--- title: Zechariah 11:17 — Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shal… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. Who acts: worthless shepherd, sword. 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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 — worthless shepherd, sword — and what happens in the verse to flock, arm, right eye, 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. ה֣וֹי רֹעִ֤י הָֽאֱלִיל֙ עֹזְבִ֣י הַצֹּ֔אן חֶ֥רֶב עַל־זְרוֹע֖וֹ וְעַל־עֵ֣ין יְמִינ֑וֹ זְרֹעוֹ֙ יָב֣וֹשׁ תִּיבָ֔שׁ וְעֵ֥ין יְמִינ֖וֹ כָּהֹ֥ה תִכְהֶֽה׃ס [Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.172/) [The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.173/) ## 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:ZEC:166 # text = ה֣וֹי רֹעִ֤י הָֽאֱלִיל֙ עֹזְבִ֣י הַצֹּ֔אן חֶ֥רֶב עַל־זְרוֹע֖וֹ וְעַל־עֵ֣ין יְמִינ֑וֹ זְרֹעוֹ֙ יָב֣וֹשׁ תִּיבָ֔שׁ וְעֵ֥ין יְמִינ֖וֹ כָּהֹ֥ה תִכְהֶֽה׃ס # verse = ZEC.11.17 1 ה֣וֹי הוֹי INTJ _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=woe.to!|Ref=ZEC_11:17!1|MId=o380110170011|Strong=1945|Type=interjection 2 רֹעִ֤י רעה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=the.shepherd|Ref=ZEC_11:17!2|MId=o380110170021|Strong=7473|Type=participle_active 3-4 הָֽאֱלִיל֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=ZEC_11:17!3|MId=o380110170031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 אֱלִיל֙ אֱלִיל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 compound:smixut _ Gloss=worthlessness|Ref=ZEC_11:17!3|MId=o380110170032|Strong=0457 5 עֹזְבִ֣י עָזַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 appos _ Gloss=[who].abandons|Ref=ZEC_11:17!4|MId=o380110170041|Strong=5800|Frame=A0:380110170021;A1:380110170052;|Type=participle_active 6-7 הַצֹּ֔אן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=(of).the|Ref=ZEC_11:17!5|MId=o380110170051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 צֹּ֔אן צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=flock|Ref=ZEC_11:17!5|MId=o380110170052|Strong=6629 8 חֶ֥רֶב חֶרֶב NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Gloss=a.sword|Ref=ZEC_11:17!6|MId=o380110170061|Strong=2719 9 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=[will.be].on|Ref=ZEC_11:17!7|MId=o380110170071|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 10-11 זְרוֹע֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 זְרוֹע זְרוֹעַ NOUN _ Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=arm|Ref=ZEC_11:17!8|MId=o380110170081|Strong=2220 11 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ZEC_11:17!8|MId=o380110170082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 12-13 וְעַל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_11:17!9|MId=o380110170091|Strong=2050b 13 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=ZEC_11:17!9|MId=o380110170092|Strong=5921 14 עֵ֣ין עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Sing 10 conj _ Gloss=the.eye|Ref=ZEC_11:17!10|MId=o380110170101|Strong=5869 15-16 יְמִינ֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 יְמִינ יָמִין NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.right.side|Ref=ZEC_11:17!11|MId=o380110170111|Strong=3225 16 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ZEC_11:17!11|MId=o380110170112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-18 זְרֹעוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 זְרֹע זְרוֹעַ NOUN _ Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Gloss=arm|Ref=ZEC_11:17!12|MId=o380110170121|Strong=2220 18 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ZEC_11:17!12|MId=o380110170122|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 19 יָב֣וֹשׁ יָבֵשׁ VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 20 obl:npmod _ Gloss=totally.(wither)|Ref=ZEC_11:17!13|MId=o380110170131|Strong=3001|Type=infinitive_absolute 20 תִּיבָ֔שׁ יָבֵשׁ VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.wither|Ref=ZEC_11:17!14|MId=o380110170141|Strong=3001|Frame=A0:380110170121;|Type=yiqtol 21-22 וְעֵ֥ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_11:17!15|MId=o380110170151|Strong=2050b 22 עֵ֥ין עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ Gloss=the.eye|Ref=ZEC_11:17!15|MId=o380110170152|Strong=5869 23-24 יְמִינ֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 יְמִינ יָמִין NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.right.side|Ref=ZEC_11:17!16|MId=o380110170161|Strong=3225 24 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ZEC_11:17!16|MId=o380110170162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 25 כָּהֹ֥ה כָּהָה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 26 obl:npmod _ Gloss=totally.(dim)|Ref=ZEC_11:17!17|MId=o380110170171|Strong=3543|Type=infinitive_absolute 26 תִכְהֶֽה כָּהָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=it.will.grow.dim|Ref=ZEC_11:17!18|MId=o380110170181|Strong=3543|Frame=A0:380110170152;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=ZEC_11:17!18|SpaceAfter=No 28 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=ZEC_11:17!18 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עֹזְבִי *\[who\] abandons* | participle active · qal | רֹעִי *the shepherd* | צֹּאן *flock* | | | | תִּיבָשׁ *it will wither* | yiqtol · qal | זְרֹע *arm* | | | | | תִכְהֶֽה *it will grow dim* | yiqtol · qal | עֵין *the eye* | | | | 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} וַי עַל פַּרְנָסָא טִפְּשָׁא דְאִתְפַּקֵיד לֵיהּ עַמָא לְפַרְנָסָא דִי הוּא דָמֵי לְטַבָּחָא דִי סַכִּינֵיהּ בִּידֵיהּ וְעֵינַי עַל שְׁמֵינָתָא לְמִכַּס דַרְעֵיהּ מֵיבַשׁ תִּיבָשׁ וְעֵינֵיהּ דְיַמִינָא מִכְהָא תִּכְהֵי: 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. [Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.172/) 2. [The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.173/) **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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