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title: Deuteronomy 10:15 — Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chos… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you, above all peoples, as it is this day. Who acts: LORD, seed. Deuteronomy 10:15 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Deuteronomy 10:15 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** LORD, seed · **What happens:** have, love, choose, be · **To what, where:** delight, fathers, seed, day

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This is Deuteronomy 10:15 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 — LORD, seed — and what happens in the verse to delight, fathers, seed, day, 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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רַ֧ק בַּאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ חָשַׁ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה לְאַהֲבָ֣ה אוֹתָ֑ם וַיִּבְחַ֞ר בְּזַרְעָ֣ם אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם בָּכֶ֛ם מִכָּל־הָעַמִּ֖ים כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּה׃

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[Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you, above all peoples, as it is this day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.311/)

## 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:308
# text = רַ֧ק בַּאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ חָשַׁ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה לְאַהֲבָ֣ה אוֹתָ֑ם וַיִּבְחַ֞ר בְּזַרְעָ֣ם אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם בָּכֶ֛ם מִכָּל־הָעַמִּ֖ים כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּה׃
# verse = DEU.10.15
1	רַ֧ק	רַק	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	Gloss=only|Ref=DEU_10:15!1|MId=o050100150011|Strong=7535|Type=affirmation
2-4	בַּאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
2	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	Gloss=(in)|Ref=DEU_10:15!2|MId=o050100150021|Strong=0871a
3	אֲבֹתֶ֛י	אָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	5	obl	_	Gloss=ancestors|Ref=DEU_10:15!2|MId=o050100150022|Strong=0001
4	ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_10:15!2|MId=o050100150023|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
5	חָשַׁ֥ק	חָשַׁק	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.loved|Ref=DEU_10:15!3|MId=o050100150031|Strong=2836|Frame=A0:050100150041;|Type=qatal
6	יְהוָ֖ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	5	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=DEU_10:15!4|MId=o050100150041|Strong=3068
7-8	לְאַהֲבָ֣ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_10:15!5|MId=o050100150051|Strong=3807a
8	אַהֲבָ֣ה	אָהֵב	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	5	advcl	_	Gloss=love|Ref=DEU_10:15!5|MId=o050100150052|Strong=0157|Frame=A0:050100150041;A1:050100150062;|Type=infinitive_construct
9-10	אוֹתָ֑ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	אוֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=DEU_10:15!6|MId=o050100150061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
10	ָ֑ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	Gloss=them|Ref=DEU_10:15!6|MId=o050100150062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
11-12	וַיִּבְחַ֞ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_10:15!7|MId=o050100150071|Strong=2050b
12	יִּבְחַ֞ר	בָּחַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	5	conj	_	Gloss=he.chose|Ref=DEU_10:15!7|MId=o050100150072|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:050100150041;|Type=wayyiqtol
13-15	בְּזַרְעָ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=(in)|Ref=DEU_10:15!8|MId=o050100150081|Strong=0871a
14	זַרְע	זֶרַע	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	obl	_	Gloss=offspring|Ref=DEU_10:15!8|MId=o050100150082|Strong=2233
15	ָ֣ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=DEU_10:15!8|MId=o050100150083|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
16-17	אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	אַחֲרֵי	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=DEU_10:15!9|MId=o050100150091|Strong=0310
17	הֶ֗ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	Gloss=them|Ref=DEU_10:15!9|MId=o050100150092|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
18-19	בָּכֶ֛ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	בּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=(in)|Ref=DEU_10:15!10|MId=o050100150101|Strong=0871a
19	ָכֶ֛ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_10:15!10|MId=o050100150102|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
20-21	מִכָּל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=DEU_10:15!11|MId=o050100150111|Strong=4480
21	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=DEU_10:15!11|MId=o050100150112|Strong=3605
22-23	הָעַמִּ֖ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	23	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_10:15!12|MId=o050100150121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
23	עַמִּ֖ים	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	21	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=peoples|Ref=DEU_10:15!12|MId=o050100150122|Strong=5971
24-26	כַּיּ֥וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	כַּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=as|Ref=DEU_10:15!13|MId=o050100150131|Strong=3509a
25	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	26	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_10:15!13|MId=o050100150131ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
26	יּ֥וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=DEU_10:15!13|MId=o050100150132|Strong=3117
27-28	הַזֶּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_10:15!14|MId=o050100150141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	זֶּה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=DEU_10:15!14|MId=o050100150142|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=DEU_10:15!14
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| חָשַׁק *he loved* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |
| אַהֲבָה *love* | infinitive construct · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ָם *them* |  |  |
| יִּבְחַר *he chose* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |

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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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לְחוֹד בַּאֲבָהָתָךְ צָבֵי יְיָ לְמִרְחַם יָתְהוֹן וְאִתִּרְעֵי בִּבְנֵיהוֹן בַּתְרֵיהוֹן בְּכוֹן מִכָּל עַמְמַיָא כְּיוֹמָא הָדֵין

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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. [Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you, above all peoples, as it is this day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.311/)

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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:308`.

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