--- title: Ezekiel 8:17 — Then He said unto me: 'Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a li… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then He said unto me: 'Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here in that they fill the land with violence, and provoke Me still more, and, lo, they put the branch to their nose? 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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 — LORD, thou, sun, things — and what happens in the verse to this, light thing, abominations, land, Me, branch, 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. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַי֮ הֲרָאִ֣יתָ בֶן־אָדָם֒ הֲנָקֵל֙ לְבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה מֵעֲשׂ֕וֹת אֶת־הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָֽשׂוּ־פֹ֑ה כִּֽי־מָלְא֨וּ אֶת־הָאָ֜רֶץ חָמָ֗ס וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְהִנָּ֛ם שֹׁלְחִ֥ים אֶת־הַזְּמוֹרָ֖ה אֶל־אַפָּֽם׃ [Then He said unto me: 'Hast thou seen this, O son of man?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.163/) [Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here in that they fill the land with violence, and provoke Me still more, and, lo, they put the branch to their nose?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.164/) ## 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:156 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַי֮ הֲרָאִ֣יתָ בֶן־אָדָם֒ הֲנָקֵל֙ לְבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה מֵעֲשׂ֕וֹת אֶת־הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָֽשׂוּ־פֹ֑ה כִּֽי־מָלְא֨וּ אֶת־הָאָ֜רֶץ חָמָ֗ס וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְהִנָּ֛ם שֹׁלְחִ֥ים אֶת־הַזְּמוֹרָ֖ה אֶל־אַפָּֽם׃ # verse = EZK.8.17 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_8:17!1|MId=o260080170011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=EZK_8:17!1|MId=o260080170012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:260080160221;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֵלַי֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵל אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_8:17!2|MId=o260080170021|Strong=0413 4 ַי֮ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=EZK_8:17!2|MId=o260080170022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 5-6 הֲרָאִ֣יתָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 6 advmod _ Gloss=have|Ref=EZK_8:17!3|MId=o260080170031|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 6 רָאִ֣יתָ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=you.seen?|Ref=EZK_8:17!3|MId=o260080170032|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:260080170041;|Type=qatal 7 בֶן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ Gloss=O.son|Ref=EZK_8:17!4|MId=o260080170041|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 8 אָדָם֒ אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.humankind|Ref=EZK_8:17!5|MId=o260080170051|Strong=0120 9-10 הֲנָקֵל֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 10 advmod _ Gloss=is|Ref=EZK_8:17!6|MId=o260080170061|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 10 נָקֵל֙ קָלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 parataxis _ Gloss=it.[too].trifling?|Ref=EZK_8:17!6|MId=o260080170062|Strong=7043|Type=qatal 11-12 לְבֵ֣ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EZK_8:17!7|MId=o260080170071|Strong=3807a 12 בֵ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EZK_8:17!7|MId=o260080170072|Strong=1004 13 יְהוּדָ֔ה יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=EZK_8:17!8|MId=o260080170081|Strong=3063 14-15 מֵעֲשׂ֕וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EZK_8:17!9|MId=o260080170091|Strong=4480 15 עֲשׂ֕וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 10 advcl _ Gloss=doing|Ref=EZK_8:17!9|MId=o260080170092|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:260080170072;A1:260080170112;|Type=infinitive_construct 16 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EZK_8:17!10|MId=o260080170101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_8:17!11|MId=o260080170111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 תּוֹעֵב֖וֹת תּוֹעֵבַה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 15 obj _ Gloss=abominations|Ref=EZK_8:17!11|MId=o260080170112|Strong=8441 19 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 20 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=EZK_8:17!12|MId=o260080170121|Strong=0834|Type=relative 20 עָֽשׂוּ־ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 18 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.have.done|Ref=EZK_8:17!13|MId=o260080170131|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:260080170072;A1:260080170112;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 21 פֹ֑ה פֹּה ADV _ _ 20 advmod _ Gloss=here|Ref=EZK_8:17!14|MId=o260080170141|Strong=6311 22 