--- title: Judges 21:23 — And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off; and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them. Who acts: children. 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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 — children — and what happens in the verse to wives, children, cities, 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. וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ נָשִׁים֙ לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם מִן־הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר גָּזָ֑לוּ וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ אֶל־נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔ם וַיִּבְנוּ֙ אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בָּהֶֽם׃ [And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off; and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.651/) ## 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:615 # text = וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ נָשִׁים֙ לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם מִן־הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר גָּזָ֑לוּ וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ אֶל־נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔ם וַיִּבְנוּ֙ אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בָּהֶֽם׃ # verse = JDG.21.23 1-2 וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_21:23!1|MId=o070210230011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.did|Ref=JDG_21:23!1|MId=o070210230012|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:070210230031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 כֵן֙ כֵּן ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=JDG_21:23!2|MId=o070210230021|Strong=3651 4 בְּנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=the.descendants|Ref=JDG_21:23!3|MId=o070210230031|Strong=1121 5 בִנְיָמִ֔ן בִּנְיָמִן PROPN _ _ 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Benjamin|Ref=JDG_21:23!4|MId=o070210230041|Strong=1144 6-7 וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_21:23!5|MId=o070210230051|Strong=2050b 7 יִּשְׂא֤וּ נָשָׂא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.carried.off|Ref=JDG_21:23!5|MId=o070210230052|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:070210230031;A1:070210230061;|Type=wayyiqtol 8 נָשִׁים֙ אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 7 obj _ Gloss=wives|Ref=JDG_21:23!6|MId=o070210230061|Strong=0802 9-11 לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_21:23!7|MId=o070210230071|Strong=3807a 10 מִסְפָּר מִסְפָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=number|Ref=JDG_21:23!7|MId=o070210230072|Strong=4557 11 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=JDG_21:23!7|MId=o070210230073|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 12 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=JDG_21:23!8|MId=o070210230081|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_21:23!9|MId=o070210230091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 מְּחֹלְל֖וֹת חוּל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=POLEL|Number=Plur 7 advcl _ Gloss=dancers|Ref=JDG_21:23!9|MId=o070210230092|Strong=2342|Type=participle_active 15 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=whom|Ref=JDG_21:23!10|MId=o070210230101|Strong=0834|Type=relative 16 גָּזָ֑לוּ גָּזַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 14 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.seized|Ref=JDG_21:23!11|MId=o070210230111|Strong=1497|Frame=A0:070210230031;A1:070210230092;|Type=qatal 17-18 וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_21:23!12|MId=o070210230121|Strong=2050b 18 יֵּלְכ֗וּ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.went|Ref=JDG_21:23!12|MId=o070210230122|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:070210230031;|Type=wayyiqtol 19-20 וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_21:23!13|MId=o070210230131|Strong=2050b 20 יָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 18 conj _ Gloss=they.returned|Ref=JDG_21:23!13|MId=o070210230132|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:070210230031;|Type=wayyiqtol 21 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_21:23!14|MId=o070210230141|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 22-23 נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 נַ֣חֲלָת נַחֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=inheritance|Ref=JDG_21:23!15|MId=o070210230151|Strong=5159 23 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=JDG_21:23!15|MId=o070210230152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 24-25 וַיִּבְנוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_21:23!16|MId=o070210230161|Strong=2050b 25 יִּבְנוּ֙ בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.rebuilt|Ref=JDG_21:23!16|MId=o070210230162|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:070210230031;A1:070210230182;|Type=wayyiqtol 26 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_21:23!17|MId=o070210230171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 27-28 הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 הֶ֣ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_21:23!18|MId=o070210230181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 עָרִ֔ים עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 25 obj _ Gloss=cities|Ref=JDG_21:23!18|MId=o070210230182|Strong=5892 29-30 וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_21:23!19|MId=o070210230191|Strong=2050b 30 יֵּשְׁב֖וּ יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 25 conj _ Gloss=they.dwelt|Ref=JDG_21:23!19|MId=o070210230192|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:070210230031;|Type=wayyiqtol 31-32 בָּהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_21:23!20|MId=o070210230201|Strong=0871a 32 ָהֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=JDG_21:23!20|MId=o070210230202|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=JDG_21:23!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ *they did* | wayyiqtol · qal | בְּנֵי *the descendants* | | | | | יִּשְׂאוּ *they carried off* | wayyiqtol · qal | בְּנֵי *the descendants* | נָשִׁים *wives* | | | | גָּזָלוּ *they seized* | qatal · qal | בְּנֵי *the descendants* | מְּחֹלְלוֹת *dancers* | | | | יֵּלְכוּ *they went* | wayyiqtol · qal | בְּנֵי *the descendants* | | | | | יָּשׁוּבוּ *they returned* | wayyiqtol · qal | בְּנֵי *the descendants* | | | | | יִּבְנוּ *they rebuilt* | wayyiqtol · qal | בְּנֵי *the descendants* | עָרִים *cities* | | | | יֵּשְׁבוּ *they dwelt* | wayyiqtol · qal | בְּנֵי *the descendants* | | | | 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} וַעֲבָדוּ כֵּן בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וּנְסִיבוּ נְשִׁין לְמִנְיָנֵיהוֹן מִן חִנְגַיָא דִי אֲנָסוּ וַאֲזַלוּ וְתָבוּ לְאַחְסַנְתְּהוֹן וּבְנוֹ יַת קִרְוַיָא וִיתִיבוּ בְהוֹן: 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 the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off; and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.651/) **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). 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