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title: Joshua 4:10 — And the priests that bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the priests that bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hastened and passed over. Who acts: priests, LORD, Moses, people. Joshua 4:10 in He
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# Joshua 4:10 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ

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**Who acts:** priests, LORD, Moses, people · **What happens:** bear, stand, finish, command, speak, accord · **To what, where:** ark, midst, thing, Joshua · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Joshua 4:10 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 — priests, LORD, Moses, people — and what happens in the verse to ark, midst, thing, Joshua, 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.

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וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֞ים נֹשְׂאֵ֣י הָאָר֗וֹן עֹמְדִים֮ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ עַ֣ד תֹּ֣ם כָּֽל־הַ֠דָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־הָעָ֔ם כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וַיְמַהֲר֥וּ הָעָ֖ם וַֽיַּעֲבֹֽרוּ׃

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[And the priests that bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hastened and passed over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.69/)

## 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:JOS:68
# text = וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֞ים נֹשְׂאֵ֣י הָאָר֗וֹן עֹמְדִים֮ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ עַ֣ד תֹּ֣ם כָּֽל־הַ֠דָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־הָעָ֔ם כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וַיְמַהֲר֥וּ הָעָ֖ם וַֽיַּעֲבֹֽרוּ׃
# verse = JOS.4.10
1-3	וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֞ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_4:10!1|MId=o060040100011|Strong=2050b
2	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	3	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JOS_4:10!1|MId=o060040100012|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
3	כֹּהֲנִ֞ים	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=priests|Ref=JOS_4:10!1|MId=o060040100013|Strong=3548
4	נֹשְׂאֵ֣י	נָשָׂא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	3	appos	_	Gloss=[who].carry|Ref=JOS_4:10!2|MId=o060040100021|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:060040100013;A1:060040100032;|Type=participle_active
5-6	הָאָר֗וֹן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	6	det	_	Gloss=(of).the|Ref=JOS_4:10!3|MId=o060040100031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
6	אָר֗וֹן	אֲרוֹן	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=ark|Ref=JOS_4:10!3|MId=o060040100032|Strong=0727
7	עֹמְדִים֮	עָמַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	0	root	_	Gloss=[were].standing|Ref=JOS_4:10!4|MId=o060040100041|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:060040100013;|Type=participle_active
8-9	בְּת֣וֹךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=JOS_4:10!5|MId=o060040100051|Strong=0871a
9	ת֣וֹךְ	תָּוֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	obl	_	Gloss=the.middle|Ref=JOS_4:10!5|MId=o060040100052|Strong=8432
10-11	הַיַּרְדֵּן֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	11	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=JOS_4:10!6|MId=o060040100061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
11	יַּרְדֵּן֒	יַרְדֵּן	PROPN	_	_	9	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.Jordan|Ref=JOS_4:10!6|MId=o060040100062|Strong=3383
12	עַ֣ד	עַד	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=JOS_4:10!7|MId=o060040100071|Strong=5704
13	תֹּ֣ם	תָּמַם	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	7	advcl	_	Gloss=was.finished|Ref=JOS_4:10!8|MId=o060040100081|Strong=8552|Frame=A0:060040100102;|Type=infinitive_construct
14	כָּֽל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	Gloss=every|Ref=JOS_4:10!9|MId=o060040100091|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
15-16	הַ֠דָּבָר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הַ֠	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=JOS_4:10!10|MId=o060040100101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	דָּבָר	דָּבָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=thing|Ref=JOS_4:10!10|MId=o060040100102|Strong=1697
17	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	18	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=JOS_4:10!11|MId=o060040100111|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
18	צִוָּ֨ה	צָוָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	14	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.had.commanded|Ref=JOS_4:10!12|MId=o060040100121|Strong=6680|Frame=A0:060040100131;A1:060040100151;|Type=qatal
19	יְהוָ֤ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	18	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JOS_4:10!13|MId=o060040100131|Strong=3068
