--- title: Jeremiah 38:11 — So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence worn clouts and worn rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah. Who acts: Ebed melech. 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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 — Ebed melech — and what happens in the verse to men, house, worn clouts, clouts, Jeremiah, pit, 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. וַיִּקַּ֣ח ׀ עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּיָד֗וֹ וַיָּבֹ֤א בֵית־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־תַּ֣חַת הָאוֹצָ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֤ח מִשָּׁם֙ בְּלוֹיֵ֣ סְחָב֔וֹת וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ מְלָחִ֑ים וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֧ם אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־הַבּ֖וֹר בַּחֲבָלִֽים׃ [So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence worn clouts and worn rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1054/) ## 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:958 # text = וַיִּקַּ֣ח ׀ עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּיָד֗וֹ וַיָּבֹ֤א בֵית־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־תַּ֣חַת הָאוֹצָ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֤ח מִשָּׁם֙ בְּלוֹיֵ֣ סְחָב֔וֹת וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ מְלָחִ֑ים וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֧ם אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־הַבּ֖וֹר בַּחֲבָלִֽים׃ # verse = JER.38.11 1-2 וַיִּקַּ֣ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:11!1|MId=o240380110011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּקַּ֣ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.took|Ref=JER_38:11!1|MId=o240380110012|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:240380110021;A1:240380110042;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=JER_38:11!1 4-5 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ PROPN _ _ 2 dep _ Gloss=Ebed|Ref=JER_38:11!2|MId=o240380110021 5 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ PROPN _ _ 2 dep _ Gloss=Melech|Ref=JER_38:11!3|MId=o240380110031 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JER_38:11!4|MId=o240380110041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_38:11!5|MId=o240380110051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אֲנָשִׁ֜ים אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=men|Ref=JER_38:11!5|MId=o240380110052|Strong=0376 9-11 בְּיָד֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JER_38:11!6|MId=o240380110061|Strong=0871a 10 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=hand|Ref=JER_38:11!6|MId=o240380110062|Strong=3027 11 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=JER_38:11!6|MId=o240380110063|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 12-13 וַיָּבֹ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:11!7|MId=o240380110071|Strong=2050b 13 יָּבֹ֤א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.went|Ref=JER_38:11!7|MId=o240380110072|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:240380110021;|Type=wayyiqtol 14 בֵית־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=JER_38:11!8|MId=o240380110081|Strong=1004|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=JER_38:11!9|MId=o240380110091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=JER_38:11!9|MId=o240380110092|Strong=4428 17 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_38:11!10|MId=o240380110101|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 18 תַּ֣חַת תַּחַת NOUN _ _ 13 obl _ Gloss=under|Ref=JER_38:11!11|MId=o240380110111|Strong=8478 19-20 הָאוֹצָ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_38:11!12|MId=o240380110121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 אוֹצָ֔ר אוֹצָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=storehouse|Ref=JER_38:11!12|MId=o240380110122|Strong=0214 21-22 וַיִּקַּ֤ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:11!13|MId=o240380110131|Strong=2050b 22 יִּקַּ֤ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.took|Ref=JER_38:11!13|MId=o240380110132|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:240380110021;A1:240380110141;240380110172;|Type=wayyiqtol 23-24 מִשָּׁם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=JER_38:11!14|MId=o240380110141|Strong=4480 24 שָּׁם֙ שָׁם ADV _ _ 22 obl _ Gloss=there|Ref=JER_38:11!14|MId=o240380110142|Strong=8033 25 בְּלוֹיֵ֣ בְּלֹוי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 22 obj _ Gloss=worn.out.things|Ref=JER_38:11!15|MId=o240380110151|Strong=1094 26 סְחָב֔וֹת סְחָבֹות NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.clothes|Ref=JER_38:11!17|MId=o240380110171|Strong=5499 27-28 וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:11!18|MId=o240380110181|Strong=2050b 28 בְלוֹיֵ֖ בְּלֹוי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 25 conj _ Gloss=worn.out.things|Ref=JER_38:11!18|MId=o240380110182|Strong=1094 29 מְלָחִ֑ים מֶלַח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.rags|Ref=JER_38:11!19|MId=o240380110191|Strong=4418 30-32 וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֧ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:11!20|MId=o240380110201|Strong=2050b 31 יְשַׁלְּח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=JER_38:11!20|MId=o240380110202|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:240380110021;A1:240380110193;|Type=wayyiqtol 32 ֵ֧ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ Gloss=let.them.down|Ref=JER_38:11!20|MId=o240380110203|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 33 אֶֽל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_38:11!21|MId=o240380110211|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 34 יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ יִרְמְיָהוּ PROPN _ _ 31 obl _ Gloss=Jeremiah|Ref=JER_38:11!22|MId=o240380110221|Strong=3414a 35 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 37 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=JER_38:11!23|MId=o240380110231|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 36-37 הַבּ֖וֹר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 37 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_38:11!24|MId=o240380110241|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 37 בּ֖וֹר בּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 obl _ Gloss=cistern|Ref=JER_38:11!24|MId=o240380110242|Strong=0953 38-39 בַּחֲבָלִֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 39 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=JER_38:11!25|MId=o240380110251|Strong=0871a 39 חֲבָלִֽים חֶבֶל NOUN _ Number=Plur 31 obl _ Gloss=ropes|Ref=JER_38:11!25|MId=o240380110252|Strong=2256 40 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 39 punct _ Ref=JER_38:11!25 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּקַּח *he took* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֶֽבֶד־מֶלֶךְ *Ebed* | | | | | יָּבֹא *he went* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֶֽבֶד־מֶלֶךְ *Ebed* | | | | | יִּקַּח *he took* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֶֽבֶד־מֶלֶךְ *Ebed* | מִ *from* | | | | יְשַׁלְּח *he* | wayyiqtol · piel | עֶֽבֶד־מֶלֶךְ *Ebed* | | | | 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} וּדְבַר עַבְדָא דְמַלְכָּא יַת גַבְרַיָא עִמֵיהּ וְעָל לְבֵית מַלְכָּא לִתְחוֹת אוֹצְרָא וּנְסֵיב מִתַּמָן בְּלָאֵי טַפְסָן וּבְלָאֵי שַׁחְקָן וְשַׁרְבְבִינוּן לְוַת יִרְמְיָה לְגוּבָא בְּאַטוּנַיָא: 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. [So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence worn clouts and worn rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1054/) **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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