--- title: 2 Chronicles 9:6 — Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me; thou exceedest the fame that I heard. Who acts: I, eyes, thou, wisdom. 2 Chronicles 9:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.9.6/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/9/) / 9:6 # 2 Chronicles 9:6 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב **Who acts:** I, eyes, thou, wisdom · **What happens:** not believe, come, see, not tell, exceed, hear · **To what, where:** words, house, half, me, fame · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is 2 Chronicles 9:6 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 — I, eyes, thou, wisdom — and what happens in the verse to words, house, half, me, fame, 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. וְלֹֽא־הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי לְדִבְרֵיהֶ֗ם עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֙אתִי֙ וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינַ֔י וְהִנֵּה֙ לֹ֣א הֻגַּד־לִ֔י חֲצִ֖י מַרְבִּ֣ית חָכְמָתֶ֑ךָ יָסַ֕פְתָּ עַל־הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃ [Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me; thou exceedest the fame that I heard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.185/) ## 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:175 # text = וְלֹֽא־הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי לְדִבְרֵיהֶ֗ם עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֙אתִי֙ וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינַ֔י וְהִנֵּה֙ לֹ֣א הֻגַּד־לִ֔י חֲצִ֖י מַרְבִּ֣ית חָכְמָתֶ֑ךָ יָסַ֕פְתָּ עַל־הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃ # verse = 2CH.9.6 1-2 וְלֹֽא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 3 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_9:6!1|MId=o140090060011|Strong=2050b 2 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2CH_9:6!1|MId=o140090060012|Strong=3808|Type=negative 3 הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי אָמַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.believed|Ref=2CH_9:6!2|MId=o140090060021|Strong=0539|Frame=A0:140090030021;|Type=qatal 4-6 לְדִבְרֵיהֶ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=2CH_9:6!3|MId=o140090060031|Strong=3807a 5 דִבְרֵי דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 obl _ Gloss=words|Ref=2CH_9:6!3|MId=o140090060032|Strong=1697 6 הֶ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=2CH_9:6!3|MId=o140090060033|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 7 עַ֤ד עַד ADP _ _ 3 parataxis _ Gloss=until|Ref=2CH_9:6!4|MId=o140090060041|Strong=5704 8 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=2CH_9:6!5|MId=o140090060051|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 9 בָּ֙אתִי֙ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 parataxis _ Gloss=I.came|Ref=2CH_9:6!6|MId=o140090060061|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:140090030021;|Type=qatal 10-11 וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_9:6!7|MId=o140090060071|Strong=2050b 11 תִּרְאֶ֣ינָה רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=they.saw|Ref=2CH_9:6!7|MId=o140090060072|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:140090060081;|Type=wayyiqtol 12-13 עֵינַ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 עֵינ עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 11 nsubj _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=2CH_9:6!8|MId=o140090060081|Strong=5869 13 ַ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my.own|Ref=2CH_9:6!8|MId=o140090060082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 14-15 וְהִנֵּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=2CH_9:6!9|MId=o140090060091|Strong=2050b 15 הִנֵּה֙ הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 17 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=2CH_9:6!9|MId=o140090060092|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 16 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 17 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=2CH_9:6!10|MId=o140090060101|Strong=3808|Type=negative 17 הֻגַּד־ נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=it.was.told|Ref=2CH_9:6!11|MId=o140090060111|Strong=5046|Frame=A1:140090060131;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 18-19 לִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 ל לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_9:6!12|MId=o140090060121|Strong=3807a 19 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=2CH_9:6!12|MId=o140090060122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 20 חֲצִ֖י חֲצִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ Gloss=the.half|Ref=2CH_9:6!13|MId=o140090060131|Strong=2677 21 מַרְבִּ֣ית מַרְבִּית NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.greatness|Ref=2CH_9:6!14|MId=o140090060141|Strong=4768 22-23 חָכְמָתֶ֑ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 חָכְמָת חׇכְמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.wisdom|Ref=2CH_9:6!15|MId=o140090060151|Strong=2451 23 ֶ֑ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=2CH_9:6!15|MId=o140090060152|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 24 יָסַ֕פְתָּ יָסַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 3 parataxis _ Gloss=you.have.added|Ref=2CH_9:6!16|MId=o140090060161|Strong=3254|Frame=A0:140090050032;|Type=qatal 25 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=2CH_9:6!17|MId=o140090060171|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=2CH_9:6!18|MId=o140090060181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 שְּׁמוּעָ֖ה שְׁמוּעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=report|Ref=2CH_9:6!18|MId=o140090060182|Strong=8052 28 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 29 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=2CH_9:6!19|MId=o140090060191|Strong=0834|Type=relative 29 שָׁמָֽעְתִּי שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 27 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I.heard|Ref=2CH_9:6!20|MId=o140090060201|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:140090030021;A1:140090060182;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=2CH_9:6!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** הֶאֱמַנְתִּי *I believed* | qatal · hiphil | | | | | | בָּאתִי *I came* | qatal · qal | | | | | | תִּרְאֶינָה *they saw* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֵינ *eyes* | | | | | **not** הֻגַּד־ *it was told* | qatal · hophal | | חֲצִי *the half* | | | | יָסַפְתָּ *you have added* | qatal · qal | | | | | | שָׁמָֽעְתִּי *I heard* | qatal · qal | | שְּׁמוּעָה *report* | | | 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. [Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me; thou exceedest the fame that I heard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.185/) **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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