--- title: Ezekiel 13:18 — and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves? Who acts: you, Lord GOD, women, ye. 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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, women, ye — and what happens in the verse to cushions, elbows, pads, souls, 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. וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הוֹי֩ לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת כְּסָת֜וֹת עַ֣ל ׀ כָּל־אַצִּילֵ֣י יָדַ֗י וְעֹשׂ֧וֹת הַמִּסְפָּח֛וֹת עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־קוֹמָ֖ה לְצוֹדֵ֣ד נְפָשׁ֑וֹת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ תְּצוֹדֵ֣דְנָה לְעַמִּ֔י וּנְפָשׁ֖וֹת לָכֶ֥נָה תְחַיֶּֽינָה׃ [and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.273/) [Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.274/) ## 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:261 # text = וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הוֹי֩ לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת כְּסָת֜וֹת עַ֣ל ׀ כָּל־אַצִּילֵ֣י יָדַ֗י וְעֹשׂ֧וֹת הַמִּסְפָּח֛וֹת עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־קוֹמָ֖ה לְצוֹדֵ֣ד נְפָשׁ֑וֹת הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ תְּצוֹדֵ֣דְנָה לְעַמִּ֔י וּנְפָשׁ֖וֹת לָכֶ֥נָה תְחַיֶּֽינָה׃ # verse = EZK.13.18 1-2 וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_13:18!1|MId=o260130180011|Strong=2050b 2 אָמַרְתָּ֞ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.will.say|Ref=EZK_13:18!1|MId=o260130180012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:260130170021;|Type=weqatal 3 כֹּה־ כֹּה ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=EZK_13:18!2|MId=o260130180021|Strong=3541|SpaceAfter=No 4 אָמַ֣ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=he.says|Ref=EZK_13:18!3|MId=o260130180031|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:260130180041;|Type=qatal 5 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 4 punct _ Ref=EZK_13:18!3 6-7 אֲדֹנָ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אֲדֹנ אֲדֹנָי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ Gloss=Lord|Ref=EZK_13:18!4|MId=o260130180041|Strong=0136 7 ָ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[the]|Ref=EZK_13:18!4|MId=o260130180042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 8 יְהוִ֗ה יְהֹוִה PROPN _ _ 6 appos _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=EZK_13:18!5|MId=o260130180051|Strong=3069 9 הוֹי֩ הוֹי INTJ _ _ 11 nsubj _ Gloss=woe!|Ref=EZK_13:18!6|MId=o260130180061|Strong=1945|Type=interjection 10-11 לִֽמְתַפְּר֨וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לִֽ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_13:18!7|MId=o260130180071|Strong=3807a 11 מְתַפְּר֨וֹת תָּפַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur 4 ccomp _ Gloss=[women.who].sew|Ref=EZK_13:18!7|MId=o260130180072|Strong=8609|Frame=A0:260130170071;A1:260130180081;|Type=participle_active 12 כְּסָת֜וֹת כֶּסֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 11 obj _ Gloss=bands|Ref=EZK_13:18!8|MId=o260130180081|Strong=3704 13 עַ֣ל עַל ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EZK_13:18!9|MId=o260130180091|Strong=5921 14 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 13 punct _ Ref=EZK_13:18!9 15 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=EZK_13:18!10|MId=o260130180101|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 16 אַצִּילֵ֣י אַצִּיל NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.joints|Ref=EZK_13:18!11|MId=o260130180111|Strong=0679 17-18 יָדַ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Dual 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.hands|Ref=EZK_13:18!12|MId=o260130180121|Strong=3027 18 ַ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=EZK_13:18!12|MId=o260130180122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 19-20 וְעֹשׂ֧וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_13:18!13|MId=o260130180131|Strong=2050b 20 עֹשׂ֧וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 11 conj _ Gloss=[women.who].make|Ref=EZK_13:18!13|MId=o260130180132|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:260130170071;A1:260130180142;|Type=participle_active 21-22 הַמִּסְפָּח֛וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the.long|Ref=EZK_13:18!14|MId=o260130180141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 