--- title: Judges 3:12 — And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sigh… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. Who acts: children, LORD. 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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, LORD — and what happens in the verse to that, sight, Eglon, LORD, 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. וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיְחַזֵּ֨ק יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־עֶגְל֤וֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־מוֹאָב֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֛ל כִּֽי־עָשׂ֥וּ אֶת־הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.73/) ## 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:70 # text = וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיְחַזֵּ֨ק יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־עֶגְל֤וֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־מוֹאָב֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֛ל כִּֽי־עָשׂ֥וּ אֶת־הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ # verse = JDG.3.12 1-2 וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_3:12!1|MId=o070030120011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ יָסַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.repeated|Ref=JDG_3:12!1|MId=o070030120012|Strong=3254|Frame=A0:070030120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 בְּנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=JDG_3:12!2|MId=o070030120021|Strong=1121 4 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=JDG_3:12!3|MId=o070030120031|Strong=3478 5-6 לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_3:12!4|MId=o070030120041|Strong=3807a 6 עֲשׂ֥וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 xcomp _ Gloss=do|Ref=JDG_3:12!4|MId=o070030120042|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:070030120021;A1:070030120052;|Type=infinitive_construct 7-8 הָרַ֖ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_3:12!5|MId=o070030120051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 רַ֖ע רַע ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obj _ Gloss=evil|Ref=JDG_3:12!5|MId=o070030120052|Strong=7451|Type=adjective 9-10 בְּעֵינֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_3:12!6|MId=o070030120061|Strong=0871a 10 עֵינֵ֣י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 8 nmod _ Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=JDG_3:12!6|MId=o070030120062|Strong=5869 11 יְהוָ֑ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JDG_3:12!7|MId=o070030120071|Strong=3068 12-13 וַיְחַזֵּ֨ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_3:12!8|MId=o070030120081|Strong=2050b 13 יְחַזֵּ֨ק חָזַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.strengthened|Ref=JDG_3:12!8|MId=o070030120082|Strong=2388|Frame=A0:070030120091;A1:070030120111;|Type=wayyiqtol 14 יְהוָ֜ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JDG_3:12!9|MId=o070030120091|Strong=3068 15 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_3:12!10|MId=o070030120101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 16 עֶגְל֤וֹן עֶגְלוֹן PROPN _ _ 13 obj _ Gloss=Eglon|Ref=JDG_3:12!11|MId=o070030120111|Strong=5700 17 מֶֽלֶךְ־ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 appos _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=JDG_3:12!12|MId=o070030120121|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No 18 מוֹאָב֙ מוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Moab|Ref=JDG_3:12!13|MId=o070030120131|Strong=4124 19 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=JDG_3:12!14|MId=o070030120141|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 20 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 13 obl _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=JDG_3:12!15|MId=o070030120151|Strong=3478 21 עַ֛ל עַל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=JDG_3:12!16|MId=o070030120161|Strong=5921 22 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=JDG_3:12!17|MId=o070030120171|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 23 עָשׂ֥וּ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 13 parataxis _ Gloss=they.did|Ref=JDG_3:12!18|MId=o070030120181|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:070030120151;A1:070030120202;|Type=qatal 24 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_3:12!19|MId=o070030120191|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 הָרַ֖ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_3:12!20|MId=o070030120201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 רַ֖ע רַע ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obj _ Gloss=evil|Ref=JDG_3:12!20|MId=o070030120202|Strong=7451|Type=adjective 27-28 בְּעֵינֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_3:12!21|MId=o070030120211|Strong=0871a 28 עֵינֵ֥י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 26 nmod _ Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=JDG_3:12!21|MId=o070030120212|Strong=5869 29 יְהוָֽה יהוה PROPN _ _ 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JDG_3:12!22|MId=o070030120221|Strong=3068|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=JDG_3:12!22 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּסִפוּ *they repeated* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | בְּנֵי *the people* | | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · qal | בְּנֵי *the people* | רַע *evil* | | | | יְחַזֵּק *he strengthened* | wayyiqtol · piel | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | עֶגְלוֹן *Eglon* | | | | עָשׂוּ *they did* | qatal · qal | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* | רַע *evil* | | | 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} וְאוֹסִיפוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֶעְבַּד דְבִישׁ קֳדָם יְיָ וּתְקֵיף יְיָ יַת עֶגְלוֹן מַלְכָּא דְמוֹאָב עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל דַעֲבָדוּ יַת דְבִישׁ קֳדָם יְיָ: 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 Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.73/) **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:70`. - ← previous: [Judges 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.11/) - next →: [Judges 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.13/) - ↑ back to [Judges 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/3/)