--- title: Ezekiel 21:26 — For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the h… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver. Who acts: king, way. 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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 — king, way — and what happens in the verse to parting, divination, arrows, 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. כִּֽי־עָמַ֨ד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל אֶל־אֵ֣ם הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ בְּרֹ֛אשׁ שְׁנֵ֥י הַדְּרָכִ֖ים לִקְסָם־קָ֑סֶם קִלְקַ֤ל בַּֽחִצִּים֙ שָׁאַ֣ל בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים רָאָ֖ה בַּכָּבֵֽד׃ [For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.527/) ## 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:500 # text = כִּֽי־עָמַ֨ד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל אֶל־אֵ֣ם הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ בְּרֹ֛אשׁ שְׁנֵ֥י הַדְּרָכִ֖ים לִקְסָם־קָ֑סֶם קִלְקַ֤ל בַּֽחִצִּים֙ שָׁאַ֣ל בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים רָאָ֖ה בַּכָּבֵֽד׃ # verse = EZK.21.26 1 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 2 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=EZK_21:26!1|MId=o260210260011|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 2 עָמַ֨ד עָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.has.stopped|Ref=EZK_21:26!2|MId=o260210260021|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:260210260031;|Type=qatal 3 מֶלֶךְ־ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=EZK_21:26!3|MId=o260210260031|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No 4 בָּבֶ֜ל בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Babylon|Ref=EZK_21:26!4|MId=o260210260041|Strong=0894 5 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_21:26!5|MId=o260210260051|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 6 אֵ֣ם אֵם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=the.mother|Ref=EZK_21:26!6|MId=o260210260061|Strong=0517 7-8 הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZK_21:26!7|MId=o260210260071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 דֶּ֗רֶךְ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.road|Ref=EZK_21:26!7|MId=o260210260072|Strong=1870 9-10 בְּרֹ֛אשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=EZK_21:26!8|MId=o260210260081|Strong=0871a 10 רֹ֛אשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=the.beginning|Ref=EZK_21:26!8|MId=o260210260082|Strong=7218 11 שְׁנֵ֥י שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 13 nummod _ Gloss=of.the.two|Ref=EZK_21:26!9|MId=o260210260091|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number 12-13 הַדְּרָכִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_21:26!10|MId=o260210260101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 דְּרָכִ֖ים דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Plur 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=roads|Ref=EZK_21:26!10|MId=o260210260102|Strong=1870 14-15 לִקְסָם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_21:26!11|MId=o260210260111|Strong=3807a 15 קְסָם־ קָסַם VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 advcl _ Gloss=divine|Ref=EZK_21:26!11|MId=o260210260112|Strong=7080|Frame=A0:260210260031;A1:260210260121;|Type=infinitive_construct 16 קָ֑סֶם קֶסֶם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=divination|Ref=EZK_21:26!12|MId=o260210260121|Strong=7081 17 קִלְקַ֤ל קָלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PILPEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=he.has.shaken|Ref=EZK_21:26!13|MId=o260210260131|Strong=7043|Frame=A0:260210260031;|Type=qatal 18-20 בַּֽחִצִּים֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בַּֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=EZK_21:26!14|MId=o260210260141|Strong=0871a 19 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_21:26!14|MId=o260210260141ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 חִצִּים֙ חֵץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 obl _ Gloss=arrows|Ref=EZK_21:26!14|MId=o260210260142|Strong=2671 21 שָׁאַ֣ל שָׁאַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=he.has.enquired|Ref=EZK_21:26!15|MId=o260210260151|Strong=7592|Frame=A0:260210260031;|Type=qatal 22-24 בַּתְּרָפִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=EZK_21:26!16|MId=o260210260161|Strong=0871a 23 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_21:26!16|MId=o260210260161ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 תְּרָפִ֔ים תְּרָפִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 21 obl _ Gloss=teraphim|Ref=EZK_21:26!16|MId=o260210260162|Strong=8655 25 רָאָ֖ה רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 21 ccomp _ Gloss=he.has.looked|Ref=EZK_21:26!17|MId=o260210260171|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:260210260031;|Type=qatal 26-28 בַּכָּבֵֽד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=EZK_21:26!18|MId=o260210260181|Strong=0871a 27 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_21:26!18|MId=o260210260181ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 כָּבֵֽד כָּבֵד NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=liver|Ref=EZK_21:26!18|MId=o260210260182|Strong=3516 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=EZK_21:26!18 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עָמַד *he has stopped* | qatal · qal | מֶלֶךְ־ *the king* | | | | | קְסָם־ *divine* | infinitive construct · qal | מֶלֶךְ־ *the king* | קָסֶם *divination* | | | | קִלְקַל *he has shaken* | qatal · pilpel | מֶלֶךְ־ *the king* | | | | | שָׁאַל *he has enquired* | qatal · qal | מֶלֶךְ־ *the king* | | | | | רָאָה *he has looked* | qatal · qal | מֶלֶךְ־ *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} אֲרֵי קָם מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל עַל אֵם פְּרָשׁוּת אוֹרַח בְּרֵישׁ תַּרְתֵּין אוֹרַח לְמִקְסָם קָסֶם קְשַׁת בְּגִרְרַיָא שָׁאַל בְּצַלְמְנַיָא חֲזָא בְּכַבְדָא: 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. [For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.527/) **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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