--- title: Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach fo… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say: 'Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us'? Who acts: heads, priests, prophets, evil. 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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 — heads, priests, prophets, evil — and what happens in the verse to LORD, midst, 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 7 chapters of Micah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. רָאשֶׁ֣יהָ ׀ בְּשֹׁ֣חַד יִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּ וְכֹהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ בִּמְחִ֣יר יוֹר֔וּ וּנְבִיאֶ֖יהָ בְּכֶ֣סֶף יִקְסֹ֑מוּ וְעַל־יְהוָה֙ יִשָּׁעֵ֣נוּ לֵאמֹ֔ר הֲל֤וֹא יְהוָה֙ בְּקִרְבֵּ֔נוּ לֹֽא־תָב֥וֹא עָלֵ֖ינוּ רָעָֽה׃ [The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say: 'Is not the LORD in the midst of us?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.46/) [No evil shall come upon us'?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.47/) ## 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:MIC:39 # text = רָאשֶׁ֣יהָ ׀ בְּשֹׁ֣חַד יִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּ וְכֹהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ בִּמְחִ֣יר יוֹר֔וּ וּנְבִיאֶ֖יהָ בְּכֶ֣סֶף יִקְסֹ֑מוּ וְעַל־יְהוָה֙ יִשָּׁעֵ֣נוּ לֵאמֹ֔ר הֲל֤וֹא יְהוָה֙ בְּקִרְבֵּ֔נוּ לֹֽא־תָב֥וֹא עָלֵ֖ינוּ רָעָֽה׃ # verse = MIC.3.11 1-2 רָאשֶׁ֣יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 רָאשֶׁ֣י רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ Gloss=leaders|Ref=MIC_3:11!1|MId=o330030110011|Strong=7218 2 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=MIC_3:11!1|MId=o330030110012|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=MIC_3:11!1 4-5 בְּשֹׁ֣חַד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=MIC_3:11!2|MId=o330030110021|Strong=0871a 5 שֹׁ֣חַד שֹׁחַד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=a.bribe|Ref=MIC_3:11!2|MId=o330030110022|Strong=7810 6 יִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּ שָׁפַט VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.judge|Ref=MIC_3:11!3|MId=o330030110031|Strong=8199|Frame=A0:330030110011;|Type=yiqtol 7-9 וְכֹהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MIC_3:11!4|MId=o330030110041|Strong=2050b 8 כֹהֲנֶ֙י כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ Gloss=priests|Ref=MIC_3:11!4|MId=o330030110042|Strong=3548 9 הָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=MIC_3:11!4|MId=o330030110043|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 10-11 בִּמְחִ֣יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=MIC_3:11!5|MId=o330030110051|Strong=0871a 11 מְחִ֣יר מְחִיר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=a.price|Ref=MIC_3:11!5|MId=o330030110052|Strong=4242 12 יוֹר֔וּ יָרָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=they.teach|Ref=MIC_3:11!6|MId=o330030110061|Strong=3384b|Frame=A0:330030110042;|Type=yiqtol 13-15 וּנְבִיאֶ֖יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MIC_3:11!7|MId=o330030110071|Strong=2050b 14 נְבִיאֶ֖י נָבִיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ Gloss=prophets|Ref=MIC_3:11!7|MId=o330030110072|Strong=5030 15 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=MIC_3:11!7|MId=o330030110073|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 16-17 בְּכֶ֣סֶף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=MIC_3:11!8|MId=o330030110081|Strong=0871a 17 כֶ֣סֶף כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=money|Ref=MIC_3:11!8|MId=o330030110082|Strong=3701 18 יִקְסֹ֑מוּ קָסַם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=they.divine|Ref=MIC_3:11!9|MId=o330030110091|Strong=7080|Frame=A0:330030110072;|Type=yiqtol 19-20 וְעַל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=MIC_3:11!10|MId=o330030110101|Strong=2050b 20 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=MIC_3:11!10|MId=o330030110102|Strong=5921 21 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 22 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=MIC_3:11!11|MId=o330030110111|Strong=3068 22 יִשָּׁעֵ֣נוּ שָׁעַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=they.depend|Ref=MIC_3:11!12|MId=o330030110121|Strong=8172|Frame=A0:330030110011;330030110042;330030110072;|Type=yiqtol 23-24 לֵאמֹ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=MIC_3:11!13|MId=o330030110131|Strong=3807a 24 אמֹ֔ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 23 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=MIC_3:11!13|MId=o330030110132|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:330030110011;330030110042;330030110072;|Type=infinitive_construct 25-26 הֲל֤וֹא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 29 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=MIC_3:11!14|MId=o330030110141|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 26 ל֤וֹא לֹא ADV _ _ 29 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=MIC_3:11!14|MId=o330030110142|Strong=3808|Type=negative 27 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 29 nsubj _ Gloss=[is].Yahweh|Ref=MIC_3:11!15|MId=o330030110151|Strong=3068 28-30 בְּקִרְבֵּ֔נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=MIC_3:11!16|MId=o330030110161|Strong=0871a 29 קִרְבּ קֶרֶב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 advcl _ Gloss=midst|Ref=MIC_3:11!16|MId=o330030110162|Strong=7130 30 ֵ֔נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=MIC_3:11!16|MId=o330030110163|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 31 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 32 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=MIC_3:11!17|MId=o330030110171|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 32 תָב֥וֹא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.come|Ref=MIC_3:11!18|MId=o330030110181|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:330030110201;|Type=yiqtol 33-34 עָלֵ֖ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 עָלֵ֖י עַל ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=MIC_3:11!19|MId=o330030110191|Strong=5921 34 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=MIC_3:11!19|MId=o330030110192|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 35 רָעָֽה רָעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ Gloss=calamity|Ref=MIC_3:11!20|MId=o330030110201|Strong=7451b|SpaceAfter=No 36 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 35 punct _ Ref=MIC_3:11!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִשְׁפֹּטוּ *they judge* | yiqtol · qal | רָאשֶׁי *leaders* | | | | | יוֹרוּ *they teach* | yiqtol · hiphil | כֹהֲנֶי *priests* | | | | | יִקְסֹמוּ *they divine* | yiqtol · qal | נְבִיאֶי *prophets* | | | | | יִשָּׁעֵנוּ *they depend* | yiqtol · niphal | רָאשֶׁי *leaders* + כֹהֲנֶי *priests* + נְבִיאֶי *prophets* | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | רָאשֶׁי *leaders* + כֹהֲנֶי *priests* + נְבִיאֶי *prophets* | | | | | **not** תָבוֹא *it will come* | yiqtol · qal | רָעָֽה *calamity* | | | | 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} רֵישָׁהָא בְּשׁוֹחֲדָא דוֹנִין וְכַהֲנָתָא בְּמָמוֹן מוֹרָן וּנְבִיָהָא בְּכַסְפָּא מַלְפִין וְעַל מֵימְרָא דַייָ מִסְתַּמְכִין לְמֵימָר הֲלָא שְׁכִנְתָּא דַייָ בֵּינָנָא אָמְרִין לָא תֵיתֵי עֲלָנָא בִּישְׁתָּא: 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 heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say: 'Is not the LORD in the midst of us?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.46/) 2. [No evil shall come upon us'?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.47/) **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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