--- title: Malachi 3:3 — And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall p… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and there shall be they that shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness. Who acts: messenger, sons. 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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 — messenger, sons — and what happens in the verse to sons, righteousness, 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. וְיָשַׁ֨ב מְצָרֵ֤ף וּמְטַהֵר֙ כֶּ֔סֶף וְטִהַ֤ר אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־לֵוִי֙ וְזִקַּ֣ק אֹתָ֔ם כַּזָּהָ֖ב וְכַכָּ֑סֶף וְהָיוּ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה מַגִּישֵׁ֥י מִנְחָ֖ה בִּצְדָקָֽה׃ [And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and there shall be they that shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.46/) ## 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:33 # text = וְיָשַׁ֨ב מְצָרֵ֤ף וּמְטַהֵר֙ כֶּ֔סֶף וְטִהַ֤ר אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־לֵוִי֙ וְזִקַּ֣ק אֹתָ֔ם כַּזָּהָ֖ב וְכַכָּ֑סֶף וְהָיוּ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה מַגִּישֵׁ֥י מִנְחָ֖ה בִּצְדָקָֽה׃ # verse = MAL.3.3 1-2 וְיָשַׁ֨ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_3:3!1|MId=o390030030011|Strong=2050b 2 יָשַׁ֨ב יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.sit|Ref=MAL_3:3!1|MId=o390030030012|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:390030010152;|Type=weqatal 3 מְצָרֵ֤ף צָרַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=[one.who].refines|Ref=MAL_3:3!2|MId=o390030030021|Strong=6884|Frame=A1:390030030041;|Type=participle_active 4-5 וּמְטַהֵר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_3:3!3|MId=o390030030031|Strong=2050b 5 מְטַהֵר֙ טָהֵר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing 3 conj _ Gloss=[one.who].purifies|Ref=MAL_3:3!3|MId=o390030030032|Strong=2891|Frame=A1:390030030041;|Type=participle_active 6 כֶּ֔סֶף כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 obj _ Gloss=silver|Ref=MAL_3:3!4|MId=o390030030041|Strong=3701 7-8 וְטִהַ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_3:3!5|MId=o390030030051|Strong=2050b 8 טִהַ֤ר טָהֵר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.will.purify|Ref=MAL_3:3!5|MId=o390030030052|Strong=2891|Frame=A0:390030010152;A1:390030030071;|Type=weqatal 9 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=MAL_3:3!6|MId=o390030030061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 10 בְּנֵֽי־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 obj _ Gloss=the.descendants|Ref=MAL_3:3!7|MId=o390030030071|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 11 לֵוִי֙ לֵוִי PROPN _ _ 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Levi|Ref=MAL_3:3!8|MId=o390030030081|Strong=3878 12-13 וְזִקַּ֣ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_3:3!9|MId=o390030030091|Strong=2050b 13 זִקַּ֣ק זָקַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.will.refine|Ref=MAL_3:3!9|MId=o390030030092|Strong=2212|Frame=A0:390030010152;A1:390030030102;|Type=weqatal 14-15 אֹתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=|Ref=MAL_3:3!10|MId=o390030030101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 15 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=MAL_3:3!10|MId=o390030030102|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 16-18 כַּזָּהָ֖ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=MAL_3:3!11|MId=o390030030111|Strong=3509a 17 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=MAL_3:3!11|MId=o390030030111ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 זָּהָ֖ב זָהָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=gold|Ref=MAL_3:3!11|MId=o390030030112|Strong=2091 19-22 וְכַכָּ֑סֶף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_3:3!12|MId=o390030030121|Strong=2050b 20 כַ כְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=MAL_3:3!12|MId=o390030030122|Strong=3509a 21 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=MAL_3:3!12|MId=o390030030122ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 כָּ֑סֶף כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 conj _ Gloss=silver|Ref=MAL_3:3!12|MId=o390030030123|Strong=3701 23-24 וְהָיוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MAL_3:3!13|MId=o390030030131|Strong=2050b 24 הָיוּ֙ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 27 cop _ Gloss=they.will.be|Ref=MAL_3:3!13|MId=o390030030132|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:390030030071;|Type=weqatal 25-26 לַֽיהוָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לַֽ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=MAL_3:3!14|MId=o390030030141|Strong=3807a 26 יהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 27 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=MAL_3:3!14|MId=o390030030142|Strong=3068 27 מַגִּישֵׁ֥י נָגַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=bringing.near|Ref=MAL_3:3!15|MId=o390030030151|Strong=5066|Frame=AA:390030030071;A0:390030030161;|Type=participle_active 28 מִנְחָ֖ה מִנְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 27 obj _ Gloss=(of).an.offering|Ref=MAL_3:3!16|MId=o390030030161|Strong=4503 29-30 בִּצְדָקָֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=MAL_3:3!17|MId=o390030030171|Strong=0871a 30 צְדָקָֽה צְדָקָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=righteousness|Ref=MAL_3:3!17|MId=o390030030172|Strong=6666 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=MAL_3:3!17 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָשַׁב *he will sit* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | מְצָרֵף *\[one who\] refines* | participle active · piel | | כֶּסֶף *silver* | | | | מְטַהֵר *\[one who\] purifies* | participle active · piel | | כֶּסֶף *silver* | | | | טִהַר *he will purify* | weqatal · piel | | בְּנֵֽי־ *the descendants* | | | | זִקַּק *he will refine* | weqatal · piel | | ָם *them* | | | | הָיוּ *they will be* | weqatal · qal | בְּנֵֽי־ *the descendants* | | | | | מַגִּישֵׁי *bringing near* | participle active · hiphil | מִנְחָה *(of) an offering* | | | בְּנֵֽי־ *the descendants* | 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} וְיִתְגְלֵי לְצַרָפָא וּלְדַכָּאָה כִּגְבַר דִי מְצָרֵף וּמְדַכֵּי כַּסְפָּא וִידַכֵּי יַת בְּנֵי לֵוִי וִיזַקֵק יַתְהוֹן כְּדַהֲבָא וּכְכַסְפָּא וִיהוֹן קֳדָם יְיָ מְקָרְבִין קוּרְבָּן בִּזְכוּ: 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. [And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and there shall be they that shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.46/) **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:33`. - ← previous: [Malachi 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.3.2/) - next →: [Malachi 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.3.4/) - ↑ back to [Malachi 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL/3/)