--- title: Joshua 17:15 — And Joshua said unto them: 'If thou be a great people, get thee up t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Joshua said unto them: 'If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.' Who acts: Joshua, thou, hill country. 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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 — Joshua, thou, hill country — and what happens in the verse to great people, thee, land, 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 24 chapters of Joshua on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ אִם־עַם־רַ֤ב אַתָּה֙ עֲלֵ֣ה לְךָ֣ הַיַּ֔עְרָה וּבֵרֵאתָ֤ לְךָ֙ שָׁ֔ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַפְּרִזִּ֖י וְהָֽרְפָאִ֑ים כִּֽי־אָ֥ץ לְךָ֖ הַר־אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ [And Joshua said unto them: 'If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.456/) ## 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:JOS:438 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ אִם־עַם־רַ֤ב אַתָּה֙ עֲלֵ֣ה לְךָ֣ הַיַּ֔עְרָה וּבֵרֵאתָ֤ לְךָ֙ שָׁ֔ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַפְּרִזִּ֖י וְהָֽרְפָאִ֑ים כִּֽי־אָ֥ץ לְךָ֖ הַר־אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ # verse = JOS.17.15 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_17:15!1|MId=o060170150011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JOS_17:15!1|MId=o060170150012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:060170150031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JOS_17:15!2|MId=o060170150021|Strong=0413 4 הֶ֜ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=JOS_17:15!2|MId=o060170150022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 5 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ יְהֹושֻׁעַ PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Joshua|Ref=JOS_17:15!3|MId=o060170150031|Strong=3091 6 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=JOS_17:15!4|MId=o060170150041|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 7 עַם־ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ Gloss=[are].a.people|Ref=JOS_17:15!5|MId=o060170150051|Strong=5971|SpaceAfter=No 8 רַ֤ב רַב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 amod _ Gloss=numerous|Ref=JOS_17:15!6|MId=o060170150061|Strong=7227|Type=adjective 9 אַתָּה֙ אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JOS_17:15!7|MId=o060170150071|Strong=0859|Type=personal 10 עֲלֵ֣ה עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 7 parataxis _ Gloss=go.up|Ref=JOS_17:15!8|MId=o060170150081|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:060170140021;|Type=imperative 11-12 לְךָ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 ל לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=(for|Ref=JOS_17:15!9|MId=o060170150091|Strong=3807a 12 ְךָ֣ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ Gloss=yourself|Ref=JOS_17:15!9|MId=o060170150092|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 13-15 הַיַּ֔עְרָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=JOS_17:15!10|MId=o060170150101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 יַּ֔עְר יַעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=JOS_17:15!10|MId=o060170150102|Strong=3293 15 ָה ה X _ _ 14 nmod _ Gloss=forest|Ref=JOS_17:15!10|MId=o060170150103|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 16-17 וּבֵרֵאתָ֤ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_17:15!11|MId=o060170150111|Strong=2050b 17 בֵרֵאתָ֤ בָּרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 10 conj _ Gloss=you.will.cut.[it].down|Ref=JOS_17:15!11|MId=o060170150112|Strong=1254b|Frame=A0:060170140021;|Type=weqatal 18-19 לְךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 ל לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=JOS_17:15!12|MId=o060170150121|Strong=3807a 19 ְךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ Gloss=yourself|Ref=JOS_17:15!12|MId=o060170150122|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 20 שָׁ֔ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 17 advmod _ Gloss=there|Ref=JOS_17:15!13|MId=o060170150131|Strong=8033 21-22 בְּאֶ֥רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JOS_17:15!14|MId=o060170150141|Strong=0871a 22 אֶ֥רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 17 obl _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=JOS_17:15!14|MId=o060170150142|Strong=0776 23-24 הַפְּרִזִּ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=JOS_17:15!15|MId=o060170150151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 פְּרִזִּ֖י פְּרִזִּי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.Perizzite[s]|Ref=JOS_17:15!15|MId=o060170150152|Strong=6522|Type=gentilic 25-27 וְהָֽרְפָאִ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_17:15!16|MId=o060170150161|Strong=2050b 26 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JOS_17:15!16|MId=o060170150162|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 רְפָאִ֑ים רְפָאִים PROPN _ _ 24 conj _ Gloss=Rephaites|Ref=JOS_17:15!16|MId=o060170150163|Strong=7497 28 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 29 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=JOS_17:15!17|MId=o060170150171|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 29 אָ֥ץ אוּץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 parataxis _ Gloss=it.is.narrow|Ref=JOS_17:15!18|MId=o060170150181|Strong=0213|Frame=A0:060170150201;|Type=qatal 30-31 לְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 ל לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=JOS_17:15!19|MId=o060170150191|Strong=3807a 31 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JOS_17:15!19|MId=o060170150192|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 32 הַר־ הַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ Gloss=the.hill.country|Ref=JOS_17:15!20|MId=o060170150201|Strong=2022|SpaceAfter=No 33 אֶפְרָֽיִם אֶפְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 32 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Ephraim|Ref=JOS_17:15!21|MId=o060170150211|Strong=0669|SpaceAfter=No 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=JOS_17:15!21 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוֹשֻׁעַ *Joshua* | | | | | עֲלֵה *go up* | imperative · qal | | | | | | בֵרֵאתָ *you will cut \[it\] down* | weqatal · piel | | | | | | אָץ *it is narrow* | qatal · qal | הַר־ *the hill country* | | | | 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 לְהוֹן יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אִם עַם סַגִי אַתּוּן סַקוּ לְכוֹן לְחוּרְשָׁא וּתְתַקֵן לָךְ תַמָן אֲתַר בְּאַרַע פְּרִזָאֵי וְגִבָּרַיָא אֲרֵי עָק לְכוֹן טוּרָא דְהַר אֶפְרָיִם: 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 Joshua said unto them: 'If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.456/) **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:JOS:438`. - ← previous: [Joshua 17:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.14/) - next →: [Joshua 17:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.17.16/) - ↑ back to [Joshua 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/17/)