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title: Jeremiah 3:6 — And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: 'Hast thou… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel did? she went up upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and there played the harlot. Who acts: LORD, thou, backsliding Israel, Israel. Jeremiah 3:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree
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# Jeremiah 3:6 יִרְמְיָהוּ

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**Who acts:** LORD, thou, backsliding Israel, Israel · **What happens:** say, see, do, go up, play · **To what, where:** that, harlot · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Jeremiah 3:6 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 — LORD, thou, backsliding Israel, Israel — and what happens in the verse to that, harlot, 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.

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י בִּימֵי֙ יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הֲ‍ֽרָאִ֔יתָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשְׂתָ֖ה מְשֻׁבָ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֹלְכָ֨ה הִ֜יא עַל־כָּל־הַ֣ר גָּבֹ֗הַּ וְאֶל־תַּ֛חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָ֖ן וַתִּזְנִי־שָֽׁם׃

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[And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel did? she went up upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and there played the harlot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.77/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:61
# text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י בִּימֵי֙ יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הֲ‍ֽרָאִ֔יתָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשְׂתָ֖ה מְשֻׁבָ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֹלְכָ֨ה הִ֜יא עַל־כָּל־הַ֣ר גָּבֹ֗הַּ וְאֶל־תַּ֛חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָ֖ן וַתִּזְנִי־שָֽׁם׃
# verse = JER.3.6
1-2	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JER_3:6!1|MId=o240030060011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֨אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=JER_3:6!1|MId=o240030060012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240030060021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	יְהוָ֜ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JER_3:6!2|MId=o240030060021|Strong=3068
4-5	אֵלַ֗י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	אֵל	אֶל	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JER_3:6!3|MId=o240030060031|Strong=0413
5	ַ֗י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=me|Ref=JER_3:6!3|MId=o240030060032|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
6-7	בִּימֵי֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	בִּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=JER_3:6!4|MId=o240030060041|Strong=0871a
7	ימֵי֙	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.days|Ref=JER_3:6!4|MId=o240030060042|Strong=3117
8	יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ	יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ	PROPN	_	_	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Josiah|Ref=JER_3:6!5|MId=o240030060051|Strong=2977a
9-10	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JER_3:6!6|MId=o240030060061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	מֶּ֔לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	appos	_	Gloss=king|Ref=JER_3:6!6|MId=o240030060062|Strong=4428
11-12	הֲ‍ֽרָאִ֔יתָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	הֲ‍ֽ	הֲ	PART	_	_	12	advmod	_	Gloss=have|Ref=JER_3:6!7|MId=o240030060071|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative
12	רָאִ֔יתָ	רָאָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=you.seen?|Ref=JER_3:6!7|MId=o240030060072|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:240010010021;A1:240030060091;|Type=qatal
13	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	14	mark	_	Gloss=[that].which|Ref=JER_3:6!8|MId=o240030060081|Strong=0834|Type=relative
14	עָשְׂתָ֖ה	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	12	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=she.has.done|Ref=JER_3:6!9|MId=o240030060091|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:240030060101;|Type=qatal
15	מְשֻׁבָ֣ה	מְשׁוּבָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	Gloss=[the].apostate.one|Ref=JER_3:6!10|MId=o240030060101|Strong=4878
16	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	15	appos	_	Gloss=Israel|Ref=JER_3:6!11|MId=o240030060111|Strong=3478
17	הֹלְכָ֨ה	הָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	Gloss=[has.been].going|Ref=JER_3:6!12|MId=o240030060121|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:240030060131;|Type=participle_active
18	הִ֜יא	הִיא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	Gloss=she|Ref=JER_3:6!13|MId=o240030060131|Strong=1931a|Type=personal
19	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=JER_3:6!14|MId=o240030060141|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
20	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	obl	_	Gloss=every|Ref=JER_3:6!15|MId=o240030060151|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
21	הַ֣ר	הַר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=hill|Ref=JER_3:6!16|MId=o240030060161|Strong=2022
22	גָּבֹ֗הַּ	גָּבֹהַּ	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	amod	_	Gloss=high|Ref=JER_3:6!17|MId=o240030060171|Strong=1364|Type=adjective
23-24	וְאֶל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JER_3:6!18|MId=o240030060181|Strong=2050b
24	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JER_3:6!18|MId=o240030060182|Strong=0413
25	תַּ֛חַת	תַּחַת	NOUN	_	_	20	conj	_	Gloss=under|Ref=JER_3:6!19|MId=o240030060191|Strong=8478
26	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=every|Ref=JER_3:6!20|MId=o240030060201|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
27	עֵ֥ץ	עֵץ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=tree|Ref=JER_3:6!21|MId=o240030060211|Strong=6086
28	רַעֲנָ֖ן	רַעֲנָן	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	27	amod	_	Gloss=luxuriant|Ref=JER_3:6!22|MId=o240030060221|Strong=7488|Type=adjective
29-30	וַתִּזְנִי־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	30	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JER_3:6!23|MId=o240030060231|Strong=2050b
30	תִּזְנִי־	זָנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	conj	_	Gloss=she.has.acted.as.a.prostitute|Ref=JER_3:6!23|MId=o240030060232|Strong=2181|Frame=A0:240030060101;|Type=wayyiqtol
31	שָֽׁם	שָׁם	ADV	_	_	30	advmod	_	Gloss=there|Ref=JER_3:6!24|MId=o240030060241|Strong=8033|SpaceAfter=No
32	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	31	punct	_	Ref=JER_3:6!24
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: yes/no question
- act: ask
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |
| רָאִיתָ *you seen?* | qatal · qal |  | עָשְׂתָה *she has done* |  |  |
| עָשְׂתָה *she has done* | qatal · qal | מְשֻׁבָה *\[the\] apostate one* |  |  |  |
| הֹלְכָה *\[has been\] going* | participle active · qal | הִיא *she* |  |  |  |
| תִּזְנִי־ *she has acted as a prostitute* | wayyiqtol · qal | מְשֻׁבָה *\[the\] apostate one* |  |  |  |

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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}

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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִי בְּיוֹמֵי יֹאשִׁיָה מַלְכָּא הַחֲזֵיתָא מָה דַעֲבָדוּ דְמִתְחַסְנִין לְמֵיתַב לְפּוּלְחָנִי דְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל אָזְלִין אִינוּן עַל כָּל רָמָא מְנַטְלָא וְלִתְחוֹת כָּל אִילֵן עַבּוּף וּפַלְחִין אָעָן לְטַעֲוָתָא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel did? she went up upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and there played the harlot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.77/)

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**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).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:JER:61`.

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