--- title: Jeremiah 18:4 — And whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Who acts: word. Jeremiah 18:4 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.18.4/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/18/) / 18:4 # Jeremiah 18:4 יִרְמְיָהוּ **Who acts:** word · **What happens:** make, mar, seem · **To what, where:** vessel, hand, potter This is Jeremiah 18:4 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 — word — and what happens in the verse to vessel, hand, potter, 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. וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת הַכְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּחֹ֖מֶר בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֗ב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃פ [And whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.509/) ## 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:440 # text = וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת הַכְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה בַּחֹ֖מֶר בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֗ב וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּלִ֣י אַחֵ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃פ # verse = JER.18.4 1-2 וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_18:4!1|MId=o240180040011|Strong=2050b 2 נִשְׁחַ֣ת שָׁחַת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was.spoiled|Ref=JER_18:4!1|MId=o240180040012|Strong=7843|Frame=A1:240180040022;|Type=qatal 3-4 הַכְּלִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_18:4!2|MId=o240180040021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 כְּלִ֗י כְּלִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=vessel|Ref=JER_18:4!2|MId=o240180040022|Strong=3627 5 אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=JER_18:4!3|MId=o240180040031|Strong=0834|Type=relative 6 ה֥וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=JER_18:4!4|MId=o240180040041|Strong=1931|Type=personal 7 עֹשֶׂ֛ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[was].making|Ref=JER_18:4!5|MId=o240180040051|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:240180040041;A1:240180040022;|Type=participle_active 8-10 בַּחֹ֖מֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=JER_18:4!6|MId=o240180040061|Strong=0871a 9 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_18:4!6|MId=o240180040061ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 חֹ֖מֶר חֹמֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=clay|Ref=JER_18:4!6|MId=o240180040062|Strong=2563b 11-12 בְּיַ֣ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JER_18:4!7|MId=o240180040071|Strong=0871a 12 יַ֣ד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=JER_18:4!7|MId=o240180040072|Strong=3027 13-14 הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=JER_18:4!8|MId=o240180040081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 יּוֹצֵ֑ר יֹוצֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.potter|Ref=JER_18:4!8|MId=o240180040082|Strong=3335a|Type=participle_active 15-16 וְשָׁ֗ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_18:4!9|MId=o240180040091|Strong=2050b 16 שָׁ֗ב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.would.return|Ref=JER_18:4!9|MId=o240180040092|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:240180040082;|Type=qatal 17-19 וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_18:4!10|MId=o240180040101|Strong=2050b 18 יַּעֲשׂ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 16 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=JER_18:4!10|MId=o240180040102|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:240180040082;A1:240180040103;|Type=wayyiqtol 19 ֵ֙הוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=made.it|Ref=JER_18:4!10|MId=o240180040103|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 20 כְּלִ֣י כְּלִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ Gloss=a.vessel|Ref=JER_18:4!11|MId=o240180040111|Strong=3627 21 אַחֵ֔ר אַחֵר ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 amod _ Gloss=another|Ref=JER_18:4!12|MId=o240180040121|Strong=0312|Type=adjective 22-23 כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 18 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=JER_18:4!13|MId=o240180040131|Strong=3509a 23 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=JER_18:4!13|MId=o240180040132|Strong=0834|Type=relative 24 יָשַׁ֛ר יָשַׁר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 22 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it.was.pleasing|Ref=JER_18:4!14|MId=o240180040141|Strong=3474|Frame=A0:;|Type=qatal 25-26 בְּעֵינֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JER_18:4!15|MId=o240180040151|Strong=0871a 26 עֵינֵ֥י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 24 obl _ Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=JER_18:4!15|MId=o240180040152|Strong=5869 27-28 הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=JER_18:4!16|MId=o240180040161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 יּוֹצֵ֖ר יֹוצֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.potter|Ref=JER_18:4!16|MId=o240180040162|Strong=3335a|Type=participle_active 29-30 לַעֲשֽׂוֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_18:4!17|MId=o240180040171|Strong=3807a 30 עֲשֽׂוֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 24 advcl _ Gloss=do|Ref=JER_18:4!17|MId=o240180040172|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:240180040162;|Type=infinitive_construct 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=JER_18:4!17|SpaceAfter=No 32 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=JER_18:4!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נִשְׁחַת *it was spoiled* | qatal · niphal | | כְּלִי *vessel* | | | | עֹשֶׂה *\[was\] making* | participle active · qal | הוּא *he* | כְּלִי *vessel* | | | | שָׁב *he would return* | qatal · qal | יּוֹצֵר *the potter* | | | | | יַּעֲשׂ *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | יּוֹצֵר *the potter* | ֵהוּ *made it* | | | | יָשַׁר *it was pleasing* | qatal · qal | | | | | | עֲשֽׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · qal | יּוֹצֵר *the potter* | | | | 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} וְאִתְחַבֵּל מָנָא דַהֲוָה עָבֵיד דְטִינָא בְּיַד פַּחֲרָא וְתַב וְעָבְדִי מָן אוֹחֲרָן כְּמָא דְכְשַׁר בְּעֵינֵי פַּחֲרָא לְמֶעְבַּד: 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 whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.509/) **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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