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title: Jeremiah 11:12 — Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go a… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer; but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. Who acts: cities, inhabitants. Jeremiah 11:12 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmat
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# Jeremiah 11:12 יִרְמְיָהוּ

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**Who acts:** cities, inhabitants · **What happens:** go, cry, offer, not save, trouble · **To what, where:** cities, all

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This is Jeremiah 11:12 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 — cities, inhabitants — and what happens in the verse to cities, all, 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 52 chapters of Jeremiah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וְהָֽלְכ֞וּ עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וְיֹשְׁבֵי֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥ם מְקַטְּרִ֖ים לָהֶ֑ם וְהוֹשֵׁ֛עַ לֹֽא־יוֹשִׁ֥יעוּ לָהֶ֖ם בְּעֵ֥ת רָעָתָֽם׃

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[Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer; but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.336/)

## 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:JER:290
# text = וְהָֽלְכ֞וּ עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וְיֹשְׁבֵי֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥ם מְקַטְּרִ֖ים לָהֶ֑ם וְהוֹשֵׁ֛עַ לֹֽא־יוֹשִׁ֥יעוּ לָהֶ֖ם בְּעֵ֥ת רָעָתָֽם׃
# verse = JER.11.12
1-2	וְהָֽלְכ֞וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JER_11:12!1|MId=o240110120011|Strong=2050b
2	הָֽלְכ֞וּ	הָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.will.go|Ref=JER_11:12!1|MId=o240110120012|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:240110120021;240110120042;|Type=weqatal
3	עָרֵ֣י	עִיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.cities|Ref=JER_11:12!2|MId=o240110120021|Strong=5892
4	יְהוּדָ֗ה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	3	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=JER_11:12!3|MId=o240110120031|Strong=3063
5-6	וְיֹשְׁבֵי֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	6	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JER_11:12!4|MId=o240110120041|Strong=2050b
6	יֹשְׁבֵי֙	יָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	3	conj	_	Gloss=the.inhabitants|Ref=JER_11:12!4|MId=o240110120042|Strong=3427|Type=participle_active
7	יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם	PROPN	_	_	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Jerusalem|Ref=JER_11:12!5|MId=o240110120051|Strong=3389
8-9	וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JER_11:12!6|MId=o240110120061|Strong=2050b
9	זָֽעֲקוּ֙	זָעַק	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.will.cry.out|Ref=JER_11:12!6|MId=o240110120062|Strong=2199|Frame=A0:240110120021;240110120042;|Type=weqatal
10	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JER_11:12!7|MId=o240110120071|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
11-12	הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	הָ֣	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	12	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JER_11:12!8|MId=o240110120081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
12	אֱלֹהִ֔ים	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	9	obl	_	Gloss=gods|Ref=JER_11:12!8|MId=o240110120082|Strong=0430
13	אֲשֶׁ֛ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	15	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=JER_11:12!9|MId=o240110120091|Strong=0834|Type=relative
14	הֵ֥ם	הֵם	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=JER_11:12!10|MId=o240110120101|Strong=1992|Type=personal
15	מְקַטְּרִ֖ים	קָטַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur	12	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=[are].making.smoke|Ref=JER_11:12!11|MId=o240110120111|Strong=6999|Frame=A0:240110120101;|Type=participle_active
16-17	לָהֶ֑ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JER_11:12!12|MId=o240110120121|Strong=3807a
17	ָהֶ֑ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=JER_11:12!12|MId=o240110120122|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
18-19	וְהוֹשֵׁ֛עַ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JER_11:12!13|MId=o240110120131|Strong=2050b
19	הוֹשֵׁ֛עַ	יָשַׁע	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	21	obl:npmod	_	Gloss=at.all.(deliver)|Ref=JER_11:12!13|MId=o240110120132|Strong=3467|Type=infinitive_absolute
20	לֹֽא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	21	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=JER_11:12!14|MId=o240110120141|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No
21	יוֹשִׁ֥יעוּ	יָשַׁע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.will.deliver|Ref=JER_11:12!15|MId=o240110120151|Strong=3467|Frame=A0:240110120082;|Type=yiqtol
22-23	לָהֶ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=JER_11:12!16|MId=o240110120161|Strong=3807a
23	ָהֶ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=JER_11:12!16|MId=o240110120162|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
24-25	בְּעֵ֥ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=at|Ref=JER_11:12!17|MId=o240110120171|Strong=0871a
25	עֵ֥ת	עֵת	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=the.time|Ref=JER_11:12!17|MId=o240110120172|Strong=6256
26-27	רָעָתָֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	רָעָת	רָעָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	25	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=their.calamity|Ref=JER_11:12!18|MId=o240110120181|Strong=7451b
27	ָֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=JER_11:12!18|MId=o240110120182|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
28	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	27	punct	_	Ref=JER_11:12!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הָֽלְכוּ *they will go* | weqatal · qal | עָרֵי *the cities* + יֹשְׁבֵי *the inhabitants* |  |  |  |
| זָֽעֲקוּ *they will cry out* | weqatal · qal | עָרֵי *the cities* + יֹשְׁבֵי *the inhabitants* |  |  |  |
| מְקַטְּרִים *\[are\] making smoke* | participle active · piel | הֵם *they* |  |  |  |
| **not** יוֹשִׁיעוּ *they will deliver* | yiqtol · hiphil | אֱלֹהִים *gods* |  |  |  |

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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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וִיהָכוֹן אֱנַשׁ קִרְוַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה וְיַתְבֵי יְרוּשְׁלֵם וְיִבְעוּן מִן טַעֲוָתָא דְאִינוּן מַסְקִין בּוּסְמִין לְהֶן הַאִם יָכְלָן לְמִפְרַקְהוֹן בְּעִידַן בִּישַׁתְהוֹן:

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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. [Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer; but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.336/)

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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:JER:290`.

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