--- title: Jeremiah 37:17 — then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said: 'Is there any word from the LORD?' And Jeremiah said: 'There is.' He said also: 'Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.' Who acts: Zedekiah, king, word, Jeremiah. Jeremiah 37: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.17/) [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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/37/) / 37:17 # Jeremiah 37:17 יִרְמְיָהוּ **Who acts:** Zedekiah, king, word, Jeremiah · **What happens:** send, fetch, ask, say, be, deliver · **To what, where:** Zedekiah, house, Thou, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Jeremiah 37:17 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, king, word, Jeremiah — and what happens in the verse to Zedekiah, house, Thou, 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. וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ וַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ בְּבֵיתוֹ֙ בַּסֵּ֔תֶר וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֲיֵ֥שׁ דָּבָ֖ר מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ יֵ֔שׁ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בְּיַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל תִּנָּתֵֽן׃ס [then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said: 'Is there any word from the LORD?' And Jeremiah said: 'There is.' He said also: 'Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1037/) ## 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:943 # text = וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ וַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ בְּבֵיתוֹ֙ בַּסֵּ֔תֶר וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֲיֵ֥שׁ דָּבָ֖ר מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ יֵ֔שׁ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בְּיַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל תִּנָּתֵֽן׃ס # verse = JER.37.17 1-2 וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_37:17!1|MId=o240370170011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּשְׁלַח֩ שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.sent|Ref=JER_37:17!1|MId=o240370170012|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:240370170022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_37:17!2|MId=o240370170021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 מֶּ֨לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=JER_37:17!2|MId=o240370170022|Strong=4428 5 צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ צִדְקִיָּהוּ PROPN _ _ 4 appos _ Gloss=Zedekiah|Ref=JER_37:17!3|MId=o240370170031|Strong=6667a 6-8 וַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_37:17!4|MId=o240370170041|Strong=2050b 7 יִּקָּח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=JER_37:17!4|MId=o240370170042|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:240370170022;A1:240370170043;|Type=wayyiqtol 8 ֵ֗הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ Gloss=took.him|Ref=JER_37:17!4|MId=o240370170043|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 9-11 וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_37:17!5|MId=o240370170051|Strong=2050b 10 יִּשְׁאָל שָׁאַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=JER_37:17!5|MId=o240370170052|Strong=7592|Frame=A1:240370170053;A0:240370170062;|Type=wayyiqtol 11 ֵ֨הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ Gloss=asked.him|Ref=JER_37:17!5|MId=o240370170053|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 12-13 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_37:17!6|MId=o240370170061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 מֶּ֤לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=JER_37:17!6|MId=o240370170062|Strong=4428 14-16 בְּבֵיתוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JER_37:17!7|MId=o240370170071|Strong=0871a 15 בֵית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=house|Ref=JER_37:17!7|MId=o240370170072|Strong=1004 16 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=JER_37:17!7|MId=o240370170073|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-19 בַּסֵּ֔תֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JER_37:17!8|MId=o240370170081|Strong=0871a 18 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JER_37:17!8|MId=o240370170081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 סֵּ֔תֶר סֵתֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=secrecy|Ref=JER_37:17!8|MId=o240370170082|Strong=5643 20-21 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_37:17!9|MId=o240370170091|Strong=2050b 21 יֹּ֕אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JER_37:17!9|MId=o240370170092|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240370170062;|Type=wayyiqtol 22-23 הֲיֵ֥שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=[is]|Ref=JER_37:17!10|MId=o240370170101|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 23 יֵ֥שׁ יֵשׁ ADV _ _ 21 ccomp _ Gloss=there?|Ref=JER_37:17!10|MId=o240370170102|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative 24 דָּבָ֖ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ Gloss=a.word|Ref=JER_37:17!11|MId=o240370170111|Strong=1697 25-26 מֵאֵ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=JER_37:17!12|MId=o240370170121|Strong=4480 26 אֵ֣ת אֵת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=JER_37:17!12|MId=o240370170122|Strong=0854 27 יְהוָ֑ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 23 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JER_37:17!13|MId=o240370170131|Strong=3068 28-29 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_37:17!14|MId=o240370170141|Strong=2050b 29 יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JER_37:17!14|MId=o240370170142|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240370170151;|Type=wayyiqtol 30 יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ יִרְמְיָהוּ PROPN _ _ 29 nsubj _ Gloss=Jeremiah|Ref=JER_37:17!15|MId=o240370170151|Strong=3414a 31 יֵ֔שׁ יֵשׁ ADV _ _ 29 ccomp _ Gloss=there.[is]|Ref=JER_37:17!16|MId=o240370170161|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative 32-33 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 33 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_37:17!17|MId=o240370170171|Strong=2050b 33 יֹּ֕אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JER_37:17!17|MId=o240370170172|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240370170151;|Type=wayyiqtol 34-35 בְּיַ֥ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JER_37:17!18|MId=o240370170181|Strong=0871a 35 יַ֥ד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 38 obl _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=JER_37:17!18|MId=o240370170182|Strong=3027 36 מֶֽלֶךְ־ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 35 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.king|Ref=JER_37:17!19|MId=o240370170191|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No 37 בָּבֶ֖ל בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 36 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Babylon|Ref=JER_37:17!20|MId=o240370170201|Strong=0894 38 תִּנָּתֵֽן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 33 ccomp _ Gloss=you.will.be.given|Ref=JER_37:17!21|MId=o240370170211|Strong=5414|Frame=A1:240370170062;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 39 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 38 punct _ Ref=JER_37:17!21|SpaceAfter=No 40 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 38 punct _ Ref=JER_37:17!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּשְׁלַח *he sent* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | יִּקָּח *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | ֵהוּ *took him* | | | | יִּשְׁאָל *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | ֵהוּ *asked him* | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִרְמְיָהוּ *Jeremiah* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִרְמְיָהוּ *Jeremiah* | | | | | תִּנָּתֵֽן *you will be given* | yiqtol · niphal | | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | 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} וּשְׁלַח מַלְכָּא צִדְקִיָה וְדַבְּרֵיהּ וְשַׁאֲלֵיהּ מַלְכָּא בְּבֵיתֵיהּ בְּסִתְרָא אֲמַר הָאִית פִּתְגָמָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ וַאֲמַר יִרְמְיָא אִית וַאֲמַר בְּיַד מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל תִּתְמְסָר: 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. [then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said: 'Is there any word from the LORD?' And Jeremiah said: 'There is.' He said also: 'Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1037/) **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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