--- title: Jeremiah 38:7 — Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king'… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Who acts: Ethiopian, Ebed melech, water, king. 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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 — Ethiopian, Ebed melech, water, king — and what happens in the verse to house, Jeremiah, pit, gate, 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. וַיִּשְׁמַ֡ע עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י אִ֣ישׁ סָרִ֗יס וְהוּא֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־נָתְנ֥וּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ אֶל־הַבּ֑וֹר וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּשַׁ֥עַר בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ [Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1050/) ## 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:954 # text = וַיִּשְׁמַ֡ע עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י אִ֣ישׁ סָרִ֗יס וְהוּא֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־נָתְנ֥וּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ אֶל־הַבּ֑וֹר וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּשַׁ֥עַר בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ # verse = JER.38.7 1-2 וַיִּשְׁמַ֡ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:7!1|MId=o240380070011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּשְׁמַ֡ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.heard|Ref=JER_38:7!1|MId=o240380070012|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:240380070021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְעֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Ebed|Ref=JER_38:7!2|MId=o240380070021 4 עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֨לֶךְ עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ PROPN _ _ 3 appos _ Gloss=Melech|Ref=JER_38:7!3|MId=o240380070031 5-6 הַכּוּשִׁ֜י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_38:7!4|MId=o240380070041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 כּוּשִׁ֜י כֻּשִׁי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 appos _ Gloss=Cushite|Ref=JER_38:7!4|MId=o240380070042|Strong=3569|Type=gentilic 7 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 appos _ Gloss=a.man|Ref=JER_38:7!5|MId=o240380070051|Strong=0376 8 סָרִ֗יס סָרִיס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 appos _ Gloss=a.court-official|Ref=JER_38:7!6|MId=o240380070061|Strong=5631 9-10 וְהוּא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:7!7|MId=o240380070071|Strong=2050b 10 הוּא֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=JER_38:7!7|MId=o240380070072|Strong=1931|Type=personal 11-12 בְּבֵ֣ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=[was].in|Ref=JER_38:7!8|MId=o240380070081|Strong=0871a 12 בֵ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=JER_38:7!8|MId=o240380070082|Strong=1004 13-14 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=JER_38:7!9|MId=o240380070091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=JER_38:7!9|MId=o240380070092|Strong=4428 15 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=JER_38:7!10|MId=o240380070101|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 16 נָתְנ֥וּ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=they.had.put|Ref=JER_38:7!11|MId=o240380070111|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:240380040022;A1:240380070121;|Type=qatal 17 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JER_38:7!12|MId=o240380070121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 18 יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ יִרְמְיָהוּ PROPN _ _ 16 obj _ Gloss=Jeremiah|Ref=JER_38:7!13|MId=o240380070131|Strong=3414a 19 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=JER_38:7!14|MId=o240380070141|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 20-21 הַבּ֑וֹר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_38:7!15|MId=o240380070151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 בּ֑וֹר בּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=cistern|Ref=JER_38:7!15|MId=o240380070152|Strong=0953 22-24 וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_38:7!16|MId=o240380070161|Strong=2050b 23 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_38:7!16|MId=o240380070162|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 מֶּ֥לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=JER_38:7!16|MId=o240380070163|Strong=4428 25 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=[was].sitting|Ref=JER_38:7!17|MId=o240380070171|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:240380070153;|Type=participle_active 26-27 בְּשַׁ֥עַר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=JER_38:7!18|MId=o240380070181|Strong=0871a 27 שַׁ֥עַר שַׁעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=the.gate|Ref=JER_38:7!18|MId=o240380070182|Strong=8179 28 בִּנְיָמִֽן בִּנְיָמִן PROPN _ _ 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Benjamin|Ref=JER_38:7!19|MId=o240380070191|Strong=1144|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=JER_38:7!19 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּשְׁמַע *he heard* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֶֽבֶד־מֶלֶךְ *Ebed* | | | | | נָתְנוּ *they had put* | qatal · qal | | אֶֽת־ *(et)* | | | | יוֹשֵׁב *\[was\] sitting* | participle active · qal | | | | | 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} וּשְׁמַע עַבְדָא דְמַלְכָּא צִדְקִיָה גְבַר רַב וְהוּא בְּבֵית מַלְכָּא אֲרֵי יְהָבוּ יַת יִרְמְיָה לְגוּבָא וּמַלְכָּא יָתֵיב בִּתְרַע שִׁבְטָא בִנְיָמִין: 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. [Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1050/) **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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