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title: Zechariah 10:2 — For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a li… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreams speak falsely, they comfort in vain; therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. Who acts: teraphim, diviners, dreams, shepherd. Zechariah 10:2 in Hebrew with its depen
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# Zechariah 10:2 זְכַרְיָה

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**Who acts:** teraphim, diviners, dreams, shepherd · **What happens:** speak, see, comfort, go, afflict, be · **To what, where:** vanity, lie, vain, way, diviners · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Zechariah 10:2 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 — teraphim, diviners, dreams, shepherd — and what happens in the verse to vanity, lie, vain, way, diviners, 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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כִּ֧י הַתְּרָפִ֣ים דִּבְּרוּ־אָ֗וֶן וְהַקּֽוֹסְמִים֙ חָ֣זוּ שֶׁ֔קֶר וַֽחֲלֹמוֹת֙ הַשָּׁ֣ואיְדַבֵּ֔רוּ הֶ֖בֶל יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּן עַל־כֵּן֙ נָסְע֣וּ כְמוֹ־צֹ֔אן יַעֲנ֖וּ כִּֽי־אֵ֥ין רֹעֶֽה׃פ

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[For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreams speak falsely, they comfort in vain; therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.144/)

## 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:139
# text = כִּ֧י הַתְּרָפִ֣ים דִּבְּרוּ־אָ֗וֶן וְהַקּֽוֹסְמִים֙ חָ֣זוּ שֶׁ֔קֶר וַֽחֲלֹמוֹת֙ הַשָּׁ֣ואיְדַבֵּ֔רוּ הֶ֖בֶל יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּן עַל־כֵּן֙ נָסְע֣וּ כְמוֹ־צֹ֔אן יַעֲנ֖וּ כִּֽי־אֵ֥ין רֹעֶֽה׃פ
# verse = ZEC.10.2
1	כִּ֧י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	4	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ZEC_10:2!1|MId=o380100020011|Strong=3588
2-3	הַתְּרָפִ֣ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
2	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	3	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=ZEC_10:2!2|MId=o380100020021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
3	תְּרָפִ֣ים	תְּרָפִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	Gloss=teraphim|Ref=ZEC_10:2!2|MId=o380100020022|Strong=8655
4	דִּבְּרוּ־	דָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.speak|Ref=ZEC_10:2!3|MId=o380100020031|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:380100020022;A1:380100020041;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No
5	אָ֗וֶן	אָוֶן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	obj	_	Gloss=wickedness|Ref=ZEC_10:2!4|MId=o380100020041|Strong=0205
6-8	וְהַקּֽוֹסְמִים֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_10:2!5|MId=o380100020051|Strong=2050b
7	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	8	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=ZEC_10:2!5|MId=o380100020052|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
8	קּֽוֹסְמִים֙	קָסַם	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	Gloss=diviners|Ref=ZEC_10:2!5|MId=o380100020053|Strong=7080|Type=participle_active
9	חָ֣זוּ	חָזָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=they.see|Ref=ZEC_10:2!6|MId=o380100020061|Strong=2372|Frame=A0:380100020053;A1:380100020071;|Type=qatal
10	שֶׁ֔קֶר	שֶׁקֶר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	obj	_	Gloss=falsehood|Ref=ZEC_10:2!7|MId=o380100020071|Strong=8267
11-12	וַֽחֲלֹמוֹת֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	15	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_10:2!8|MId=o380100020081|Strong=2050b
12	חֲלֹמוֹת֙	חֲלוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	15	obj	_	Gloss=the.dreams|Ref=ZEC_10:2!8|MId=o380100020082|Strong=2472
13-15	הַשָּׁ֣ואיְדַבֵּ֔רוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	14	det	_	Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=ZEC_10:2!9|MId=o380100020091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
14	שָּׁ֣וא	שָׁוְא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=worthlessness|Ref=ZEC_10:2!9|MId=o380100020092|Strong=7723
15	יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ	דָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=they.speak|Ref=ZEC_10:2!10|MId=o380100020101|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:380100020053;A1:380100020082;|Type=yiqtol
16	הֶ֖בֶל	הֶבֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	obl	_	Gloss=futility|Ref=ZEC_10:2!11|MId=o380100020111|Strong=1892
17-18	יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּ	נָחַם	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	15	ccomp	_	Gloss=they|Ref=ZEC_10:2!12|MId=o380100020121|Strong=5162|Frame=A0:380100020053;|Type=yiqtol
18	ן	נ	X	_	_	17	nmod	_	Gloss=comfort|Ref=ZEC_10:2!12|MId=o380100020122|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun
19	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=therefore|Ref=ZEC_10:2!13|MId=o380100020131|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
20	כֵּן֙	כֵּן	ADV	_	_	4	conj	_	Gloss=|Ref=ZEC_10:2!14|MId=o380100020141|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative
21	נָסְע֣וּ	נָסַע	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	17	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.have.set.out|Ref=ZEC_10:2!15|MId=o380100020151|Strong=5265|Frame=A0:380090160071;|Type=qatal
22	כְמוֹ־	כְּמוֹ	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=like|Ref=ZEC_10:2!16|MId=o380100020161|Strong=3644|SpaceAfter=No
23	צֹ֔אן	צֹאן	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=sheep|Ref=ZEC_10:2!17|MId=o380100020171|Strong=6629
24	יַעֲנ֖וּ	עָנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	17	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.are.afflicted|Ref=ZEC_10:2!18|MId=o380100020181|Strong=6031|Frame=A0:380090160071;|Type=yiqtol
25	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	26	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ZEC_10:2!19|MId=o380100020191|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
26	אֵ֥ין	אַיִן	ADV	_	_	17	advcl	_	Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=ZEC_10:2!20|MId=o380100020201|Strong=0369|Type=negative
27	רֹעֶֽה	רָעָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	Gloss=a.shepherd|Ref=ZEC_10:2!21|MId=o380100020211|Strong=7473|Type=participle_active|SpaceAfter=No
28	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	27	punct	_	Ref=ZEC_10:2!21|SpaceAfter=No
29	פ	פ	PUNCT	_	_	27	punct	_	Ref=ZEC_10:2!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: yes
- the frame alone: decl · assert · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| דִּבְּרוּ־ *they speak* | qatal · piel | תְּרָפִים *teraphim* | אָוֶן *wickedness* |  |  |
| חָזוּ *they see* | qatal · qal | קּֽוֹסְמִים *diviners* | שֶׁקֶר *falsehood* |  |  |
| יְדַבֵּרוּ *they speak* | yiqtol · piel | קּֽוֹסְמִים *diviners* | חֲלֹמוֹת *the dreams* |  |  |
| **not** יְנַֽחֵמוּ *they* | yiqtol · piel | קּֽוֹסְמִים *diviners* |  |  |  |
| נָסְעוּ *they have set out* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יַעֲנוּ *they are afflicted* | yiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |

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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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אֲרֵי פָלְחֵי צַלְמַיָא מְמַלְלִין אוֹנָס וְקוֹסְמַיָא מִתְנַבָּן שְׁקַר וּנְבִיֵי שִׁקְרָא בִּנְבוּאַת שִׁקְרֵיהוֹן שִׁקְרָא מְמַלְלִין לָא מִדָעַם מְנַחֲמִין עַל כֵּן אִתְבַּדָרוּ כְּבַדוּר עָנָא גְלוֹ אֲרֵי לֵית מְלַךְ:

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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. [For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreams speak falsely, they comfort in vain; therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.144/)

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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:139`.

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