--- title: Joshua 4:6 — that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in ti… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones? Who acts: this, children, ye. Joshua 4:6 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/JOS.4.6/) [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/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / [chapter 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/4/) / 4:6 # Joshua 4:6 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ **Who acts:** this, children, ye · **What happens:** be, ask, come, say, mean · **To what, where:** sign · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Joshua 4:6 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 — this, children, ye — and what happens in the verse to sign, 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. לְמַ֗עַן תִּֽהְיֶ֛ה זֹ֥את א֖וֹת בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־יִשְׁאָל֨וּן בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם מָחָר֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֛ה הָאֲבָנִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לָכֶֽם׃ [that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.65/) ## 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:64 # text = לְמַ֗עַן תִּֽהְיֶ֛ה זֹ֥את א֖וֹת בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־יִשְׁאָל֨וּן בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם מָחָר֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֛ה הָאֲבָנִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לָכֶֽם׃ # verse = JOS.4.6 1 לְמַ֗עַן לְמַעַן SCONJ _ _ 4 mark _ Gloss=so.that|Ref=JOS_4:6!1|MId=o060040060011|Strong=4616 2 תִּֽהְיֶ֛ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 4 cop _ Gloss=it.may.be|Ref=JOS_4:6!2|MId=o060040060021|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:060040060031;|Type=yiqtol 3 זֹ֥את זֹאת PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ Gloss=this|Ref=JOS_4:6!3|MId=o060040060031|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 4 א֖וֹת אוֹת NOUN _ Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=a.sign|Ref=JOS_4:6!4|MId=o060040060041|Strong=0226 5-7 בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JOS_4:6!5|MId=o060040060051|Strong=0871a 6 קִרְבּ קֶרֶב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obl _ Gloss=midst|Ref=JOS_4:6!5|MId=o060040060052|Strong=7130 7 ְכֶ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=JOS_4:6!5|MId=o060040060053|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 8 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=JOS_4:6!6|MId=o060040060061|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 9-10 יִשְׁאָל֨וּן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 יִשְׁאָל֨וּ שָׁאַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 4 advcl _ Gloss=they|Ref=JOS_4:6!7|MId=o060040060071|Strong=7592|Frame=A0:060040060081;|Type=yiqtol 10 ן נ X _ _ 9 nmod _ Gloss=will.ask|Ref=JOS_4:6!7|MId=o060040060072|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun 11-12 בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְּנֵי בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ Gloss=children|Ref=JOS_4:6!8|MId=o060040060081|Strong=1121 12 כֶ֤ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=JOS_4:6!8|MId=o060040060082|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 13 מָחָר֙ מָחָר ADV _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 advmod _ Gloss=tomorrow|Ref=JOS_4:6!9|MId=o060040060091|Strong=4279 14-15 לֵאמֹ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=JOS_4:6!10|MId=o060040060101|Strong=3807a 15 אמֹ֔ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 14 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=JOS_4:6!10|MId=o060040060102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:060040060081;A1:060040060111;|Type=infinitive_construct 16 מָ֛ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 9 ccomp _ Gloss=what?|Ref=JOS_4:6!11|MId=o060040060111|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 17-18 הָאֲבָנִ֥ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=[are].the|Ref=JOS_4:6!12|MId=o060040060121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 אֲבָנִ֥ים אֶבֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ Gloss=stones|Ref=JOS_4:6!12|MId=o060040060122|Strong=0068 19-20 הָאֵ֖לֶּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JOS_4:6!13|MId=o060040060131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 אֵ֖לֶּה אֵלֶּה DET _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 18 det _ Gloss=these|Ref=JOS_4:6!13|MId=o060040060132|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 21-22 לָכֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 ל לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JOS_4:6!14|MId=o060040060141|Strong=3807a 22 ָכֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JOS_4:6!14|MId=o060040060142|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 23 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=JOS_4:6!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּֽהְיֶה *it may be* | yiqtol · qal | זֹאת *this* | | | | | יִשְׁאָלוּ *they* | yiqtol · qal | בְּנֵי *children* | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | בְּנֵי *children* | מָה *what?* | | | 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} בְּדִיל דִתְהֵי דָא אָת בֵּינֵכוֹן אֲרֵי יִשְׁאֲלִין בְּנֵיכוֹן מְחָר לְמֵימָר מָא אַבְנַיָא הָאִלֵין לְכוֹן: 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. [that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.65/) **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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