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title: Ezekiel 40:16 — And there were narrow windows to the cells and to their posts within… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And there were narrow windows to the cells and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees. Who acts: windows. Ezekiel 40:16 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragm
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# Ezekiel 40:16 יְחֶזְקֵאל

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**Who acts:** windows · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** palm trees

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This is Ezekiel 40:16 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 — windows — and what happens in the verse to palm trees, 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 48 chapters of Ezekiel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וְחַלֹּנ֣וֹת אֲטֻמ֣וֹת אֶֽל־הַתָּאִ֡ים וְאֶל֩ אֵלֵיהֵ֨מָה לִפְנִ֤ימָה לַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֔יב וְכֵ֖ן לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת וְחַלּוֹנ֞וֹת סָבִ֤יב ׀ סָבִיב֙ לִפְנִ֔ימָה וְאֶל־אַ֖יִל תִּמֹרִֽים׃

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[And there were narrow windows to the cells and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1064/)

## 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:EZK:1028
# text = וְחַלֹּנ֣וֹת אֲטֻמ֣וֹת אֶֽל־הַתָּאִ֡ים וְאֶל֩ אֵלֵיהֵ֨מָה לִפְנִ֤ימָה לַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֔יב וְכֵ֖ן לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת וְחַלּוֹנ֞וֹת סָבִ֤יב ׀ סָבִיב֙ לִפְנִ֔ימָה וְאֶל־אַ֖יִל תִּמֹרִֽים׃
# verse = EZK.40.16
1-2	וְחַלֹּנ֣וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	6	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_40:16!1|MId=o260400160011|Strong=2050b
2	חַלֹּנ֣וֹת	חַלּוֹן	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	Gloss=windows|Ref=EZK_40:16!1|MId=o260400160012|Strong=2474
3	אֲטֻמ֣וֹת	אָטַם	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	Gloss=closed|Ref=EZK_40:16!2|MId=o260400160021|Strong=0331|Frame=A0:260400160012;|Type=participle_passive
4	אֶֽל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=[were].to|Ref=EZK_40:16!3|MId=o260400160031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
5-6	הַתָּאִ֡ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	6	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_40:16!4|MId=o260400160041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
6	תָּאִ֡ים	תָּא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	0	root	_	Gloss=chambers|Ref=EZK_40:16!4|MId=o260400160042|Strong=8372
7-8	וְאֶל֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_40:16!5|MId=o260400160051|Strong=2050b
8	אֶל֩	אֶל	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_40:16!5|MId=o260400160052|Strong=0413
9-10	אֵלֵיהֵ֨מָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	אֵלֵי	אַיִל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	6	conj	_	Gloss=pillars|Ref=EZK_40:16!6|MId=o260400160061|Strong=0352b
10	הֵ֨מָה	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=EZK_40:16!6|MId=o260400160062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
11-12	לִפְנִ֤ימָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_40:16!7|MId=o260400160071|Strong=3807a
12	פְנִ֤ימָה	פְּנִימָה	ADV	_	_	6	obl	_	Gloss=within|Ref=EZK_40:16!7|MId=o260400160072|Strong=6441
13-15	לַשַּׁ֙עַר֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_40:16!8|MId=o260400160081|Strong=3807a
14	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_40:16!8|MId=o260400160081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	שַּׁ֙עַר֙	שַׁעַר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	Gloss=gate|Ref=EZK_40:16!8|MId=o260400160082|Strong=8179
16	סָבִ֣יב	סָבִיב	ADV	_	Number=Sing	6	advmod	_	Gloss=all.around|Ref=EZK_40:16!9|MId=o260400160091|Strong=5439
17	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	16	punct	_	Ref=EZK_40:16!9
18	סָבִ֔יב	סָבִיב	ADV	_	Number=Sing	16	advmod	_	Gloss=all.around|Ref=EZK_40:16!10|MId=o260400160101|Strong=5439
19-20	וְכֵ֖ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_40:16!11|MId=o260400160111|Strong=2050b
20	כֵ֖ן	כֵּן	ADV	_	_	6	conj	_	Gloss=thus|Ref=EZK_40:16!11|MId=o260400160112|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative
21-23	לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_40:16!12|MId=o260400160121|Strong=3807a
22	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	23	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EZK_40:16!12|MId=o260400160121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
23	אֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת	אֵילָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	20	obl	_	Gloss=porches|Ref=EZK_40:16!12|MId=o260400160122|Strong=0361
24-25	וְחַלּוֹנ֞וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	30	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZK_40:16!13|MId=o260400160131|Strong=2050b
25	חַלּוֹנ֞וֹת	חַלּוֹן	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	Gloss=windows|Ref=EZK_40:16!13|MId=o260400160132|Strong=2474
26	סָבִ֤יב	סָבִיב	ADV	_	Number=Sing	30	advmod	_	Gloss=[were].all.around|Ref=EZK_40:16!14|MId=o260400160141|Strong=5439
27	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	26	punct	_	Ref=EZK_40:16!14
28	סָבִיב֙	סָבִיב	ADV	_	Number=Sing	26	advmod	_	Gloss=all.around|Ref=EZK_40:16!15|MId=o260400160151|Strong=5439
29-30	לִפְנִ֔ימָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_40:16!16|MId=o260400160161|Strong=3807a
30	פְנִ֔ימָה	פְּנִימָה	ADV	_	_	6	conj	_	Gloss=within|Ref=EZK_40:16!16|MId=o260400160162|Strong=6441
31-32	וְאֶל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	33	cc	_	Gloss=and.[were]|Ref=EZK_40:16!17|MId=o260400160171|Strong=2050b
32	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EZK_40:16!17|MId=o260400160172|Strong=0413
33	אַ֖יִל	אַיִל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	conj	_	Gloss=a.pillar|Ref=EZK_40:16!18|MId=o260400160181|Strong=0352b
34	תִּמֹרִֽים	תִּמֹרָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	33	nsubj	_	Gloss=palm.trees|Ref=EZK_40:16!19|MId=o260400160191|Strong=8561|SpaceAfter=No
35	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	34	punct	_	Ref=EZK_40:16!19
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| אֲטֻמוֹת *closed* | participle passive · qal | חַלֹּנוֹת *windows* |  |  |  |

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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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וְכַיִין סְתִּימָן לְתָוַיָא וּלְאֵילֵיהֶן מִגָיו לְתַרְעָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר וְכֵן לְאוּלַמַיָא וְכַוִין סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לְגָיו וְעַל אֵילָא כּוֹתַרְתָּא:

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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. [And there were narrow windows to the cells and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1064/)

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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:EZK:1028`.

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