--- title: Malachi 2:17 — Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say: 'Wherein have… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?' Who acts: Ye, your, we, one. Malachi 2:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.17/) [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/) / [Malachi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL/2/) / 2:17 # Malachi 2:17 מַלְאָכִי **Who acts:** Ye, your, we, one, LORD · **What happens:** weary, word, say, do, be, delight · **To what, where:** LORD, that, evil, sight, God · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Malachi 2:17 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 — Ye, your, we, one, LORD — and what happens in the verse to LORD, that, evil, sight, 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 3 chapters of Malachi on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. הוֹגַעְתֶּ֤ם יְהוָה֙ בְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֔ם וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמָּ֣ה הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם כָּל־עֹ֨שֵׂה רָ֜ע ט֣וֹב ׀ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה וּבָהֶם֙ ה֣וּא חָפֵ֔ץ א֥וֹ אַיֵּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ [Ye have wearied the LORD with your words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.40/) [Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.41/) ## 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:MAL:30 # text = הוֹגַעְתֶּ֤ם יְהוָה֙ בְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֔ם וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמָּ֣ה הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם כָּל־עֹ֨שֵׂה רָ֜ע ט֣וֹב ׀ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה וּבָהֶם֙ ה֣וּא חָפֵ֔ץ א֥וֹ אַיֵּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ # verse = MAL.2.17 1 הוֹגַעְתֶּ֤ם יָגֵעַ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.have.wearied|Ref=MAL_2:17!1|MId=o390020170011|Strong=3021|Frame=AA:390020120091;A0:390020170021;|Type=qatal 2 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 1 obj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=MAL_2:17!2|MId=o390020170021|Strong=3068 3-5 בְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=MAL_2:17!3|MId=o390020170031|Strong=0871a 4 דִבְרֵי דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 1 obl _ Gloss=words|Ref=MAL_2:17!3|MId=o390020170032|Strong=1697 5 כֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=MAL_2:17!3|MId=o390020170033|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 6-7 וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_2:17!4|MId=o390020170041|Strong=2050b 7 אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 conj _ Gloss=you.say|Ref=MAL_2:17!4|MId=o390020170042|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:390020120091;|Type=weqatal 8-9 בַּמָּ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=|Ref=MAL_2:17!5|MId=o390020170051|Strong=0871a 9 מָּ֣ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 10 obl _ Gloss=how?|Ref=MAL_2:17!5|MId=o390020170052|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 10 הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ יָגֵעַ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=1 7 ccomp _ Gloss=did.we.weary.[him]|Ref=MAL_2:17!6|MId=o390020170061|Strong=3021|Frame=AA:390020120091;A0:390020170021;|Type=qatal 11-13 בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בֶּ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=MAL_2:17!7|MId=o390020170071|Strong=0871a 12 אֱמָר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 10 parataxis _ Gloss=saying|Ref=MAL_2:17!7|MId=o390020170072|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:390020170073;|Type=infinitive_construct 13 ְכֶ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=your|Ref=MAL_2:17!7|MId=o390020170073|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 14 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ Gloss=every|Ref=MAL_2:17!8|MId=o390020170081|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 15 עֹ֨שֵׂה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=[one.who].does|Ref=MAL_2:17!9|MId=o390020170091|Strong=6213|Frame=A1:390020170101;|Type=participle_active 16 רָ֜ע רַע ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=(of).evil|Ref=MAL_2:17!10|MId=o390020170101|Strong=7451|Type=adjective 17 ט֣וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ Gloss=[is].good|Ref=MAL_2:17!11|MId=o390020170111|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 18 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 17 punct _ Ref=MAL_2:17!11 19-20 בְּעֵינֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=MAL_2:17!12|MId=o390020170121|Strong=0871a 20 עֵינֵ֣י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 17 obl _ Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=MAL_2:17!12|MId=o390020170122|Strong=5869 21 יְהוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=MAL_2:17!13|MId=o390020170131|Strong=3068 22-24 וּבָהֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_2:17!14|MId=o390020170141|Strong=2050b 23 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=MAL_2:17!14|MId=o390020170142|Strong=0871a 24 ָהֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=MAL_2:17!14|MId=o390020170143|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 25 ה֣וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=MAL_2:17!15|MId=o390020170151|Strong=1931|Type=personal 26 חָפֵ֔ץ חָפֵץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 17 conj _ Gloss=he.delights|Ref=MAL_2:17!16|MId=o390020170161|Strong=2654|Frame=A0:390020170151;|Type=qatal 27 א֥וֹ אוֹ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=or|Ref=MAL_2:17!17|MId=o390020170171|Strong=0176 28 אַיֵּ֖ה אַיֵּה PART _ _ 17 conj _ Gloss=where?|Ref=MAL_2:17!18|MId=o390020170181|Strong=0346|Type=interrogative 29 אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ Gloss=[is].the.God|Ref=MAL_2:17!19|MId=o390020170191|Strong=0430 30-31 הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 31 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=MAL_2:17!20|MId=o390020170201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 31 מִּשְׁפָּֽט מִשְׁפָּט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=justice|Ref=MAL_2:17!20|MId=o390020170202|Strong=4941 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=MAL_2:17!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הוֹגַעְתֶּם *you have wearied* | qatal · hiphil | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | אֲמַרְתֶּם *you say* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | הוֹגָעְנוּ *did we weary \[him\]* | qatal · hiphil | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | אֱמָר *saying* | infinitive construct · qal | ְכֶם *your* | | | | | עֹשֵׂה *\[one who\] does* | participle active · qal | | רָע *(of) evil* | | | | חָפֵץ *he delights* | qatal · qal | הוּא *he* | | | | 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} אַלְהֵיתוּן קֳדָם יְיָ בְּפִתְגָמֵיכוֹן וְאִם תֵּימְרוּן בְּמָה אַלְהֵינָא קֳדָמוֹהִי בִּדְאַתּוּן אָמְרִין כָּל דְעָבֵיד בִּישׁ תַּקִין קֳדָם יְיָ וּבְהוֹן רַעֲוָא קֳדָמוֹהִי אוֹ אֵכָא אֱלָהָא דְעָבֵיד דִינָא: 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. [Ye have wearied the LORD with your words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.40/) 2. [Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.41/) **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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