--- title: Zechariah 11:8 — And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.' Who acts: I, soul. Zechariah 11:8 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Zechariah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC/) / [chapter 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC/11/) / 11:8 # Zechariah 11:8 זְכַרְיָה **Who acts:** I, soul · **What happens:** cut off, become, loathe · **To what, where:** three shepherds, Me This is Zechariah 11:8 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 — I, soul — and what happens in the verse to three shepherds, Me, 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. וָאַכְחִ֛ד אֶת־שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הָרֹעִ֖ים בְּיֶ֣רַח אֶחָ֑ד וַתִּקְצַ֤ר נַפְשִׁי֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְגַם־נַפְשָׁ֖ם בָּחֲלָ֥ה בִֽי׃ [And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.163/) ## 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:157 # text = וָאַכְחִ֛ד אֶת־שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הָרֹעִ֖ים בְּיֶ֣רַח אֶחָ֑ד וַתִּקְצַ֤ר נַפְשִׁי֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְגַם־נַפְשָׁ֖ם בָּחֲלָ֥ה בִֽי׃ # verse = ZEC.11.8 1-2 וָאַכְחִ֛ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_11:8!1|MId=o380110080011|Strong=2050b 2 אַכְחִ֛ד כָּחַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.annihilated|Ref=ZEC_11:8!1|MId=o380110080012|Strong=3582|Frame=AA:380110060091;A0:380110080042;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ZEC_11:8!2|MId=o380110080021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת שָׁלֹשׁ NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nummod _ Gloss=the.three|Ref=ZEC_11:8!3|MId=o380110080031|Strong=7969|Type=cardinal_number 5-6 הָרֹעִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הָ הַ SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ Gloss=the|Ref=ZEC_11:8!4|MId=o380110080041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 רֹעִ֖ים רָעָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=shepherds|Ref=ZEC_11:8!4|MId=o380110080042|Strong=7473|Type=participle_active 7-8 בְּיֶ֣רַח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ZEC_11:8!5|MId=o380110080051|Strong=0871a 8 יֶ֣רַח יֶרַח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=a.month|Ref=ZEC_11:8!5|MId=o380110080052|Strong=3391 9 אֶחָ֑ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=ZEC_11:8!6|MId=o380110080061|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 10-11 וַתִּקְצַ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_11:8!7|MId=o380110080071|Strong=2050b 11 תִּקְצַ֤ר קָצֵר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.was.short|Ref=ZEC_11:8!7|MId=o380110080072|Strong=7114a|Frame=A0:380110080081;|Type=wayyiqtol 12-13 נַפְשִׁי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ Gloss=self|Ref=ZEC_11:8!8|MId=o380110080081|Strong=5315 13 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ZEC_11:8!8|MId=o380110080082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 14-15 בָּהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ZEC_11:8!9|MId=o380110080091|Strong=0871a 15 ָהֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=ZEC_11:8!9|MId=o380110080092|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 16-17 וְגַם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_11:8!10|MId=o380110080101|Strong=2050b 17 גַם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 20 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=ZEC_11:8!10|MId=o380110080102|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation 18-19 נַפְשָׁ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Gloss=self|Ref=ZEC_11:8!11|MId=o380110080111|Strong=5315 19 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=ZEC_11:8!11|MId=o380110080112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 20 בָּחֲלָ֥ה בָּחֵל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.loathed|Ref=ZEC_11:8!12|MId=o380110080121|Strong=0973|Frame=A0:380110080111;|Type=qatal 21-22 בִֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=ZEC_11:8!13|MId=o380110080131|Strong=0871a 22 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=ZEC_11:8!13|MId=o380110080132|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 23 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=ZEC_11:8!13 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אַכְחִד *I annihilated* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | רֹעִים *shepherds* | | | | | תִּקְצַר *it was short* | wayyiqtol · qal | נַפְשׁ *self* | | | | | בָּחֲלָה *it loathed* | qatal · qal | נַפְשׁ *self* | | | | 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} וְשֵׁיצֵיתִי יַת תְּלָתָא פַּרְנָסַיָא בְּיַרְחָא חָד וְרָחֵיק מֵימְרִי יַתְהוֹן עַל דְנַפְשַׁתְהוֹן קָצַת בְּפוּלְחָנִי: 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 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.163/) **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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