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title: Judges 20:2 — And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. — Who acts: chiefs, thousand footmen. Judges 20:2 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragma
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# Judges 20:2 שֹׁפְטִים

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**Who acts:** chiefs, thousand footmen · **What happens:** present, draw · **To what, where:** chiefs, assembly, sword

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This is Judges 20:2 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 — chiefs, thousand footmen — and what happens in the verse to chiefs, assembly, sword, 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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וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ פִּנּ֣וֹת כָּל־הָעָ֗ם כֹּ֚ל שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּקְהַ֖ל עַ֣ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֥ישׁ רַגְלִ֖י שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב׃פ

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[And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.581/)

## 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:546
# text = וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ פִּנּ֣וֹת כָּל־הָעָ֗ם כֹּ֚ל שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּקְהַ֖ל עַ֣ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֥ישׁ רַגְלִ֖י שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב׃פ
# verse = JDG.20.2
1-2	וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_20:2!1|MId=o070200020011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ	יָצַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.presented.themselves|Ref=JDG_20:2!1|MId=o070200020012|Strong=3320|Frame=A0:070200020021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	פִּנּ֣וֹת	פִּנָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.corners|Ref=JDG_20:2!2|MId=o070200020021|Strong=6438
4	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.all|Ref=JDG_20:2!3|MId=o070200020031|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
5-6	הָעָ֗ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	6	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_20:2!4|MId=o070200020041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
6	עָ֗ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=people|Ref=JDG_20:2!4|MId=o070200020042|Strong=5971
7	כֹּ֚ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	appos	_	Gloss=all|Ref=JDG_20:2!5|MId=o070200020051|Strong=3605
8	שִׁבְטֵ֣י	שֵׁבֶט	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.tribes|Ref=JDG_20:2!6|MId=o070200020061|Strong=7626
9	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=JDG_20:2!7|MId=o070200020071|Strong=3478
10-11	בִּקְהַ֖ל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	בִּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_20:2!8|MId=o070200020081|Strong=0871a
11	קְהַ֖ל	קָהָל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.assembly|Ref=JDG_20:2!8|MId=o070200020082|Strong=6951
12	עַ֣ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.people|Ref=JDG_20:2!9|MId=o070200020091|Strong=5971
13-14	הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	14	det	_	Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=JDG_20:2!10|MId=o070200020101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
14	אֱלֹהִ֑ים	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=God|Ref=JDG_20:2!10|MId=o070200020102|Strong=0430
15	אַרְבַּ֨ע	אַרְבַּע	NUM	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	18	nummod	_	Gloss=four|Ref=JDG_20:2!11|MId=o070200020111|Strong=0702|Type=cardinal_number
16	מֵא֥וֹת	מֵאָה	NUM	_	Number=Plur	15	flat	_	Gloss=hundred(s)|Ref=JDG_20:2!12|MId=o070200020121|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number
17	אֶ֛לֶף	אֶלֶף	NUM	_	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	Gloss=thousand|Ref=JDG_20:2!13|MId=o070200020131|Strong=0505|Type=cardinal_number
18	אִ֥ישׁ	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=man|Ref=JDG_20:2!14|MId=o070200020141|Strong=0376
19	רַגְלִ֖י	רַגְלִי	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	amod	_	Gloss=on.foot|Ref=JDG_20:2!15|MId=o070200020151|Strong=7273|Type=adjective
20	שֹׁ֥לֵֽף	שָׁלַף	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	18	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=[who].drew|Ref=JDG_20:2!16|MId=o070200020161|Strong=8025|Frame=A0:070200020141;A1:070200020171;|Type=participle_active
21	חָֽרֶב	חֶרֶב	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	obj	_	Gloss=a.sword|Ref=JDG_20:2!17|MId=o070200020171|Strong=2719|SpaceAfter=No
22	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	21	punct	_	Ref=JDG_20:2!17|SpaceAfter=No
23	פ	פ	PUNCT	_	_	21	punct	_	Ref=JDG_20:2!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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּֽתְיַצְּבוּ *they presented themselves* | wayyiqtol · hithpael | פִּנּוֹת *the corners* |  |  |  |
| שֹׁלֵֽף *\[who\] drew* | participle active · qal | אִישׁ *man* | חָֽרֶב *a sword* |  |  |

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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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וְאִתְעַתָּדוּ רֵישֵׁי כָל עַמָא כָּל שִׁבְטַיָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל בִּקְהַל עַמָא דַייָ אַרְבַּע מְאָה אַלְפִין גְבַר רִגְלֵי שַׁלְפֵי סַיְפָא:

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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 chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.581/)

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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:546`.

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