--- title: 2 Chronicles 4:3 — And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast. Who acts: oxen. 2 Chronicles 4:3 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.4.3/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/4/) / 4:3 # 2 Chronicles 4:3 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** oxen · **What happens:** be, compass, cast · **To what, where:** similitude, height, sea, two rows, oxen This is 2 Chronicles 4:3 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 — oxen — and what happens in the verse to similitude, height, sea, two rows, oxen, 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. וּדְמ֣וּת בְּקָרִים֩ תַּ֨חַת ל֜וֹ סָבִ֤יב ׀ סָבִיב֙ סוֹבְבִ֣ים אֹת֔וֹ עֶ֚שֶׂר בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה מַקִּיפִ֥ים אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם סָבִ֑יב שְׁנַ֤יִם טוּרִים֙ הַבָּקָ֔ר יְצוּקִ֖ים בְּמֻֽצַקְתּֽוֹ׃ [And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.57/) [The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.58/) ## 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:54 # text = וּדְמ֣וּת בְּקָרִים֩ תַּ֨חַת ל֜וֹ סָבִ֤יב ׀ סָבִיב֙ סוֹבְבִ֣ים אֹת֔וֹ עֶ֚שֶׂר בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה מַקִּיפִ֥ים אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם סָבִ֑יב שְׁנַ֤יִם טוּרִים֙ הַבָּקָ֔ר יְצוּקִ֖ים בְּמֻֽצַקְתּֽוֹ׃ # verse = 2CH.4.3 1-2 וּדְמ֣וּת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and.[the]|Ref=2CH_4:3!1|MId=o140040030011|Strong=2050b 2 דְמ֣וּת דְּמוּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ Gloss=likeness|Ref=2CH_4:3!1|MId=o140040030012|Strong=1823 3 בְּקָרִים֩ בָּקָר NOUN _ Number=Plur 2 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.oxen|Ref=2CH_4:3!2|MId=o140040030021|Strong=1241 4 תַּ֨חַת תַּחַת NOUN _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=[was].under|Ref=2CH_4:3!3|MId=o140040030031|Strong=8478 5-6 ל֜וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=2CH_4:3!4|MId=o140040030041|Strong=3807a 6 ֜וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=it|Ref=2CH_4:3!4|MId=o140040030042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7 סָבִ֤יב סָבִיב ADV _ Number=Sing 10 advmod _ Gloss=all.around|Ref=2CH_4:3!5|MId=o140040030051|Strong=5439 8 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 7 punct _ Ref=2CH_4:3!5 9 סָבִיב֙ סָבִיב ADV _ Number=Sing 7 advmod _ Gloss=all.around|Ref=2CH_4:3!6|MId=o140040030061|Strong=5439 10 סוֹבְבִ֣ים סָבַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ Gloss=[they.were].going.round|Ref=2CH_4:3!7|MId=o140040030071|Strong=5437|Frame=A0:140040030012;A1:140040030082;|Type=participle_active 11-12 אֹת֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=|Ref=2CH_4:3!8|MId=o140040030081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 12 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ Gloss=it|Ref=2CH_4:3!8|MId=o140040030082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 13 עֶ֚שֶׂר עֶשֶׂר NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ Gloss=ten|Ref=2CH_4:3!9|MId=o140040030091|Strong=6235|Type=cardinal_number 14-16 בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בָּֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=2CH_4:3!10|MId=o140040030101|Strong=0871a 15 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_4:3!10|MId=o140040030101ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 אַמָּ֔ה אַמָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=cubit|Ref=2CH_4:3!10|MId=o140040030102|Strong=0520 17 מַקִּיפִ֥ים נָקַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ Gloss=[they.were].encircling|Ref=2CH_4:3!11|MId=o140040030111|Strong=5362a|Frame=AA:140040030012;A0:140040030132;|Type=participle_active 18 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=2CH_4:3!12|MId=o140040030121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 19-20 הַיָּ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_4:3!13|MId=o140040030131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 יָּ֖ם יָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 obj _ Gloss=sea|Ref=2CH_4:3!13|MId=o140040030132|Strong=3220 21 סָבִ֑יב סָבִיב ADV _ Number=Sing 17 advmod _ Gloss=all.around|Ref=2CH_4:3!14|MId=o140040030141|Strong=5439 22 שְׁנַ֤יִם שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 23 nummod _ Gloss=[was].two|Ref=2CH_4:3!15|MId=o140040030151|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number 23 טוּרִים֙ טוּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 obl _ Gloss=rows|Ref=2CH_4:3!16|MId=o140040030161|Strong=2905 24-25 הַבָּקָ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_4:3!17|MId=o140040030171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 בָּקָ֔ר בָּקָר NOUN _ Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ Gloss=ox[en]|Ref=2CH_4:3!17|MId=o140040030172|Strong=1241 26 יְצוּקִ֖ים יָצַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ Gloss=[they.were].cast|Ref=2CH_4:3!18|MId=o140040030181|Strong=3332|Frame=A1:140040030172;|Type=participle_passive 27-29 בְּמֻֽצַקְתּֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2CH_4:3!19|MId=o140040030191|Strong=0871a 28 מֻֽצַקְתּ מוּצֶקֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 26 obl _ Gloss=casting|Ref=2CH_4:3!19|MId=o140040030192|Strong=4166 29 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=2CH_4:3!19|MId=o140040030193|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=2CH_4:3!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | סוֹבְבִים *\[they were\] going round* | participle active · qal | דְמוּת *likeness* | וֹ *it* | | | | מַקִּיפִים *\[they were\] encircling* | participle active · hiphil | יָּם *sea* | | | דְמוּת *likeness* | | יְצוּקִים *\[they were\] cast* | participle passive · qal | | בָּקָר *ox\[en\]* | | | 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 under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.57/) 2. [The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.58/) **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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