--- title: Judges 16:6 — And Delilah said to Samson: 'Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Delilah said to Samson: 'Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.' Who acts: Delilah, I, great strength, thou. Judges 16:6 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.16.6/) [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/) / 16:6 # Judges 16:6 שֹׁפְטִים **Who acts:** Delilah, I, great strength, thou · **What happens:** say, tell, pray, lie, be, afflict · **To what, where:** Samson, me, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Judges 16:6 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 — Delilah, I, great strength, thou — and what happens in the verse to Samson, me, thee, 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. וַתֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֣ גָד֑וֹל וּבַמֶּ֥ה תֵאָסֵ֖ר לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃ [And Delilah said to Samson: 'Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.473/) ## 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:445 # text = וַתֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֣ גָד֑וֹל וּבַמֶּ֥ה תֵאָסֵ֖ר לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃ # verse = JDG.16.6 1-2 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_16:6!1|MId=o070160060011|Strong=2050b 2 תֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=she.said|Ref=JDG_16:6!1|MId=o070160060012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:070160060021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 דְּלִילָה֙ דְּלִילָה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Delilah|Ref=JDG_16:6!2|MId=o070160060021|Strong=1807 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_16:6!3|MId=o070160060031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן שִׁמְשׁוֹן PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Samson|Ref=JDG_16:6!4|MId=o070160060041|Strong=8123 6-7 הַגִּֽידָה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַגִּֽיד נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=tell|Ref=JDG_16:6!5|MId=o070160060051|Strong=5046|Frame=A0:070160060041;|Type=imperative 7 ָה־ ה X _ _ 6 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=JDG_16:6!5|MId=o070160060052|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 8 נָּ֣א נָא INTJ _ _ 6 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=JDG_16:6!6|MId=o070160060061|Strong=4994|Type=interjection 9-10 לִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 ל לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_16:6!7|MId=o070160060071|Strong=3807a 10 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=JDG_16:6!7|MId=o070160060072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 11-12 בַּמֶּ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=|Ref=JDG_16:6!8|MId=o070160060081|Strong=0871a 12 מֶּ֖ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 15 obl _ Gloss=how?|Ref=JDG_16:6!8|MId=o070160060082|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 13-14 כֹּחֲךָ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 כֹּח כֹּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ Gloss=strength|Ref=JDG_16:6!9|MId=o070160060091|Strong=3581 14 ֲךָ֣ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].your|Ref=JDG_16:6!9|MId=o070160060092|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 15 גָד֑וֹל גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ Gloss=great|Ref=JDG_16:6!10|MId=o070160060101|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 16-18 וּבַמֶּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_16:6!11|MId=o070160060111|Strong=2050b 17 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=|Ref=JDG_16:6!11|MId=o070160060112|Strong=0871a 18 מֶּ֥ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 19 obl _ Gloss=how?|Ref=JDG_16:6!11|MId=o070160060113|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 19 תֵאָסֵ֖ר אָסַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 15 conj _ Gloss=will.you.be.bound|Ref=JDG_16:6!12|MId=o070160060121|Strong=0631|Frame=A1:070160060041;|Type=yiqtol 20-22 לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_16:6!13|MId=o070160060131|Strong=3807a 21 עַנּוֹת עָנָה VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 19 advcl _ Gloss=humble|Ref=JDG_16:6!13|MId=o070160060132|Strong=6031|Frame=A0:;A1:070160060133;|Type=infinitive_construct 22 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JDG_16:6!13|MId=o070160060133|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 23 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=JDG_16:6!13 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - hedged: yes (נָא) - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תֹּאמֶר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal | דְּלִילָה *Delilah* | | | | | הַגִּֽיד *tell* | imperative · hiphil | שִׁמְשׁוֹן *Samson* | | | | | תֵאָסֵר *will you be bound* | yiqtol · niphal | | שִׁמְשׁוֹן *Samson* | | | | עַנּוֹת *humble* | infinitive construct · piel | | ֶֽךָ *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} וַאֲמַרַת דְלִילָה לְשִׁמְשׁוֹן חֲוֵי כְעַן לִי בְּמֶה חֵילָךְ סַגִי וּבְמָה תִתְאַסַר לְעַנְיוּתָךְ: 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 Delilah said to Samson: 'Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.473/) **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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