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title: Judges 4:2 — And the LORD gave them over into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the LORD gave them over into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-goiim. Who acts: LORD, Jabin king, captain, Sisera. Judges 4:2 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of ev
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# Judges 4:2 שֹׁפְטִים

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**Who acts:** LORD, Jabin king, captain, Sisera · **What happens:** give over, reign, be, dwell · **To what, where:** children, hand, Hazor, Sisera, Harosheth goiim

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This is Judges 4:2 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 — LORD, Jabin king, captain, Sisera — and what happens in the verse to children, hand, Hazor, Sisera, Harosheth goiim, 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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וַיִּמְכְּרֵ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה בְּיַד֙ יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָלַ֖ךְ בְּחָצ֑וֹר וְשַׂר־צְבָאוֹ֙ סִֽיסְרָ֔א וְה֥וּא יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בַּחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת הַגּוֹיִֽם חֲרֹ֥שֶׁת הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

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[And the LORD gave them over into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-goiim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.96/)

## 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:91
# text = וַיִּמְכְּרֵ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה בְּיַד֙ יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָלַ֖ךְ בְּחָצ֑וֹר וְשַׂר־צְבָאוֹ֙ סִֽיסְרָ֔א וְה֥וּא יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בַּחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת הַגּוֹיִֽם חֲרֹ֥שֶׁת הַגּוֹיִֽם׃
# verse = JDG.4.2
1-3	וַיִּמְכְּרֵ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_4:2!1|MId=o070040020011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּמְכְּר	מָכַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he|Ref=JDG_4:2!1|MId=o070040020012|Strong=4376|Frame=A1:070040020013;A0:070040020021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	ֵ֣ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	Gloss=sold.them|Ref=JDG_4:2!1|MId=o070040020013|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
4	יְהוָ֗ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JDG_4:2!2|MId=o070040020021|Strong=3068
5-6	בְּיַד֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_4:2!3|MId=o070040020031|Strong=0871a
6	יַד֙	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.hand|Ref=JDG_4:2!3|MId=o070040020032|Strong=3027
7	יָבִ֣ין	יָבִין	PROPN	_	_	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Jabin|Ref=JDG_4:2!4|MId=o070040020041|Strong=2985
8	מֶֽלֶךְ־	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	appos	_	Gloss=the.king|Ref=JDG_4:2!5|MId=o070040020051|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No
9	כְּנַ֔עַן	כְּנַעַן	PROPN	_	_	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Canaan|Ref=JDG_4:2!6|MId=o070040020061|Strong=3667
10	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	11	mark	_	Gloss=who|Ref=JDG_4:2!7|MId=o070040020071|Strong=0834|Type=relative
11	מָלַ֖ךְ	מָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	7	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.reigned|Ref=JDG_4:2!8|MId=o070040020081|Strong=4427|Frame=A0:070040020041;|Type=qatal
12-13	בְּחָצ֑וֹר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_4:2!9|MId=o070040020091|Strong=0871a
13	חָצ֑וֹר	חָצוֹר	PROPN	_	_	11	obl	_	Gloss=Hazor|Ref=JDG_4:2!9|MId=o070040020092|Strong=2674
14-15	וְשַׂר־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_4:2!10|MId=o070040020101|Strong=2050b
15	שַׂר־	שַׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.commander|Ref=JDG_4:2!10|MId=o070040020102|Strong=8269
16-17	צְבָאוֹ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	צְבָא	צָבָא	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=his.army|Ref=JDG_4:2!11|MId=o070040020111|Strong=6635
17	וֹ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=JDG_4:2!11|MId=o070040020112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
18	סִֽיסְרָ֔א	סִיסְרָא	PROPN	_	_	2	conj	_	Gloss=[was].Sisera|Ref=JDG_4:2!12|MId=o070040020121|Strong=5516
19-20	וְה֥וּא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_4:2!13|MId=o070040020131|Strong=2050b
20	ה֥וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=JDG_4:2!13|MId=o070040020132|Strong=1931|Type=personal
21	יוֹשֵׁ֖ב	יָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	2	conj	_	Gloss=[was].dwelling|Ref=JDG_4:2!14|MId=o070040020141|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:070040020132;|Type=participle_active
22-23	בַּחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_4:2!15|MId=o070040020151|Strong=0871a
23	חֲרֹ֥שֶׁת	חֲרֹשֶׁת	PROPN	_	_	21	obl	_	Gloss=Harosheth|Ref=JDG_4:2!15|MId=o070040020152
24	הַגּוֹיִֽם	הַגֹּויִם	PROPN	_	_	23	flat:name	_	Ref=JDG_4:2!15
25	חֲרֹ֥שֶׁת	גּוֹי	PROPN	_	_	23	nmod	_	Gloss=Haggoyim|Ref=JDG_4:2!16|MId=o070040020161
26	הַגּוֹיִֽם	_	PROPN	_	_	25	flat:name	_	Ref=JDG_4:2!16|SpaceAfter=No
27	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	25	punct	_	Ref=JDG_4:2!16
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּמְכְּר *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ֵם *sold them* |  |  |
| מָלַךְ *he reigned* | qatal · qal | יָבִין *of Jabin* |  |  |  |
| יוֹשֵׁב *\[was\] dwelling* | participle active · qal | הוּא *he* |  |  |  |

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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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וּמְסַרְנוּן יְיָ בְּיַד יָבִין מַלְכָּא דִכְנַעַן דִי מְלַךְ בְּחָצוֹר וְרַב חֵילֵיה סִיסְרָא וְהוּא יָתֵיב בִּתְקוֹף כְּרַכֵּי עַמְמַיָא:

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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 LORD gave them over into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-goiim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.96/)

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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:91`.

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