--- title: Hosea 2:9 — And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them, and she shall seek them, but shall not find them; then shall she say: 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.' Who acts: mother, I, wall. 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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 — mother, I, wall — and what happens in the verse to lovers, 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 14 chapters of Hosea on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וְרִדְּפָ֤ה אֶת־מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙ וְלֹֽא־תַשִּׂ֣יג אֹתָ֔ם וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָ֑א וְאָמְרָ֗ה אֵלְכָ֤ה וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־אִישִׁ֣י הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לִ֛י אָ֖ז מֵעָֽתָּה׃ [And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them, and she shall seek them, but shall not find them; then shall she say: 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.18/) ## 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:HOS:17 # text = וְרִדְּפָ֤ה אֶת־מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙ וְלֹֽא־תַשִּׂ֣יג אֹתָ֔ם וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָ֑א וְאָמְרָ֗ה אֵלְכָ֤ה וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־אִישִׁ֣י הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לִ֛י אָ֖ז מֵעָֽתָּה׃ # verse = HOS.2.9 1-2 וְרִדְּפָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=HOS_2:9!1|MId=o280020090011|Strong=2050b 2 רִדְּפָ֤ה רָדַף VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=she.will.pursue|Ref=HOS_2:9!1|MId=o280020090012|Strong=7291|Frame=A0:280020070051;A1:280020090031;|Type=weqatal 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=HOS_2:9!2|MId=o280020090021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 מְאַהֲבֶ֙י אָהֵב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=lovers|Ref=HOS_2:9!3|MId=o280020090031|Strong=0157|Type=participle_active 5 הָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=HOS_2:9!3|MId=o280020090032|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 6-7 וְלֹֽא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=HOS_2:9!4|MId=o280020090041|Strong=2050b 7 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=HOS_2:9!4|MId=o280020090042|Strong=3808|Type=negative 8 תַשִּׂ֣יג נָשַׂג VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.will.overtake|Ref=HOS_2:9!5|MId=o280020090051|Strong=5381|Frame=AA:280020070051;A0:280020090062;|Type=yiqtol 9-10 אֹתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=|Ref=HOS_2:9!6|MId=o280020090061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 10 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=HOS_2:9!6|MId=o280020090062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 11-13 וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=HOS_2:9!7|MId=o280020090071|Strong=2050b 12 בִקְשָׁ֖ת בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she|Ref=HOS_2:9!7|MId=o280020090072|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:280020070051;A1:280020090073;|Type=weqatal 13 ַם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ Gloss=will.seek.them|Ref=HOS_2:9!7|MId=o280020090073|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 14-15 וְלֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=HOS_2:9!8|MId=o280020090081|Strong=2050b 15 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=HOS_2:9!8|MId=o280020090082|Strong=3808|Type=negative 16 תִמְצָ֑א מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.will.find.[them]|Ref=HOS_2:9!9|MId=o280020090091|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:280020070051;A1:280020090031;|Type=yiqtol 17-18 וְאָמְרָ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=HOS_2:9!10|MId=o280020090101|Strong=2050b 18 אָמְרָ֗ה אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.will.say|Ref=HOS_2:9!10|MId=o280020090102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:280020070051;|Type=weqatal 19 אֵלְכָ֤ה הלך VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 18 ccomp _ Gloss=I.will.go|Ref=HOS_2:9!11|MId=o280020090111|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:280020070051;|Type=yiqtol 20-21 וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=HOS_2:9!12|MId=o280020090121|Strong=2050b 21 אָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 19 conj _ Gloss=I.will.return|Ref=HOS_2:9!12|MId=o280020090122|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:280020070051;|Type=yiqtol 22 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=HOS_2:9!13|MId=o280020090131|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 23-24 אִישִׁ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 אִישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=husband|Ref=HOS_2:9!14|MId=o280020090141|Strong=0376 24 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=HOS_2:9!14|MId=o280020090142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 25-26 הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=HOS_2:9!15|MId=o280020090151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 רִאשׁ֔וֹן רִאשׁוֹן ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 amod _ Gloss=former|Ref=HOS_2:9!15|MId=o280020090152|Strong=7223|Type=ordinal_number 27 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 28 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=HOS_2:9!16|MId=o280020090161|Strong=3588 28 ט֥וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ Gloss=[it.was].good|Ref=HOS_2:9!17|MId=o280020090171|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 29-30 לִ֛י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 ל לְ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=HOS_2:9!18|MId=o280020090181|Strong=3807a 30 ִ֛י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=HOS_2:9!18|MId=o280020090182|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 31 אָ֖ז אָז ADV _ _ 28 advmod _ Gloss=then|Ref=HOS_2:9!19|MId=o280020090191|Strong=0227 32-33 מֵעָֽתָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=more|Ref=HOS_2:9!20|MId=o280020090201|Strong=4480 33 עָֽתָּה עַתָּה ADV _ _ 28 obl _ Gloss=than.now|Ref=HOS_2:9!20|MId=o280020090202|Strong=6258 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=HOS_2:9!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | רִדְּפָה *she will pursue* | weqatal · piel | | מְאַהֲבֶי *lovers* | | | | **not** תַשִּׂיג *she will overtake* | yiqtol · hiphil | ָם *them* | | | | | בִקְשָׁת *she* | weqatal · piel | | ַם *will seek them* | | | | **not** תִמְצָא *she will find \[them\]* | yiqtol · qal | | מְאַהֲבֶי *lovers* | | | | אָמְרָה *she will say* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | אֵלְכָה *I will go* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | אָשׁוּבָה *I will return* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | 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} וְתִרְדַף שְׁלַם עִם עַמְמַיָא רַחֲמָהָא וְלָא תִדְבַּק יַתְהוֹן וְתִבְּעֵי סָעִיד וְלָא תִשְׁכַּח וְתֵימַר אֱהַךְ וֶאֱתוּב לְפוּלְחָן רִבּוֹנִי קַדְמָאָה אֲרֵי טַב לִי כַּד הֲוֵיתִי פָּלְחָא קֳדָמוֹהִי מִכְעַן לָא אֶפְלַח לְטַעֲוָתָא: 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. [And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them, and she shall seek them, but shall not find them; then shall she say: 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.18/) **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:HOS:17`. - ← previous: [Hosea 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.2.8/) - next →: [Hosea 2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.2.10/) - ↑ back to [Hosea 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS/2/)