--- title: Malachi 2:6 — The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and did turn many away from iniquity. Who acts: law, LORD. Malachi 2:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.6/) [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/) / [Malachi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL/2/) / 2:6 # Malachi 2:6 מַלְאָכִי **Who acts:** law, LORD · **What happens:** be, not find, walk, turn away · **To what, where:** mouth, unrighteousness, lips, peace, many, iniquity This is Malachi 2:6 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 — law, LORD — and what happens in the verse to mouth, unrighteousness, lips, peace, many, iniquity, 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. תּוֹרַ֤ת אֱמֶת֙ הָיְתָ֣ה בְּפִ֔יהוּ וְעַוְלָ֖ה לֹא־נִמְצָ֣א בִשְׂפָתָ֑יו בְּשָׁל֤וֹם וּבְמִישׁוֹר֙ הָלַ֣ךְ אִתִּ֔י וְרַבִּ֖ים הֵשִׁ֥יב מֵעָוֺֽן׃ [The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and did turn many away from iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.25/) ## 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:19 # text = תּוֹרַ֤ת אֱמֶת֙ הָיְתָ֣ה בְּפִ֔יהוּ וְעַוְלָ֖ה לֹא־נִמְצָ֣א בִשְׂפָתָ֑יו בְּשָׁל֤וֹם וּבְמִישׁוֹר֙ הָלַ֣ךְ אִתִּ֔י וְרַבִּ֖ים הֵשִׁ֥יב מֵעָוֺֽן׃ # verse = MAL.2.6 1 תּוֹרַ֤ת תּוֹרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Gloss=instruction|Ref=MAL_2:6!1|MId=o390020060011|Strong=8451 2 אֱמֶת֙ אֱמֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.truth|Ref=MAL_2:6!2|MId=o390020060021|Strong=0571 3 הָיְתָ֣ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 cop _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=MAL_2:6!3|MId=o390020060031|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:390020060011;|Type=qatal 4-6 בְּפִ֔יהוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=MAL_2:6!4|MId=o390020060041|Strong=0871a 5 פִ֔י פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=mouth|Ref=MAL_2:6!4|MId=o390020060042|Strong=6310 6 הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=MAL_2:6!4|MId=o390020060043|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 7-8 וְעַוְלָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_2:6!5|MId=o390020060051|Strong=2050b 8 עַוְלָ֖ה עַוְלָה NOUN _ Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Gloss=unrighteousness|Ref=MAL_2:6!5|MId=o390020060052|Strong=5766a 9 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 10 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=MAL_2:6!6|MId=o390020060061|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 10 נִמְצָ֣א מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 conj _ Gloss=it.was.found|Ref=MAL_2:6!7|MId=o390020060071|Strong=4672|Frame=A1:390020060052;|Type=qatal 11-13 בִשְׂפָתָ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בִ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=MAL_2:6!8|MId=o390020060081|Strong=0871a 12 שְׂפָתָ֑י שָׂפָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 10 obl _ Gloss=lips|Ref=MAL_2:6!8|MId=o390020060082|Strong=8193 13 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=MAL_2:6!8|MId=o390020060083|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 14-15 בְּשָׁל֤וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=MAL_2:6!9|MId=o390020060091|Strong=0871a 15 שָׁל֤וֹם שָׁלוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=peace|Ref=MAL_2:6!9|MId=o390020060092|Strong=7965 16-18 וּבְמִישׁוֹר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_2:6!10|MId=o390020060101|Strong=2050b 17 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=MAL_2:6!10|MId=o390020060102|Strong=0871a 18 מִישׁוֹר֙ מִישׁוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 conj _ Gloss=uprightness|Ref=MAL_2:6!10|MId=o390020060103|Strong=4334 19 הָלַ֣ךְ הָלַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 parataxis _ Gloss=he.walked|Ref=MAL_2:6!11|MId=o390020060111|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:390020040111;|Type=qatal 20-21 אִתִּ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 אִתּ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=MAL_2:6!12|MId=o390020060121|Strong=0854 21 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=MAL_2:6!12|MId=o390020060122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 22-23 וְרַבִּ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_2:6!13|MId=o390020060131|Strong=2050b 23 רַבִּ֖ים רַב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 obj _ Gloss=many.[people]|Ref=MAL_2:6!13|MId=o390020060132|Strong=7227|Type=adjective 24 הֵשִׁ֥יב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 conj _ Gloss=he.turned.away|Ref=MAL_2:6!14|MId=o390020060141|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:390020040111;A0:390020060132;|Type=qatal 25-26 מֵעָוֺֽן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=MAL_2:6!15|MId=o390020060151|Strong=4480 26 עָוֺֽן עָוֺן NOUN _ Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=iniquity|Ref=MAL_2:6!15|MId=o390020060152|Strong=5771 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=MAL_2:6!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הָיְתָה *it was* | qatal · qal | תּוֹרַת *instruction* | | | | | **not** נִמְצָא *it was found* | qatal · niphal | | עַוְלָה *unrighteousness* | | | | הָלַךְ *he walked* | qatal · qal | | | | | | הֵשִׁיב *he turned away* | qatal · hiphil | רַבִּים *many \[people\]* | | | | 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} אוֹרַיְתָא דְקוּשְׁטָא הֲוָה בְּפּוּמֵיהּ וְשִׁקְרָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בְּסִפְוָתֵיהּ בִּשְׁלָמָא וּבִרְעוּתָא וּבִתְרִיצוּתָא הֲלֵיךְ קֳדָמַי וְסַגִיאִין אֲתִיב מֵחוֹבָא: 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. [The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and did turn many away from iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.25/) **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:MAL:19`. - ← previous: [Malachi 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.5/) - next →: [Malachi 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.2.7/) - ↑ back to [Malachi 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL/2/)