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title: 2 Chronicles 3:11 — And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. Who acts: wings, wing, five cubits, other wing. 2 Chronicles 3:11 in Hebrew wit
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# 2 Chronicles 3:11 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב

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**Who acts:** wings, wing, five cubits, other wing · **What happens:** be, reach · **To what, where:** five cubits

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This is 2 Chronicles 3:11 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 — wings, wing, five cubits, other wing — and what happens in the verse to five cubits, 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.

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וְכַנְפֵי֙ הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים אָרְכָּ֖ם אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים כְּנַ֨ף הָאֶחָ֜ד לְאַמּ֣וֹת חָמֵ֗שׁ מַגַּ֙עַת֙ לְקִ֣יר הַבַּ֔יִת וְהַכָּנָ֤ף הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת חָמֵ֔שׁ מַגִּ֕יעַ לִכְנַ֖ף הַכְּר֥וּב הָאַחֵֽר׃

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[And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.48/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:45
# text = וְכַנְפֵי֙ הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים אָרְכָּ֖ם אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים כְּנַ֨ף הָאֶחָ֜ד לְאַמּ֣וֹת חָמֵ֗שׁ מַגַּ֙עַת֙ לְקִ֣יר הַבַּ֔יִת וְהַכָּנָ֤ף הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת חָמֵ֔שׁ מַגִּ֕יעַ לִכְנַ֖ף הַכְּר֥וּב הָאַחֵֽר׃
# verse = 2CH.3.11
1-2	וְכַנְפֵי֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_3:11!1|MId=o140030110011|Strong=2050b
2	כַנְפֵי֙	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Dual	7	dislocated	_	Gloss=the.wings|Ref=2CH_3:11!1|MId=o140030110012|Strong=3671
3-4	הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	4	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2CH_3:11!2|MId=o140030110021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
4	כְּרוּבִ֔ים	כְּרוּב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.cherubim|Ref=2CH_3:11!2|MId=o140030110022|Strong=3742
5-6	אָרְכָּ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	אָרְכּ	אֹרֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=length|Ref=2CH_3:11!3|MId=o140030110031|Strong=0753
6	ָ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=2CH_3:11!3|MId=o140030110032|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
7	אַמּ֣וֹת	אַמָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	0	root	_	Gloss=[was].cubits|Ref=2CH_3:11!4|MId=o140030110041|Strong=0520
8	עֶשְׂרִ֑ים	עֶשְׂרִים	NUM	_	Number=Plur	7	nummod	_	Gloss=twenty|Ref=2CH_3:11!5|MId=o140030110051|Strong=6242|Type=cardinal_number
9	כְּנַ֨ף	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.wing|Ref=2CH_3:11!6|MId=o140030110061|Strong=3671
10-11	הָאֶחָ֜ד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	11	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2CH_3:11!7|MId=o140030110071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
11	אֶחָ֜ד	אֶחָד	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	nummod	_	Gloss=the.one.[cherub]|Ref=2CH_3:11!7|MId=o140030110072|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number
12-13	לְאַמּ֣וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_3:11!8|MId=o140030110081|Strong=3807a
13	אַמּ֣וֹת	אַמָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	Gloss=cubits|Ref=2CH_3:11!8|MId=o140030110082|Strong=0520
14	חָמֵ֗שׁ	חָמֵשׁ	NUM	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	13	nummod	_	Gloss=five|Ref=2CH_3:11!9|MId=o140030110091|Strong=2568|Type=cardinal_number
15	מַגַּ֙עַת֙	נָגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	Gloss=[was].touching|Ref=2CH_3:11!10|MId=o140030110101|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:140030110061;|Type=participle_active
16-17	לְקִ֣יר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=(to).the|Ref=2CH_3:11!11|MId=o140030110111|Strong=3807a
17	קִ֣יר	קִיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	obl	_	Gloss=wall|Ref=2CH_3:11!11|MId=o140030110112|Strong=7023
18-19	הַבַּ֔יִת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	19	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2CH_3:11!12|MId=o140030110121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
19	בַּ֔יִת	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.house|Ref=2CH_3:11!12|MId=o140030110122|Strong=1004
20-22	וְהַכָּנָ֤ף	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_3:11!13|MId=o140030110131|Strong=2050b
21	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	22	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_3:11!13|MId=o140030110132|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
22	כָּנָ֤ף	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	Gloss=wing|Ref=2CH_3:11!13|MId=o140030110133|Strong=3671
23-24	הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2CH_3:11!14|MId=o140030110141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	אַחֶ֙רֶת֙	אַחֵר	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	22	amod	_	Gloss=other|Ref=2CH_3:11!14|MId=o140030110142|Strong=0312|Type=adjective
25	אַמּ֣וֹת	אַמָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	7	conj	_	Gloss=cubits|Ref=2CH_3:11!15|MId=o140030110151|Strong=0520
26	חָמֵ֔שׁ	חָמֵשׁ	NUM	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	25	nummod	_	Gloss=five|Ref=2CH_3:11!16|MId=o140030110161|Strong=2568|Type=cardinal_number
27	מַגִּ֕יעַ	נָגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	Gloss=[was].touching|Ref=2CH_3:11!17|MId=o140030110171|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:140030110133;|Type=participle_active
28-29	לִכְנַ֖ף	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=(to).the|Ref=2CH_3:11!18|MId=o140030110181|Strong=3807a
29	כְנַ֖ף	כָּנָף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	27	obl	_	Gloss=wing|Ref=2CH_3:11!18|MId=o140030110182|Strong=3671
30-31	הַכְּר֥וּב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	31	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2CH_3:11!19|MId=o140030110191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
31	כְּר֥וּב	כְּרוּב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	29	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.cherub|Ref=2CH_3:11!19|MId=o140030110192|Strong=3742
32-33	הָאַחֵֽר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	33	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=2CH_3:11!20|MId=o140030110201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
33	אַחֵֽר	אַחֵר	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	31	amod	_	Gloss=other|Ref=2CH_3:11!20|MId=o140030110202|Strong=0312|Type=adjective
34	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	33	punct	_	Ref=2CH_3:11!20
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| מַגַּעַת *\[was\] touching* | participle active · hiphil | כְּנַף *the wing* |  |  |  |
| מַגִּיעַ *\[was\] touching* | participle active · hiphil | כָּנָף *wing* |  |  |  |

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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}

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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.

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1. [And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.48/)

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**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).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:2CH:45`.

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