--- title: Judges 9:3 — And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words; and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said: 'He is our brother.' Who acts: brethren, hearts, son. 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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 — brethren, hearts, son — and what happens in the verse to words, ears, Abimelech, brother, 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. וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ אֲחֵֽי־אִמּ֜וֹ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָזְנֵי֙ כָּל־בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֵּ֤ט לִבָּם֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ כִּ֥י אָמְר֖וּ אָחִ֥ינוּ הֽוּא׃ [And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words; and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said: 'He is our brother.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.263/) ## 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:247 # text = וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ אֲחֵֽי־אִמּ֜וֹ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָזְנֵי֙ כָּל־בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֵּ֤ט לִבָּם֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ כִּ֥י אָמְר֖וּ אָחִ֥ינוּ הֽוּא׃ # verse = JDG.9.3 1-2 וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_9:3!1|MId=o070090030011|Strong=2050b 2 יְדַבְּר֨וּ דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.spoke|Ref=JDG_9:3!1|MId=o070090030012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:070090030021;A1:070090030112;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֲחֵֽי־ אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=the.brothers|Ref=JDG_9:3!2|MId=o070090030021|Strong=0251|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 אִמּ֜וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 אִמּ אֵם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.mother|Ref=JDG_9:3!3|MId=o070090030031|Strong=0517 5 ֜וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=JDG_9:3!3|MId=o070090030032|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 6-7 עָלָ֗יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 עָלָ֗י עַל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=JDG_9:3!4|MId=o070090030041|Strong=5921 7 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=JDG_9:3!4|MId=o070090030042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 8-9 בְּאָזְנֵי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JDG_9:3!5|MId=o070090030051|Strong=0871a 9 אָזְנֵי֙ אֹזֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 2 obl _ Gloss=the.ears|Ref=JDG_9:3!5|MId=o070090030052|Strong=0241 10 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.all|Ref=JDG_9:3!6|MId=o070090030061|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 11 בַּעֲלֵ֣י בַּעַל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.citizens|Ref=JDG_9:3!7|MId=o070090030071|Strong=1167 12 שְׁכֶ֔ם שְׁכֶם PROPN _ _ 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Shechem|Ref=JDG_9:3!8|MId=o070090030081|Strong=7927a 13 אֵ֥ת אֵת ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JDG_9:3!9|MId=o070090030091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 14 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=JDG_9:3!10|MId=o070090030101|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 הַדְּבָרִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JDG_9:3!11|MId=o070090030111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 דְּבָרִ֖ים דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=words|Ref=JDG_9:3!11|MId=o070090030112|Strong=1697 17-18 הָאֵ֑לֶּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JDG_9:3!12|MId=o070090030121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 אֵ֑לֶּה אֵלֶּה DET _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ Gloss=these|Ref=JDG_9:3!12|MId=o070090030122|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 19-20 וַיֵּ֤ט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JDG_9:3!13|MId=o070090030131|Strong=2050b 20 יֵּ֤ט נָטָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.turned.aside|Ref=JDG_9:3!13|MId=o070090030132|Strong=5186|Frame=A0:070090030141;|Type=wayyiqtol 21-22 לִבָּם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 לִבּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Gloss=heart|Ref=JDG_9:3!14|MId=o070090030141|Strong=3820 22 ָם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=JDG_9:3!14|MId=o070090030142|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 23 אַחֲרֵ֣י אַחַר ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=after|Ref=JDG_9:3!15|MId=o070090030151|Strong=0310 24 אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ PROPN _ _ 20 obl _ Gloss=Abimelech|Ref=JDG_9:3!16|MId=o070090030161|Strong=0040 25 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 26 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=JDG_9:3!17|MId=o070090030171|Strong=3588 26 אָמְר֖וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=JDG_9:3!18|MId=o070090030181|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:070090030071;|Type=qatal 27-28 אָחִ֥ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 אָחִ֥י אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ Gloss=brother|Ref=JDG_9:3!19|MId=o070090030191|Strong=0251 28 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].our|Ref=JDG_9:3!19|MId=o070090030192|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 29 הֽוּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=JDG_9:3!20|MId=o070090030201|Strong=1931|Type=personal|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=JDG_9:3!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְדַבְּרוּ *they spoke* | wayyiqtol · piel | אֲחֵֽי־ *the brothers* | דְּבָרִים *words* | | | | יֵּט *it turned aside* | wayyiqtol · qal | לִבּ *heart* | | | | | אָמְרוּ *they said* | qatal · qal | בַּעֲלֵי *the citizens* | | | | 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} וּמַלִילוּ אֲחֵי אִמֵיהּ עֲלוֹהִי קֳדָם כָּל יַתְבֵי שְׁכֶם יַת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין וְאִתְפְּנֵי לִבְּהוֹן בָּתַר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֲרֵי אֲמַרוּ אֲחוּנָא הוּא: 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 his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words; and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said: 'He is our brother.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.263/) **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:247`. - ← previous: [Judges 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.2/) - next →: [Judges 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.4/) - ↑ back to [Judges 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/9/)