--- title: 2 Chronicles 6:38 — if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their sou… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name; W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.6.38/) [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/) / 6:38 # 2 Chronicles 6:38 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** people, Thou, I, Thy · **What happens:** return, carry, pray, give, choose, build · **To what, where:** prayer, land, city, house This is 2 Chronicles 6:38 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 — people, Thou, I, Thy — and what happens in the verse to prayer, land, city, 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. וְשָׁ֣בוּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּכָל־לִבָּם֙ וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁ֔ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁבְיָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁב֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ דֶּ֤רֶךְ אַרְצָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תָּה לַאֲבוֹתָ֔ם וְהָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתָּ וְלַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֥יתִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃ [if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.133/) ## 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:125 # text = וְשָׁ֣בוּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּכָל־לִבָּם֙ וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁ֔ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁבְיָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁב֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ דֶּ֤רֶךְ אַרְצָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תָּה לַאֲבוֹתָ֔ם וְהָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתָּ וְלַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֥יתִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃ # verse = 2CH.6.38 1-2 וְשָׁ֣בוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_6:38!1|MId=o140060380011|Strong=2050b 2 שָׁ֣בוּ שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.will.return|Ref=2CH_6:38!1|MId=o140060380012|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:140060340031;|Type=weqatal 3-4 אֵלֶ֗יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵלֶ֗י אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_6:38!2|MId=o140060380021|Strong=0413 4 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=2CH_6:38!2|MId=o140060380022|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 5-6 בְּכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2CH_6:38!3|MId=o140060380031|Strong=0871a 6 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=2CH_6:38!3|MId=o140060380032|Strong=3605 7-8 לִבָּם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לִבּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 compound:smixut _ Gloss=heart|Ref=2CH_6:38!4|MId=o140060380041|Strong=3820 8 ָם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=2CH_6:38!4|MId=o140060380042|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 9-11 וּבְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_6:38!5|MId=o140060380051|Strong=2050b 10 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2CH_6:38!5|MId=o140060380052|Strong=0871a 11 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 conj _ Gloss=all|Ref=2CH_6:38!5|MId=o140060380053|Strong=3605 12-13 נַפְשָׁ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=being|Ref=2CH_6:38!6|MId=o140060380061|Strong=5315 13 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=2CH_6:38!6|MId=o140060380062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 14-15 בְּאֶ֥רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=2CH_6:38!7|MId=o140060380071|Strong=0871a 15 אֶ֥רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=2CH_6:38!7|MId=o140060380072|Strong=0776 16-17 שִׁבְיָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 שִׁבְי שְׁבִי NOUN _ Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=their.captivity|Ref=2CH_6:38!8|MId=o140060380081|Strong=7628 17 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=2CH_6:38!8|MId=o140060380082|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 18 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=where|Ref=2CH_6:38!9|MId=o140060380091|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 19 שָׁב֣וּ שָׁבָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 15 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.took.captive|Ref=2CH_6:38!10|MId=o140060380101|Strong=7617|Frame=A0:;A1:140060380112;|Type=qatal 20-21 אֹתָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=|Ref=2CH_6:38!11|MId=o140060380111|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 21 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=2CH_6:38!11|MId=o140060380112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 22-23 וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_6:38!12|MId=o140060380121|Strong=2050b 23 הִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ פָּלַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.will.pray|Ref=2CH_6:38!12|MId=o140060380122|Strong=6419|Frame=A0:140060340031;|Type=weqatal 24 דֶּ֤רֶךְ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Sing 23 advmod _ Gloss=the.direction|Ref=2CH_6:38!13|MId=o140060380131|Strong=1870 25-26 אַרְצָם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 אַרְצ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=their.land|Ref=2CH_6:38!14|MId=o140060380141|Strong=0776 26 ָם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=2CH_6:38!14|MId=o140060380142|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 27 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 28 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=2CH_6:38!15|MId=o140060380151|Strong=0834|Type=relative 28 נָתַ֣תָּה נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 25 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.gave|Ref=2CH_6:38!16|MId=o140060380161|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:140060190071;A1:140060380141;|Type=qatal 29-31 לַאֲבוֹתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_6:38!17|MId=o140060380171|Strong=3807a 30 אֲבוֹת אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 obl _ Gloss=ancestors|Ref=2CH_6:38!17|MId=o140060380172|Strong=0001 31 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=2CH_6:38!17|MId=o140060380173|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 32-34 וְהָעִיר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 34 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_6:38!18|MId=o140060380181|Strong=2050b 33 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_6:38!18|MId=o140060380182|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 עִיר֙ עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 conj _ Gloss=city|Ref=2CH_6:38!18|MId=o140060380183|Strong=5892 35 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 36 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=2CH_6:38!19|MId=o140060380191|Strong=0834|Type=relative 36 בָּחַ֔רְתָּ בָּחַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 34 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.have.chosen|Ref=2CH_6:38!20|MId=o140060380201|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:140060190071;A1:140060380183;|Type=qatal 37-40 וְלַבַּ֖יִת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 40 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_6:38!21|MId=o140060380211|Strong=2050b 38 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 40 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_6:38!21|MId=o140060380212|Strong=3807a 39 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 40 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_6:38!21|MId=o140060380212ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 40 בַּ֖יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 conj _ Gloss=house|Ref=2CH_6:38!21|MId=o140060380213|Strong=1004 41 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 42 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=2CH_6:38!22|MId=o140060380221|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 42 בָּנִ֥יתִי בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 40 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I.have.built|Ref=2CH_6:38!23|MId=o140060380231|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:140060130031;A1:140060380214;|Type=qatal 43-45 לִשְׁמֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 44 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2CH_6:38!24|MId=o140060380241|Strong=3807a 44 שְׁמ שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 42 obl _ Gloss=name|Ref=2CH_6:38!24|MId=o140060380242|Strong=8034 45 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2CH_6:38!24|MId=o140060380243|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 46 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 45 punct _ Ref=2CH_6:38!24 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שָׁבוּ *they will return* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | שָׁבוּ *they took captive* | qatal · qal | | ָם *them* | | | | הִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ *they will pray* | weqatal · hithpael | | | | | | נָתַתָּה *you gave* | qatal · qal | | אַרְצ *their land* | | | | בָּחַרְתָּ *you have chosen* | qatal · qal | | עִיר *city* | | | | בָּנִיתִי *I have built* | qatal · qal | | | | | 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. [if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.133/) **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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