--- title: 2 Chronicles 6:18 — But will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth? behold, heav… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: But will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have builded! Who acts: God, heaven, I. 2 Chronicles 6:18 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.6.18/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/6/) / 6:18 # 2 Chronicles 6:18 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** God, heaven, I · **What happens:** dwell, not contain, build · **To what, where:** truth, Thee, house This is 2 Chronicles 6:18 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 — God, heaven, I — and what happens in the verse to truth, Thee, house, 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. כִּ֚י הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם יֵשֵׁ֧ב אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הִ֠נֵּה שָׁמַ֜יִם וּשְׁמֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ אַ֕ף כִּֽי־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃ [But will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have builded!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.113/) ## 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:105 # text = כִּ֚י הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם יֵשֵׁ֧ב אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הִ֠נֵּה שָׁמַ֜יִם וּשְׁמֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ אַ֕ף כִּֽי־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃ # verse = 2CH.6.18 1 כִּ֚י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 4 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2CH_6:18!1|MId=o140060180011|Strong=3588 2-3 הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 הַֽ הֲ PART _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=2CH_6:18!2|MId=o140060180021|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 3 אֻמְנָ֔ם אֻמְנָם ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=really|Ref=2CH_6:18!2|MId=o140060180022|Strong=0552 4 יֵשֵׁ֧ב יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=will.he.dwell|Ref=2CH_6:18!3|MId=o140060180031|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:140060180041;|Type=yiqtol 5 אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=2CH_6:18!4|MId=o140060180041|Strong=0430 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2CH_6:18!5|MId=o140060180051|Strong=0854|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 הָאָדָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2CH_6:18!6|MId=o140060180061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אָדָ֖ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obl _ Gloss=humankind|Ref=2CH_6:18!6|MId=o140060180062|Strong=0120 9 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=2CH_6:18!7|MId=o140060180071|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 10-11 הָאָ֑רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_6:18!8|MId=o140060180081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 אָ֑רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 4 obl _ Gloss=earth|Ref=2CH_6:18!8|MId=o140060180082|Strong=0776 12 הִ֠נֵּה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 19 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=2CH_6:18!9|MId=o140060180091|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 13 שָׁמַ֜יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ Gloss=heaven|Ref=2CH_6:18!10|MId=o140060180101|Strong=8064 14-15 וּשְׁמֵ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_6:18!11|MId=o140060180111|Strong=2050b 15 שְׁמֵ֤י שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 conj _ Gloss=the.heavens|Ref=2CH_6:18!11|MId=o140060180112|Strong=8064 16-17 הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=2CH_6:18!12|MId=o140060180121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 שָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.heavens|Ref=2CH_6:18!12|MId=o140060180122|Strong=8064 18 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2CH_6:18!13|MId=o140060180131|Strong=3808|Type=negative 19-20 יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 יְכַלְכְּל֔וּ כּוּל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PILPEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 4 parataxis _ Gloss=they|Ref=2CH_6:18!14|MId=o140060180141|Strong=3557|Frame=A0:140060180101;140060180112;A1:140060180142;|Type=yiqtol 20 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=contain.you|Ref=2CH_6:18!14|MId=o140060180142|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 21 אַ֕ף אַף ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=indeed?|Ref=2CH_6:18!15|MId=o140060180151|Strong=0637|Type=affirmation 22 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2CH_6:18!16|MId=o140060180161|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 23-24 הַבַּ֥יִת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_6:18!17|MId=o140060180171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 בַּ֥יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ Gloss=house|Ref=2CH_6:18!17|MId=o140060180172|Strong=1004 25-26 הַזֶּ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=2CH_6:18!18|MId=o140060180181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 זֶּ֖ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=2CH_6:18!18|MId=o140060180182|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 27 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 28 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=2CH_6:18!19|MId=o140060180191|Strong=0834|Type=relative 28 בָּנִֽיתִי בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 24 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I.have.built|Ref=2CH_6:18!20|MId=o140060180201|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:140060130031;A1:140060180172;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=2CH_6:18!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֵשֵׁב *will he dwell* | yiqtol · qal | אֱלֹהִים *God* | | | | | **not** יְכַלְכְּלוּ *they* | yiqtol · pilpel | שָׁמַיִם *heaven* + שְׁמֵי *the heavens* | ךָ *contain you* | | | | בָּנִֽיתִי *I have built* | qatal · qal | | בַּיִת *house* | | | 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 will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have builded!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.113/) **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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