--- title: 2 Chronicles 20:37 — Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jeho… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: 'Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath made a breach in thy works.' And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. 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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 — Eliezer, thou, LORD, ships, thy — and what happens in the verse to thyself, breach, works, ships, Tarshish, 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. וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞א אֱלִיעֶ֤זֶר בֶּן־דֹּדָוָ֙הוּ֙ מִמָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔ה עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּהִֽתְחַבֶּרְךָ֣ עִם־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ פָּרַ֤ץ יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְלֹ֥א עָצְר֖וּ לָלֶ֥כֶת אֶל־תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃ [Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: 'Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath made a breach in thy works.' And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.455/) ## 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:429 # text = וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞א אֱלִיעֶ֤זֶר בֶּן־דֹּדָוָ֙הוּ֙ מִמָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔ה עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּהִֽתְחַבֶּרְךָ֣ עִם־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ פָּרַ֤ץ יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְלֹ֥א עָצְר֖וּ לָלֶ֥כֶת אֶל־תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃ # verse = 2CH.20.37 1-2 וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_20:37!1|MId=o140200370011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּתְנַבֵּ֞א נָבָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.prophesied|Ref=2CH_20:37!1|MId=o140200370012|Strong=5012|Frame=A0:140200370021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֱלִיעֶ֤זֶר אֱלִיעֶזֶר PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Eliezer|Ref=2CH_20:37!2|MId=o140200370021|Strong=0461 4 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=2CH_20:37!3|MId=o140200370031|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 5 דֹּדָוָ֙הוּ֙ דֹּדָוָהוּ PROPN _ _ 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Dodavahu|Ref=2CH_20:37!4|MId=o140200370041|Strong=1735 6-7 מִמָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=2CH_20:37!5|MId=o140200370051|Strong=4480 7 מָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔ה מָרֵשָׁה PROPN _ _ 5 nmod _ Gloss=Mareshah|Ref=2CH_20:37!5|MId=o140200370052|Strong=4762a 8 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=2CH_20:37!6|MId=o140200370061|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 9 יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט יְהוֹשָׁפָט PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Jehoshaphat|Ref=2CH_20:37!7|MId=o140200370071|Strong=3092 10-11 לֵאמֹ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 17 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2CH_20:37!8|MId=o140200370081|Strong=3807a 11 אמֹ֑ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 10 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=2CH_20:37!8|MId=o140200370082|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:140200370021;|Type=infinitive_construct 12-14 כְּהִֽתְחַבֶּרְךָ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=2CH_20:37!9|MId=o140200370091|Strong=3509a 13 הִֽתְחַבֶּר חָבַר VERB _ HebBinyan=HITHPAEL 17 advcl _ Gloss=you|Ref=2CH_20:37!9|MId=o140200370092|Strong=2266|Frame=A0:140200370093;|Type=infinitive_construct 14 ְךָ֣ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ Gloss=have.made.an.alliance|Ref=2CH_20:37!9|MId=o140200370093|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 15 עִם־ עִם ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2CH_20:37!10|MId=o140200370101|Strong=5973|SpaceAfter=No 16 אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ אֲחַזְיָהוּ PROPN _ _ 13 obl _ Gloss=Ahaziah|Ref=2CH_20:37!11|MId=o140200370111|Strong=0274a 17 פָּרַ֤ץ פָּרַץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=he.will.break|Ref=2CH_20:37!12|MId=o140200370121|Strong=6555|Frame=A0:140200370131;A1:140200370151;|Type=qatal 18 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 17 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2CH_20:37!13|MId=o140200370131|Strong=3068 19 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2CH_20:37!14|MId=o140200370141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 20-21 מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 מַעֲשֶׂ֔י מַעֲשֶׂה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 obj _ Gloss=works|Ref=2CH_20:37!15|MId=o140200370151|Strong=4639 21 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2CH_20:37!15|MId=o140200370152|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 22-23 וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_20:37!16|MId=o140200370161|Strong=2050b 23 יִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ שָׁבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.were.broken|Ref=2CH_20:37!16|MId=o140200370162|Strong=7665|Frame=A1:140200370171;|Type=wayyiqtol 24 אֳנִיּ֔וֹת אֳנִיָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ Gloss=ships|Ref=2CH_20:37!17|MId=o140200370171|Strong=0591 25-26 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_20:37!18|MId=o140200370181|Strong=2050b 26 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2CH_20:37!18|MId=o140200370182|Strong=3808|Type=negative 27 עָצְר֖וּ עָצַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.retained|Ref=2CH_20:37!19|MId=o140200370191|Strong=6113|Frame=A0:140200370171;|Type=qatal 28-29 לָלֶ֥כֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_20:37!20|MId=o140200370201|Strong=3807a 29 לֶ֥כֶת הלך VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 27 advcl _ Gloss=go|Ref=2CH_20:37!20|MId=o140200370202|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:140200370171;|Type=infinitive_construct 30 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_20:37!21|MId=o140200370211|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 31 תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ תַּרְשִׁישׁ PROPN _ _ 29 obl _ Gloss=Tarshish|Ref=2CH_20:37!22|MId=o140200370221|Strong=8659|SpaceAfter=No 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=2CH_20:37!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּתְנַבֵּא *he prophesied* | wayyiqtol · hithpael | אֱלִיעֶזֶר *Eliezer* | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | אֱלִיעֶזֶר *Eliezer* | | | | | הִֽתְחַבֶּר *you* | infinitive construct · hithpael | ְךָ *have made an alliance* | | | | | פָּרַץ *he will break* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | מַעֲשֶׂי *works* | | | | יִּשָּׁבְרוּ *they were broken* | wayyiqtol · niphal | | אֳנִיּוֹת *ships* | | | | **not** עָצְרוּ *they retained* | qatal · qal | אֳנִיּוֹת *ships* | | | | | לֶכֶת *go* | infinitive construct · qal | אֳנִיּוֹת *ships* | | | | 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. [Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: 'Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath made a breach in thy works.' And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.455/) **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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