--- title: Ezekiel 12:23 — Tell them therefore: Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will make this prove… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Tell them therefore: Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them: The days are at hand, and the word of every vision. Who acts: you, Lord GOD, I, proverb. 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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 — you, Lord GOD, I, proverb, abominations, days — and what happens in the verse to abominations, proverb, hand, vision, 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. לָכֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִשְׁבַּ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־הַמָּשָׁ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יִמְשְׁל֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ ע֖וֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֚י אִם־דַּבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם קָֽרְבוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וּדְבַ֖ר כָּל־חָזֽוֹן׃ [Tell them therefore: Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them: The days are at hand, and the word of every vision.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.250/) ## 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:EZK:238 # text = לָכֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִשְׁבַּ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־הַמָּשָׁ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יִמְשְׁל֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ ע֖וֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֚י אִם־דַּבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם קָֽרְבוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וּדְבַ֖ר כָּל־חָזֽוֹן׃ # verse = EZK.12.23 1-2 לָכֵ֞ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 לָ לָכֵן ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=EZK_12:23!1|MId=o260120230011|Strong=3807a 2 כֵ֞ן כֵּן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=|Ref=EZK_12:23!1|MId=o260120230012|Strong=3651 3 אֱמֹ֣ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=say|Ref=EZK_12:23!2|MId=o260120230021|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:260120220011;A1:260120230051;|Type=imperative 4-5 אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_12:23!3|MId=o260120230031|Strong=0413 5 הֶ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=EZK_12:23!3|MId=o260120230032|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 6 כֹּֽה־ כֹּה ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=EZK_12:23!4|MId=o260120230041|Strong=3541|SpaceAfter=No 7 אָמַר֮ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 ccomp _ Gloss=he.says|Ref=EZK_12:23!5|MId=o260120230051|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:260120230061;A1:260120230081;260120230131;|Type=qatal 8-9 אֲדֹנָ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 אֲדֹנ אֲדֹנָי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ Gloss=Lord|Ref=EZK_12:23!6|MId=o260120230061|Strong=0136 9 ָ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[the]|Ref=EZK_12:23!6|MId=o260120230062|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 10 יְהוִה֒ יְהֹוִה PROPN _ _ 8 appos _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=EZK_12:23!7|MId=o260120230071|Strong=3069 11 הִשְׁבַּ֙תִּי֙ שָׁבַת VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 ccomp _ Gloss=I.will.make.to.cease|Ref=EZK_12:23!8|MId=o260120230081|Strong=7673|Frame=AA:260120230061;A0:260120230102;|Type=qatal 12 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EZK_12:23!9|MId=o260120230091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 הַמָּשָׁ֣ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_12:23!10|MId=o260120230101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 מָּשָׁ֣ל מָשָׁל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obj _ Gloss=proverb|Ref=EZK_12:23!10|MId=o260120230102|Strong=4912 15-16 הַזֶּ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EZK_12:23!11|MId=o260120230111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 זֶּ֔ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=EZK_12:23!11|MId=o260120230112|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 17-18 וְלֹֽא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_12:23!12|MId=o260120230121|Strong=2050b 18 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EZK_12:23!12|MId=o260120230122|Strong=3808|Type=negative 19 יִמְשְׁל֥וּ מָשַׁל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 11 conj _ Gloss=people.will.use.as.a.proverb|Ref=EZK_12:23!13|MId=o260120230131|Strong=4911|Frame=A0:;A1:260120230142;|Type=yiqtol 20-21 אֹת֛וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=|Ref=EZK_12:23!14|MId=o260120230141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 21 ֛וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=it|Ref=EZK_12:23!14|MId=o260120230142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 22 ע֖וֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=again|Ref=EZK_12:23!15|MId=o260120230151|Strong=5750 23-24 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZK_12:23!16|MId=o260120230161|Strong=0871a 24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 19 obl _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=EZK_12:23!16|MId=o260120230162|Strong=3478 25 כִּ֚י כִּי SCONJ _ ExtPos=SCONJ 27 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=EZK_12:23!17|MId=o260120230171|Strong=3588 26 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 25 fixed _ Gloss=(if)|Ref=EZK_12:23!18|MId=o260120230181|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 27 דַּבֵּ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 3 ccomp _ Gloss=speak|Ref=EZK_12:23!19|MId=o260120230191|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:260120220011;A1:260120230211;|Type=imperative 28-29 אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_12:23!20|MId=o260120230201|Strong=0413 29 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=EZK_12:23!20|MId=o260120230202|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 30 קָֽרְבוּ֙ קָרַב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 27 ccomp _ Gloss=they.have.drawn.near|Ref=EZK_12:23!21|MId=o260120230211|Strong=7126|Frame=A0:260120230222;260120230232;|Type=qatal 31-32 הַיָּמִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_12:23!22|MId=o260120230221|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 יָּמִ֔ים יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ Gloss=days|Ref=EZK_12:23!22|MId=o260120230222|Strong=3117 33-34 וּדְבַ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 34 cc _ Gloss=and.[the]|Ref=EZK_12:23!23|MId=o260120230231|Strong=2050b 34 דְבַ֖ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 32 conj _ Gloss=matter|Ref=EZK_12:23!23|MId=o260120230232|Strong=1697 35 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 34 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.every|Ref=EZK_12:23!24|MId=o260120230241|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 36 חָזֽוֹן חָזוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 35 compound:smixut _ Gloss=vision|Ref=EZK_12:23!25|MId=o260120230251|Strong=2377|SpaceAfter=No 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=EZK_12:23!25 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֱמֹר *say* | imperative · qal | | אָמַר *he says* | | | | אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | אֲדֹנ *Lord* | הִשְׁבַּתִּי *I will make to cease* + יִמְשְׁלוּ *people will use as a proverb* | | | | הִשְׁבַּתִּי *I will make to cease* | qatal · hiphil | מָּשָׁל *proverb* | | | אֲדֹנ *Lord* | | **not** יִמְשְׁלוּ *people will use as a proverb* | yiqtol · qal | | וֹ *it* | | | | דַּבֵּר *speak* | imperative · piel | | קָֽרְבוּ *they have drawn near* | | | | קָֽרְבוּ *they have drawn near* | qatal · qal | יָּמִים *days* + דְבַר *matter* | | | | 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} בְּכֵן אֲמַר לְהוֹן כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים אֲבַטֵל יַת מַתְלָא הָדֵין וְלָא יִמְתְלוּן יָתֵיהּ עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלָהֵין אִתְנַבֵּי לְהוֹן אִתְקְרָבוּ יוֹמַיָא וּפִתְגַם כָּל נְבוּאָה: 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. [Tell them therefore: Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them: The days are at hand, and the word of every vision.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.250/) **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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