--- title: Jeremiah 12:16 — And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people. Who acts: inheritance, spoilers, LORD, My. 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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 — inheritance, spoilers, LORD, My — and what happens in the verse to ways, people, spoilers, midst, 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. וְהָיָ֡ה אִם־לָמֹ֣ד יִלְמְדוּ֩ אֶת־דַּֽרְכֵ֨י עַמִּ֜י לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ בִּשְׁמִי֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר לִמְּדוּ֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ בַּבָּ֑עַל וְנִבְנ֖וּ בְּת֥וֹךְ עַמִּֽי׃ [And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.369/) ## 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:JER:317 # text = וְהָיָ֡ה אִם־לָמֹ֣ד יִלְמְדוּ֩ אֶת־דַּֽרְכֵ֨י עַמִּ֜י לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ בִּשְׁמִי֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר לִמְּדוּ֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ בַּבָּ֑עַל וְנִבְנ֖וּ בְּת֥וֹךְ עַמִּֽי׃ # verse = JER.12.16 1-2 וְהָיָ֡ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_12:16!1|MId=o240120160011|Strong=2050b 2 הָיָ֡ה הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=JER_12:16!1|MId=o240120160012|Strong=1961|Type=weqatal 3 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=JER_12:16!2|MId=o240120160021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 4 לָמֹ֣ד לָמַד VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 5 obl:npmod _ Gloss=really.(learn)|Ref=JER_12:16!3|MId=o240120160031|Strong=3925|Type=infinitive_absolute 5 יִלְמְדוּ֩ לָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 29 advcl _ Gloss=they.will.learn|Ref=JER_12:16!4|MId=o240120160041|Strong=3925|Frame=A0:240120140061;A1:240120160061;|Type=yiqtol 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JER_12:16!5|MId=o240120160051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 7 דַּֽרְכֵ֨י דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Plur 5 obj _ Gloss=the.ways|Ref=JER_12:16!6|MId=o240120160061|Strong=1870 8-9 עַמִּ֜י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.people|Ref=JER_12:16!7|MId=o240120160071|Strong=5971 9 ִ֜י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JER_12:16!7|MId=o240120160072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 10-11 לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_12:16!8|MId=o240120160081|Strong=3807a 11 הִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ שָׁבַע VERB _ HebBinyan=NIPHAL 5 xcomp _ Gloss=swear|Ref=JER_12:16!8|MId=o240120160082|Strong=7650|Frame=A0:240120140061;A1:240120160101;|Type=infinitive_construct 12-14 בִּשְׁמִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=JER_12:16!9|MId=o240120160091|Strong=0871a 13 שְׁמ שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=name|Ref=JER_12:16!9|MId=o240120160092|Strong=8034 14 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JER_12:16!9|MId=o240120160093|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 15 חַי־ חַי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ Gloss=[by].the.life|Ref=JER_12:16!10|MId=o240120160101|Strong=2416|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 16 יְהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 15 nsubj _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JER_12:16!11|MId=o240120160111|Strong=3068 17-18 כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 5 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=JER_12:16!12|MId=o240120160121|Strong=3509a 18 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=JER_12:16!12|MId=o240120160122|Strong=0834|Type=relative 19 לִמְּדוּ֙ לָמַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 17 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.taught|Ref=JER_12:16!13|MId=o240120160131|Strong=3925|Frame=A0:240120140061;A1:240120160151;|Type=qatal 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JER_12:16!14|MId=o240120160141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 21-22 עַמִּ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obj _ Gloss=people|Ref=JER_12:16!15|MId=o240120160151|Strong=5971 22 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JER_12:16!15|MId=o240120160152|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 23-24 לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_12:16!16|MId=o240120160161|Strong=3807a 24 הִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ שָׁבַע VERB _ HebBinyan=NIPHAL 19 xcomp _ Gloss=swear|Ref=JER_12:16!16|MId=o240120160162|Strong=7650|Frame=A0:240120160151;|Type=infinitive_construct 25-27 בַּבָּ֑עַל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=JER_12:16!17|MId=o240120160171|Strong=0871a 26 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JER_12:16!17|MId=o240120160171ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 בָּ֑עַל בַּעַל PROPN _ _ 24 obl _ Gloss=Baal|Ref=JER_12:16!17|MId=o240120160172|Strong=1168 28-29 וְנִבְנ֖וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_12:16!18|MId=o240120160181|Strong=2050b 29 נִבְנ֖וּ בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=they.will.be.built|Ref=JER_12:16!18|MId=o240120160182|Strong=1129|Frame=A1:240120140061;|Type=weqatal 30-31 בְּת֥וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=JER_12:16!19|MId=o240120160191|Strong=0871a 31 ת֥וֹךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=JER_12:16!19|MId=o240120160192|Strong=8432 32-33 עַמִּֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 compound:smixut _ Gloss=people|Ref=JER_12:16!20|MId=o240120160201|Strong=5971 33 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JER_12:16!20|MId=o240120160202|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=JER_12:16!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִלְמְדוּ *they will learn* | yiqtol · qal | | דַּֽרְכֵי *the ways* | | | | הִשָּׁבֵעַ *swear* | infinitive construct · niphal | | חַי־ *\[by\] the life* | | | | לִמְּדוּ *they taught* | qatal · piel | | עַמּ *people* | | | | הִשָּׁבֵעַ *swear* | infinitive construct · niphal | עַמּ *people* | | | | | נִבְנוּ *they will be built* | weqatal · niphal | | | | | 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} וִיהֵי אִם מֵילַף יֵילְפוּן מֵאוֹרְחַת כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְעַמִי לְקַיָמָא בִשְׁמִי קַיָם הוּא יְיָ כְּמָא דְאַלִיפוּ יַת עַמִי לְקַיָמָא בְּשׁוּם טַעֲוָתָא וְיִתְקַיְמִין בְּגוֹ עַמִי: 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 it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.369/) **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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