--- title: Amos 7:8 — And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A p… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A plumbline.' Then said the Lord: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more; Who acts: LORD, I. 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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, I — and what happens in the verse to plumbline, midst, people, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 9 chapters of Amos on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ עָמ֔וֹס וָאֹמַ֖ר אֲנָ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹנָ֗י הִנְנִ֨י שָׂ֤ם אֲנָךְ֙ בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙ עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ׃ [And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A plumbline.' Then said the Lord: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.117/) ## 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:AMO:107 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י מָֽה־אַתָּ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ עָמ֔וֹס וָאֹמַ֖ר אֲנָ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹנָ֗י הִנְנִ֨י שָׂ֤ם אֲנָךְ֙ בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙ עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ׃ # verse = AMO.7.8 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=AMO_7:8!1|MId=o300070080011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=AMO_7:8!1|MId=o300070080012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:300070080021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יְהוָ֜ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=AMO_7:8!2|MId=o300070080021|Strong=3068 4-5 אֵלַ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 אֵל אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=AMO_7:8!3|MId=o300070080031|Strong=0413 5 ַ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=AMO_7:8!3|MId=o300070080032|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 6 מָֽה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 8 obj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=AMO_7:8!4|MId=o300070080041|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 7 אַתָּ֤ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ Gloss=[are].you|Ref=AMO_7:8!5|MId=o300070080051|Strong=0859|Type=personal 8 רֹאֶה֙ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ Gloss=seeing|Ref=AMO_7:8!6|MId=o300070080061|Strong=7200|Frame=A1:300070080041;A0:300070080051;|Type=participle_active 9 עָמ֔וֹס עָמוֹס PROPN _ _ 8 parataxis _ Gloss=O.Amos|Ref=AMO_7:8!7|MId=o300070080071|Strong=5986 10-11 וָאֹמַ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=AMO_7:8!8|MId=o300070080081|Strong=2050b 11 אֹמַ֖ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=I.said|Ref=AMO_7:8!8|MId=o300070080082|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:300070080071;|Type=wayyiqtol 12 אֲנָ֑ךְ אֲנָךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ Gloss=tin|Ref=AMO_7:8!9|MId=o300070080091|Strong=0594 13-14 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=AMO_7:8!10|MId=o300070080101|Strong=2050b 14 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=AMO_7:8!10|MId=o300070080102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:300070080111;|Type=wayyiqtol 15-16 אֲדֹנָ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אֲדֹנ אֲדֹנָי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ Gloss=Lord|Ref=AMO_7:8!11|MId=o300070080111|Strong=0136 16 ָ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[the]|Ref=AMO_7:8!11|MId=o300070080112|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 17-18 הִנְנִ֨י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הִנ הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 19 nsubj _ Gloss=here|Ref=AMO_7:8!12|MId=o300070080121|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 18 ְנִ֨י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=AMO_7:8!12|MId=o300070080122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 19 שָׂ֤ם שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ Gloss=[am].about.to.put|Ref=AMO_7:8!13|MId=o300070080131|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:300070080122;A1:300070080141;|Type=participle_active 20 אֲנָךְ֙ אֲנָךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obj _ Gloss=tin|Ref=AMO_7:8!14|MId=o300070080141|Strong=0594 21-22 בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=AMO_7:8!15|MId=o300070080151|Strong=0871a 22 קֶ֙רֶב֙ קֶרֶב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=the.midst|Ref=AMO_7:8!15|MId=o300070080152|Strong=7130 23-24 עַמִּ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.people|Ref=AMO_7:8!16|MId=o300070080161|Strong=5971 24 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=AMO_7:8!16|MId=o300070080162|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 25 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 23 appos _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=AMO_7:8!17|MId=o300070080171|Strong=3478 26 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=AMO_7:8!18|MId=o300070080181|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 27 אוֹסִ֥יף יָסַף VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 19 parataxis _ Gloss=I.will.repeat|Ref=AMO_7:8!19|MId=o300070080191|Strong=3254|Frame=AA:300070080111;A0:300070080211;|Type=yiqtol 28 ע֖וֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=again|Ref=AMO_7:8!20|MId=o300070080201|Strong=5750 29 עֲב֥וֹר עָבַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 27 ccomp _ Gloss=to.pass.by|Ref=AMO_7:8!21|MId=o300070080211|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:300070080111;|Type=infinitive_construct 30-31 לֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 ל לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=AMO_7:8!22|MId=o300070080221|Strong=3807a 31 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=AMO_7:8!22|MId=o300070080222|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=AMO_7:8!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - 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* | | | | | רֹאֶה *seeing* | participle active · qal | אַתָּה *\[are\] you* | מָֽה־ *what?* | | | | אֹמַר *I said* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָמוֹס *O Amos* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֲדֹנ *Lord* | | | | | שָׂם *\[am\] about to put* | participle active · qal | ְנִי *I* | אֲנָךְ *tin* | | | | **not** אוֹסִיף *I will repeat* | yiqtol · hiphil | עֲבוֹר *to pass by* | | | אֲדֹנ *Lord* | | עֲבוֹר *to pass by* | infinitive construct · qal | אֲדֹנ *Lord* | | | | 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. ## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos} וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִי מָא אַתְּ חָזֵי עָמוֹס וַאֲמַרֵית דִין וַאֲמַר יְיָ הָא אֲנָא עָבֵיד דִין בְּגוֹ עַמִי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא אוֹסִיף עוֹד לְמִשְׁבַּק לְהוֹן: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## 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. [And the LORD said unto me: 'Amos, what seest thou?' And I said: 'A plumbline.' Then said the Lord: Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people Israel; I will not again pardon them any more;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.117/) **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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