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title: Zephaniah 3:7 — I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive correction; so… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, despite all that I have visited upon her'; but they betimes corrupted all their doings. Who acts: I, thou, corners. Zephaniah 3:7 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and t
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# Zephaniah 3:7 צְפַנְיָה

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**Who acts:** I, thou, corners · **What happens:** say, fear, receive, not cut off, visit, corrupt · **To what, where:** Me, correction, dwelling, doings · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Zephaniah 3:7 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, thou, corners — and what happens in the verse to Me, correction, dwelling, doings, 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.

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אָמַ֜רְתִּי אַךְ־תִּירְאִ֤י אוֹתִי֙ תִּקְחִ֣י מוּסָ֔ר וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֣ת מְעוֹנָ֔הּ כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־פָּקַ֖דְתִּי עָלֶ֑יהָ אָכֵן֙ הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ הִשְׁחִ֔יתוּ כֹּ֖ל עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃

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[I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, despite all that I have visited upon her'; but they betimes corrupted all their doings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.41/)

## 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:ZEP:39
# text = אָמַ֜רְתִּי אַךְ־תִּירְאִ֤י אוֹתִי֙ תִּקְחִ֣י מוּסָ֔ר וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֣ת מְעוֹנָ֔הּ כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־פָּקַ֖דְתִּי עָלֶ֑יהָ אָכֵן֙ הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ הִשְׁחִ֔יתוּ כֹּ֖ל עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃
# verse = ZEP.3.7
1	אָמַ֜רְתִּי	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	0	root	_	Gloss=I.said|Ref=ZEP_3:7!1|MId=o360030070011|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:360030050011;|Type=qatal
2	אַךְ־	אַךְ	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	Gloss=surely|Ref=ZEP_3:7!2|MId=o360030070021|Strong=0389|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No
3	תִּירְאִ֤י	יָרֵא	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	1	ccomp	_	Gloss=you.will.fear|Ref=ZEP_3:7!3|MId=o360030070031|Strong=3372|Frame=A0:360030010021;A1:360030070042;|Type=yiqtol
4-5	אוֹתִי֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	אוֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=ZEP_3:7!4|MId=o360030070041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
5	ִי֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	Gloss=me|Ref=ZEP_3:7!4|MId=o360030070042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
6	תִּקְחִ֣י	לָקַח	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	3	parataxis	_	Gloss=you.will.accept|Ref=ZEP_3:7!5|MId=o360030070051|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:360030010021;A1:360030070061;|Type=yiqtol
7	מוּסָ֔ר	מוּסָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	obj	_	Gloss=correction|Ref=ZEP_3:7!6|MId=o360030070061|Strong=4148
8-9	וְלֹֽא־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ZEP_3:7!7|MId=o360030070071|Strong=2050b
9	לֹֽא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=ZEP_3:7!7|MId=o360030070072|Strong=3808|Type=negative
10	יִכָּרֵ֣ת	כָּרַת	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	conj	_	Gloss=it.will.be.cut.off|Ref=ZEP_3:7!8|MId=o360030070081|Strong=3772|Frame=A1:360030070091;|Type=yiqtol
11-12	מְעוֹנָ֔הּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	מְעוֹנ	מָעֹון	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	Gloss=dwelling|Ref=ZEP_3:7!9|MId=o360030070091|Strong=4583
12	ָ֔הּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=ZEP_3:7!9|MId=o360030070092|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
13	כֹּ֥ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=ZEP_3:7!10|MId=o360030070101|Strong=3605
14	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	15	mark	_	Gloss=that|Ref=ZEP_3:7!11|MId=o360030070111|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
15	פָּקַ֖דְתִּי	פָּקַד	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	13	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=I.have.visited|Ref=ZEP_3:7!12|MId=o360030070121|Strong=6485|Frame=A0:360030050011;A1:360030070101;|Type=qatal
16-17	עָלֶ֑יהָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	עָלֶ֑י	עַל	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=ZEP_3:7!13|MId=o360030070131|Strong=5921
17	הָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=ZEP_3:7!13|MId=o360030070132|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
18	אָכֵן֙	אָכֵן	ADV	_	_	19	advmod	_	Gloss=nevertheless|Ref=ZEP_3:7!14|MId=o360030070141|Strong=0403
19	הִשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ	שָׁכַם	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	3	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.rose.early|Ref=ZEP_3:7!15|MId=o360030070151|Strong=7925|Frame=A0:360030010021;|Type=qatal
20	הִשְׁחִ֔יתוּ	שָׁחַת	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	3	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.corrupted|Ref=ZEP_3:7!16|MId=o360030070161|Strong=7843|Frame=AA:360030010021;A0:360030070181;|Type=qatal
21	כֹּ֖ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	obj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=ZEP_3:7!17|MId=o360030070171|Strong=3605
22-23	עֲלִילוֹתָֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	עֲלִילוֹת	עֲלִילָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	21	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=practices|Ref=ZEP_3:7!18|MId=o360030070181|Strong=5949
23	ָֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=ZEP_3:7!18|MId=o360030070182|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
24	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	23	punct	_	Ref=ZEP_3:7!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: yes
- indirect: 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| אָמַרְתִּי *I said* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| תִּירְאִי *you will fear* | yiqtol · qal |  | ִי *me* |  |  |
| תִּקְחִי *you will accept* | yiqtol · qal |  | מוּסָר *correction* |  |  |
| **not** יִכָּרֵת *it will be cut off* | yiqtol · niphal |  | מְעוֹנ *dwelling* |  |  |
| פָּקַדְתִּי *I have visited* | qatal · qal |  | כֹּל *all* |  |  |
| הִשְׁכִּימוּ *they rose early* | qatal · hiphil |  |  |  |  |
| הִשְׁחִיתוּ *they corrupted* | qatal · hiphil | עֲלִילוֹת *practices* |  |  |  |

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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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אֲמָרֵית בְּרַם תִּדְחֲלוּן מִן קֳדָמַי תְּקַבְּלוּן אוּלְפַן וְלָא יִפְסוֹק מְדוֹרֵיהוֹן מֵאַרְעָא בֵּית שְׁכִנְתִּי כָּל טַבְוָן דַאֲמָרֵית לְהוֹן אַיְתֵי לְהוֹן בְּכֵן אַקְדִימוּ חַבִּילוּ כָּל עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן:

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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. [I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, despite all that I have visited upon her'; but they betimes corrupted all their doings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.41/)

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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:ZEP:39`.

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