--- title: Jeremiah 38:20 — But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee. Hearken, I beseech… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee. Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live. Who acts: Jeremiah, Chaldeans, I, voice. Jeremiah 38:20 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JP --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.20/) [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/) / 38:20 # Jeremiah 38:20 יִרְמְיָהוּ **Who acts:** Jeremiah, Chaldeans, I, voice, soul · **What happens:** say, not deliver, hearken, beseech, speak, be · **To what, where:** thee, that · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Jeremiah 38:20 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, Chaldeans, I, voice, soul — and what happens in the verse to thee, that, 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. וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֹ֣א יִתֵּ֑נוּ שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֣א ׀ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֗ה לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ דֹּבֵ֣ר אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיִ֥יטַב לְךָ֖ וּתְחִ֥י נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ [But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1063/) [Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1064/) ## 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:967 # text = וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֹ֣א יִתֵּ֑נוּ שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֣א ׀ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֗ה לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ דֹּבֵ֣ר אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיִ֥יטַב לְךָ֖ וּתְחִ֥י נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ # verse = JER.38.20 1-2 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:20!1|MId=o240380200011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֥אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=JER_38:20!1|MId=o240380200012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:240380200021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ יִרְמְיָהוּ PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Jeremiah|Ref=JER_38:20!2|MId=o240380200021|Strong=3414a 4 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 5 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=JER_38:20!3|MId=o240380200031|Strong=3808|Type=negative 5 יִתֵּ֑נוּ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=they.will.give|Ref=JER_38:20!4|MId=o240380200041|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:240380190132;A1:240380190022;|Type=yiqtol 6 שְֽׁמַֽע־ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 5 parataxis _ Gloss=listen|Ref=JER_38:20!5|MId=o240380200051|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:240380190022;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 7 נָ֣א נָא INTJ _ _ 6 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=JER_38:20!6|MId=o240380200061|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 8 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 7 punct _ Ref=JER_38:20!6 9-10 בְּק֣וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_38:20!7|MId=o240380200071|Strong=0871a 10 ק֣וֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=the.voice|Ref=JER_38:20!7|MId=o240380200072|Strong=6963 11 יְהוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JER_38:20!8|MId=o240380200081|Strong=3068 12-13 לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 6 obl _ Gloss=to.[that]|Ref=JER_38:20!9|MId=o240380200091|Strong=3807a 13 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 15 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=JER_38:20!9|MId=o240380200092|Strong=0834|Type=relative 14 אֲנִי֙ אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=JER_38:20!10|MId=o240380200101|Strong=0589|Type=personal 15 דֹּבֵ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 12 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[am].speaking|Ref=JER_38:20!11|MId=o240380200111|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:240380200101;|Type=participle_active 16-17 אֵלֶ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 אֵלֶ֔י אֶל ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_38:20!12|MId=o240380200121|Strong=0413 17 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JER_38:20!12|MId=o240380200122|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 18-19 וְיִ֥יטַב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=JER_38:20!13|MId=o240380200131|Strong=2050b 19 יִ֥יטַב יָטַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 conj _ Gloss=that.it.may.go.well|Ref=JER_38:20!13|MId=o240380200132|Strong=3190|Frame=A0:;|Type=yiqtol 20-21 לְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 ל לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=JER_38:20!14|MId=o240380200141|Strong=3807a 21 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=JER_38:20!14|MId=o240380200142|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 22-23 וּתְחִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:20!15|MId=o240380200151|Strong=2050b 23 תְחִ֥י חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 conj _ Gloss=so.that.it.may.live|Ref=JER_38:20!15|MId=o240380200152|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:240380200161;|Type=jussive 24-25 נַפְשֶֽׁךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ Gloss=self|Ref=JER_38:20!16|MId=o240380200161|Strong=5315 25 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=JER_38:20!16|MId=o240380200162|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=JER_38:20!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - 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* | | | | | **not** יִתֵּנוּ *they will give* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | שְֽׁמַֽע־ *listen* | imperative · qal | | | | | | דֹּבֵר *\[am\] speaking* | participle active · qal | אֲנִי *I* | | | | | יִיטַב *that it may go well* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | תְחִי *so that it may live* | jussive · qal | נַפְשׁ *self* | | | | 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 לָא יִמְסְרוּן קַבֵּיל כְּעַן לְמֵימְרָא דַייָ לְדַאֲנָא מְמַלֵיל עִמָךְ וְיֵיטַב לָךְ וְתִתְקַיֵם נַפְשָׁךְ: 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. [But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1063/) 2. [Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1064/) **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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