--- title: Jeremiah 38:17 — Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of h… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, thou, and thy house; Who acts: Jeremiah, LORD, thou, soul --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.17/) [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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/38/) / 38:17 # Jeremiah 38:17 יִרְמְיָהוּ **Who acts:** Jeremiah, LORD, thou, soul · **What happens:** say, go, live, not burn · **To what, where:** city · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Jeremiah 38:17 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 — Jeremiah, LORD, thou, soul — and what happens in the verse to city, 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. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ אֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־יָצֹ֨א תֵצֵ֜א אֶל־שָׂרֵ֤י מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ וְחָיְתָ֣ה נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ וְהָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את לֹ֥א תִשָּׂרֵ֖ף בָּאֵ֑שׁ וְחָיִ֖תָה אַתָּ֥ה וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ [Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, thou, and thy house;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1060/) ## 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:964 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ אֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־יָצֹ֨א תֵצֵ֜א אֶל־שָׂרֵ֤י מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ וְחָיְתָ֣ה נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ וְהָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את לֹ֥א תִשָּׂרֵ֖ף בָּאֵ֑שׁ וְחָיִ֖תָה אַתָּ֥ה וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ # verse = JER.38.17 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:17!1|MId=o240380170011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JER_38:17!1|MId=o240380170012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240380170021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ יִרְמְיָהוּ PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Jeremiah|Ref=JER_38:17!2|MId=o240380170021|Strong=3414a 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_38:17!3|MId=o240380170031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּ צִדְקִיָּהוּ PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Zedekiah|Ref=JER_38:17!4|MId=o240380170041|Strong=6667a 6 כֹּֽה־ כֹּה ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=JER_38:17!5|MId=o240380170051|Strong=3541|SpaceAfter=No 7 אָמַ֣ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=he.says|Ref=JER_38:17!6|MId=o240380170061|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240380170071;|Type=qatal 8 יְהוָה֩ יהוה PROPN _ _ 7 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JER_38:17!7|MId=o240380170071|Strong=3068 9 אֱלֹהֵ֨י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 appos _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=JER_38:17!8|MId=o240380170081|Strong=0430 10 צְבָא֜וֹת צָבָא NOUN _ Number=Plur 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.hosts|Ref=JER_38:17!9|MId=o240380170091|Strong=6635 11 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 appos _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=JER_38:17!10|MId=o240380170101|Strong=0430 12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=JER_38:17!11|MId=o240380170111|Strong=3478 13 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 15 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=JER_38:17!12|MId=o240380170121|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 14 יָצֹ֨א יָצָא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 obl:npmod _ Gloss=indeed.(go.out)|Ref=JER_38:17!13|MId=o240380170131|Strong=3318|Type=infinitive_absolute 15 תֵצֵ֜א יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 21 advcl _ Gloss=you.will.go.out|Ref=JER_38:17!14|MId=o240380170141|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:240380170041;|Type=yiqtol 16 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_38:17!15|MId=o240380170151|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 17 שָׂרֵ֤י שַׂר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 obl _ Gloss=the.commanders|Ref=JER_38:17!16|MId=o240380170161|Strong=8269 18 מֶֽלֶךְ־ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.king|Ref=JER_38:17!17|MId=o240380170171|Strong=4428|SpaceAfter=No 19 בָּבֶל֙ בָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Babylon|Ref=JER_38:17!18|MId=o240380170181|Strong=0894 20-21 וְחָיְתָ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:17!19|MId=o240380170191|Strong=2050b 21 חָיְתָ֣ה חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 ccomp _ Gloss=it.will.live|Ref=JER_38:17!19|MId=o240380170192|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:240380170201;|Type=weqatal 22-23 נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=self|Ref=JER_38:17!20|MId=o240380170201|Strong=5315 23 ֶ֔ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=JER_38:17!20|MId=o240380170202|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 24-26 וְהָעִ֣יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:17!21|MId=o240380170211|Strong=2050b 25 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_38:17!21|MId=o240380170212|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 עִ֣יר עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ Gloss=city|Ref=JER_38:17!21|MId=o240380170213|Strong=5892 27-28 הַזֹּ֔את _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JER_38:17!22|MId=o240380170221|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 זֹּ֔את זֹאת DET _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=JER_38:17!22|MId=o240380170222|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 29 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 30 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=JER_38:17!23|MId=o240380170231|Strong=3808|Type=negative 30 תִשָּׂרֵ֖ף שָׂרַף VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 21 conj _ Gloss=it.will.be.burned|Ref=JER_38:17!24|MId=o240380170241|Strong=8313|Frame=A1:240380170213;|Type=yiqtol 31-33 בָּאֵ֑שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=JER_38:17!25|MId=o240380170251|Strong=0871a 32 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 33 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JER_38:17!25|MId=o240380170251ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 33 אֵ֑שׁ אֵשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 30 obl _ Gloss=fire|Ref=JER_38:17!25|MId=o240380170252|Strong=0784 34-35 וְחָיִ֖תָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 35 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:17!26|MId=o240380170261|Strong=2050b 35 חָיִ֖תָה חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 21 conj _ Gloss=you.will.live|Ref=JER_38:17!26|MId=o240380170262|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:240380170271;240380170282;|Type=weqatal 36 אַתָּ֥ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JER_38:17!27|MId=o240380170271|Strong=0859|Type=personal 37-39 וּבֵיתֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:17!28|MId=o240380170281|Strong=2050b 38 בֵית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 36 conj _ Gloss=household|Ref=JER_38:17!28|MId=o240380170282|Strong=1004 39 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=JER_38:17!28|MId=o240380170283|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 40 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 39 punct _ Ref=JER_38:17!28 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִרְמְיָהוּ *Jeremiah* | | | | | אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | תֵצֵא *you will go out* | yiqtol · qal | צִדְקִיָּהוּ *Zedekiah* | | | | | חָיְתָה *it will live* | weqatal · qal | נַפְשׁ *self* | | | | | **not** תִשָּׂרֵף *it will be burned* | yiqtol · niphal | | עִיר *city* | | | | חָיִתָה *you will live* | weqatal · qal | אַתָּה *you* + בֵית *household* | | | | 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} וַאֲמַר יִרְמְיָה לְצִדְקִיָה כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ צְבָאוֹת אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל אִם מִפַּק תִּפּוֹק לְוַת רַבְרְבֵי מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל וְתִתְקַיֵם נַפְשָׁךְ וְקַרְתָּא הָדָא לָא תִתּוֹקַד בְּנוּרָא וּתְחֵי אַתְּ וֶאֱנַשׁ בֵּיתָךְ: 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 said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, thou, and thy house;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1060/) **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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