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title: Deuteronomy 1:39 — Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your c… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. Who acts: ye, children, little ones, I. Deuteronomy 1:39 in Hebrew with its dependency tree
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# Deuteronomy 1:39 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** ye, children, little ones, I · **What happens:** say, be, have, go, give, possess · **To what, where:** little ones, prey, knowledge · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Deuteronomy 1:39 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (The Torah). 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, children, little ones, I — and what happens in the verse to little ones, prey, knowledge, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Onkelos 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 34 chapters of Deuteronomy on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וְטַפְּכֶם֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲמַרְתֶּ֜ם לָבַ֣ז יִהְיֶ֗ה וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־יָדְע֤וּ הַיּוֹם֙ ט֣וֹב וָרָ֔ע הֵ֖מָּה יָבֹ֣אוּ שָׁ֑מָּה וְלָהֶ֣ם אֶתְּנֶ֔נָּה וְהֵ֖ם יִירָשֽׁוּהָּ׃

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[Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.38/)

## 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:DEU:38
# text = וְטַפְּכֶם֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲמַרְתֶּ֜ם לָבַ֣ז יִהְיֶ֗ה וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־יָדְע֤וּ הַיּוֹם֙ ט֣וֹב וָרָ֔ע הֵ֖מָּה יָבֹ֣אוּ שָׁ֑מָּה וְלָהֶ֣ם אֶתְּנֶ֔נָּה וְהֵ֖ם יִירָשֽׁוּהָּ׃
# verse = DEU.1.39
1-3	וְטַפְּכֶם֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_1:39!1|MId=o050010390011|Strong=2050b
2	טַפּ	טַף	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	dislocated	_	Gloss=your.little|Ref=DEU_1:39!1|MId=o050010390012|Strong=2945
3	ְכֶם֩	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=one[s]|Ref=DEU_1:39!1|MId=o050010390013|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
4	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	5	mark	_	Gloss=who|Ref=DEU_1:39!2|MId=o050010390021|Strong=0834|Type=relative
5	אֲמַרְתֶּ֜ם	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	2	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=you.said|Ref=DEU_1:39!3|MId=o050010390031|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:050010030121;A1:050010390051;|Type=qatal
6-7	לָבַ֣ז	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=(into)|Ref=DEU_1:39!4|MId=o050010390041|Strong=3807a
7	בַ֣ז	בַּז	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	Gloss=plunder|Ref=DEU_1:39!4|MId=o050010390042|Strong=0957
8	יִהְיֶ֗ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	7	cop	_	Gloss=he.will.become|Ref=DEU_1:39!5|MId=o050010390051|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:050010390012;|Type=yiqtol
9-11	וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וּ֠	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_1:39!6|MId=o050010390061|Strong=2050b
10	בְנֵי	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	conj	_	Gloss=children|Ref=DEU_1:39!6|MId=o050010390062|Strong=1121
11	כֶם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_1:39!6|MId=o050010390063|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
12	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	14	mark	_	Gloss=who|Ref=DEU_1:39!7|MId=o050010390071|Strong=0834|Type=relative
13	לֹא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	14	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_1:39!8|MId=o050010390081|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No
14	יָדְע֤וּ	יָדַע	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	10	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=they.know|Ref=DEU_1:39!9|MId=o050010390091|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:050010390062;A1:050010390111;050010390122;|Type=qatal
15-16	הַיּוֹם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=DEU_1:39!10|MId=o050010390101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	יּוֹם֙	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=DEU_1:39!10|MId=o050010390102|Strong=3117
17	ט֣וֹב	טוֹב	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	obj	_	Gloss=good|Ref=DEU_1:39!11|MId=o050010390111|Strong=2896|Type=adjective
18-19	וָרָ֔ע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וָ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_1:39!12|MId=o050010390121|Strong=2050b
19	רָ֔ע	רַע	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	conj	_	Gloss=evil|Ref=DEU_1:39!12|MId=o050010390122|Strong=7451|Type=adjective
20	הֵ֖מָּה	הֵמָּה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=DEU_1:39!13|MId=o050010390131|Strong=1992|Type=personal
21	יָבֹ֣אוּ	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.will.go|Ref=DEU_1:39!14|MId=o050010390141|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:050010390131;|Type=yiqtol
22-23	שָׁ֑מָּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	שָׁ֑מּ	שָׁם	ADV	_	_	21	advmod	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_1:39!15|MId=o050010390151|Strong=8033
23	ָה	ה	X	_	_	22	nmod	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=DEU_1:39!15|MId=o050010390152|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he
24-26	וְלָהֶ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	27	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_1:39!16|MId=o050010390161|Strong=2050b
25	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_1:39!16|MId=o050010390162|Strong=3807a
26	ָהֶ֣ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=DEU_1:39!16|MId=o050010390163|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
27-28	אֶתְּנֶ֔נָּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	אֶתְּנ	נָתַן	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	21	conj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=DEU_1:39!17|MId=o050010390171|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:050010370041;A1:050010390172;|Type=yiqtol
28	ֶ֔נָּה	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	Gloss=will.give.it|Ref=DEU_1:39!17|MId=o050010390172|Strong=5089a|Type=pronominal
29-30	וְהֵ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	31	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_1:39!18|MId=o050010390181|Strong=2050b
30	הֵ֖ם	הֵם	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=DEU_1:39!18|MId=o050010390182|Strong=1992|Type=personal
31-32	יִירָשֽׁוּהָּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	יִירָשֽׁוּ	יָרַשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	21	conj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=DEU_1:39!19|MId=o050010390191|Strong=3423|Frame=A0:050010390182;A1:050010390192;|Type=yiqtol
32	הָּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	Gloss=will.take.possession.of.it|Ref=DEU_1:39!19|MId=o050010390192|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
33	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	32	punct	_	Ref=DEU_1:39!19
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| אֲמַרְתֶּם *you said* | qatal · qal |  | יִהְיֶה *he will become* |  |  |
| יִהְיֶה *he will become* | yiqtol · qal | טַפּ *your little* |  |  |  |
| **not** יָדְעוּ *they know* | qatal · qal | בְנֵי *children* | טוֹב *good* + רָע *evil* |  |  |
| יָבֹאוּ *they will go* | yiqtol · qal | הֵמָּה *they* |  |  |  |
| אֶתְּנ *I* | yiqtol · qal |  | ֶנָּה *will give it* |  |  |
| יִירָשֽׁוּ *they* | yiqtol · qal | הֵם *they* | הָּ *will take possession of it* |  |  |

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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 Onkelos {#onkelos}

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וְטַפְלְכוֹן דִי אֲמַרְתּוּן לְבִזָא יְהוֹן וּבְנֵיכוֹן דִי לָא יְדָעוּ יוֹמָא דֵין טַב וּבִישׁ אִנוּן יַעֲלוּן לְתַמָן וּלְהוֹן אֶתְּנִנַהּ וְאִנוּן יֵירְתֻנַהּ

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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. [Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.38/)

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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:DEU:38`.

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