--- title: Jeremiah 9:11 — Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to w… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through? Who acts: wise man, Jerusalem, mouth, none. Jeremiah 9:11 in Hebrew with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.9.11/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER/9/) / 9:11 # Jeremiah 9:11 יִרְמְיָהוּ **Who acts:** wise man, Jerusalem, mouth, none · **What happens:** be, understand, speak, declare, perish, lay · **To what, where:** this, mouth, land · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Jeremiah 9:11 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 — wise man, Jerusalem, mouth, none — and what happens in the verse to this, mouth, land, 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. מִֽי־הָאִ֤ישׁ הֶֽחָכָם֙ וְיָבֵ֣ן אֶת־זֹ֔את וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר פִּֽי־יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ עַל־מָה֙ אָבְדָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ נִצְּתָ֥ה כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר מִבְּלִ֖י עֹבֵֽר׃ס [Who is the wise man, that he may understand this?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.279/) [And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.280/) [Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.281/) ## 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:240 # text = מִֽי־הָאִ֤ישׁ הֶֽחָכָם֙ וְיָבֵ֣ן אֶת־זֹ֔את וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר פִּֽי־יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ עַל־מָה֙ אָבְדָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ נִצְּתָ֥ה כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר מִבְּלִ֖י עֹבֵֽר׃ס # verse = JER.9.11 1 מִֽי־ מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=JER_9:11!1|MId=o240090110011|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 2-3 הָאִ֤ישׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=[is].the|Ref=JER_9:11!2|MId=o240090110021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 אִ֤ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=person|Ref=JER_9:11!2|MId=o240090110022|Strong=0376 4-5 הֶֽחָכָם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הֶֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JER_9:11!3|MId=o240090110031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 חָכָם֙ חָכָם ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 amod _ Gloss=wise|Ref=JER_9:11!3|MId=o240090110032|Strong=2450|Type=adjective 6-7 וְיָבֵ֣ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_9:11!4|MId=o240090110041|Strong=2050b 7 יָבֵ֣ן בִּין VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.will.understand|Ref=JER_9:11!4|MId=o240090110042|Strong=0995|Frame=A0:240090110011;A1:240090110061;|Type=jussive 8 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=JER_9:11!5|MId=o240090110051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 9 זֹ֔את זֹאת PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ Gloss=this|Ref=JER_9:11!6|MId=o240090110061|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 10-11 וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=JER_9:11!7|MId=o240090110071|Strong=2050b 11 אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=[the.one].whom|Ref=JER_9:11!7|MId=o240090110072|Strong=0834|Type=relative 12 דִּבֶּ֧ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=it.has.spoken|Ref=JER_9:11!8|MId=o240090110081|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:240090110091;|Type=qatal 13 פִּֽי־ פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=the.mouth|Ref=JER_9:11!9|MId=o240090110091|Strong=6310|SpaceAfter=No 14 יְהוָ֛ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=JER_9:11!10|MId=o240090110101|Strong=3068 15-16 אֵלָ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אֵלָ֖י אֶל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=JER_9:11!11|MId=o240090110111|Strong=0413 16 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=JER_9:11!11|MId=o240090110112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-19 וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=JER_9:11!12|MId=o240090110121|Strong=2050b 18 יַגִּד נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 conj _ Gloss=that|Ref=JER_9:11!12|MId=o240090110122|Strong=5046|Frame=AA:240090110011;A0:240090110123;|Type=yiqtol 19 ָ֑הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=he.may.declare.it|Ref=JER_9:11!12|MId=o240090110123|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 20 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=concerning|Ref=JER_9:11!13|MId=o240090110131|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 21 מָה֙ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 22 obl _ Gloss=what?|Ref=JER_9:11!14|MId=o240090110141|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 22 אָבְדָ֣ה אָבַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 parataxis _ Gloss=has.it.been.destroyed|Ref=JER_9:11!15|MId=o240090110151|Strong=0006|Frame=A0:240090110162;|Type=qatal 23-24 הָאָ֔רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=JER_9:11!16|MId=o240090110161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 אָ֔רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=land|Ref=JER_9:11!16|MId=o240090110162|Strong=0776 25 נִצְּתָ֥ה נצה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 22 parataxis _ Gloss=has.it.become.ruined?|Ref=JER_9:11!17|MId=o240090110171|Strong=5327a|Frame=A1:240090110162;|Type=qatal 26-28 כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 כַ כְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=JER_9:11!18|MId=o240090110181|Strong=3509a 27 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=JER_9:11!18|MId=o240090110181ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 מִּדְבָּ֖ר מִדְבָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=wilderness|Ref=JER_9:11!18|MId=o240090110182|Strong=4057 29-30 מִבְּלִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=JER_9:11!19|MId=o240090110191|Strong=4480 30 בְּלִ֖י בְּלִי ADV _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=not|Ref=JER_9:11!19|MId=o240090110192|Strong=1097 31 עֹבֵֽר עָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ Gloss=[one.who].passes.through|Ref=JER_9:11!20|MId=o240090110201|Strong=5674|Type=participle_active|SpaceAfter=No 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=JER_9:11!20|SpaceAfter=No 33 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=JER_9:11!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָבֵן *he will understand* | jussive · qal | מִֽי־ *who?* | זֹאת *this* | | | | דִּבֶּר *it has spoken* | qatal · piel | פִּֽי־ *the mouth* | | | | | יַגִּד *that* | yiqtol · hiphil | ָהּ *he may declare it* | | | מִֽי־ *who?* | | אָבְדָה *has it been destroyed* | qatal · qal | אָרֶץ *land* | | | | | נִצְּתָה *has it become ruined?* | qatal · niphal | | אָרֶץ *land* | | | 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} מַן גַבְרָא דְחַכִּים וְיִסְבַּר יַת דָא וּדְאִתְמַלֵל מִן קֳדָם יְיָ עִמֵיהּ וִיחַוִינָהּ עַל מִן חֲרוּבַת אַרְעָא צַדִיאַת כְּמַדְבְרָא מִבְּלִי יָתֵיב: 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. [Who is the wise man, that he may understand this?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.279/) 2. [And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.280/) 3. [Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.281/) **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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