--- title: 2 Chronicles 2:5 — But who is able to build Him a house, seeing the heaven and the heav… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: But who is able to build Him a house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him a house, save only to offer before Him? Who acts: heaven, I. 2 Chronicles 2:5 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.2.5/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/2/) / 2:5 # 2 Chronicles 2:5 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** heaven, I · **What happens:** be, build, see, not contain, offer · **To what, where:** house, God · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Chronicles 2:5 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 — heaven, I — and what happens in the verse to house, God, 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. וּמִ֤י יַעֲצָר־כֹּ֙חַ֙ לִבְנֽוֹת־ל֣וֹ בַ֔יִת כִּ֧י הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וּשְׁמֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּלֻ֑הוּ וּמִ֤י אֲנִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶבְנֶה־לּ֣וֹ בַ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם־לְהַקְטִ֥יר לְפָנָֽיו׃ [But who is able to build Him a house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him a house, save only to offer before Him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.23/) ## 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:22 # text = וּמִ֤י יַעֲצָר־כֹּ֙חַ֙ לִבְנֽוֹת־ל֣וֹ בַ֔יִת כִּ֧י הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וּשְׁמֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּלֻ֑הוּ וּמִ֤י אֲנִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶבְנֶה־לּ֣וֹ בַ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם־לְהַקְטִ֥יר לְפָנָֽיו׃ # verse = 2CH.2.5 1-2 וּמִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 3 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_2:5!1|MId=o140020050011|Strong=2050b 2 מִ֤י מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=2CH_2:5!1|MId=o140020050012|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative 3 יַעֲצָר־ עָצַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=will.he.retain|Ref=2CH_2:5!2|MId=o140020050021|Strong=6113|Frame=A0:140020050012;A1:140020050031;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 4 כֹּ֙חַ֙ כֹּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 obj _ Gloss=strength|Ref=2CH_2:5!3|MId=o140020050031|Strong=3581 5-6 לִבְנֽוֹת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_2:5!4|MId=o140020050041|Strong=3807a 6 בְנֽוֹת־ בָּנָה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 3 advcl _ Gloss=build|Ref=2CH_2:5!4|MId=o140020050042|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:140020050012;A1:140020050061;|Type=infinitive_construct 7-8 ל֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 ל לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2CH_2:5!5|MId=o140020050051|Strong=3807a 8 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2CH_2:5!5|MId=o140020050052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 9 בַ֔יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obj _ Gloss=a.house|Ref=2CH_2:5!6|MId=o140020050061|Strong=1004 10 כִּ֧י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 18 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2CH_2:5!7|MId=o140020050071|Strong=3588 11-12 הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_2:5!8|MId=o140020050081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 שָּׁמַ֛יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ Gloss=heavens|Ref=2CH_2:5!8|MId=o140020050082|Strong=8064 13-14 וּשְׁמֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_2:5!9|MId=o140020050091|Strong=2050b 14 שְׁמֵ֥י שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 conj _ Gloss=the.heavens|Ref=2CH_2:5!9|MId=o140020050092|Strong=8064 15-16 הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=2CH_2:5!10|MId=o140020050101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 שָּׁמַ֖יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.heavens|Ref=2CH_2:5!10|MId=o140020050102|Strong=8064 17 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2CH_2:5!11|MId=o140020050111|Strong=3808|Type=negative 18-19 יְכַלְכְּלֻ֑הוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 יְכַלְכְּלֻ֑ כּוּל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PILPEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 advcl _ Gloss=they|Ref=2CH_2:5!12|MId=o140020050121|Strong=3557|Frame=A0:140020050082;140020050092;A1:140020050122;|Type=yiqtol 19 הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=contain.him|Ref=2CH_2:5!12|MId=o140020050122|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 20-21 וּמִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_2:5!13|MId=o140020050131|Strong=2050b 21 מִ֤י מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 3 conj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=2CH_2:5!13|MId=o140020050132|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative 22 אֲנִי֙ אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ Gloss=[am].I|Ref=2CH_2:5!14|MId=o140020050141|Strong=0589|Type=personal 23 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2CH_2:5!15|MId=o140020050151|Strong=0834|Type=relative 24 אֶבְנֶה־ בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 21 parataxis _ Gloss=I.will.build|Ref=2CH_2:5!16|MId=o140020050161|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:140020020021;A1:140020050181;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 לּ֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2CH_2:5!17|MId=o140020050171|Strong=3807a 26 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=2CH_2:5!17|MId=o140020050172|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 27 בַ֔יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obj _ Gloss=a.house|Ref=2CH_2:5!18|MId=o140020050181|Strong=1004 28 כִּ֖י כִּי SCONJ _ ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2CH_2:5!19|MId=o140020050191|Strong=3588 29 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 28 fixed _ Gloss=(if)|Ref=2CH_2:5!20|MId=o140020050201|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 30-31 לְהַקְטִ֥יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_2:5!21|MId=o140020050211|Strong=3807a 31 הַקְטִ֥יר קָטַר VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 21 parataxis _ Gloss=make.smoke|Ref=2CH_2:5!21|MId=o140020050212|Strong=6999|Frame=A0:140020020021;|Type=infinitive_construct 32-34 לְפָנָֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=2CH_2:5!22|MId=o140020050221|Strong=3807a 33 פָנָֽי פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 31 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=2CH_2:5!22|MId=o140020050222|Strong=6440 34 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ Gloss=him|Ref=2CH_2:5!22|MId=o140020050223|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=2CH_2:5!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַעֲצָר־ *will he retain* | yiqtol · qal | מִי *who?* | כֹּחַ *strength* | | | | בְנֽוֹת־ *build* | infinitive construct · qal | מִי *who?* | בַיִת *a house* | | | | **not** יְכַלְכְּלֻ *they* | yiqtol · pilpel | שָּׁמַיִם *heavens* + שְׁמֵי *the heavens* | הוּ *contain him* | | | | אֶבְנֶה־ *I will build* | yiqtol · qal | | בַיִת *a house* | | | | הַקְטִיר *make smoke* | infinitive construct · hiphil | | | | | 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. [But who is able to build Him a house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him a house, save only to offer before Him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.23/) **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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