--- title: Jeremiah 12:9 — Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour. Who acts: ye. Jeremiah 12:9 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Jeremiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/) / [chapter 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/12/) / 12:9 # Jeremiah 12:9 יִרְמְיָהוּ **Who acts:** ye · **What happens:** be, come, assemble, bring, devour · **To what, where:** heritage, birds, beasts This is Jeremiah 12:9 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 — ye — and what happens in the verse to heritage, birds, beasts, 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. הַעַ֨יִט צָב֤וּעַ נַחֲלָתִי֙ לִ֔י הַעַ֖יִט סָבִ֣יב עָלֶ֑יהָ לְכ֗וּ אִסְפ֛וּ כָּל־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה הֵתָ֥יוּ לְאָכְלָֽה׃ [Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.360/) [Are the birds of prey against her round about?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.361/) [Come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.362/) ## 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:310 # text = הַעַ֨יִט צָב֤וּעַ נַחֲלָתִי֙ לִ֔י הַעַ֖יִט סָבִ֣יב עָלֶ֑יהָ לְכ֗וּ אִסְפ֛וּ כָּל־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה הֵתָ֥יוּ לְאָכְלָֽה׃ # verse = JER.12.9 1-2 הַעַ֨יִט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הַ הֲ PART _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=a|Ref=JER_12:9!1|MId=o240120090011|Strong=1886b|Type=definite_article 2 עַ֨יִט עַיִט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=bird.of.prey?|Ref=JER_12:9!1|MId=o240120090012|Strong=5861 3 צָב֤וּעַ צָבוּעַ ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 amod _ Gloss=speckled|Ref=JER_12:9!2|MId=o240120090021|Strong=6641|Type=adjective 4-5 נַחֲלָתִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 נַחֲלָת נַחֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=inheritance|Ref=JER_12:9!3|MId=o240120090031|Strong=5159 5 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].my|Ref=JER_12:9!3|MId=o240120090032|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 6-7 לִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 ל לְ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_12:9!4|MId=o240120090041|Strong=3807a 7 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=JER_12:9!4|MId=o240120090042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 8-9 הַעַ֖יִט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ PART _ _ 12 advmod _ Gloss=[are].bird[s]|Ref=JER_12:9!5|MId=o240120090051|Strong=1886b|Type=definite_article 9 עַ֖יִט עַיִט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=of.prey?|Ref=JER_12:9!5|MId=o240120090052|Strong=5861 10 סָבִ֣יב סָבִיב ADV _ Number=Sing 12 advmod _ Gloss=all.around|Ref=JER_12:9!6|MId=o240120090061|Strong=5439 11-12 עָלֶ֑יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 עָלֶ֑י עַל ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=JER_12:9!7|MId=o240120090071|Strong=5921 12 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 parataxis _ Gloss=it|Ref=JER_12:9!7|MId=o240120090072|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 13 לְכ֗וּ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=go|Ref=JER_12:9!8|MId=o240120090081|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:240120090052;|Type=imperative 14 אִסְפ֛וּ אָסַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=gather|Ref=JER_12:9!9|MId=o240120090091|Strong=0622|Frame=A0:240120090052;A1:240120090111;|Type=imperative 15 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=every|Ref=JER_12:9!10|MId=o240120090101|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 16 חַיַּ֥ת חַיָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=(the).animal|Ref=JER_12:9!11|MId=o240120090111|Strong=2416c 17-18 הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=JER_12:9!12|MId=o240120090121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 שָּׂדֶ֖ה שָׂדֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.field|Ref=JER_12:9!12|MId=o240120090122|Strong=7704 19 הֵתָ֥יוּ אָתָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=bring.[them]|Ref=JER_12:9!13|MId=o240120090131|Strong=0857|Frame=A0:240120090052;|Type=imperative 20-21 לְאָכְלָֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=JER_12:9!14|MId=o240120090141|Strong=3807a 21 אָכְלָֽה אׇכְלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=food|Ref=JER_12:9!14|MId=o240120090142|Strong=0402 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=JER_12:9!14 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | לְכוּ *go* | imperative · qal | עַיִט *of prey?* | | | | | אִסְפוּ *gather* | imperative · qal | עַיִט *of prey?* | חַיַּת *(the) animal* | | | | הֵתָיוּ *bring \[them\]* | imperative · hiphil | עַיִט *of prey?* | | | | 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} כְּעוֹפָא דְמִתְבַּדַר כֵּן אִתְבְּדָרַת אַחְסַנְתִּי קֳדָמַי וּכְעוֹפָא דְמִשְׁתְּדֵי כֵּן יִתְכַּנְשׁוּן עֲלָהּ דְקַטִלִין בְּחַרְבָּא מִסְחוֹר סְחוֹר מַלְכֵי עַמְמַיָא וּמַשִׁרְיָתֵיהוֹן יֵיתוּן עֲלָהּ לְמִבְזָהּ: 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. [Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird of prey?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.360/) 2. [Are the birds of prey against her round about?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.361/) 3. [Come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.362/) **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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