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=EZK_8:17!15|MId=o260080170151|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 23 מָלְא֨וּ מָלֵא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 6 advcl _ Gloss=they.have.filled|Ref=EZK_8:17!16|MId=o260080170161|Strong=4390|Frame=A0:260080170072;A1:260080170182;|Type=qatal 24 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EZK_8:17!17|MId=o260080170171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 הָאָ֜רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_8:17!18|MId=o260080170181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 אָ֜רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 23 obj _ Gloss=land|Ref=EZK_8:17!18|MId=o260080170182|Strong=0776 27 חָמָ֗ס חָמָס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=violence|Ref=EZK_8:17!19|MId=o260080170191|Strong=2555 28-29 וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_8:17!20|MId=o260080170201|Strong=2050b 29 יָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.have.returned|Ref=EZK_8:17!20|MId=o260080170202|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:260080170072;|Type=wayyiqtol 30-32 לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_8:17!21|MId=o260080170211|Strong=3807a 31 הַכְעִיס כָּעַס VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 29 advcl _ Gloss=provoke|Ref=EZK_8:17!21|MId=o260080170212|Strong=3707|Frame=AA:260080170072;A0:260080170213;|Type=infinitive_construct 32 ֵ֔נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ Gloss=me.to.anger|Ref=EZK_8:17!21|MId=o260080170213|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 33-35 וְהִנָּ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 36 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_8:17!22|MId=o260080170221|Strong=2050b 34 הִנּ הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 36 nsubj _ Gloss=there|Ref=EZK_8:17!22|MId=o260080170222|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 35 ָ֛ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ Gloss=they|Ref=EZK_8:17!22|MId=o260080170223|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 36 שֹׁלְחִ֥ים שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=[are].sending|Ref=EZK_8:17!23|MId=o260080170231|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:260080170223;A1:260080170252;|Type=participle_active 37 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 39 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EZK_8:17!24|MId=o260080170241|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 38-39 הַזְּמוֹרָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 39 det _ Gloss=the.vine|Ref=EZK_8:17!25|MId=o260080170251|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 39 זְּמוֹרָ֖ה זְמוֹרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 36 obj _ Gloss=branch|Ref=EZK_8:17!25|MId=o260080170252|Strong=2156 40 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 41 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_8:17!26|MId=o260080170261|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 41-42 אַפָּֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 אַפּ אַף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 36 obl _ Gloss=nose|Ref=EZK_8:17!27|MId=o260080170271|Strong=0639 42 ָֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=EZK_8:17!27|MId=o260080170272|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 43 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 42 punct _ Ref=EZK_8:17!27 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | רָאִיתָ *you seen?* | qatal · qal | בֶן־ *O son* | | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *doing* | infinitive construct · qal | בֵית *the house* | תּוֹעֵבוֹת *abominations* | | | | עָֽשׂוּ־ *they have done* | qatal · qal | בֵית *the house* | תּוֹעֵבוֹת *abominations* | | | | מָלְאוּ *they have filled* | qatal · qal | בֵית *the house* | אָרֶץ *land* | | | | יָּשֻׁבוּ *they have returned* | wayyiqtol · qal | בֵית *the house* | | | | | הַכְעִיס *provoke* | infinitive construct · hiphil | ֵנִי *me to anger* | | | בֵית *the house* | | שֹׁלְחִים *\[are\] sending* | participle active · qal | ָם *they* | זְּמוֹרָה *branch* | | | 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} וַאֲמַר לִי הָא חֲזֵיתָא בַּר אָדָם הַזְעֵיר לְבֵית יְהוּדָה מִלְמֶעֱבַּד יַת תּוֹעֶבְתָּא דַעֲבָדוּ כָא אֲרֵי מְלוֹ יַת אַרְעָא חֲטוּפִין וְתָבוּ לְאַרְגָזָא קֳדָמַי וְהָא אִינוּן מַיְתָן בַּהֲתָא לְאַפֵּיהוֹן: 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. [Then He said unto me: 'Hast thou seen this, O son of man?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.163/) 2. [Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here in that they fill the land with violence, and provoke Me still more, and, lo, they put the branch to their nose?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.164/) **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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