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title: Ezekiel 1:26 — And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness o… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above. Who acts: firmament. Ezekiel 1:26 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, J
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# Ezekiel 1:26 יְחֶזְקֵאל

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**Who acts:** firmament · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** heads, likeness, firmament

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This is Ezekiel 1:26 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). 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 — firmament — and what happens in the verse to heads, likeness, firmament, 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 48 chapters of Ezekiel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וּמִמַּ֗עַל לָרָקִ֙יעַ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־רֹאשָׁ֔ם כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה אֶֽבֶן־סַפִּ֖יר דְּמ֣וּת כִּסֵּ֑א וְעַל֙ דְּמ֣וּת הַכִּסֵּ֔א דְּמ֞וּת כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה אָדָ֛ם עָלָ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃

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[And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.26/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:EZK:25
# text = וּמִמַּ֗עַל לָרָקִ֙יעַ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־רֹאשָׁ֔ם כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה אֶֽבֶן־סַפִּ֖יר דְּמ֣וּת כִּסֵּ֑א וְעַל֙ דְּמ֣וּת הַכִּסֵּ֔א דְּמ֞וּת כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה אָדָ֛ם עָלָ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃
# verse = EZK.1.26
1-3	וּמִמַּ֗עַל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and.[was]|Ref=EZK_1:26!1|MId=o260010260011|Strong=2050b
2	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EZK_1:26!1|MId=o260010260012|Strong=4480
3	מַּ֗עַל	מַעַל	ADV	_	_	12	obl	_	Gloss=above|Ref=EZK_1:26!1|MId=o260010260013|Strong=4605
4-6	לָרָקִ֙יעַ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=EZK_1:26!2|MId=o260010260021|Strong=3807a
5	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	6	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_1:26!2|MId=o260010260021ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
6	רָקִ֙יעַ֙	רָקִיעַ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	Gloss=expanse|Ref=EZK_1:26!2|MId=o260010260022|Strong=7549
7	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	9	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=EZK_1:26!3|MId=o260010260031|Strong=0834|Type=relative
8	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=[was].above|Ref=EZK_1:26!4|MId=o260010260041|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
9-10	רֹאשָׁ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	רֹאשׁ	רֹאשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=head|Ref=EZK_1:26!5|MId=o260010260051|Strong=7218
10	ָ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=EZK_1:26!5|MId=o260010260052|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
11-12	כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=like.[the]|Ref=EZK_1:26!6|MId=o260010260061|Strong=3509a
12	מַרְאֵ֥ה	מַרְאֶה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=appearance|Ref=EZK_1:26!6|MId=o260010260062|Strong=4758
13	אֶֽבֶן־	אֶבֶן	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.a.stone|Ref=EZK_1:26!7|MId=o260010260071|Strong=0068|SpaceAfter=No
14	סַפִּ֖יר	סַפִּיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.sapphire|Ref=EZK_1:26!8|MId=o260010260081|Strong=5601
15	דְּמ֣וּת	דְּמוּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	Gloss=[the].likeness|Ref=EZK_1:26!9|MId=o260010260091|Strong=1823
16	כִּסֵּ֑א	כִּסֵּא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.a.throne|Ref=EZK_1:26!10|MId=o260010260101|Strong=3678
17-18	וְעַל֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_1:26!11|MId=o260010260111|Strong=2050b
18	עַל֙	עַל	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=EZK_1:26!11|MId=o260010260112|Strong=5921
19	דְּמ֣וּת	דְּמוּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	24	dislocated	_	Gloss=the.likeness|Ref=EZK_1:26!12|MId=o260010260121|Strong=1823
20-21	הַכִּסֵּ֔א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	21	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=EZK_1:26!13|MId=o260010260131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
21	כִּסֵּ֔א	כִּסֵּא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.throne|Ref=EZK_1:26!13|MId=o260010260132|Strong=3678
22	דְּמ֞וּת	דְּמוּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=a.likeness|Ref=EZK_1:26!14|MId=o260010260141|Strong=1823
23-24	כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=like.[the]|Ref=EZK_1:26!15|MId=o260010260151|Strong=3509a
24	מַרְאֵ֥ה	מַרְאֶה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	conj	_	Gloss=appearance|Ref=EZK_1:26!15|MId=o260010260152|Strong=4758
25	אָדָ֛ם	אָדָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.a.human|Ref=EZK_1:26!16|MId=o260010260161|Strong=0120
26-27	עָלָ֖יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	עָלָ֖י	עַל	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=[was].on|Ref=EZK_1:26!17|MId=o260010260171|Strong=5921
27	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=EZK_1:26!17|MId=o260010260172|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
28-31	מִלְמָֽעְלָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EZK_1:26!18|MId=o260010260181|Strong=4480
29	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_1:26!18|MId=o260010260182|Strong=3807a
30	מָֽעְל	מַעַל	ADV	_	_	24	obl	_	Gloss=above|Ref=EZK_1:26!18|MId=o260010260183|Strong=4605
31	ָה	ה	X	_	_	30	nmod	_	Gloss=|Ref=EZK_1:26!18|MId=o260010260184|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he
32	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	31	punct	_	Ref=EZK_1:26!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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MACULA marks no verb frame in this verse.

## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos}

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וּמֵעִלַוֵי רְקִיעָא דִי עַל רֵישֵׁיהוֹן כְּחַזוּ אֲבַן טָבָא דְמוּת כּוּרְסַיָא וְעַל דְמוּת כּוּרְסַיָא דְמוּת כְּחֵיזוּ אֱנָשָׁא עֲלוֹהִי מִלְעֶלָא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.26/)

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**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).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:EZK:25`.

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