--- title: Judges 15:12 — And they said unto him: 'We are come down to bind thee, that we may… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they said unto him: 'We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.' And Samson said unto them: 'Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.' Who acts: men, We, Samson, ye. 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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 — men, We, Samson, ye — and what happens in the verse to thee, hand, 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. וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣ יָרַ֔דְנוּ לְתִתְּךָ֖ בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הִשָּׁבְע֣וּ לִ֔י פֶּֽן־תִּפְגְּע֥וּן בִּ֖י אַתֶּֽם׃ [And they said unto him: 'We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.' And Samson said unto them: 'Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.459/) ## 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:431 # text = וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣ יָרַ֔דְנוּ לְתִתְּךָ֖ בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הִשָּׁבְע֣וּ לִ֔י פֶּֽן־תִּפְגְּע֥וּן בִּ֖י אַתֶּֽם׃ # verse = JDG.15.12 1-2 וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_15:12!1|MId=o070150120011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֤אמְרוּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=JDG_15:12!1|MId=o070150120012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:070150110041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 לוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_15:12!2|MId=o070150120021|Strong=3807a 4 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=JDG_15:12!2|MId=o070150120022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5-7 לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לֶ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_15:12!3|MId=o070150120031|Strong=3807a 6 אֱסָר אָסַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 advcl _ Gloss=bind|Ref=JDG_15:12!3|MId=o070150120032|Strong=0631|Frame=A0:070150110041;A1:070150120033;|Type=infinitive_construct 7 ְךָ֣ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JDG_15:12!3|MId=o070150120033|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 8 יָרַ֔דְנוּ יָרַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=we.have.come.down|Ref=JDG_15:12!4|MId=o070150120041|Strong=3381|Frame=A0:070150110041;|Type=qatal 9-11 לְתִתְּךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_15:12!5|MId=o070150120051|Strong=3807a 10 תִתּ נָתַן VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 advcl _ Gloss=give|Ref=JDG_15:12!5|MId=o070150120052|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:070150110041;A1:070150120053;|Type=infinitive_construct 11 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JDG_15:12!5|MId=o070150120053|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 12-13 בְּיַד־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_15:12!6|MId=o070150120061|Strong=0871a 13 יַד־ יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=JDG_15:12!6|MId=o070150120062|Strong=3027 14 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים פְּלִשְׁתִּי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.[the].Philistines|Ref=JDG_15:12!7|MId=o070150120071|Strong=6430|Type=gentilic 15-16 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_15:12!8|MId=o070150120081|Strong=2050b 16 יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JDG_15:12!8|MId=o070150120082|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:070150120101;|Type=wayyiqtol 17-18 לָהֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 ל לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_15:12!9|MId=o070150120091|Strong=3807a 18 ָהֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=JDG_15:12!9|MId=o070150120092|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 19 שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן שִׁמְשׁוֹן PROPN _ _ 16 nsubj _ Gloss=Samson|Ref=JDG_15:12!10|MId=o070150120101|Strong=8123 20 הִשָּׁבְע֣וּ שָׁבַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 16 ccomp _ Gloss=swear|Ref=JDG_15:12!11|MId=o070150120111|Strong=7650|Frame=A0:070150110041;|Type=imperative 21-22 לִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 ל לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_15:12!12|MId=o070150120121|Strong=3807a 22 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=JDG_15:12!12|MId=o070150120122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 23 פֶּֽן־ פֶּן SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=lest|Ref=JDG_15:12!13|MId=o070150120131|Strong=6435|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 תִּפְגְּע֥וּן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 תִּפְגְּע֥וּ פָּגַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 20 advcl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JDG_15:12!14|MId=o070150120141|Strong=6293|Frame=A0:070150120161;|Type=yiqtol 25 ן נ X _ _ 24 nmod _ Gloss=should.fall|Ref=JDG_15:12!14|MId=o070150120142|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun 26-27 בִּ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=JDG_15:12!15|MId=o070150120151|Strong=0871a 27 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=JDG_15:12!15|MId=o070150120152|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 28 אַתֶּֽם אַתֶּם PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JDG_15:12!16|MId=o070150120161|Strong=0859a|Type=personal|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=JDG_15:12!16 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | אֱסָר *bind* | infinitive construct · qal | | ְךָ *you* | | | | יָרַדְנוּ *we have come down* | qatal · qal | | | | | | תִתּ *give* | infinitive construct · qal | | ְךָ *you* | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | שִׁמְשׁוֹן *Samson* | | | | | הִשָּׁבְעוּ *swear* | imperative · niphal | | | | | | תִּפְגְּעוּ *you* | yiqtol · qal | אַתֶּֽם *you* | | | | 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} וַאֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ לְמֵיסְרָךְ נְחַתְנָא לְמִמְסְרָךְ בִּידָא דִפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן שִׁמְשׁוֹן קַיִימוּ לִי דִלְמָא תִשְׁלְטוּן בִּי אַתּוּן: 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 they said unto him: 'We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines.' And Samson said unto them: 'Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.459/) **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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