מִּסְפָּח֛וֹת מִסְפָּחֹות NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 20 obj _ Gloss=veils|Ref=EZK_13:18!14|MId=o260130180142|Strong=4555 23 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EZK_13:18!15|MId=o260130180151|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 24 רֹ֥אשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=[the].head|Ref=EZK_13:18!16|MId=o260130180161|Strong=7218 25 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.every|Ref=EZK_13:18!17|MId=o260130180171|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 26 קוֹמָ֖ה קוֹמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=stature|Ref=EZK_13:18!18|MId=o260130180181|Strong=6967 27-28 לְצוֹדֵ֣ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_13:18!19|MId=o260130180191|Strong=3807a 28 צוֹדֵ֣ד צוּד VERB _ HebBinyan=POLEL 20 advcl _ Gloss=hunt|Ref=EZK_13:18!19|MId=o260130180192|Strong=6679|Frame=A0:260130170071;A1:260130180201;|Type=infinitive_construct 29 נְפָשׁ֑וֹת נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Plur 28 obj _ Gloss=persons|Ref=EZK_13:18!20|MId=o260130180201|Strong=5315 30-31 הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 הַ הַ PART _ _ 32 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=EZK_13:18!21|MId=o260130180211|Strong=1886b|Type=definite_article 31 נְּפָשׁוֹת֙ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Plur 32 obj _ Gloss=persons|Ref=EZK_13:18!21|MId=o260130180212|Strong=5315 32 תְּצוֹדֵ֣דְנָה צוּד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=POLEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 11 parataxis _ Gloss=will.you.hunt|Ref=EZK_13:18!22|MId=o260130180221|Strong=6679|Frame=A0:260130170071;A1:260130180212;|Type=yiqtol 33-35 לְעַמִּ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZK_13:18!23|MId=o260130180231|Strong=3807a 34 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 32 obl _ Gloss=people|Ref=EZK_13:18!23|MId=o260130180232|Strong=5971 35 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=EZK_13:18!23|MId=o260130180233|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 36-37 וּנְפָשׁ֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 40 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_13:18!24|MId=o260130180241|Strong=2050b 37 נְפָשׁ֖וֹת נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Plur 40 obj _ Gloss=persons|Ref=EZK_13:18!24|MId=o260130180242|Strong=5315 38-39 לָכֶ֥נָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 ל לְ ADP _ _ 39 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZK_13:18!25|MId=o260130180251|Strong=3807a 39 ָכֶ֥נָה הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ Gloss=yourself|Ref=EZK_13:18!25|MId=o260130180252|Strong=3654a|Type=pronominal 40 תְחַיֶּֽינָה חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 32 conj _ Gloss=will.you.preserve.alive?|Ref=EZK_13:18!26|MId=o260130180261|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:260130170071;A1:260130180242;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 41 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 40 punct _ Ref=EZK_13:18!26 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אָמַרְתָּ *you will say* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | אֲדֹנ *Lord* | | | | | מְתַפְּרוֹת *\[women who\] sew* | participle active · piel | | כְּסָתוֹת *bands* | | | | עֹשׂוֹת *\[women who\] make* | participle active · qal | | מִּסְפָּחוֹת *veils* | | | | צוֹדֵד *hunt* | infinitive construct · polel | | נְפָשׁוֹת *persons* | | | | תְּצוֹדֵדְנָה *will you hunt* | yiqtol · polel | | נְּפָשׁוֹת *persons* | | | | תְחַיֶּֽינָה *will you preserve alive?* | yiqtol · piel | | נְפָשׁוֹת *persons* | | | 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} וְתֵימַר כִּדְנַן יְיָ אֱלֹהִים וַי עֲלֵיהוֹן עַל דִמְחַטְטָן רְקִיעֵי חֲשׁוֹךְ עַל כָּל מַרְפְּקִי יָדִין וְעָבְדִן פַּת כּוּמָרִין עַל רֵישׁ כָּל קוֹמָה לְאַבָּדָא נַפְשָׁן הַנְפָשׁוֹת עַמִי אַתֵּן יָכְלָן לְאַבָּדָא וּלְקַיָמָא הֲלָא נַפְשָׁתְכֵן דִילְכֵן הֲלָא יְכַלְתֵּין לְקַיָמָא: 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 say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.273/) 2. [Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.274/) **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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