--- title: 2 Chronicles 6:8 — But the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: But the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart; Who acts: LORD, name, thou, My. 2 Chronicles 6:8 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.6.8/) [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/) / 6:8 # 2 Chronicles 6:8 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** LORD, name, thou, My · **What happens:** say, be, build, do, name · **To what, where:** heart, house · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Chronicles 6:8 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, name, thou, My — and what happens in the verse to heart, 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. וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֔י יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָיָה֙ עִם־לְבָ֣בְךָ֔ לִבְנ֥וֹת בַּ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י הֱ‍ֽטִיב֔וֹתָ כִּ֥י הָיָ֖ה עִם־לְבָבֶֽךָ׃ [But the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.103/) ## 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:95 # text = וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֔י יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָיָה֙ עִם־לְבָ֣בְךָ֔ לִבְנ֥וֹת בַּ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י הֱ‍ֽטִיב֔וֹתָ כִּ֥י הָיָ֖ה עִם־לְבָבֶֽךָ׃ # verse = 2CH.6.8 1-2 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_6:8!1|MId=o140060080011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=2CH_6:8!1|MId=o140060080012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:140060080021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=2CH_6:8!2|MId=o140060080021|Strong=3068 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_6:8!3|MId=o140060080031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 דָּוִ֣יד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=David|Ref=2CH_6:8!4|MId=o140060080041|Strong=1732 6-7 אָבִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אָב אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 appos _ Gloss=father|Ref=2CH_6:8!5|MId=o140060080051|Strong=0001 7 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=2CH_6:8!5|MId=o140060080052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 8 יַ֗עַן יַעַן ADV _ _ 12 advmod _ Gloss=because|Ref=2CH_6:8!6|MId=o140060080061|Strong=3282 9 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=2CH_6:8!7|MId=o140060080071|Strong=0834|Type=relative 10 הָיָה֙ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 cop _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=2CH_6:8!8|MId=o140060080081|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:140060080112;|Type=qatal 11 עִם־ עִם ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2CH_6:8!9|MId=o140060080091|Strong=5973|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 לְבָ֣בְךָ֔ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לְבָ֣ב לֵבָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ Gloss=heart|Ref=2CH_6:8!10|MId=o140060080101|Strong=3824 13 ְךָ֔ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2CH_6:8!10|MId=o140060080102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 14-15 לִבְנ֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_6:8!11|MId=o140060080111|Strong=3807a 15 בְנ֥וֹת בָּנָה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 12 nsubj _ Gloss=build|Ref=2CH_6:8!11|MId=o140060080112|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:140060080041;A1:140060080121;|Type=infinitive_construct 16 בַּ֖יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=a.house|Ref=2CH_6:8!12|MId=o140060080121|Strong=1004 17-19 לִשְׁמִ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=2CH_6:8!13|MId=o140060080131|Strong=3807a 18 שְׁמ שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=name|Ref=2CH_6:8!13|MId=o140060080132|Strong=8034 19 ִ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=2CH_6:8!13|MId=o140060080133|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 20 הֱ‍ֽטִיב֔וֹתָ טוֹב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=you.did.well|Ref=2CH_6:8!14|MId=o140060080141|Strong=2895|Frame=A0:140060080041;|Type=qatal 21 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=2CH_6:8!15|MId=o140060080151|Strong=3588 22 הָיָ֖ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 24 cop _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=2CH_6:8!16|MId=o140060080161|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:140060080112;|Type=qatal 23 עִם־ עִם ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=2CH_6:8!17|MId=o140060080171|Strong=5973|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 לְבָבֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְבָב לֵבָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 advcl _ Gloss=heart|Ref=2CH_6:8!18|MId=o140060080181|Strong=3824 25 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2CH_6:8!18|MId=o140060080182|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=2CH_6:8!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | הָיָה *it was* | qatal · qal | בְנוֹת *build* | | | | | בְנוֹת *build* | infinitive construct · qal | דָּוִיד *David* | בַּיִת *a house* | | | | הֱ‍ֽטִיבוֹתָ *you did well* | qatal · hiphil | דָּוִיד *David* | | | | | הָיָה *it was* | qatal · qal | בְנוֹת *build* | | | | 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 the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.103/) **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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