--- title: 2 Chronicles 10:7 — And they spoke unto him, saying: 'If thou be kind to this people, an… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they spoke unto him, saying: 'If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.' Who acts: people, thou. 2 Chronicles 10:7 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, 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/ketuvim/2CH.10.7/) [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/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/10/) / 10:7 # 2 Chronicles 10:7 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** people, thou · **What happens:** speak, say, be, please · **To what, where:** people, good words, servants · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Chronicles 10:7 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). 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 — people, thou — and what happens in the verse to people, good words, servants, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 36 chapters of 2 Chronicles on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־תִּֽהְיֶ֨ה לְט֜וֹב לְהָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וּרְצִיתָ֔ם וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים וְהָי֥וּ לְךָ֛ עֲבָדִ֖ים כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ [And they spoke unto him, saying: 'If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.218/) ## 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:2CH:207 # text = וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־תִּֽהְיֶ֨ה לְט֜וֹב לְהָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וּרְצִיתָ֔ם וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים וְהָי֥וּ לְךָ֛ עֲבָדִ֖ים כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ # verse = 2CH.10.7 1-2 וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_10:7!1|MId=o140100070011|Strong=2050b 2 יְדַבְּר֨וּ דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.spoke|Ref=2CH_10:7!1|MId=o140100070012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:140100060052;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֵלָ֜יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵלָ֜י אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_10:7!2|MId=o140100070021|Strong=0413 4 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2CH_10:7!2|MId=o140100070022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5-6 לֵאמֹ֗ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2CH_10:7!3|MId=o140100070031|Strong=3807a 6 אמֹ֗ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 5 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=2CH_10:7!3|MId=o140100070032|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:140100060052;|Type=infinitive_construct 7 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=2CH_10:7!4|MId=o140100070041|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 8 תִּֽהְיֶ֨ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 10 cop _ Gloss=you.will.become|Ref=2CH_10:7!5|MId=o140100070051|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:140100060022;|Type=yiqtol 9-10 לְט֜וֹב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=(into)|Ref=2CH_10:7!6|MId=o140100070061|Strong=3807a 10 ט֜וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 advcl _ Gloss=good|Ref=2CH_10:7!6|MId=o140100070062|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 11-13 לְהָעָ֤ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_10:7!7|MId=o140100070071|Strong=3807a 12 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_10:7!7|MId=o140100070072|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 עָ֤ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=people|Ref=2CH_10:7!7|MId=o140100070073|Strong=5971 14-15 הַזֶּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2CH_10:7!8|MId=o140100070081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 זֶּה֙ זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=2CH_10:7!8|MId=o140100070082|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 16-18 וּרְצִיתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_10:7!9|MId=o140100070091|Strong=2050b 17 רְצִיתָ֔ רָצָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 10 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=2CH_10:7!9|MId=o140100070092|Strong=7521|Frame=A0:140100060022;A1:140100070093;|Type=weqatal 18 ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ Gloss=will.be.favorable.to.them|Ref=2CH_10:7!9|MId=o140100070093|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 19-20 וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_10:7!10|MId=o140100070101|Strong=2050b 20 דִבַּרְתָּ֥ דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 10 conj _ Gloss=you.will.speak|Ref=2CH_10:7!10|MId=o140100070102|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:140100060022;A1:140100070121;|Type=weqatal 21-22 אֲלֵהֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 אֲל אֶל ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_10:7!11|MId=o140100070111|Strong=0413 22 ֵהֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=2CH_10:7!11|MId=o140100070112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 23 דְּבָרִ֣ים דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 obj _ Gloss=words|Ref=2CH_10:7!12|MId=o140100070121|Strong=1697 24 טוֹבִ֑ים טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 amod _ Gloss=kind|Ref=2CH_10:7!13|MId=o140100070131|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 25-26 וְהָי֥וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_10:7!14|MId=o140100070141|Strong=2050b 26 הָי֥וּ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 29 cop _ Gloss=they.will.be|Ref=2CH_10:7!14|MId=o140100070142|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:140100070073;|Type=weqatal 27-28 לְךָ֛ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 ל לְ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=|Ref=2CH_10:7!15|MId=o140100070151|Strong=3807a 28 ְךָ֛ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ Gloss=your|Ref=2CH_10:7!15|MId=o140100070152|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 29 עֲבָדִ֖ים עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ Gloss=servants|Ref=2CH_10:7!16|MId=o140100070161|Strong=5650 30 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=2CH_10:7!17|MId=o140100070171|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 31-32 הַיָּמִֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_10:7!18|MId=o140100070181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 יָּמִֽים יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 30 compound:smixut _ Gloss=days|Ref=2CH_10:7!18|MId=o140100070182|Strong=3117 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=2CH_10:7!18 ``` ## 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 | | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | תִּֽהְיֶה *you will become* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | רְצִיתָ *you* | weqatal · qal | | ם *will be favorable to them* | | | | דִבַּרְתָּ *you will speak* | weqatal · piel | | דְּבָרִים *words* | | | | הָיוּ *they will be* | weqatal · qal | עָם *people* | | | | 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. ## 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 they spoke unto him, saying: 'If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.218/) **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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