--- title: 2 Chronicles 2:3 (JPS 1917) — Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God,… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, and to burn before Him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons of the LOR --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.20/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/2/) / [2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.2.3/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 2:3 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, and to burn before Him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons of the LORD our God. **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** be, build, dedicate, burn, appoint, name · **To what, where:** house, Solomon, incense, LORD This is 2 Chronicles 2:3 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:2CH:20 # text = Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, and to burn before Him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons of the LORD our God. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 dedicate dedicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 spices spice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 continual continual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 showbread showbread NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 46 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 47 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:unmarked _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 sabbaths sabbath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 moons moon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 amod _ _ 65 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 appos _ _ 71 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **build** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a house | | | | for the name of the LORD and the continual showbread and the burnt offerings morning and evening on the sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed seasons of the LORD | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent house=Product for name=Asset | | 3 | **dedicate** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | house | Solomon | | | | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Goal | | 4 | **burn** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | incense of sweet spices | | | before Solomon | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent incense=Theme | | 5 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} הִנֵּה֩ אֲנִ֨י בֽוֹנֶה־בַּ֜יִת לְשֵׁ֣ם ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֗י לְהַקְדִּ֣ישׁ ל֡וֹ לְהַקְטִ֣יר לְפָנָ֣יו קְטֹֽרֶת־סַמִּים֩ וּמַעֲרֶ֨כֶת תָּמִ֤יד וְעֹלוֹת֙ לַבֹּ֣קֶר וְלָעֶ֔רֶב לַשַּׁבָּתוֹת֙ וְלֶ֣חֳדָשִׁ֔ים וּֽלְמוֹעֲדֵ֖י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְעוֹלָ֖ם זֹ֥את עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [2 Chronicles 2:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.2.3/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, and to burn before Him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons of the LORD our God.** 2. [This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:20` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Chronicles 2:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.19/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 2:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.21/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.2.3/)