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title: Jeremiah 32:3 — For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying: 'Wherefore dost… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying: 'Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; Who acts: Zedekiah, thou, LORD, I. Jeremiah 32:3 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonat
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# Jeremiah 32:3 יִרְמְיָהוּ

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**Who acts:** Zedekiah, thou, LORD, I · **What happens:** shut up, say, prophesy, give, take · **To what, where:** Judah, city, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Jeremiah 32:3 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 — Zedekiah, thou, LORD, I — and what happens in the verse to Judah, city, 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.

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אֲשֶׁ֣ר כְּלָא֔וֹ צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר מַדּוּעַ֩ אַתָּ֨ה נִבָּ֜א לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֜ן אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֛את בְּיַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃

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[For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying: 'Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.878/)

## 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:786
# text = אֲשֶׁ֣ר כְּלָא֔וֹ צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר מַדּוּעַ֩ אַתָּ֨ה נִבָּ֜א לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֜ן אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֛את בְּיַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃
# verse = JER.32.3
1	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	2	mark	_	Gloss=that|Ref=JER_32:3!1|MId=o240320030011|Strong=0834|Type=relative
2-3	כְּלָא֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
2	כְּלָא	כָּלָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he|Ref=JER_32:3!2|MId=o240320030021|Strong=3607|Frame=A1:240320030022;A0:240320030031;|Type=qatal
3	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	Gloss=had.shut.him.up|Ref=JER_32:3!2|MId=o240320030022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
4	צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ	צִדְקִיָּהוּ	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Zedekiah|Ref=JER_32:3!3|MId=o240320030031|Strong=6667a
5	מֶֽלֶךְ־	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	appos	_	Gloss=the.king|Ref=JER_32:3!4|MId=o240320030041|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No
6	יְהוּדָ֖ה	יְהוּדָה	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Judah|Ref=JER_32:3!5|MId=o240320030051|Strong=3063
7-8	לֵאמֹ֑ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	לֵ	לְ	ADP	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=JER_32:3!6|MId=o240320030061|Strong=3807a
8	אמֹ֑ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	7	fixed	_	Gloss=|Ref=JER_32:3!6|MId=o240320030062|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240320030031;|Type=infinitive_construct
9	מַדּוּעַ֩	מַדּוּעַ	ADV	_	_	11	advmod	_	Gloss=why?|Ref=JER_32:3!7|MId=o240320030071|Strong=4069|Type=interrogative
10	אַתָּ֨ה	אַתָּה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=[are].you|Ref=JER_32:3!8|MId=o240320030081|Strong=0859|Type=personal
11	נִבָּ֜א	נָבָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	Gloss=prophesying|Ref=JER_32:3!9|MId=o240320030091|Strong=5012|Frame=A0:240320030081;|Type=participle_active
12-13	לֵאמֹ֗ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	לֵ	לְ	ADP	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=JER_32:3!10|MId=o240320030101|Strong=3807a
13	אמֹ֗ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	12	fixed	_	Gloss=|Ref=JER_32:3!10|MId=o240320030102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240320020082;|Type=infinitive_construct
14	כֹּ֚ה	כֹּה	ADV	_	_	15	advmod	_	Gloss=thus|Ref=JER_32:3!11|MId=o240320030111|Strong=3541
15	אָמַ֣ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	11	advcl	_	Gloss=he.says|Ref=JER_32:3!12|MId=o240320030121|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240320030131;|Type=qatal
16	יְהוָ֔ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JER_32:3!13|MId=o240320030131|Strong=3068
17-18	הִנְנִ֨י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הִנ	הִנֵּה	INTJ	_	_	19	nsubj	_	Gloss=here|Ref=JER_32:3!14|MId=o240320030141|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative
18	ְנִ֨י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=JER_32:3!14|MId=o240320030142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
19	נֹתֵ֜ן	נָתַן	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	15	ccomp	_	Gloss=[am].about.to.give|Ref=JER_32:3!15|MId=o240320030151|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:240320030142;A1:240320030172;|Type=participle_active
20	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=JER_32:3!16|MId=o240320030161|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
21-22	הָעִ֥יר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	22	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JER_32:3!17|MId=o240320030171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
22	עִ֥יר	עִיר	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	19	obj	_	Gloss=city|Ref=JER_32:3!17|MId=o240320030172|Strong=5892
23-24	הַזֹּ֛את	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=JER_32:3!18|MId=o240320030181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	זֹּ֛את	זֹאת	DET	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=JER_32:3!18|MId=o240320030182|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative
25-26	בְּיַ֥ד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=JER_32:3!19|MId=o240320030191|Strong=0871a
26	יַ֥ד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	Gloss=the.hand|Ref=JER_32:3!19|MId=o240320030192|Strong=3027
27	מֶֽלֶךְ־	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.king|Ref=JER_32:3!20|MId=o240320030201|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No
28	בָּבֶ֖ל	בָּבֶל	PROPN	_	_	27	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Babylon|Ref=JER_32:3!21|MId=o240320030211|Strong=0894
29-31	וּלְכָדָֽהּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	30	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JER_32:3!22|MId=o240320030221|Strong=2050b
30	לְכָד	לָכַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	19	conj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=JER_32:3!22|MId=o240320030222|Strong=3920|Frame=A0:240320030201;A1:240320030223;|Type=weqatal
31	ָֽהּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	Gloss=will.capture.it|Ref=JER_32:3!22|MId=o240320030223|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
32	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	31	punct	_	Ref=JER_32:3!22
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| כְּלָא *he* | qatal · qal | צִדְקִיָּהוּ *Zedekiah* | וֹ *had shut him up* |  |  |
| אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | צִדְקִיָּהוּ *Zedekiah* |  |  |  |
| נִבָּא *prophesying* | participle active · niphal | אַתָּה *\[are\] you* |  |  |  |
| אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal |  |  |  |  |
| אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |
| נֹתֵן *\[am\] about to give* | participle active · qal | ְנִי *I* | עִיר *city* |  |  |
| לְכָד *he* | weqatal · qal | מֶֽלֶךְ־ *of the king* | ָֽהּ *will capture it* |  |  |

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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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דְאַסְרֵיהּ צִדְקִיָה מְלַךְ שִׁבְטָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה לְמֵימָר מַדֵין אַתְּ מִתְנַבֵּי לְמֵימָר כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ הָאֲנָא מָסַר יַת קַרְתָּא הָדָא בְּיַד מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל וְיַכְבְּשִׁינָהּ:

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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. [For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying: 'Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.878/)

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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:786`.

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