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title: Judges 18:30 — And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. Who acts: children, Jonathan. Judges 18:30 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, T
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# Judges 18:30 שֹׁפְטִים

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**Who acts:** children, Jonathan · **What happens:** set up, be · **To what, where:** graven image, priests

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This is Judges 18:30 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 — children, Jonathan — and what happens in the verse to graven image, priests, 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.

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וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ לָהֶ֛ם בְּנֵי־דָ֖ן אֶת־הַפָּ֑סֶל וִ֠יהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֜הה֣וּא וּבָנָ֗יו הָי֤וּ כֹהֲנִים֙ לְשֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִ֔י עַד־י֖וֹם גְּל֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

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[And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.548/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:513
# text = וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ לָהֶ֛ם בְּנֵי־דָ֖ן אֶת־הַפָּ֑סֶל וִ֠יהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֜הה֣וּא וּבָנָ֗יו הָי֤וּ כֹהֲנִים֙ לְשֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִ֔י עַד־י֖וֹם גְּל֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
# verse = JDG.18.30
1-2	וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_18:30!1|MId=o070180300011|Strong=2050b
2	יָּקִ֧ימוּ	קוּם	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.set.up|Ref=JDG_18:30!1|MId=o070180300012|Strong=6965|Frame=AA:070180300031;A0:070180300062;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	לָהֶ֛ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=JDG_18:30!2|MId=o070180300021|Strong=3807a
4	ָהֶ֛ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=themselves|Ref=JDG_18:30!2|MId=o070180300022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
5	בְּנֵי־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.descendants|Ref=JDG_18:30!3|MId=o070180300031|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
6	דָ֖ן	דָּן	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Dan|Ref=JDG_18:30!4|MId=o070180300041|Strong=1835
7	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_18:30!5|MId=o070180300051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
8-9	הַפָּ֑סֶל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	9	det	_	Gloss=the.carved|Ref=JDG_18:30!6|MId=o070180300061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
9	פָּ֑סֶל	פֶּסֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obj	_	Gloss=image|Ref=JDG_18:30!6|MId=o070180300062|Strong=6459
10-11	וִ֠יהוֹנָתָן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וִ֠	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_18:30!7|MId=o070180300071|Strong=2050b
11	יהוֹנָתָן	יְהֹונָתָן	PROPN	_	_	21	dislocated	_	Gloss=Jonathan|Ref=JDG_18:30!7|MId=o070180300072|Strong=3083
12	בֶּן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	appos	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=JDG_18:30!8|MId=o070180300081|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
13	גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם	גֵּרְשֹׁם	PROPN	_	_	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Gershom|Ref=JDG_18:30!9|MId=o070180300091|Strong=1648
14	בֶּן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	appos	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=JDG_18:30!10|MId=o070180300101|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
15-16	מְנַשֶּׁ֜הה֣וּא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה	מְנַשֶּׁה	PROPN	_	_	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Manasseh|Ref=JDG_18:30!11|MId=o070180300111|Strong=4519
16	ה֣וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=JDG_18:30!12|MId=o070180300121|Strong=1931|Type=personal
17-19	וּבָנָ֗יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_18:30!13|MId=o070180300131|Strong=2050b
18	בָנָ֗י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	16	conj	_	Gloss=sons|Ref=JDG_18:30!13|MId=o070180300132|Strong=1121
19	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=JDG_18:30!13|MId=o070180300133|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
20	הָי֤וּ	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	21	cop	_	Gloss=they.were|Ref=JDG_18:30!14|MId=o070180300141|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:070180300121;070180300132;|Type=qatal
21	כֹהֲנִים֙	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	conj	_	Gloss=priests|Ref=JDG_18:30!15|MId=o070180300151|Strong=3548
22-23	לְשֵׁ֣בֶט	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=of|Ref=JDG_18:30!16|MId=o070180300161|Strong=3807a
23	שֵׁ֣בֶט	שֵׁבֶט	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=the.tribe|Ref=JDG_18:30!16|MId=o070180300162|Strong=7626
24-25	הַדָּנִ֔י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	25	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=JDG_18:30!17|MId=o070180300171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
25	דָּנִ֔י	דָּנִי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.Danite[s]|Ref=JDG_18:30!17|MId=o070180300172|Strong=1839|Type=gentilic
26	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=JDG_18:30!18|MId=o070180300181|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No
27	י֖וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=the.day|Ref=JDG_18:30!19|MId=o070180300191|Strong=3117
28	גְּל֥וֹת	גָּלָה	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	27	acl	_	Gloss=went.into.exile|Ref=JDG_18:30!20|MId=o070180300201|Strong=1540|Frame=A0:070180300212;|Type=infinitive_construct
29-30	הָאָֽרֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	30	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_18:30!21|MId=o070180300211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
30	אָֽרֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	Gloss=land|Ref=JDG_18:30!21|MId=o070180300212|Strong=0776
31	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	30	punct	_	Ref=JDG_18:30!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יָּקִימוּ *they set up* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | פָּסֶל *image* |  |  | בְּנֵי־ *the descendants* |
| הָיוּ *they were* | qatal · qal | הוּא *he* + בָנָי *sons* |  |  |  |
| גְּלוֹת *went into exile* | infinitive construct · qal | אָֽרֶץ *land* |  |  |  |

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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}

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וַאֲקִימוּ לְהוֹן בְּנֵי דָן יַת צַלְמָא וִיהוֹנָתָן בַּר גֵרְשֹׁם בַּר מְנַשֶׁה הוּא וּבְנוֹהִי הֲווֹ כוּמָרִין לְשִׁבְטָא דְבֵית דָן עַד יוֹמָא דִי גְלוֹ יַתְבֵי אַרְעָא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.548/)

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**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:513`.

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