--- title: Exodus 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight wi… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.' Who acts: Moses, I. Exodus 17:9 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, 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/torah/EXO.17.9/) [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/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Exodus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/) / [chapter 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/17/) / 17:9 # Exodus 17:9 שְׁמוֹת **Who acts:** Moses, I · **What happens:** say, choose out, go out, fight, stand · **To what, where:** men, us, top · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Exodus 17:9 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (The Torah). 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 — Moses, I — and what happens in the verse to men, us, top, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Onkelos 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 40 chapters of Exodus on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ בְּחַר־לָ֣נוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְצֵ֖א הִלָּחֵ֣ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק מָחָ֗ר אָנֹכִ֤י נִצָּב֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וּמַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדִֽי׃ [And Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.493/) ## 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:EXO:459 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ בְּחַר־לָ֣נוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְצֵ֖א הִלָּחֵ֣ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק מָחָ֗ר אָנֹכִ֤י נִצָּב֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וּמַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדִֽי׃ # verse = EXO.17.9 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_17:9!1|MId=o020170090011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=EXO_17:9!1|MId=o020170090012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:020170090021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 מֹשֶׁ֤ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=EXO_17:9!2|MId=o020170090021|Strong=4872 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_17:9!3|MId=o020170090031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ יְהֹושֻׁעַ PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Joshua|Ref=EXO_17:9!4|MId=o020170090041|Strong=3091 6 בְּחַר־ בָּחַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=choose|Ref=EXO_17:9!5|MId=o020170090051|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:020170090041;A1:020170090071;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 לָ֣נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 ל לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EXO_17:9!6|MId=o020170090061|Strong=3807a 8 ָ֣נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=EXO_17:9!6|MId=o020170090062|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 9 אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 obj _ Gloss=men|Ref=EXO_17:9!7|MId=o020170090071|Strong=0376 10-11 וְצֵ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_17:9!8|MId=o020170090081|Strong=2050b 11 צֵ֖א יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 6 conj _ Gloss=go.out|Ref=EXO_17:9!8|MId=o020170090082|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:020170090041;|Type=imperative 12 הִלָּחֵ֣ם לָחַם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 6 parataxis _ Gloss=fight|Ref=EXO_17:9!9|MId=o020170090091|Strong=3898|Frame=A0:020170090041;|Type=imperative 13-14 בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=against|Ref=EXO_17:9!10|MId=o020170090101|Strong=0871a 14 עֲמָלֵ֑ק עֲמָלֵק PROPN _ _ 12 obl _ Gloss=Amalek|Ref=EXO_17:9!10|MId=o020170090102|Strong=6002 15 מָחָ֗ר מָחָר ADV _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 advmod _ Gloss=tomorrow|Ref=EXO_17:9!11|MId=o020170090111|Strong=4279 16 אָנֹכִ֤י אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=EXO_17:9!12|MId=o020170090121|Strong=0595|Type=personal 17 נִצָּב֙ נָצַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ Gloss=[will.be].standing|Ref=EXO_17:9!13|MId=o020170090131|Strong=5324|Frame=A0:020170090121;|Type=participle_active 18 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EXO_17:9!14|MId=o020170090141|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 19 רֹ֣אשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 obl _ Gloss=the.top|Ref=EXO_17:9!15|MId=o020170090151|Strong=7218 20-21 הַגִּבְעָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EXO_17:9!16|MId=o020170090161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 גִּבְעָ֔ה גִּבְעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.hill|Ref=EXO_17:9!16|MId=o020170090162|Strong=1389 22-23 וּמַטֵּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_17:9!17|MId=o020170090171|Strong=2050b 23 מַטֵּ֥ה מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ Gloss=the.staff|Ref=EXO_17:9!17|MId=o020170090172|Strong=4294 24-25 הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EXO_17:9!18|MId=o020170090181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=EXO_17:9!18|MId=o020170090182|Strong=0430 26-28 בְּיָדִֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=[will|Ref=EXO_17:9!19|MId=o020170090191|Strong=0871a 27 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 17 conj _ Gloss=be]|Ref=EXO_17:9!19|MId=o020170090192|Strong=3027 28 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=in.my.hand|Ref=EXO_17:9!19|MId=o020170090193|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=EXO_17:9!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | בְּחַר־ *choose* | imperative · qal | יְהוֹשֻׁעַ *Joshua* | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | | | | צֵא *go out* | imperative · qal | יְהוֹשֻׁעַ *Joshua* | | | | | הִלָּחֵם *fight* | imperative · niphal | יְהוֹשֻׁעַ *Joshua* | | | | | נִצָּב *\[will be\] standing* | participle active · niphal | אָנֹכִי *I* | | | | 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 Onkelos {#onkelos} וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּחַר לָנָא גֻבְרַיָא וּפוּק אֲגַח קְרָבָא בַּעֲמָלֵק מְחָר אֲנָא קָאֵם עַל רֵישׁ רָמָתָא וְחוּטְרָא דְאִתְעֲבִידוּ בֵהּ נִסִין מִן קֳדָם יְיָ בִּידִי: 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 Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.493/) **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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