--- title: Deuteronomy 12:15 — Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. Who acts: thou, LORD, unclean. 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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 — thou, LORD, unclean — and what happens in the verse to flesh, LORD, thee, soul, 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. רַק֩ בְּכָל־אַוַּ֨ת נַפְשְׁךָ֜ תִּזְבַּ֣ח ׀ וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ בָשָׂ֗ר כְּבִרְכַּ֨ת יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ הַטָּמֵ֤א וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל׃ [Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.365/) ## The tree {#tree} 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:362 # text = רַק֩ בְּכָל־אַוַּ֨ת נַפְשְׁךָ֜ תִּזְבַּ֣ח ׀ וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ בָשָׂ֗ר כְּבִרְכַּ֨ת יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ הַטָּמֵ֤א וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל׃ # verse = DEU.12.15 1 רַק֩ רַק ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=only|Ref=DEU_12:15!1|MId=o050120150011|Strong=7535|Type=affirmation 2-3 בְּכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_12:15!2|MId=o050120150021|Strong=0871a 3 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=DEU_12:15!2|MId=o050120150022|Strong=3605 4 אַוַּ֨ת אַוָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.desire|Ref=DEU_12:15!3|MId=o050120150031|Strong=0185 5-6 נַפְשְׁךָ֜ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.self|Ref=DEU_12:15!4|MId=o050120150041|Strong=5315 6 ְךָ֜ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_12:15!4|MId=o050120150042|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 7 תִּזְבַּ֣ח זָבַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.will.slaughter|Ref=DEU_12:15!5|MId=o050120150051|Strong=2076|Frame=A0:050110060261;|Type=yiqtol 8 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 7 punct _ Ref=DEU_12:15!5 9-10 וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_12:15!6|MId=o050120150061|Strong=2050b 10 אָכַלְתָּ֣ אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 7 conj _ Gloss=you.will.eat|Ref=DEU_12:15!6|MId=o050120150062|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:050110060261;A1:050120150071;|Type=weqatal 11 בָשָׂ֗ר בָּשָׂר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obj _ Gloss=meat|Ref=DEU_12:15!7|MId=o050120150071|Strong=1320 12-13 כְּבִרְכַּ֨ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=DEU_12:15!8|MId=o050120150081|Strong=3509a 13 בִרְכַּ֨ת בְּרָכָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=to.the.blessing|Ref=DEU_12:15!8|MId=o050120150082|Strong=1293 14 יְהוָ֧ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=DEU_12:15!9|MId=o050120150091|Strong=3068 15-16 אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אֱלֹהֶ֛י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=DEU_12:15!10|MId=o050120150101|Strong=0430 16 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_12:15!10|MId=o050120150102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 17 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 18 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=DEU_12:15!11|MId=o050120150111|Strong=0834|Type=relative 18 נָֽתַן־ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 13 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.has.given|Ref=DEU_12:15!12|MId=o050120150121|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:050120150091;A1:050120150082;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 19-20 לְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 ל לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_12:15!13|MId=o050120150131|Strong=3807a 20 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_12:15!13|MId=o050120150132|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 21-22 בְּכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_12:15!14|MId=o050120150141|Strong=0871a 22 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=DEU_12:15!14|MId=o050120150142|Strong=3605 23-24 שְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 שְׁעָרֶ֑י שַׁעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=gates|Ref=DEU_12:15!15|MId=o050120150151|Strong=8179 24 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_12:15!15|MId=o050120150152|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 25-26 הַטָּמֵ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_12:15!16|MId=o050120150161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 טָּמֵ֤א טָמֵא ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ Gloss=unclean|Ref=DEU_12:15!16|MId=o050120150162|Strong=2931|Type=adjective 27-29 וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_12:15!17|MId=o050120150171|Strong=2050b 28 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_12:15!17|MId=o050120150172|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 טָּהוֹר֙ טָהֹר ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 conj _ Gloss=clean|Ref=DEU_12:15!17|MId=o050120150173|Strong=2889|Type=adjective 30-31 יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 יֹאכְל אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 parataxis _ Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_12:15!18|MId=o050120150181|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:050120150162;050120150173;A1:050120150182;|Type=yiqtol 31 ֶ֔נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ Gloss=will.eat.it|Ref=DEU_12:15!18|MId=o050120150182|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 32-34 כַּצְּבִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=DEU_12:15!19|MId=o050120150191|Strong=3509a 33 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_12:15!19|MId=o050120150191ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 צְּבִ֖י צְבִי NOUN _ Number=Sing 30 obl _ Gloss=gazelle|Ref=DEU_12:15!19|MId=o050120150192|Strong=6643a 35-38 וְכָאַיָּֽל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_12:15!20|MId=o050120150201|Strong=2050b 36 כָ כְּ ADP _ _ 38 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=DEU_12:15!20|MId=o050120150202|Strong=3509a 37 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 38 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_12:15!20|MId=o050120150202ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 38 אַיָּֽל אַיָּל NOUN _ Number=Sing 34 conj _ Gloss=deer|Ref=DEU_12:15!20|MId=o050120150203|Strong=0354 39 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 38 punct _ Ref=DEU_12:15!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no - indirect: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּזְבַּח *you will slaughter* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | אָכַלְתָּ *you will eat* | weqatal · qal | | בָשָׂר *meat* | | | | נָֽתַן־ *he has given* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *of Yahweh* | בִרְכַּת *to the blessing* | | | | יֹאכְל *he* | yiqtol · qal | טָּמֵא *unclean* + טָּהוֹר *clean* | ֶנּוּ *will eat it* | | | 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} לְחוֹד בְּכָל רְעוּת נַפְשָׁךְ תִּכּוֹס וְתֵיכוּל בִּשְׂרָא כְּבִרְכְּתָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ דִי יְהַב לָךְ בְּכָל קִרְוָיךְ מְסָאָבָא וְדַכְיָא יֵכְלֻנֵהּ כִּבְשַׂר טַבְיָא וְאַיְלָא The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} 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. 1. [Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.365/) **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). 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