--- title: Jeremiah 15:19 — Therefore thus saith the LORD: If thou return, and I bring thee back… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the LORD: If thou return, and I bring thee back, thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring forth the precious out of the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; let them return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them. Who acts: LORD, thou, I, waters. 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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 — LORD, thou, I, waters — and what happens in the verse to thee, precious, vile, waters, 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. לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אִם־תָּשׁ֤וּב וַאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֙ לְפָנַ֣י תַּֽעֲמֹ֔ד וְאִם־תּוֹצִ֥יא יָקָ֛ר מִזּוֹלֵ֖ל כְּפִ֣י תִֽהְיֶ֑ה יָשֻׁ֤בוּ הֵ֙מָּה֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹֽא־תָשׁ֥וּב אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ [Therefore thus saith the LORD: If thou return, and I bring thee back, thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring forth the precious out of the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; let them return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.454/) ## 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:386 # text = לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אִם־תָּשׁ֤וּב וַאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֙ לְפָנַ֣י תַּֽעֲמֹ֔ד וְאִם־תּוֹצִ֥יא יָקָ֛ר מִזּוֹלֵ֖ל כְּפִ֣י תִֽהְיֶ֑ה יָשֻׁ֤בוּ הֵ֙מָּה֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹֽא־תָשׁ֥וּב אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ # verse = JER.15.19 1-2 לָכֵ֞ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 לָ לָכֵן ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=JER_15:19!1|MId=o240150190011|Strong=3807a 2 כֵ֞ן כֵּן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=|Ref=JER_15:19!1|MId=o240150190012|Strong=3651 3 כֹּֽה־ כֹּה ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=JER_15:19!2|MId=o240150190021|Strong=3541|SpaceAfter=No 4 אָמַ֣ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=he.says|Ref=JER_15:19!3|MId=o240150190031|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240150190041;|Type=qatal 5 יְהוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 4 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JER_15:19!4|MId=o240150190041|Strong=3068 6 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=JER_15:19!5|MId=o240150190051|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 7 תָּשׁ֤וּב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 14 advcl _ Gloss=you.will.return|Ref=JER_15:19!6|MId=o240150190061|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:240140010061;|Type=yiqtol 8-10 וַאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_15:19!7|MId=o240150190071|Strong=2050b 9 אֲשִֽׁיב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 14 parataxis _ Gloss=I|Ref=JER_15:19!7|MId=o240150190072|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:240150190041;A0:240150190073;|Type=yiqtol 10 ְךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ Gloss=will.restore.you|Ref=JER_15:19!7|MId=o240150190073|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11-13 לְפָנַ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=JER_15:19!8|MId=o240150190081|Strong=3807a 12 פָנ פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 14 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=JER_15:19!8|MId=o240150190082|Strong=6440 13 ַ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=me|Ref=JER_15:19!8|MId=o240150190083|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 14 תַּֽעֲמֹ֔ד עָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 4 ccomp _ Gloss=you.will.stand|Ref=JER_15:19!9|MId=o240150190091|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:240140010061;|Type=yiqtol 15-16 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_15:19!10|MId=o240150190101|Strong=2050b 16 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 17 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=JER_15:19!10|MId=o240150190102|Strong=0518 17 תּוֹצִ֥יא יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 22 advcl _ Gloss=you.will.bring.forth|Ref=JER_15:19!11|MId=o240150190111|Strong=3318|Frame=AA:240140010061;A0:240150190121;|Type=yiqtol 18 יָקָ֛ר יָקָר ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 obj _ Gloss=[the].precious|Ref=JER_15:19!12|MId=o240150190121|Strong=3368|Type=adjective 19-20 מִזּוֹלֵ֖ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=JER_15:19!13|MId=o240150190131|Strong=4480 20 זּוֹלֵ֖ל זָלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 17 advcl _ Gloss=[that.which.is].worthless|Ref=JER_15:19!13|MId=o240150190132|Strong=2151|Type=participle_active 21-23 כְּפִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=JER_15:19!14|MId=o240150190141|Strong=3509a 22 פ פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 conj _ Gloss=mouth|Ref=JER_15:19!14|MId=o240150190142|Strong=6310 23 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JER_15:19!14|MId=o240150190143|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 24 תִֽהְיֶ֑ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 22 cop _ Gloss=you.will.be|Ref=JER_15:19!15|MId=o240150190151|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:240140010061;|Type=yiqtol 25 יָשֻׁ֤בוּ שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 14 parataxis _ Gloss=they.will.return|Ref=JER_15:19!16|MId=o240150190161|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:240150190171;|Type=yiqtol 26 הֵ֙מָּה֙ הֵמָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ Gloss=they|Ref=JER_15:19!17|MId=o240150190171|Strong=1992|Type=personal 27-28 אֵלֶ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 אֵלֶ֔י אֶל ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_15:19!18|MId=o240150190181|Strong=0413 28 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JER_15:19!18|MId=o240150190182|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 29-30 וְאַתָּ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 32 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_15:19!19|MId=o240150190191|Strong=2050b 30 אַתָּ֖ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JER_15:19!19|MId=o240150190192|Strong=0859|Type=personal 31 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 32 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=JER_15:19!20|MId=o240150190201|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 32 תָשׁ֥וּב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 25 conj _ Gloss=you.must.return|Ref=JER_15:19!21|MId=o240150190211|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:240150190192;|Type=yiqtol 33-34 אֲלֵיהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_15:19!22|MId=o240150190221|Strong=0413 34 הֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=JER_15:19!22|MId=o240150190222|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=JER_15:19!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - indirect: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | תָּשׁוּב *you will return* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | אֲשִֽׁיב *I* | yiqtol · hiphil | ְךָ *will restore you* | | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | תַּֽעֲמֹד *you will stand* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | תּוֹצִיא *you will bring forth* | yiqtol · hiphil | יָקָר *\[the\] precious* | | | | | תִֽהְיֶה *you will be* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יָשֻׁבוּ *they will return* | yiqtol · qal | הֵמָּה *they* | | | | | **not** תָשׁוּב *you must return* | yiqtol · qal | אַתָּה *you* | | | | 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} בְּכֵן כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אִם תְּתוּב וַאֲתֵיבִינָךְ קָדָמֵי תְּשַׁמֵשׁ וְאִם תְּתֵיב רַשִׁיעַיָא לְמֶהֱוֵי צַדִיקַיָא רַעֲוַת מֵימְרִי תְקַיֵם יְתוּבוּן אִינוּן לְפִתְגָמָךְ וְאַתְּ לָא תְתוּב לְמִטְעֵי בַּתְרֵיהוֹן: 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. [Therefore thus saith the LORD: If thou return, and I bring thee back, thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring forth the precious out of the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; let them return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.454/) **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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