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title: Ezekiel 36:20 — And when they came unto the nations, whither they came, they profane… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And when they came unto the nations, whither they came, they profaned My holy name; in that men said of them: These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of His land. Who acts: nations, men, These, My. Ezekiel 36:20 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the p
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# Ezekiel 36:20 יְחֶזְקֵאל

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**Who acts:** nations, men, These, My · **What happens:** come, profane, say, be, go, name · **To what, where:** holy name, people, land · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Ezekiel 36:20 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). 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 — nations, men, These, My — and what happens in the verse to holy name, people, land, 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.

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וַיָּב֗וֹא אֶל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔ם וַֽיְחַלְּל֖וּ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם קָדְשִׁ֑י בֶּאֱמֹ֤ר לָהֶם֙ עַם־יְהוָ֣ה אֵ֔לֶּה וּמֵאַרְצ֖וֹ יָצָֽאוּ׃

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[And when they came unto the nations, whither they came, they profaned My holy name; in that men said of them: These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of His land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.949/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:914
# text = וַיָּב֗וֹא אֶל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔ם וַֽיְחַלְּל֖וּ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם קָדְשִׁ֑י בֶּאֱמֹ֤ר לָהֶם֙ עַם־יְהוָ֣ה אֵ֔לֶּה וּמֵאַרְצ֖וֹ יָצָֽאוּ׃
# verse = EZK.36.20
1-2	וַיָּב֗וֹא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_36:20!1|MId=o260360200011|Strong=2050b
2	יָּב֗וֹא	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.came|Ref=EZK_36:20!1|MId=o260360200012|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:260360170031;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_36:20!2|MId=o260360200021|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
4-5	הַגּוֹיִם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	5	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_36:20!3|MId=o260360200031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
5	גּוֹיִם֙	גּוֹי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	obl	_	Gloss=nations|Ref=EZK_36:20!3|MId=o260360200032|Strong=1471
6	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	Gloss=where|Ref=EZK_36:20!4|MId=o260360200041|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
7	בָּ֣אוּ	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	5	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=they.went|Ref=EZK_36:20!5|MId=o260360200051|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:260360170031;|Type=qatal
8	שָׁ֔ם	שָׁם	ADV	_	_	7	advmod	_	Gloss=there|Ref=EZK_36:20!6|MId=o260360200061|Strong=8033
9-10	וַֽיְחַלְּל֖וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_36:20!7|MId=o260360200071|Strong=2050b
10	יְחַלְּל֖וּ	חָלַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.profaned|Ref=EZK_36:20!7|MId=o260360200072|Strong=2490|Frame=A0:260360170031;A1:260360200091;|Type=wayyiqtol
11	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=EZK_36:20!8|MId=o260360200081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
12	שֵׁ֣ם	שֵׁם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	obj	_	Gloss=the.name|Ref=EZK_36:20!9|MId=o260360200091|Strong=8034
13-14	קָדְשִׁ֑י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	קָדְשׁ	קֹדֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=my.holiness|Ref=EZK_36:20!10|MId=o260360200101|Strong=6944
14	ִ֑י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my|Ref=EZK_36:20!10|MId=o260360200102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
15-16	בֶּאֱמֹ֤ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	בֶּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=when|Ref=EZK_36:20!11|MId=o260360200111|Strong=0871a
16	אֱמֹ֤ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	10	xcomp	_	Gloss=said|Ref=EZK_36:20!11|MId=o260360200112|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:;A1:260360200131;260360200171;|Type=infinitive_construct
17-18	לָהֶם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=of|Ref=EZK_36:20!12|MId=o260360200121|Strong=3807a
18	ָהֶם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=EZK_36:20!12|MId=o260360200122|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
19	עַם־	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	ccomp	_	Gloss=[are].the.people|Ref=EZK_36:20!13|MId=o260360200131|Strong=5971|SpaceAfter=No
20	יְהוָ֣ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	19	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=EZK_36:20!14|MId=o260360200141|Strong=3068
21	אֵ֔לֶּה	אֵלֶּה	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	Gloss=these|Ref=EZK_36:20!15|MId=o260360200151|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative
22-25	וּמֵאַרְצ֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_36:20!16|MId=o260360200161|Strong=2050b
23	מֵ	מִן	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EZK_36:20!16|MId=o260360200162|Strong=4480
24	אַרְצ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	Gloss=land|Ref=EZK_36:20!16|MId=o260360200163|Strong=0776
25	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=EZK_36:20!16|MId=o260360200164|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
26	יָצָֽאוּ	יָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	19	conj	_	Gloss=they.have.come.out|Ref=EZK_36:20!17|MId=o260360200171|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:260360170031;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No
27	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	26	punct	_	Ref=EZK_36:20!17
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יָּבוֹא *it came* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| בָּאוּ *they went* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יְחַלְּלוּ *they profaned* | wayyiqtol · piel |  | שֵׁם *the name* |  |  |
| אֱמֹר *said* | infinitive construct · qal |  | עַם־ *\[are\] the people* + יָצָֽאוּ *they have come out* |  |  |
| יָצָֽאוּ *they have come out* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |

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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}

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וַעֲלוּ לְבֵינֵי עַמְמַיָא דְאִתְגְלִיאוּ לְתַמָן עַל דַאֲחִילוּ יַת שְׁמָא דְקוּדְשִׁי בִּדְאָמְרִין לְהוֹן אִם עַמֵיהּ דַייָ אִלֵין וְאֵיכְדֵין מֵאַרְעָא בֵּית שְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ גְלוֹ:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And when they came unto the nations, whither they came, they profaned My holy name; in that men said of them: These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of His land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.949/)

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**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:914`.

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