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title: Zechariah 1:11 — And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said: 'We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.' Who acts: trees, angel, We, earth. Zechariah 1:11 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 191
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# Zechariah 1:11 זְכַרְיָה

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**Who acts:** trees, angel, We, earth · **What happens:** answer, stand, say, walk, sit, be · **To what, where:** angel, myrtle trees, earth, rest · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Zechariah 1:11 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 — trees, angel, We, earth — and what happens in the verse to angel, myrtle trees, earth, rest, 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 14 chapters of Zechariah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ אֶת־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה הָֽעֹמֵד֙ בֵּ֣ין הַהֲדַסִּ֔ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ בָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת׃

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[And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said: 'We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.10/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:ZEC:10
# text = וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ אֶת־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה הָֽעֹמֵד֙ בֵּ֣ין הַהֲדַסִּ֔ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ בָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת׃
# verse = ZEC.1.11
1-2	וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_1:11!1|MId=o380010110011|Strong=2050b
2	יַּעֲנ֞וּ	עָנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.answered|Ref=ZEC_1:11!1|MId=o380010110012|Strong=6030|Frame=A0:380010080161;A1:380010110031;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=ZEC_1:11!2|MId=o380010110021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
4	מַלְאַ֣ךְ	מַלְאָךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obj	_	Gloss=the.angel|Ref=ZEC_1:11!3|MId=o380010110031|Strong=4397
5	יְהוָ֗ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=ZEC_1:11!4|MId=o380010110041|Strong=3068
6-7	הָֽעֹמֵד֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	הָֽ	הַ	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	Gloss=[who|Ref=ZEC_1:11!5|MId=o380010110051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
7	עֹמֵד֙	עָמַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	4	appos	_	Gloss=was].standing|Ref=ZEC_1:11!5|MId=o380010110052|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:380010110031;|Type=participle_active
8	בֵּ֣ין	בֵּין	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=between|Ref=ZEC_1:11!6|MId=o380010110061|Strong=0996
9-10	הַהֲדַסִּ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=the.myrtle|Ref=ZEC_1:11!7|MId=o380010110071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	הֲדַסִּ֔ים	הֲדַס	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	7	obl	_	Gloss=trees|Ref=ZEC_1:11!7|MId=o380010110072|Strong=1918
11-12	וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_1:11!8|MId=o380010110081|Strong=2050b
12	יֹּאמְר֖וּ	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.said|Ref=ZEC_1:11!8|MId=o380010110082|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:380010080161;|Type=wayyiqtol
13	הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ	הָלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=1	12	ccomp	_	Gloss=we.have.gone.about|Ref=ZEC_1:11!9|MId=o380010110091|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:380010080161;|Type=qatal
14-16	בָאָ֑רֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	בָ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=ZEC_1:11!10|MId=o380010110101|Strong=0871a
15	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=ZEC_1:11!10|MId=o380010110101ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	אָ֑רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	Gloss=earth|Ref=ZEC_1:11!10|MId=o380010110102|Strong=0776
17-18	וְהִנֵּ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_1:11!11|MId=o380010110111|Strong=2050b
18	הִנֵּ֥ה	הִנֵּה	INTJ	_	_	22	discourse	_	Gloss=there!|Ref=ZEC_1:11!11|MId=o380010110112|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative
19	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=ZEC_1:11!12|MId=o380010110121|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
20-21	הָאָ֖רֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	21	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=ZEC_1:11!13|MId=o380010110131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
21	אָ֖רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	19	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=earth|Ref=ZEC_1:11!13|MId=o380010110132|Strong=0776
22	יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת	יָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	13	conj	_	Gloss=[is].dwelling|Ref=ZEC_1:11!14|MId=o380010110141|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:380010110132;|Type=participle_active
23-24	וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and.[is]|Ref=ZEC_1:11!15|MId=o380010110151|Strong=2050b
24	שֹׁקָֽטֶת	שָׁקַט	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	22	conj	_	Gloss=undisturbed|Ref=ZEC_1:11!15|MId=o380010110152|Strong=8252|Frame=A0:380010110132;|Type=participle_active
25	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	24	punct	_	Ref=ZEC_1:11!15
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יַּעֲנוּ *they answered* | wayyiqtol · qal |  | מַלְאַךְ *the angel* |  |  |
| עֹמֵד *was\] standing* | participle active · qal | מַלְאַךְ *the angel* |  |  |  |
| יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ *we have gone about* | qatal · hithpael |  |  |  |  |
| יֹשֶׁבֶת *\[is\] dwelling* | participle active · qal | אָרֶץ *earth* |  |  |  |
| שֹׁקָֽטֶת *undisturbed* | participle active · qal | אָרֶץ *earth* |  |  |  |

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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}

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וְאָתִיבוּ יַת מַלְאֲכָא דַייָ דְקָאֵים בֵּין אִילָנֵי הֲדַסַיָא וַאֲמָרוּ הַלֵכְנָא בְאַרְעָא וְהָא כָל אַרְעָא יָתְבָא שְׁלֵיוָא וּשְׁקִיטָא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said: 'We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.10/)

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**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:ZEC:10`.

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