--- title: Zechariah 7:3 — and to speak unto the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and to speak unto the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: 'Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?' Who acts: I. 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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 — I — and what happens in the verse to myself, 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. לֵאמֹ֗ר אֶל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ לְבֵית־יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִשִׁ֔י הִנָּזֵ֕ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי זֶ֖ה כַּמֶּ֥ה שָׁנִֽים׃פ [and to speak unto the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: 'Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.88/) ## 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:86 # text = לֵאמֹ֗ר אֶל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ לְבֵית־יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִשִׁ֔י הִנָּזֵ֕ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי זֶ֖ה כַּמֶּ֥ה שָׁנִֽים׃פ # verse = ZEC.7.3 1-2 לֵאמֹ֗ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 לֵ לְ ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ZEC_7:3!1|MId=o380070030011|Strong=3807a 2 אמֹ֗ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 0 root _ Gloss=say|Ref=ZEC_7:3!1|MId=o380070030012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:380070020031;380070020042;380070020052;|Type=infinitive_construct 3 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ZEC_7:3!2|MId=o380070030021|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ZEC_7:3!3|MId=o380070030031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=priests|Ref=ZEC_7:3!3|MId=o380070030032|Strong=3548 6 אֲשֶׁר֙ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=ZEC_7:3!4|MId=o380070030041|Strong=0834|Type=relative 7-8 לְבֵית־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=[belonged].to|Ref=ZEC_7:3!5|MId=o380070030051|Strong=3807a 8 בֵית־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 acl:relcl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=ZEC_7:3!5|MId=o380070030052|Strong=1004 9 יְהוָ֣ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=ZEC_7:3!6|MId=o380070030061|Strong=3068 10 צְבָא֔וֹת צָבָא NOUN _ Number=Plur 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.hosts|Ref=ZEC_7:3!7|MId=o380070030071|Strong=6635 11-12 וְאֶל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ZEC_7:3!8|MId=o380070030081|Strong=2050b 12 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ZEC_7:3!8|MId=o380070030082|Strong=0413 13-14 הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ZEC_7:3!9|MId=o380070030091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 נְּבִיאִ֖ים נָבִיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 conj _ Gloss=prophets|Ref=ZEC_7:3!9|MId=o380070030092|Strong=5030 15-16 לֵאמֹ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 18 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=ZEC_7:3!10|MId=o380070030101|Strong=3807a 16 אמֹ֑ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=ZEC_7:3!10|MId=o380070030102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:380070020031;380070020042;380070020052;|Type=infinitive_construct 17-18 הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַֽ הֲ PART _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=will|Ref=ZEC_7:3!11|MId=o380070030111|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 18 אֶבְכֶּה֙ בָּכָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=I.weep?|Ref=ZEC_7:3!11|MId=o380070030112|Strong=1058|Frame=A0:380070020021;|Type=yiqtol 19-21 בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ZEC_7:3!12|MId=o380070030121|Strong=0871a 20 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ZEC_7:3!12|MId=o380070030121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 חֹ֣דֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=month|Ref=ZEC_7:3!12|MId=o380070030122|Strong=2320 22-23 הַחֲמִשִׁ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ZEC_7:3!13|MId=o380070030131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 חֲמִשִׁ֔י חֲמִישִׁי NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 nummod _ Gloss=fifth|Ref=ZEC_7:3!13|MId=o380070030132|Strong=2549|Type=ordinal_number 24 הִנָּזֵ֕ר נָזַר VERB _ HebBinyan=NIPHAL 18 parataxis _ Gloss=will.I.separate.myself?|Ref=ZEC_7:3!14|MId=o380070030141|Strong=5144|Frame=A0:380070020021;|Type=infinitive_absolute 25-26 כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 24 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=ZEC_7:3!15|MId=o380070030151|Strong=3509a 26 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 27 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=ZEC_7:3!15|MId=o380070030152|Strong=0834|Type=relative 27 עָשִׂ֔יתִי עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 25 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I.have.done|Ref=ZEC_7:3!16|MId=o380070030161|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:380070020021;A1:380070030171;|Type=qatal 28 זֶ֖ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ Gloss=this|Ref=ZEC_7:3!17|MId=o380070030171|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 29-30 כַּמֶּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=how|Ref=ZEC_7:3!18|MId=o380070030181|Strong=3509a 30 מֶּ֥ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 27 obl _ Gloss=many?|Ref=ZEC_7:3!18|MId=o380070030182|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 31 שָׁנִֽים שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 30 appos _ Gloss=years|Ref=ZEC_7:3!19|MId=o380070030191|Strong=8141|SpaceAfter=No 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=ZEC_7:3!19|SpaceAfter=No 33 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=ZEC_7:3!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: a frame; the quote follows - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אמֹר *say* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | אֶבְכֶּה *I weep?* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | הִנָּזֵר *will I separate myself?* | infinitive absolute · niphal | | | | | | עָשִׂיתִי *I have done* | qatal · qal | | זֶה *this* | | | 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} לְמֵימַר לְכַהֲנַיָא דִי מְשַׁמְשִׁין בְּבֵית מַקְדְשָׁא דַייָ צְבָאוֹת וּלְסַפְרַיָא לְמֵימַר דְאַבְכֵּי בְּיַרְחָא חֲמִישָׁאָה אֶמְנַע נַפְשִׁין מִתַּפְנוּקִין כְּמָא דַעֲבִדֵית דְנַן כַּמָה שְׁנִין: 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 to speak unto the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: 'Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.88/) **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:86`. - ← previous: [Zechariah 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.7.2/) - next →: [Zechariah 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.7.4/) - ↑ back to [Zechariah 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC/7/)