--- title: Ezekiel 17:12 — 'Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: 'Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean? tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon; Who acts: you, ye, things, king. 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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, ye, things, king — and what happens in the verse to rebellious house, things, Jerusalem, king, 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. אֱמָר־נָא֙ לְבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔רִי הֲלֹ֥א יְדַעְתֶּ֖ם מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה אֱמֹ֗ר הִנֵּה־בָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֤ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַלְכָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־שָׂרֶ֔יהָ וַיָּבֵ֥א אוֹתָ֛ם אֵלָ֖יו בָּבֶֽלָה׃ ['Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean? tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.389/) ## 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:372 # text = אֱמָר־נָא֙ לְבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔רִי הֲלֹ֥א יְדַעְתֶּ֖ם מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה אֱמֹ֗ר הִנֵּה־בָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֤ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַלְכָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־שָׂרֶ֔יהָ וַיָּבֵ֥א אוֹתָ֛ם אֵלָ֖יו בָּבֶֽלָה׃ # verse = EZK.17.12 1 אֱמָר־ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=say|Ref=EZK_17:12!1|MId=o260170120011|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:260170020011;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 2 נָא֙ נָא INTJ _ _ 1 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=EZK_17:12!2|MId=o260170120021|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 3-4 לְבֵ֣ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_17:12!3|MId=o260170120031|Strong=3807a 4 בֵ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EZK_17:12!3|MId=o260170120032|Strong=1004 5-6 הַמֶּ֔רִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EZK_17:12!4|MId=o260170120041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 מֶּ֔רִי מְרִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=rebellion|Ref=EZK_17:12!4|MId=o260170120042|Strong=4805 7-8 הֲלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=EZK_17:12!5|MId=o260170120051|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 8 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EZK_17:12!5|MId=o260170120052|Strong=3808|Type=negative 9 יְדַעְתֶּ֖ם יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 ccomp _ Gloss=do.you.know|Ref=EZK_17:12!6|MId=o260170120061|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:260170120032;A1:260170120071;|Type=qatal 10 מָה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 9 ccomp _ Gloss=what?|Ref=EZK_17:12!7|MId=o260170120071|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 11 אֵ֑לֶּה אֵלֶּה PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ Gloss=[are].these.[things]|Ref=EZK_17:12!8|MId=o260170120081|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 12 אֱמֹ֗ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 9 parataxis _ Gloss=say|Ref=EZK_17:12!9|MId=o260170120091|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:260170020011;|Type=imperative 13 הִנֵּה־ הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 14 discourse _ Gloss=there!|Ref=EZK_17:12!10|MId=o260170120101|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative|SpaceAfter=No 14 בָ֨א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 ccomp _ Gloss=he.went|Ref=EZK_17:12!11|MId=o260170120111|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:260170120121;|Type=qatal 15 מֶֽלֶךְ־ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=EZK_17:12!12|MId=o260170120121|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No 16 בָּבֶ֤ל בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Babylon|Ref=EZK_17:12!13|MId=o260170120131|Strong=0894 17 יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם PROPN _ _ 14 obl _ Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=EZK_17:12!14|MId=o260170120141|Strong=3389 18-19 וַיִּקַּ֤ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_17:12!15|MId=o260170120151|Strong=2050b 19 יִּקַּ֤ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 conj _ Gloss=he.took|Ref=EZK_17:12!15|MId=o260170120152|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:260170120121;A1:260170120171;260170120191;|Type=wayyiqtol 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EZK_17:12!16|MId=o260170120161|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 21-22 מַלְכָּהּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obj _ Gloss=king|Ref=EZK_17:12!17|MId=o260170120171|Strong=4428 22 ָהּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=EZK_17:12!17|MId=o260170120172|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 23-24 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_17:12!18|MId=o260170120181|Strong=2050b 24 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EZK_17:12!18|MId=o260170120182|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 25-26 שָׂרֶ֔יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 שָׂרֶ֔י שַׂר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 21 conj _ Gloss=princes|Ref=EZK_17:12!19|MId=o260170120191|Strong=8269 26 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=EZK_17:12!19|MId=o260170120192|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 27-28 וַיָּבֵ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_17:12!20|MId=o260170120201|Strong=2050b 28 יָּבֵ֥א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 conj _ Gloss=he.brought|Ref=EZK_17:12!20|MId=o260170120202|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:260170120121;A0:260170120212;|Type=wayyiqtol 29-30 אוֹתָ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=|Ref=EZK_17:12!21|MId=o260170120211|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 30 ָ֛ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=EZK_17:12!21|MId=o260170120212|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 31-32 אֵלָ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 אֵלָ֖י אֶל ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_17:12!22|MId=o260170120221|Strong=0413 32 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ Gloss=himself|Ref=EZK_17:12!22|MId=o260170120222|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 33-34 בָּבֶֽלָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 בָּבֶֽל בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 28 obl _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_17:12!23|MId=o260170120231|Strong=0894 34 ָה ה X _ _ 33 nmod _ Gloss=Babylon|Ref=EZK_17:12!23|MId=o260170120232|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=EZK_17:12!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֱמָר־ *say* | imperative · qal | | | | | | **not** יְדַעְתֶּם *do you know* | qatal · qal | בֵית *the house* | מָה־ *what?* | | | | אֱמֹר *say* | imperative · qal | | | | | | בָא *he went* | qatal · qal | מֶֽלֶךְ־ *the king* | | | | | יִּקַּח *he took* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶֽלֶךְ־ *the king* | מַלְכּ *king* + שָׂרֶי *princes* | | | | יָּבֵא *he brought* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | ָם *them* | | | מֶֽלֶךְ־ *the king* | 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} אֱמַר כְּעַן לְעַמָא סַרְבָנָא הֲלָא יְדַעְתּוּן מָה אִלֵין אֱמַר הָא אָתָא מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל לִירוּשְׁלֵם וּדְבַר יַת מַלְכָּהּ וְיַת רַבְרְבָהָא וְאוֹבִיל יַתְהוֹן לְוָתֵה לְבָבֶל: 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. ['Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean? tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.389/) **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:372`. - ← previous: [Ezekiel 17:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.11/) - next →: [Ezekiel 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.13/) - ↑ back to [Ezekiel 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/17/)