--- title: Jeremiah 18:6 — 'O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the L… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: 'O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in My hand, O house of Israel. Who acts: I, LORD, ye. Jeremiah 18:6 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.18.6/) [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/) / 18:6 # Jeremiah 18:6 יִרְמְיָהוּ **Who acts:** I, LORD, ye · **What happens:** not do, say, be · **To what, where:** hand · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Jeremiah 18:6 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 — I, LORD, ye — and what happens in the verse to hand, 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. הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨ר הַזֶּ֜ה לֹא־אוּכַ֨ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לָכֶ֛ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר כֵּן־אַתֶּ֥ם בְּיָדִ֖י בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס ['O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.511/) [Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in My hand, O house of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.512/) ## 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:442 # text = הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨ר הַזֶּ֜ה לֹא־אוּכַ֨ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לָכֶ֛ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ בְּיַ֣ד הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר כֵּן־אַתֶּ֥ם בְּיָדִ֖י בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס # verse = JER.18.6 1-4 הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=JER_18:6!1|MId=o240180060011|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 2 כַ כְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=JER_18:6!1|MId=o240180060012|Strong=3509a 3 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_18:6!1|MId=o240180060012ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 יּוֹצֵ֨ר יֹוצֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=potter|Ref=JER_18:6!1|MId=o240180060013|Strong=3335a|Type=participle_active 5-6 הַזֶּ֜ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JER_18:6!2|MId=o240180060021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 זֶּ֜ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=JER_18:6!2|MId=o240180060022|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 7 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=JER_18:6!3|MId=o240180060031|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 8 אוּכַ֨ל יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=am.I.able|Ref=JER_18:6!4|MId=o240180060041|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:240180050031;|Type=yiqtol 9-10 לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_18:6!5|MId=o240180060051|Strong=3807a 10 עֲשׂ֥וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 xcomp _ Gloss=do|Ref=JER_18:6!5|MId=o240180060052|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:240180050031;|Type=infinitive_construct 11-12 לָכֶ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 ל לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_18:6!6|MId=o240180060061|Strong=3807a 12 ָכֶ֛ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JER_18:6!6|MId=o240180060062|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 13 בֵּ֥ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ Gloss=O.house|Ref=JER_18:6!7|MId=o240180060071|Strong=1004 14 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=JER_18:6!8|MId=o240180060081|Strong=3478 15 נְאֻם־ נְאֻם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ Gloss=the.utterance|Ref=JER_18:6!9|MId=o240180060091|Strong=5002|SpaceAfter=No 16 יְהוָ֑ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JER_18:6!10|MId=o240180060101|Strong=3068 17 הִנֵּ֤ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 30 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=JER_18:6!11|MId=o240180060111|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 18-20 כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 כַ כְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=JER_18:6!12|MId=o240180060121|Strong=3509a 19 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_18:6!12|MId=o240180060121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 חֹ֙מֶר֙ חֹמֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=clay|Ref=JER_18:6!12|MId=o240180060122|Strong=2563b 21-22 בְּיַ֣ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JER_18:6!13|MId=o240180060131|Strong=0871a 22 יַ֣ד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 20 nmod _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=JER_18:6!13|MId=o240180060132|Strong=3027 23-24 הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=JER_18:6!14|MId=o240180060141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 יּוֹצֵ֔ר יֹוצֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.potter|Ref=JER_18:6!14|MId=o240180060142|Strong=3335a|Type=participle_active 25 כֵּן־ כֵּן ADV _ _ 30 parataxis _ Gloss=so|Ref=JER_18:6!15|MId=o240180060151|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative|SpaceAfter=No 26 אַתֶּ֥ם אַתֶּם PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JER_18:6!16|MId=o240180060161|Strong=0859a|Type=personal 27-29 בְּיָדִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=[are].in|Ref=JER_18:6!17|MId=o240180060171|Strong=0871a 28 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=hand|Ref=JER_18:6!17|MId=o240180060172|Strong=3027 29 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=JER_18:6!17|MId=o240180060173|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 30 בֵּ֥ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ Gloss=O.house|Ref=JER_18:6!18|MId=o240180060181|Strong=1004 31 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 30 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=JER_18:6!19|MId=o240180060191|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=JER_18:6!19|SpaceAfter=No 33 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=JER_18:6!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** אוּכַל *am I able* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | 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} הַכְּפַחֲרָא הָדֵין הֲלָא יוּכְלָא קֳדָמַי לְמֶעְבַּד לְכוֹן בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲמַר יְיָ הָא כְּמָא דְטִינָא בְיַד פַּחֲרָא כֵּן אַתּוּן חֲשִׁיבִין קֳדָמַי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל: 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. ['O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.511/) 2. [Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in My hand, O house of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.512/) **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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