--- title: Judges 18:19 — And they said unto him: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they said unto him: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest; is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?' Who acts: ephod, thee, thy. 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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 — ephod, thee, thy — and what happens in the verse to peace, hand, mouth, father, us, priest, 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. וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ ל֨וֹ הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ שִֽׂים־יָדְךָ֤ עַל־פִּ֙יךָ֙ וְלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔נוּ וֶֽהְיֵה־לָ֖נוּ לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן הֲט֣וֹב ׀ הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֗ן לְבֵית֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד א֚וֹ הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֔ן לְשֵׁ֥בֶט וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [And they said unto him: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest; is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.535/) ## 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:502 # text = וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ ל֨וֹ הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ שִֽׂים־יָדְךָ֤ עַל־פִּ֙יךָ֙ וְלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔נוּ וֶֽהְיֵה־לָ֖נוּ לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן הֲט֣וֹב ׀ הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֗ן לְבֵית֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד א֚וֹ הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֔ן לְשֵׁ֥בֶט וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ # verse = JDG.18.19 1-2 וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_18:19!1|MId=o070180190011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְרוּ֩ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=JDG_18:19!1|MId=o070180190012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:070180170032;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 ל֨וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_18:19!2|MId=o070180190021|Strong=3807a 4 ֨וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=JDG_18:19!2|MId=o070180190022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5 הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ חָרֵשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=keep.quiet|Ref=JDG_18:19!3|MId=o070180190031|Strong=2790a|Frame=A0:070180180152;|Type=imperative 6 שִֽׂים־ שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 5 parataxis _ Gloss=put|Ref=JDG_18:19!4|MId=o070180190041|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:070180180152;A1:070180190051;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 יָדְךָ֤ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 obj _ Gloss=hand|Ref=JDG_18:19!5|MId=o070180190051|Strong=3027 8 ְךָ֤ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=JDG_18:19!5|MId=o070180190052|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 9 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=JDG_18:19!6|MId=o070180190061|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 10-11 פִּ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 פִּ֙י פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=mouth|Ref=JDG_18:19!7|MId=o070180190071|Strong=6310 11 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=JDG_18:19!7|MId=o070180190072|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 12-13 וְלֵ֣ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_18:19!8|MId=o070180190081|Strong=2050b 13 לֵ֣ךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 5 conj _ Gloss=come|Ref=JDG_18:19!8|MId=o070180190082|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:070180180152;|Type=imperative 14-15 עִמָּ֔נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 עִמּ עִם ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=JDG_18:19!9|MId=o070180190091|Strong=5973 15 ָ֔נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=JDG_18:19!9|MId=o070180190092|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 16-17 וֶֽהְיֵה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וֶֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_18:19!10|MId=o070180190101|Strong=2050b 17 הְיֵה־ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 21 cop _ Gloss=become|Ref=JDG_18:19!10|MId=o070180190102|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:070180180152;|Type=imperative 18-19 לָ֖נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 ל לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=JDG_18:19!11|MId=o070180190111|Strong=3807a 19 ָ֖נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=JDG_18:19!11|MId=o070180190112|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 20-21 לְאָ֣ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(into).a|Ref=JDG_18:19!12|MId=o070180190121|Strong=3807a 21 אָ֣ב אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 conj _ Gloss=father|Ref=JDG_18:19!12|MId=o070180190122|Strong=0001 22-24 וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and.(into)|Ref=JDG_18:19!13|MId=o070180190131|Strong=2050b 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=a|Ref=JDG_18:19!13|MId=o070180190132|Strong=3807a 24 כֹהֵ֑ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 conj _ Gloss=priest|Ref=JDG_18:19!13|MId=o070180190133|Strong=3548 25-26 הֲט֣וֹב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 26 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=JDG_18:19!14|MId=o070180190141|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 26 ט֣וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ Gloss=good|Ref=JDG_18:19!14|MId=o070180190142|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 27 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=JDG_18:19!14 28-29 הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הֱיוֹת הָיָה AUX _ HebBinyan=QAL 30 cop _ Gloss=[is].your|Ref=JDG_18:19!15|MId=o070180190151|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:070180190152;|Type=infinitive_construct 29 ְךָ֣ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ Gloss=being|Ref=JDG_18:19!15|MId=o070180190152|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 30 כֹהֵ֗ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ Gloss=a.priest|Ref=JDG_18:19!16|MId=o070180190161|Strong=3548 31-32 לְבֵית֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=of.[the]|Ref=JDG_18:19!17|MId=o070180190171|Strong=3807a 32 בֵית֙ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 30 obl _ Gloss=house|Ref=JDG_18:19!17|MId=o070180190172|Strong=1004 33 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 32 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.a.man|Ref=JDG_18:19!18|MId=o070180190181|Strong=0376 34 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 33 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=JDG_18:19!19|MId=o070180190191|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 35 א֚וֹ אוֹ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=or?|Ref=JDG_18:19!20|MId=o070180190201|Strong=0176 36-37 הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 הֱיוֹת הָיָה AUX _ HebBinyan=QAL 38 cop _ Gloss=being|Ref=JDG_18:19!21|MId=o070180190211|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:070180190212;|Type=infinitive_construct 37 ְךָ֣ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ Gloss=your|Ref=JDG_18:19!21|MId=o070180190212|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 38 כֹהֵ֔ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 30 conj _ Gloss=a.priest|Ref=JDG_18:19!22|MId=o070180190221|Strong=3548 39-40 לְשֵׁ֥בֶט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 40 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=JDG_18:19!23|MId=o070180190231|Strong=3807a 40 שֵׁ֥בֶט שֵׁבֶט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 38 obl _ Gloss=a.tribe|Ref=JDG_18:19!23|MId=o070180190232|Strong=7626 41-43 וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 43 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_18:19!24|MId=o070180190241|Strong=2050b 42 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 43 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=JDG_18:19!24|MId=o070180190242|Strong=3807a 43 מִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 40 conj _ Gloss=a.clan|Ref=JDG_18:19!24|MId=o070180190243|Strong=4940 44-45 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 45 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_18:19!25|MId=o070180190251|Strong=0871a 45 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 38 obl _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=JDG_18:19!25|MId=o070180190252|Strong=3478 46 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 45 punct _ Ref=JDG_18:19!25 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | | | | | | הַחֲרֵשׁ *keep quiet* | imperative · hiphil | | | | | | שִֽׂים־ *put* | imperative · qal | | יָד *hand* | | | | לֵךְ *come* | imperative · qal | | | | | | הְיֵה־ *become* | imperative · qal | | | | | | הֱיוֹת *\[is\] your* | infinitive construct · qal | ְךָ *being* | | | | | הֱיוֹת *being* | infinitive construct · qal | ְךָ *your* | | | | 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 שְׁתוֹק שַׁוֵי יְדָךְ עַל פּוּמָךְ וֶאֱזֵיל עִמָּנָא וֶהֱוֵי לָנָא לְאָב וּלְכַהֲנָא הֲטַב דִתְהֵי כָהִין לְבֵית גַבְרָא חָד אוֹ דִתְהֵי כָהִין לְשִׁבְטָא וּלְזַרְעִית בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל: 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: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest; is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.535/) **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). Hebrew sentence `wlc:JDG:502`. - ← previous: [Judges 18:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.18.18/) - next →: [Judges 18:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.18.20/) - ↑ back to [Judges 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/18/)