--- title: Jeremiah 42:6 — Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the vo… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we hearken to the voice of the LORD our God.' Who acts: witness, we. Jeremiah 42:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.6/) [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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/42/) / 42:6 # Jeremiah 42:6 יִרְמְיָהוּ **Who acts:** witness, we · **What happens:** be, hearken, send · **To what, where:** thee, God This is Jeremiah 42:6 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 — witness, we — and what happens in the verse to thee, God, 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. אִם־ט֣וֹב וְאִם־רָ֔ע בְּק֣וֹל ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנַ֜חְנוּ שֹׁלְחִ֥ים אֹתְךָ֛ אֵלָ֖יו נִשְׁמָ֑ע לְמַ֙עַן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִֽיטַב־לָ֔נוּ כִּ֣י נִשְׁמַ֔ע בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס [Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we hearken to the voice of the LORD our God.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1133/) ## 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:1033 # text = אִם־ט֣וֹב וְאִם־רָ֔ע בְּק֣וֹל ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנַ֜חְנוּ שֹׁלְחִ֥ים אֹתְךָ֛ אֵלָ֖יו נִשְׁמָ֑ע לְמַ֙עַן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִֽיטַב־לָ֔נוּ כִּ֣י נִשְׁמַ֔ע בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס # verse = JER.42.6 1 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 2 mark _ Gloss=whether|Ref=JER_42:6!1|MId=o240420060011|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 2 ט֣וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=good|Ref=JER_42:6!2|MId=o240420060021|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 3-4 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_42:6!3|MId=o240420060031|Strong=2050b 4 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=or|Ref=JER_42:6!3|MId=o240420060032|Strong=0518 5 רָ֔ע רַע ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=bad|Ref=JER_42:6!4|MId=o240420060041|Strong=7451|Type=adjective 6-7 בְּק֣וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_42:6!5|MId=o240420060051|Strong=0871a 7 ק֣וֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=the.voice|Ref=JER_42:6!5|MId=o240420060052|Strong=6963 8 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 7 punct _ Ref=JER_42:6!5 9 יְהוָ֣ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JER_42:6!6|MId=o240420060061|Strong=3068 10-11 אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 אֱלֹהֵ֗י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=JER_42:6!7|MId=o240420060071|Strong=0430 11 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=JER_42:6!7|MId=o240420060072|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 12 אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=whom|Ref=JER_42:6!8|MId=o240420060081|Strong=0834|Type=relative 13 אֲנַ֜חְנוּ אֲנַחְנוּ PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ Gloss=we|Ref=JER_42:6!10|MId=o240420060101|Strong=0587|Type=personal 14 שֹׁלְחִ֥ים שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 9 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[are].sending|Ref=JER_42:6!11|MId=o240420060111|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:240420060101;A1:240420060122;|Type=participle_active 15-16 אֹתְךָ֛ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=|Ref=JER_42:6!12|MId=o240420060121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 16 ְךָ֛ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=JER_42:6!12|MId=o240420060122|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 17-18 אֵלָ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 אֵלָ֖י אֶל ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_42:6!13|MId=o240420060131|Strong=0413 18 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=JER_42:6!13|MId=o240420060132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 19 נִשְׁמָ֑ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 parataxis _ Gloss=we.will.listen|Ref=JER_42:6!14|MId=o240420060141|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:240420010031;240420010052;240420010082;240420010122;|Type=yiqtol 20 לְמַ֙עַן֙ לְמַעַן SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=so.that|Ref=JER_42:6!15|MId=o240420060151|Strong=4616 21 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=JER_42:6!16|MId=o240420060161|Strong=0834|Type=relative 22 יִֽיטַב־ יָטַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=it.may.go.well|Ref=JER_42:6!17|MId=o240420060171|Strong=3190|Frame=A0:;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 23-24 לָ֔נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 ל לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=JER_42:6!18|MId=o240420060181|Strong=3807a 24 ָ֔נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=JER_42:6!18|MId=o240420060182|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 25 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 26 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=JER_42:6!19|MId=o240420060191|Strong=3588 26 נִשְׁמַ֔ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 22 parataxis _ Gloss=we.will.listen|Ref=JER_42:6!20|MId=o240420060201|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:240420010031;240420010052;240420010082;240420010122;|Type=yiqtol 27-28 בְּק֖וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_42:6!21|MId=o240420060211|Strong=0871a 28 ק֖וֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 obl _ Gloss=the.voice|Ref=JER_42:6!21|MId=o240420060212|Strong=6963 29 יְהוָ֥ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JER_42:6!22|MId=o240420060221|Strong=3068 30-31 אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 אֱלֹהֵֽי אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 29 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=JER_42:6!23|MId=o240420060231|Strong=0430 31 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=JER_42:6!23|MId=o240420060232|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=JER_42:6!23|SpaceAfter=No 33 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=JER_42:6!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שֹׁלְחִים *\[are\] sending* | participle active · qal | אֲנַחְנוּ *we* | ְךָ *you* | | | | נִשְׁמָע *we will listen* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִֽיטַב־ *it may go well* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | נִשְׁמַע *we will listen* | yiqtol · 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} אִם טָב וְאִם בִּישׁ לְמֵימְרָא דַייָ אֱלָהָנָא דִי אֲנַחְנָא שָׁלְחִין יָתָךְ לָקֳדָמוֹהִי נְקַבֵּל בְּדִיל דְיִיטַב לָנָא אֲרֵי נְקַבֵּיל לְמֵימְרָא דַייָ אֱלָהָנָא: 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. [Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we hearken to the voice of the LORD our God.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1133/) **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). Hebrew sentence `wlc:JER:1033`. - ← previous: [Jeremiah 42:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.5/) - next →: [Jeremiah 42:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.7/) - ↑ back to [Jeremiah 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/42/)