20	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=JOS_4:10!14|MId=o060040100141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
21	יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙	יְהֹושֻׁעַ	PROPN	_	_	18	obj	_	Gloss=Joshua|Ref=JOS_4:10!15|MId=o060040100151|Strong=3091
22-23	לְדַבֵּ֣ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JOS_4:10!16|MId=o060040100161|Strong=3807a
23	דַבֵּ֣ר	דָבַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	18	xcomp	_	Gloss=speak|Ref=JOS_4:10!16|MId=o060040100162|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:060040100151;A1:060040100102;|Type=infinitive_construct
24	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JOS_4:10!17|MId=o060040100171|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
25-26	הָעָ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	26	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JOS_4:10!18|MId=o060040100181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
26	עָ֔ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	23	obl	_	Gloss=people|Ref=JOS_4:10!18|MId=o060040100182|Strong=5971
27-28	כְּכֹ֛ל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=according|Ref=JOS_4:10!19|MId=o060040100191|Strong=3509a
28	כֹ֛ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	obl	_	Gloss=to.all|Ref=JOS_4:10!19|MId=o060040100192|Strong=3605
29	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	30	mark	_	Gloss=that|Ref=JOS_4:10!20|MId=o060040100201|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
30	צִוָּ֥ה	צָוָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	28	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.had.commanded|Ref=JOS_4:10!21|MId=o060040100211|Strong=6680|Frame=A0:060040100221;A2:060040100241;A1:060040100192;|Type=qatal
31	מֹשֶׁ֖ה	מֹשֶׁה	PROPN	_	_	30	nsubj	_	Gloss=Moses|Ref=JOS_4:10!22|MId=o060040100221|Strong=4872
32	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=JOS_4:10!23|MId=o060040100231|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
33	יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ	יְהֹושֻׁעַ	PROPN	_	_	30	obj	_	Gloss=Joshua|Ref=JOS_4:10!24|MId=o060040100241|Strong=3091
34-35	וַיְמַהֲר֥וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	35	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_4:10!25|MId=o060040100251|Strong=2050b
35	יְמַהֲר֥וּ	מָהַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	7	conj	_	Gloss=they.hurried|Ref=JOS_4:10!25|MId=o060040100252|Strong=4116|Frame=A0:060040100262;|Type=wayyiqtol
36-37	הָעָ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
36	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	37	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JOS_4:10!26|MId=o060040100261|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
37	עָ֖ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=JOS_4:10!26|MId=o060040100262|Strong=5971
38-39	וַֽיַּעֲבֹֽרוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
38	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	39	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JOS_4:10!27|MId=o060040100271|Strong=2050b
39	יַּעֲבֹֽרוּ	עָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	7	conj	_	Gloss=they.passed.over|Ref=JOS_4:10!27|MId=o060040100272|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:060040100262;|Type=wayyiqtol
40	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	39	punct	_	Ref=JOS_4:10!27
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| נֹשְׂאֵי *\[who\] carry* | participle active · qal | כֹּהֲנִים *priests* | אָרוֹן *ark* |  |  |
| עֹמְדִים *\[were\] standing* | participle active · qal | כֹּהֲנִים *priests* |  |  |  |
| תֹּם *was finished* | infinitive construct · qal | דָּבָר *thing* |  |  |  |
| צִוָּה *he had commanded* | qatal · piel | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | יְהוֹשֻׁעַ *Joshua* |  |  |
| דַבֵּר *speak* | infinitive construct · piel | יְהוֹשֻׁעַ *Joshua* | דָּבָר *thing* |  |  |
| צִוָּה *he had commanded* | qatal · piel | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | כֹל *to all* | יְהוֹשֻׁעַ *Joshua* |  |
| יְמַהֲרוּ *they hurried* | wayyiqtol · piel | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| יַּעֲבֹֽרוּ *they passed over* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |

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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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וְכַהֲנַיָא נַטְלֵי אֲרוֹנָא קַיְמִין בְּגוֹ יַרְדְנָא עַד דִשְׁלִים כָּל פִּתְגָמָא דְפַקֵיד יְיָ יַת יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לְמַלָלָא עִם עַמָא כְּכֹל דְפַקֵיד מֹשֶׁה יַת יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְאוֹחִיאוּ עַמָא וַעֲבָרוּ:

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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 priests that bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hastened and passed over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.69/)

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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:JOS:68`.

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