח *Jephthah* | | | | | מְשִׁיבִים *\[are\] bringing back* | participle active · hiphil | ִי *me* | | | אַתֶּם *you* | | הִלָּחֵם *fight* | infinitive construct · niphal | יִפְתָּח *Jephthah* | | | | | נָתַן *he will deliver up* | weqatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ָם *them* | | | | אֶהְיֶה *I will become* | yiqtol · qal | אָנֹכִי *I* | | | | 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. ## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos} וַאֲמַר יִפְתָּח לְסָבֵי גִלְעָד אִם מְתִיבִין אַתּוּן יָתִי לְאַגָחָא קְרָבָא בִּבְנֵי עַמוֹן וְיִמְסַר יְיָ יַתְהוֹן קֳדָמַי אֲנָא אֱהֶוֵי לְכוֹן לְרֵישׁ: 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 Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, I will be your head.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.345/) **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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