--- title: 2 Chronicles 33:16 — And he built up the altar of the LORD, and offered thereon sacrifice… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he built up the altar of the LORD, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel. Who acts: LORD. 2 Chronicles 33:16 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.33.16/) [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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/33/) / 33:16 # 2 Chronicles 33:16 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** LORD · **What happens:** build up, offer, command, serve, sacrifice · **To what, where:** altar, sacrifices, Judah, LORD, peace offerings · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Chronicles 33:16 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 — LORD — and what happens in the verse to altar, sacrifices, Judah, LORD, peace offerings, 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. וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח עָלָ֔יו זִבְחֵ֥י שְׁלָמִ֖ים וְתוֹדָ֑ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לִֽיהוּדָ֔ה לַעֲב֕וֹד אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [And he built up the altar of the LORD, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.786/) ## 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:729 # text = וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח עָלָ֔יו זִבְחֵ֥י שְׁלָמִ֖ים וְתוֹדָ֑ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לִֽיהוּדָ֔ה לַעֲב֕וֹד אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ # verse = 2CH.33.16 1-2 וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_33:16!2|MId=o140330160021|Strong=2050b 2 יִּ֙בֶן֙ בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.rebuilt|Ref=2CH_33:16!2|MId=o140330160022|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:140330130111;A1:140330160041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2CH_33:16!3|MId=o140330160031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4 מִזְבַּ֣ח מִזְבֵּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=the.altar|Ref=2CH_33:16!4|MId=o140330160041|Strong=4196 5 יְהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=2CH_33:16!5|MId=o140330160051|Strong=3068 6-7 וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_33:16!6|MId=o140330160061|Strong=2050b 7 יִּזְבַּ֣ח זָבַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.sacrificed|Ref=2CH_33:16!6|MId=o140330160062|Strong=2076|Frame=A0:140330130111;A1:140330160081;|Type=wayyiqtol 8-9 עָלָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 עָלָ֔י עַל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=2CH_33:16!7|MId=o140330160071|Strong=5921 9 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=2CH_33:16!7|MId=o140330160072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10 זִבְחֵ֥י זֶבַח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 obj _ Gloss=sacrifices|Ref=2CH_33:16!8|MId=o140330160081|Strong=2077 11 שְׁלָמִ֖ים שֶׁלֶם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.peace.offering(s)|Ref=2CH_33:16!9|MId=o140330160091|Strong=8002 12-13 וְתוֹדָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_33:16!10|MId=o140330160101|Strong=2050b 13 תוֹדָ֑ה תּוֹדָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 conj _ Gloss=thanksgiving|Ref=2CH_33:16!10|MId=o140330160102|Strong=8426 14-15 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_33:16!11|MId=o140330160111|Strong=2050b 15 יֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2CH_33:16!11|MId=o140330160112|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:140330130111;|Type=wayyiqtol 16-17 לִֽיהוּדָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לִֽ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_33:16!12|MId=o140330160121|Strong=3807a 17 יהוּדָ֔ה יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 15 obl _ Gloss=Judah|Ref=2CH_33:16!12|MId=o140330160122|Strong=3063 18-19 לַעֲב֕וֹד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_33:16!13|MId=o140330160131|Strong=3807a 19 עֲב֕וֹד עָבַד VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 advcl _ Gloss=serve|Ref=2CH_33:16!13|MId=o140330160132|Strong=5647|Frame=A0:140330160122;A1:140330160151;|Type=infinitive_construct 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2CH_33:16!14|MId=o140330160141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 21 יְהוָ֖ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 19 obj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2CH_33:16!15|MId=o140330160151|Strong=3068 22 אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 21 appos _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=2CH_33:16!16|MId=o140330160161|Strong=0430 23 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=2CH_33:16!17|MId=o140330160171|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=2CH_33:16!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּבֶן *he rebuilt* | wayyiqtol · qal | | מִזְבַּח *the altar* | | | | יִּזְבַּח *he sacrificed* | wayyiqtol · qal | | זִבְחֵי *sacrifices* | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | עֲבוֹד *serve* | infinitive construct · qal | יהוּדָה *Judah* | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | 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 he built up the altar of the LORD, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.786/) **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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