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title: Judges 2:7 — And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the d… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel. Who acts: people, elders, Joshua, LORD. Judges 2:7 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 an
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# Judges 2:7 שֹׁפְטִים

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**Who acts:** people, elders, Joshua, LORD · **What happens:** serve, outlive, see, wrought, work · **To what, where:** LORD, great work

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This is Judges 2:7 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 — people, elders, Joshua, LORD — and what happens in the verse to LORD, great work, 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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וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ הָעָם֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וְכֹ֣ל ׀ יְמֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָא֗וּ אֵ֣ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

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[And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.44/)

## 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:42
# text = וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ הָעָם֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וְכֹ֣ל ׀ יְמֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָא֗וּ אֵ֣ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
# verse = JDG.2.7
1-2	וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_2:7!1|MId=o070020070011|Strong=2050b
2	יַּעַבְד֤וּ	עָבַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.served|Ref=JDG_2:7!1|MId=o070020070012|Strong=5647|Frame=A0:070020070022;A1:070020070041;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	הָעָם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	4	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_2:7!2|MId=o070020070021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
4	עָם֙	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=JDG_2:7!2|MId=o070020070022|Strong=5971
5	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_2:7!3|MId=o070020070031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
6	יְהוָ֔ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	2	obj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JDG_2:7!4|MId=o070020070041|Strong=3068
7	כֹּ֖ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=JDG_2:7!5|MId=o070020070051|Strong=3605
8	יְמֵ֣י	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.days|Ref=JDG_2:7!6|MId=o070020070061|Strong=3117
9	יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ	יְהֹושֻׁעַ	PROPN	_	_	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Joshua|Ref=JDG_2:7!7|MId=o070020070071|Strong=3091
10-11	וְכֹ֣ל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_2:7!8|MId=o070020070081|Strong=2050b
11	כֹ֣ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	conj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=JDG_2:7!8|MId=o070020070082|Strong=3605
12	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	11	punct	_	Ref=JDG_2:7!8
13	יְמֵ֣י	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.days|Ref=JDG_2:7!9|MId=o070020070091|Strong=3117
14-15	הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=JDG_2:7!10|MId=o070020070101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	זְּקֵנִ֗ים	זָקֵן	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	13	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.old.[men]|Ref=JDG_2:7!10|MId=o070020070102|Strong=2205|Type=adjective
16	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	17	mark	_	Gloss=who|Ref=JDG_2:7!11|MId=o070020070111|Strong=0834|Type=relative
17	הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ	אָרַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	15	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=they.made.long|Ref=JDG_2:7!12|MId=o070020070121|Strong=0748|Frame=AA:070020070102;A0:070020070131;|Type=qatal
18	יָמִים֙	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	17	obj	_	Gloss=days|Ref=JDG_2:7!13|MId=o070020070131|Strong=3117
19	אַחֲרֵ֣י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=JDG_2:7!14|MId=o070020070141|Strong=0310
20	יְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַ	יְהֹושֻׁעַ	PROPN	_	_	17	obl	_	Gloss=Joshua|Ref=JDG_2:7!15|MId=o070020070151|Strong=3091
21	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	22	mark	_	Gloss=who|Ref=JDG_2:7!16|MId=o070020070161|Strong=0834|Type=relative
22	רָא֗וּ	רָאָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	15	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=they.had.seen|Ref=JDG_2:7!17|MId=o070020070171|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:070020070102;A1:070020070201;|Type=qatal
23	אֵ֣ת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_2:7!18|MId=o070020070181|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
24	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	obj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=JDG_2:7!19|MId=o070020070191|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
25	מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה	מַעֲשֶׂה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.work|Ref=JDG_2:7!20|MId=o070020070201|Strong=4639
26	יְהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	25	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JDG_2:7!21|MId=o070020070211|Strong=3068
27-28	הַגָּד֔וֹל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=JDG_2:7!22|MId=o070020070221|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	גָּד֔וֹל	גָּדוֹל	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	amod	_	Gloss=great|Ref=JDG_2:7!22|MId=o070020070222|Strong=1419|Type=adjective
29	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	30	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=JDG_2:7!23|MId=o070020070231|Strong=0834|Type=relative
30	עָשָׂ֖ה	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	24	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.had.done|Ref=JDG_2:7!24|MId=o070020070241|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:070020070211;A1:070020070201;|Type=qatal
31-32	לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	32	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=JDG_2:7!25|MId=o070020070251|Strong=3807a
32	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	30	obl	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=JDG_2:7!25|MId=o070020070252|Strong=3478
33	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	32	punct	_	Ref=JDG_2:7!25
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יַּעַבְדוּ *they served* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָם *people* | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |
| הֶאֱרִיכוּ *they made long* | qatal · hiphil | יָמִים *days* |  |  | זְּקֵנִים *the old \[men\]* |
| רָאוּ *they had seen* | qatal · qal | זְּקֵנִים *the old \[men\]* | מַעֲשֵׂה *the work* |  |  |
| עָשָׂה *he had done* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *of Yahweh* | מַעֲשֵׂה *the work* |  |  |

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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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וּפְלַח עַמָא קֳדָם יְיָ כָּל יוֹמֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכֹל יוֹמֵי סָבַיָא דִי אוֹרִיכוּ יוֹמִין בָּתַר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ דַחֲזוֹ יַת כָּל עוֹבָדָא דַייָ רַבָּא דִי עֲבַד לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

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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 people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.44/)

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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:42`.

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