--- title: Ezekiel 14:16 — though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. Who acts: three men, I, Lord GOD, Noah. 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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 — three men, I, Lord GOD, Noah, land — and what happens in the verse to beast, sons, Noah, 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. שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵלֶּה֮ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה אִם־בָּנִ֥ים וְאִם־בָּנ֖וֹת יַצִּ֑ילוּ הֵ֤מָּה לְבַדָּם֙ יִנָּצֵ֔לוּ וְהָאָ֖רֶץ תִּהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמָמָֽה׃ [though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.295/) ## 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:282 # text = שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵלֶּה֮ בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה אִם־בָּנִ֥ים וְאִם־בָּנ֖וֹת יַצִּ֑ילוּ הֵ֤מָּה לְבַדָּם֙ יִנָּצֵ֔לוּ וְהָאָ֖רֶץ תִּהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמָמָֽה׃ # verse = EZK.14.16 1 שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת שָׁלֹשׁ NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nummod _ Gloss=the.three|Ref=EZK_14:16!1|MId=o260140160011|Strong=7969|Type=cardinal_number 2-3 הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_14:16!2|MId=o260140160021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 אֲנָשִׁ֣ים אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ Gloss=men|Ref=EZK_14:16!2|MId=o260140160022|Strong=0376 4-5 הָאֵלֶּה֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EZK_14:16!3|MId=o260140160031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 אֵלֶּה֮ אֵלֶּה DET _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ Gloss=these|Ref=EZK_14:16!3|MId=o260140160032|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 6-8 בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZK_14:16!4|MId=o260140160041|Strong=0871a 7 תוֹכ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=the.midst|Ref=EZK_14:16!4|MId=o260140160042|Strong=8432 8 ָהּ֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=of.it|Ref=EZK_14:16!4|MId=o260140160043|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 9 חַי־ חַי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ Gloss=[by].the.life|Ref=EZK_14:16!5|MId=o260140160051|Strong=2416|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 10 אָ֗נִי אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ Gloss=of.me|Ref=EZK_14:16!6|MId=o260140160061|Strong=0589|Type=personal 11 נְאֻם֙ נְאֻם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ Gloss=the.utterance|Ref=EZK_14:16!7|MId=o260140160071|Strong=5002 12-13 אֲדֹנָ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 אֲדֹנ אֲדֹנָי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=Lord|Ref=EZK_14:16!8|MId=o260140160081|Strong=0136 13 ָ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=of.[the]|Ref=EZK_14:16!8|MId=o260140160082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 14 יְהוִ֔ה יְהֹוִה PROPN _ _ 12 appos _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=EZK_14:16!9|MId=o260140160091|Strong=3069 15 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EZK_14:16!10|MId=o260140160101|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 16 בָּנִ֥ים בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 parataxis _ Gloss=sons|Ref=EZK_14:16!11|MId=o260140160111|Strong=1121 17-18 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_14:16!12|MId=o260140160121|Strong=2050b 18 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 20 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EZK_14:16!12|MId=o260140160122|Strong=0518 19 בָּנ֖וֹת בַּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 20 obj _ Gloss=daughters|Ref=EZK_14:16!13|MId=o260140160131|Strong=1323 20 יַצִּ֑ילוּ נָצַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 16 conj _ Gloss=they.will.deliver|Ref=EZK_14:16!14|MId=o260140160141|Strong=5337|Frame=AA:260140160022;A0:260140160131;260140160111;|Type=yiqtol 21 הֵ֤מָּה הֵמָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ Gloss=they|Ref=EZK_14:16!15|MId=o260140160151|Strong=1992|Type=personal 22-24 לְבַדָּם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=they|Ref=EZK_14:16!16|MId=o260140160161|Strong=3807a 23 בַדּ בַּד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=EZK_14:16!16|MId=o260140160162|Strong=0905 24 ָם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=alone|Ref=EZK_14:16!16|MId=o260140160163|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 25 יִנָּצֵ֔לוּ נָצַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 7 parataxis _ Gloss=they.will.be.delivered|Ref=EZK_14:16!17|MId=o260140160171|Strong=5337|Frame=A1:260140160151;|Type=yiqtol 26-28 וְהָאָ֖רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_14:16!18|MId=o260140160181|Strong=2050b 27 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_14:16!18|MId=o260140160182|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 אָ֖רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ Gloss=land|Ref=EZK_14:16!18|MId=o260140160183|Strong=0776 29 תִּהְיֶ֥ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 30 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=EZK_14:16!19|MId=o260140160191|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:260140160183;|Type=yiqtol 30 שְׁמָמָֽה שְׁמָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 7 conj _ Gloss=a.desolation|Ref=EZK_14:16!20|MId=o260140160201|Strong=8077|SpaceAfter=No 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=EZK_14:16!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַצִּילוּ *they will deliver* | yiqtol · hiphil | בָּנוֹת *daughters* + בָּנִים *sons* | | | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | | יִנָּצֵלוּ *they will be delivered* | yiqtol · niphal | | הֵמָּה *they* | | | | תִּהְיֶה *it will be* | yiqtol · qal | אָרֶץ *land* | | | | 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} תְּלָתָא גַבְרַיָא הָאִילֵן בְּגַוָהּ קַיָם אֲנָא אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים אִם בְּנִין וְאִם בְּנָן יְשֵׁיזְבוּן יִשְׁתֵּיזְבוּן וְאַרְעָא תְּהֵי לְצָדוּ: 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. [though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.295/) **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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