--- title: Zephaniah 2:3 — Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, that have executed His… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, that have executed His ordinance; seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. Who acts: ye, anger, LORD. 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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 — ye, anger, LORD — and what happens in the verse to LORD, ordinance, righteousness, humility, ye, 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 3 chapters of Zephaniah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. בַּקְּשׁ֤וּ אֶת־יְהוָה֙ כָּל־עַנְוֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִשְׁפָּט֖וֹ פָּעָ֑לוּ בַּקְּשׁוּ־צֶ֙דֶק֙ בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ עֲנָוָ֔ה אוּלַי֙ תִּסָּ֣תְר֔וּ בְּי֖וֹם אַף־יְהוָֽה׃ [Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, that have executed His ordinance; seek righteousness, seek humility.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.20/) [It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.21/) ## 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:ZEP:20 # text = בַּקְּשׁ֤וּ אֶת־יְהוָה֙ כָּל־עַנְוֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִשְׁפָּט֖וֹ פָּעָ֑לוּ בַּקְּשׁוּ־צֶ֙דֶק֙ בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ עֲנָוָ֔ה אוּלַי֙ תִּסָּ֣תְר֔וּ בְּי֖וֹם אַף־יְהוָֽה׃ # verse = ZEP.2.3 1 בַּקְּשׁ֤וּ בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=seek|Ref=ZEP_2:3!1|MId=o360020030011|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:360020030051;A1:360020030031;|Type=imperative 2 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ZEP_2:3!2|MId=o360020030021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 3 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 1 obj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=ZEP_2:3!3|MId=o360020030031|Strong=3068 4 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=O.all|Ref=ZEP_2:3!4|MId=o360020030041|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 5 עַנְוֵ֣י עָנָו ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.humble.[people]|Ref=ZEP_2:3!5|MId=o360020030051|Strong=6035|Type=adjective 6-7 הָאָ֔רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=ZEP_2:3!6|MId=o360020030061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 אָ֔רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=ZEP_2:3!6|MId=o360020030062|Strong=0776 8 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=ZEP_2:3!7|MId=o360020030071|Strong=0834|Type=relative 9-10 מִשְׁפָּט֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 מִשְׁפָּט מִשְׁפָּט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obj _ Gloss=judgment|Ref=ZEP_2:3!8|MId=o360020030081|Strong=4941 10 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ZEP_2:3!8|MId=o360020030082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 11 פָּעָ֑לוּ פָּעַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 4 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.have.done|Ref=ZEP_2:3!9|MId=o360020030091|Strong=6466|Frame=A0:360020030051;A1:360020030081;|Type=qatal 12 בַּקְּשׁוּ־ בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 parataxis _ Gloss=seek|Ref=ZEP_2:3!10|MId=o360020030101|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:360020030051;A1:360020030111;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 13 צֶ֙דֶק֙ צֶדֶק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obj _ Gloss=righteousness|Ref=ZEP_2:3!11|MId=o360020030111|Strong=6664 14 בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 parataxis _ Gloss=seek|Ref=ZEP_2:3!12|MId=o360020030121|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:360020030051;A1:360020030131;|Type=imperative 15 עֲנָוָ֔ה עֲנָוָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=humility|Ref=ZEP_2:3!13|MId=o360020030131|Strong=6038 16 אוּלַי֙ אוּלַי ADV _ _ 17 advmod _ Gloss=perhaps|Ref=ZEP_2:3!14|MId=o360020030141|Strong=0194 17 תִּסָּ֣תְר֔וּ סָתַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.be.hidden|Ref=ZEP_2:3!15|MId=o360020030151|Strong=5641|Frame=A1:360020030051;|Type=yiqtol 18-19 בְּי֖וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=ZEP_2:3!16|MId=o360020030161|Strong=0871a 19 י֖וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 obl _ Gloss=the.day|Ref=ZEP_2:3!16|MId=o360020030162|Strong=3117 20 אַף־ אַף NOUN _ _ 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.anger|Ref=ZEP_2:3!17|MId=o360020030171|Strong=0639|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No 21 יְהוָֽה יהוה PROPN _ _ 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=ZEP_2:3!18|MId=o360020030181|Strong=3068|SpaceAfter=No 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=ZEP_2:3!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | בַּקְּשׁוּ *seek* | imperative · piel | עַנְוֵי *the humble \[people\]* | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | פָּעָלוּ *they have done* | qatal · qal | עַנְוֵי *the humble \[people\]* | מִשְׁפָּט *judgment* | | | | בַּקְּשׁוּ־ *seek* | imperative · piel | עַנְוֵי *the humble \[people\]* | צֶדֶק *righteousness* | | | | בַּקְּשׁוּ *seek* | imperative · piel | עַנְוֵי *the humble \[people\]* | עֲנָוָה *humility* | | | | תִּסָּתְרוּ *you will be hidden* | yiqtol · niphal | | עַנְוֵי *the humble \[people\]* | | | 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} תְּבָעוּ יַת דְחַלְתָּא דַייָ כָּל עִנְוְתָנֵי אַרְעָא דְדִינֵי רְעוּתֵיהּ עָבָדוּ תְּבָעוּ קוּשְׁטָא תְּבָעוּ עִנְוְתָנוּתָא מָאִים יִתְגֵין עֲלֵיכוֹן בְּיוֹם רוּגְזָא דַיָי: 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. [Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, that have executed His ordinance; seek righteousness, seek humility.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.20/) 2. [It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.21/) **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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