--- title: Judges 6:15 — And he said unto him: 'Oh, my lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? b… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto him: 'Oh, my lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.' Who acts: LORD, I, family. Judges 6:15 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Judges](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/) / [chapter 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/6/) / 6:15 # Judges 6:15 שֹׁפְטִים **Who acts:** LORD, I, family · **What happens:** say, save, be · **To what, where:** Israel, Manasseh, house · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Judges 6:15 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, I, family — and what happens in the verse to Israel, Manasseh, house, 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. וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ֔י בַּמָּ֥ה אוֹשִׁ֖יעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִנֵּ֤ה אַלְפִּי֙ הַדַּ֣ל בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וְאָנֹכִ֥י הַצָּעִ֖יר בְּבֵ֥ית אָבִֽי׃ [And he said unto him: 'Oh, my lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.173/) ## 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:159 # text = וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ֔י בַּמָּ֥ה אוֹשִׁ֖יעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִנֵּ֤ה אַלְפִּי֙ הַדַּ֣ל בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וְאָנֹכִ֥י הַצָּעִ֖יר בְּבֵ֥ית אָבִֽי׃ # verse = JDG.6.15 1-2 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_6:15!1|MId=o070060150011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JDG_6:15!1|MId=o070060150012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:070060130031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֵלָיו֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵלָי אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JDG_6:15!2|MId=o070060150021|Strong=0413 4 ו֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=JDG_6:15!2|MId=o070060150022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5 בִּ֣י בִּי INTJ _ _ 10 discourse _ Gloss=pardon.me|Ref=JDG_6:15!3|MId=o070060150031|Strong=0994|Type=exhortation 6-7 אֲדֹנָ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אֲדֹנ אֲדֹנָי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 dislocated _ Gloss=Lord|Ref=JDG_6:15!4|MId=o070060150041|Strong=0136 7 ָ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JDG_6:15!4|MId=o070060150042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 8-9 בַּמָּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=|Ref=JDG_6:15!5|MId=o070060150051|Strong=0871a 9 מָּ֥ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 10 obl _ Gloss=how?|Ref=JDG_6:15!5|MId=o070060150052|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 10 אוֹשִׁ֖יעַ יָשַׁע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=will.I.deliver|Ref=JDG_6:15!6|MId=o070060150061|Strong=3467|Frame=AA:070060130031;A0:070060150081;|Type=yiqtol 11 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_6:15!7|MId=o070060150071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 10 obj _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=JDG_6:15!8|MId=o070060150081|Strong=3478 13 הִנֵּ֤ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 17 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=JDG_6:15!9|MId=o070060150091|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 14-15 אַלְפִּי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 אַלְפּ אֶלֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ Gloss=family|Ref=JDG_6:15!10|MId=o070060150101|Strong=0505a 15 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JDG_6:15!10|MId=o070060150102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 16-17 הַדַּ֣ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=[is].the|Ref=JDG_6:15!11|MId=o070060150111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 דַּ֣ל דַּל ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ Gloss=weak|Ref=JDG_6:15!11|MId=o070060150112|Strong=1800|Type=adjective 18-19 בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_6:15!12|MId=o070060150121|Strong=0871a 19 מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה מְנַשֶּׁה PROPN _ _ 17 nmod _ Gloss=Manasseh|Ref=JDG_6:15!12|MId=o070060150122|Strong=4519 20-21 וְאָנֹכִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_6:15!13|MId=o070060150131|Strong=2050b 21 אָנֹכִ֥י אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=JDG_6:15!13|MId=o070060150132|Strong=0595|Type=personal 22-23 הַצָּעִ֖יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=[am].the|Ref=JDG_6:15!14|MId=o070060150141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 צָּעִ֖יר צָעִיר ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 conj _ Gloss=insignificant|Ref=JDG_6:15!14|MId=o070060150142|Strong=6810|Type=adjective 24-25 בְּבֵ֥ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_6:15!15|MId=o070060150151|Strong=0871a 25 בֵ֥ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 nmod _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=JDG_6:15!15|MId=o070060150152|Strong=1004 26-27 אָבִֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 אָב אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.father|Ref=JDG_6:15!16|MId=o070060150161|Strong=0001 27 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JDG_6:15!16|MId=o070060150162|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=JDG_6:15!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | אוֹשִׁיעַ *will I deliver* | yiqtol · hiphil | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* | | | | 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} וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ בְּבָעוּ יְיָ בְּמָא אֶפְרוֹק יַת יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלָא הָא זַרְעִיתִי זְעִירָא בְּשֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶׁה וַאֲנָא חֲלַשׁ בְּבֵית אַבָּא: 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 he said unto him: 'Oh, my lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.173/) **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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