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title: Judges 19:2 — And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem in Judah, and was there the space of four months. Who acts: concubine. Judges 19:2 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Judges 19:2 שֹׁפְטִים

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**Who acts:** concubine · **What happens:** play, go away, be · **To what, where:** harlot, space

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This is Judges 19:2 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 — concubine — and what happens in the verse to harlot, space, 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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וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה עָלָיו֙ פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יהָ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֕ם יָמִ֖ים אַרְבָּעָ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃

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[And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem in Judah, and was there the space of four months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.551/)

## 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:516
# text = וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה עָלָיו֙ פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יהָ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֕ם יָמִ֖ים אַרְבָּעָ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃
# verse = JDG.19.2
1-2	וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_19:2!1|MId=o070190020011|Strong=2050b
2	תִּזְנֶ֤ה	זָנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=she.was.angry|Ref=JDG_19:2!1|MId=o070190020012|Strong=2181|Frame=A0:070190020031;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	עָלָיו֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	עָלָי	עַל	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=towards|Ref=JDG_19:2!2|MId=o070190020021|Strong=5921
4	ו֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=JDG_19:2!2|MId=o070190020022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
5-6	פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	פִּֽילַגְשׁ	פִּלֶגֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=concubine|Ref=JDG_19:2!3|MId=o070190020031|Strong=6370
6	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=JDG_19:2!3|MId=o070190020032|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
7-8	וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_19:2!4|MId=o070190020041|Strong=2050b
8	תֵּ֤לֶךְ	הלך	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=she.went|Ref=JDG_19:2!4|MId=o070190020042|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:070190020031;|Type=wayyiqtol
9-11	מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	מֵֽ	מִן	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=JDG_19:2!5|MId=o070190020051|Strong=4480
10	אִתּ	אֵת	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=JDG_19:2!5|MId=o070190020052|Strong=0854
11	וֹ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=JDG_19:2!5|MId=o070190020053|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
12	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_19:2!6|MId=o070190020061|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
13	בֵּ֣ית	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	obl	_	Gloss=the.house|Ref=JDG_19:2!7|MId=o070190020071|Strong=1004
14-15	אָבִ֔יהָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	אָבִ֔י	אָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=her.father|Ref=JDG_19:2!8|MId=o070190020081|Strong=0001
15	הָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=her|Ref=JDG_19:2!8|MId=o070190020082|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
16	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_19:2!9|MId=o070190020091|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
17	בֵּ֥ית	בֵּית	PROPN	_	_	8	obl	_	Gloss=Bethlehem|Ref=JDG_19:2!10|MId=o070190020101
18	לֶ֖חֶם	לֶחֶם	PROPN	_	_	17	flat:name	_	Ref=JDG_19:2!10
19	בֵּ֥ית	בֵּית	PROPN	_	_	17	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=Bethlehem|Ref=JDG_19:2!11|MId=o070190020111
20	לֶ֖חֶם	לֶחֶם	PROPN	_	_	19	flat:name	_	Ref=JDG_19:2!11
21	יְהוּדָ֑ה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	17	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=Judah|Ref=JDG_19:2!12|MId=o070190020121|Strong=3063
22-23	וַתְּהִי־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	23	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_19:2!13|MId=o070190020131|Strong=2050b
23	תְּהִי־	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=she.was|Ref=JDG_19:2!13|MId=o070190020132|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:070190020031;|Type=wayyiqtol
24	שָׁ֕ם	שָׁם	ADV	_	_	23	advmod	_	Gloss=there|Ref=JDG_19:2!14|MId=o070190020141|Strong=8033
25	יָמִ֖ים	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	23	obl	_	Gloss=days|Ref=JDG_19:2!15|MId=o070190020151|Strong=3117
26	אַרְבָּעָ֥ה	אַרְבַּע	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	27	nummod	_	Gloss=four|Ref=JDG_19:2!16|MId=o070190020161|Strong=0702|Type=cardinal_number
27	חֳדָשִֽׁים	חֹדֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	25	appos	_	Gloss=months|Ref=JDG_19:2!17|MId=o070190020171|Strong=2320|SpaceAfter=No
28	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	27	punct	_	Ref=JDG_19:2!17
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| תִּזְנֶה *she was angry* | wayyiqtol · qal | פִּֽילַגְשׁ *concubine* |  |  |  |
| תֵּלֶךְ *she went* | wayyiqtol · qal | פִּֽילַגְשׁ *concubine* |  |  |  |
| תְּהִי־ *she was* | wayyiqtol · qal | פִּֽילַגְשׁ *concubine* |  |  |  |

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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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וּבְסָרַת עֲלוֹהִי לְחֵינָתֵיהּ וַאֲזָלַת מִלְוָתֵיהּ לְבֵית אֲבוּהָא לְבֵית לֶחֶם דְבֵית יְהוּדָה וַהֲוָת תַּמָן יוֹמִין אַרְבְּעָא יַרְחִין:

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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 his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem in Judah, and was there the space of four months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.551/)

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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:516`.

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