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title: Habakkuk 3:6 — He standeth, and shaketh the earth, He beholdeth, and maketh the nat… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: He standeth, and shaketh the earth, He beholdeth, and maketh the nations to tremble; and the everlasting mountains are dashed in pieces, the ancient hills do bow; His goings are as of old. Who acts: pestilence, nations, ancient hills, goings. Habakkuk 3:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum J
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# Habakkuk 3:6 חֲבַקּוּק

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**Who acts:** pestilence, nations, ancient hills, goings · **What happens:** stand, shake, behold, make, tremble, dash · **To what, where:** earth, nations, everlasting mountains, pieces

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This is Habakkuk 3:6 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 — pestilence, nations, ancient hills, goings — and what happens in the verse to earth, nations, everlasting mountains, pieces, 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 3 chapters of Habakkuk on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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עָמַ֣ד ׀ וַיְמֹ֣דֶד אֶ֗רֶץ רָאָה֙ וַיַּתֵּ֣ר גּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ הַרְרֵי־עַ֔ד שַׁח֖וּ גִּבְע֣וֹת עוֹלָ֑ם הֲלִיכ֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֽוֹ׃

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[He standeth, and shaketh the earth, He beholdeth, and maketh the nations to tremble; and the everlasting mountains are dashed in pieces, the ancient hills do bow; His goings are as of old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.48/)

## 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:HAB:42
# text = עָמַ֣ד ׀ וַיְמֹ֣דֶד אֶ֗רֶץ רָאָה֙ וַיַּתֵּ֣ר גּוֹיִ֔ם וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ הַרְרֵי־עַ֔ד שַׁח֖וּ גִּבְע֣וֹת עוֹלָ֑ם הֲלִיכ֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֽוֹ׃
# verse = HAB.3.6
1	עָמַ֣ד	עָמַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.stood|Ref=HAB_3:6!1|MId=o350030060011|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:350030030042;|Type=qatal
2	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	1	punct	_	Ref=HAB_3:6!1
3-4	וַיְמֹ֣דֶד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	4	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=HAB_3:6!2|MId=o350030060021|Strong=2050b
4	יְמֹ֣דֶד	מדד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=POLEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	conj	_	Gloss=he.shook|Ref=HAB_3:6!2|MId=o350030060022|Strong=4128|Frame=A0:350030030042;A1:350030060031;|Type=wayyiqtol
5	אֶ֗רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	Gloss=[the].earth|Ref=HAB_3:6!3|MId=o350030060031|Strong=0776
6	רָאָה֙	רָאָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	parataxis	_	Gloss=he.has.seen|Ref=HAB_3:6!4|MId=o350030060041|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:350030030042;|Type=qatal
7-8	וַיַּתֵּ֣ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=HAB_3:6!5|MId=o350030060051|Strong=2050b
8	יַּתֵּ֣ר	נָתַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	conj	_	Gloss=he.has.made.jump|Ref=HAB_3:6!5|MId=o350030060052|Strong=5425a|Frame=AA:350030030042;A0:350030060061;|Type=wayyiqtol
9	גּוֹיִ֔ם	גּוֹי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	8	obj	_	Gloss=nations|Ref=HAB_3:6!6|MId=o350030060061|Strong=1471
10-11	וַיִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=HAB_3:6!7|MId=o350030060071|Strong=2050b
11	יִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙	פצץ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPOLEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	1	conj	_	Gloss=they.have.been.shattered|Ref=HAB_3:6!7|MId=o350030060072|Strong=6327a|Frame=A0:350030060081;|Type=wayyiqtol
12	הַרְרֵי־	הַר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=mountains|Ref=HAB_3:6!8|MId=o350030060081|Strong=2022|SpaceAfter=No
13	עַ֔ד	עַד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.antiquity|Ref=HAB_3:6!9|MId=o350030060091|Strong=5703
14	שַׁח֖וּ	שָׁחַח	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	1	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.have.bowed.down|Ref=HAB_3:6!10|MId=o350030060101|Strong=7817|Frame=A0:350030060111;|Type=qatal
15	גִּבְע֣וֹת	גִּבְעָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	Gloss=hills|Ref=HAB_3:6!11|MId=o350030060111|Strong=1389
16	עוֹלָ֑ם	עוֹלָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.antiquity|Ref=HAB_3:6!12|MId=o350030060121|Strong=5769
17	הֲלִיכ֥וֹת	הֲלִיכָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	Gloss=goings|Ref=HAB_3:6!13|MId=o350030060131|Strong=1979
18	עוֹלָ֖ם	עוֹלָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.antiquity|Ref=HAB_3:6!14|MId=o350030060141|Strong=5769
19-20	לֽוֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=[belong].to|Ref=HAB_3:6!15|MId=o350030060151|Strong=3807a
20	ֽוֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	parataxis	_	Gloss=him|Ref=HAB_3:6!15|MId=o350030060152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
21	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	20	punct	_	Ref=HAB_3:6!15
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| עָמַד *he stood* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יְמֹדֶד *he shook* | wayyiqtol · polel |  | אֶרֶץ *\[the\] earth* |  |  |
| רָאָה *he has seen* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יַּתֵּר *he has made jump* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | גּוֹיִם *nations* |  |  |  |
| יִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ *they have been shattered* | wayyiqtol · hithpolel | הַרְרֵי־ *mountains* |  |  |  |
| שַׁחוּ *they have bowed down* | qatal · qal | גִּבְעוֹת *hills* |  |  |  |

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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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אִתְגְלֵי וְאֲזִיעַ אַרְעָא וְאַיְתֵי מַבּוּלָא עַל עַם דָרָא דַעֲבָרוּ עַל מֵימְרֵיהּ וְאַף בְּתִנְיָתָא כַּד חָבוּ קֳדָמוֹהִי בְּחוֹבֵיהוֹן כֵּן בַּלְבְּלִינוּן לְעַמְמַיָא וְאִתְפְּרָקוּ טוּרַיָא דְמִלְקָדְמִין מָכָא רָמָתָא דְמִן עַלְמָא גְבוּרַת עַלְמָא דִילֵיהּ:

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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. [He standeth, and shaketh the earth, He beholdeth, and maketh the nations to tremble; and the everlasting mountains are dashed in pieces, the ancient hills do bow; His goings are as of old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.48/)

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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:HAB:42`.

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