--- title: Judges 16:29 — And Samson took fast hold of the two middle pillars upon which the h… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Samson took fast hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. Who acts: Samson, house. Judges 16:29 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, 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/neviim/JDG.16.29/) [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/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Judges](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/) / [chapter 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/16/) / 16:29 # Judges 16:29 שֹׁפְטִים **Who acts:** Samson, house · **What happens:** take, rest, lean, hold · **To what, where:** fast hold, two middle pillars This is Judges 16:29 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). 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 — Samson, house — and what happens in the verse to fast hold, two middle pillars, 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. וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י ׀ עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַבַּ֙יִת֙ נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם אֶחָ֥ד בִּימִינ֖וֹ וְאֶחָ֥ד בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ [And Samson took fast hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.499/) ## 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:468 # text = וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י ׀ עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַבַּ֙יִת֙ נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם אֶחָ֥ד בִּימִינ֖וֹ וְאֶחָ֥ד בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ # verse = JDG.16.29 1-2 וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_16:29!1|MId=o070160290011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּלְפֹּ֨ת לָפַת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.twisted|Ref=JDG_16:29!1|MId=o070160290012|Strong=3943|Frame=A0:070160290021;A1:070160290051;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן שִׁמְשׁוֹן PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Samson|Ref=JDG_16:29!2|MId=o070160290021|Strong=8123 4 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_16:29!3|MId=o070160290031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 5 שְׁנֵ֣י שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 7 nummod _ Gloss=the.two|Ref=JDG_16:29!4|MId=o070160290041|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number 6 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ Ref=JDG_16:29!4 7 עַמּוּדֵ֣י עַמּוּד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=the.pillars|Ref=JDG_16:29!5|MId=o070160290051|Strong=5982 8-9 הַתָּ֗וֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=JDG_16:29!6|MId=o070160290061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 תָּ֗וֶךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.middle|Ref=JDG_16:29!6|MId=o070160290062|Strong=8432 10 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 13 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=JDG_16:29!7|MId=o070160290071|Strong=0834|Type=relative 11-12 הַבַּ֙יִת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_16:29!8|MId=o070160290081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 בַּ֙יִת֙ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Gloss=house|Ref=JDG_16:29!8|MId=o070160290082|Strong=1004 13 נָכ֣וֹן כּוּן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing 7 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[was].established|Ref=JDG_16:29!9|MId=o070160290091|Strong=3559|Frame=A1:070160290082;|Type=participle_active 14-15 עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 עֲלֵי עַל ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=JDG_16:29!10|MId=o070160290101|Strong=5921 15 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=JDG_16:29!10|MId=o070160290102|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 16-17 וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_16:29!11|MId=o070160290111|Strong=2050b 17 יִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ סָמַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.supported.himself|Ref=JDG_16:29!11|MId=o070160290112|Strong=5564|Frame=A0:070160290021;|Type=wayyiqtol 18-19 עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 עֲלֵי עַל ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=JDG_16:29!12|MId=o070160290121|Strong=5921 19 הֶ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=JDG_16:29!12|MId=o070160290122|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 20 אֶחָ֥ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=one|Ref=JDG_16:29!13|MId=o070160290131|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 21-23 בִּימִינ֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=[was].in|Ref=JDG_16:29!14|MId=o070160290141|Strong=0871a 22 ימִינ יָמִין NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ Gloss=his.right|Ref=JDG_16:29!14|MId=o070160290142|Strong=3225 23 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=hand|Ref=JDG_16:29!14|MId=o070160290143|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 24-25 וְאֶחָ֥ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_16:29!15|MId=o070160290151|Strong=2050b 25 אֶחָ֥ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ Gloss=one|Ref=JDG_16:29!15|MId=o070160290152|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 26-28 בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=[was].in|Ref=JDG_16:29!16|MId=o070160290161|Strong=0871a 27 שְׂמֹאל שְׂמֹאל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 conj _ Gloss=his.left|Ref=JDG_16:29!16|MId=o070160290162|Strong=8040 28 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=hand|Ref=JDG_16:29!16|MId=o070160290163|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=JDG_16:29!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּלְפֹּת *he twisted* | wayyiqtol · qal | שִׁמְשׁוֹן *Samson* | עַמּוּדֵי *the pillars* | | | | נָכוֹן *\[was\] established* | participle active · niphal | | בַּיִת *house* | | | | יִּסָּמֵךְ *he supported himself* | wayyiqtol · niphal | שִׁמְשׁוֹן *Samson* | | | | 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} וַאֲחַד שִׁמְשׁוֹן יַת תְּרֵין עַמוּדֵי מְצִיעָאֵי דְבֵיתָא מַתְקַן עִלַוֵיהוֹן וְאִסְתְּמִיךְ עֲלֵיהוֹן חַד בִּימִינֵיהּ וְחַד בִּסְמָלֵיהּ: 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 Samson took fast hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.499/) **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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