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Syntactic Role Analysis: YHWH/Elohim [OT]

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Verbs whose grammatical subject is YHWH/Elohim, resolved via MACULA Hebrew subjref links.

Method: Each verb token in the MACULA syntax tree carries a subjref attribute pointing to its grammatical subject. This analysis finds all verb tokens where that subject resolves to the given Strong's number(s).

Role chart

Top Verbs by Frequency

Lemma Gloss Stem LXX Greek LXX Strong Count
אָמַר qal λέγων G3004 169
אָמַר he.said qal εἶπεν G2036 88
נָתַן I.will.give qal δώσω G1325 51
נָתַן give qal δοῦναι G1325 32
דָבַר he.spoke piel ἐλάλησεν G2980 24
נָתַן I qal δώσω G1325 16
שָׁבַע he.swore niphal ὤμοσεν G3660 16
נָתַן you.gave qal ἔδωκας G1325 16
עָשָׂה do qal ποιῆσαι G4160 15
חָנַן show qal ἐλέησόν G1653 14
זָכַר remember qal μνήσθητι G3415 14
נָתַן I.will.make qal δώσω G1325 14
בּוֹא I.will.bring hiphil ἐπάχω G1863 14
צָוָה I piel ἐνετειλάμην G1781 14
דָבַר he.had.spoken piel ἐλάλησεν G2980 13
עָשָׂה I.will.do qal ποιήσω G4160 13
כָּרַת I.will.cut.off hiphil ἐχολεθρεύσω G1842 13
יָשַׁע save hiphil σῶσόν G4982 13
נָתַן I.gave qal ἔδωκα G1325 12
בָּחַר I.have.chosen qal ἐχελεχάμην G1586 12
אָמַר qal 11
עָשָׂה he.did qal ἐποίησεν G4160 11
שָׁבַר I.will.break qal συντρίψω G4937 11
לָמַד teach piel δίδαχόν G1321 11
דָבַר I.will.speak piel λαλήσω G2980 11
שָׁבַע I.swore niphal ὤμοσα G3660 11
דָבַר I.spoke piel ἐλάλησα G2980 11
אָזַן give hiphil 10
עָשָׂה he.has.done qal ἐποίησεν G4160 10
אָמַר I.said qal εἶπα G2036 10

Distribution by Book (Top 5 Verbs)

Book אָמַר אָמַר נָתַן נָתַן דָבַר
1Ch 5 5 8 8 6
1Ki 12 12 37 37 21
1Sa 5 5 9 9 7
2Ch 10 10 31 31 7
2Ki 9 9 9 9 9
2Sa 8 8 5 5 3
Amo 1 1 2 2 0
Dan 0 0 1 1 1
Deu 16 16 52 52 11
Ecc 0 0 5 5 0
Exo 42 42 21 21 10
Ezk 26 26 12 12 5
Ezr 0 0 6 6 0
Gen 42 42 30 30 9
Hab 1 1 0 0 0
Hag 1 1 1 1 0
Hos 3 3 6 6 2
Isa 25 25 19 19 12
Jdg 6 6 10 10 2
Jer 13 13 72 72 28
Job 5 5 2 2 0
Jol 1 1 5 5 0
Jon 0 0 1 1 1
Jos 3 3 17 17 8
Lam 1 1 2 2 0
Lev 39 39 14 14 0
Mal 0 0 1 1 0
Mic 1 1 2 2 0
Neh 3 3 18 18 1
Num 59 59 24 24 7
Oba 0 0 1 1 0
Pro 0 0 2 2 0
Psa 8 8 49 49 3
Rut 0 0 1 1 0
Zec 6 6 3 3 1
Zep 1 1 2 2 0

Cross-Testament: OT vs NT Divine Action

OT vs NT divine action chart

The OT column shows Hebrew verb lemmas with their inline LXX Greek equivalent. The NT column shows Greek verbs with Θεός as subject.


Source: MACULA Hebrew WLC and MACULA Greek Nestle1904 (CC BY 4.0, Clear Bible / Tyndale House Cambridge). Syntactic subject resolved via subjref attribute in the MACULA lowfat syntax trees.