--- title: Deuteronomy 15:12 — If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years; and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. Who acts: hand, thou. 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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 — hand, thou — and what happens in the verse to brother, thee, hand, 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. כִּֽי־יִמָּכֵ֨ר לְךָ֜ אָחִ֣יךָ הָֽעִבְרִ֗י א֚וֹ הָֽעִבְרִיָּ֔ה וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת תְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ חָפְשִׁ֖י מֵעִמָּֽךְ׃ [If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years; and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.443/) ## 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:438 # text = כִּֽי־יִמָּכֵ֨ר לְךָ֜ אָחִ֣יךָ הָֽעִבְרִ֗י א֚וֹ הָֽעִבְרִיָּ֔ה וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת תְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ חָפְשִׁ֖י מֵעִמָּֽךְ׃ # verse = DEU.15.12 1 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 2 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=DEU_15:12!1|MId=o050150120011|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 2 יִמָּכֵ֨ר מָכַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.sell.himself|Ref=DEU_15:12!2|MId=o050150120021|Strong=4376|Frame=A1:050150120041;|Type=yiqtol 3-4 לְךָ֜ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_15:12!3|MId=o050150120031|Strong=3807a 4 ְךָ֜ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_15:12!3|MId=o050150120032|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 5-6 אָחִ֣יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 אָחִ֣י אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=countryman|Ref=DEU_15:12!4|MId=o050150120041|Strong=0251 6 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_15:12!4|MId=o050150120042|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 7-8 הָֽעִבְרִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=(the).Hebrew|Ref=DEU_15:12!5|MId=o050150120051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 עִבְרִ֗י עִבְרִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 appos _ Gloss=[masc]|Ref=DEU_15:12!5|MId=o050150120052|Strong=5680|Type=gentilic 9 א֚וֹ אוֹ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=or|Ref=DEU_15:12!6|MId=o050150120061|Strong=0176 10-11 הָֽעִבְרִיָּ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=(the).Hebrew|Ref=DEU_15:12!7|MId=o050150120071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 עִבְרִיָּ֔ה עִבְרִי NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=[fem]|Ref=DEU_15:12!7|MId=o050150120072|Strong=5680|Type=gentilic 12-14 וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_15:12!8|MId=o050150120081|Strong=2050b 13 עֲבָֽד עָבַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_15:12!8|MId=o050150120082|Strong=5647|Frame=A0:050150120041;A1:050150120083;|Type=weqatal 14 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ Gloss=will.serve.you|Ref=DEU_15:12!8|MId=o050150120083|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 15 שֵׁ֣שׁ שֵׁשׁ NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 nummod _ Gloss=six|Ref=DEU_15:12!9|MId=o050150120091|Strong=8337|Type=cardinal_number 16 שָׁנִ֑ים שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 13 obl _ Gloss=years|Ref=DEU_15:12!10|MId=o050150120101|Strong=8141 17-20 וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_15:12!11|MId=o050150120111|Strong=2050b 18 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_15:12!11|MId=o050150120112|Strong=0871a 19 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_15:12!11|MId=o050150120112ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 שָּׁנָה֙ שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=year|Ref=DEU_15:12!11|MId=o050150120113|Strong=8141 21-22 הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_15:12!12|MId=o050150120121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 שְּׁבִיעִ֔ת שְׁבִיעִי NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 nummod _ Gloss=seventh|Ref=DEU_15:12!12|MId=o050150120122|Strong=7637|Type=ordinal_number 23-24 תְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 תְּשַׁלְּח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_15:12!13|MId=o050150120131|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:050130120021;A1:050150120132;|Type=yiqtol 24 ֶ֥נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ Gloss=will.let.him.go|Ref=DEU_15:12!13|MId=o050150120132|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 25 חָפְשִׁ֖י חׇפְשִׁי ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ Gloss=a.free.[person]|Ref=DEU_15:12!14|MId=o050150120141|Strong=2670|Type=adjective 26-28 מֵעִמָּֽךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=DEU_15:12!15|MId=o050150120151|Strong=4480 27 עִמּ עִם ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=DEU_15:12!15|MId=o050150120152|Strong=5973 28 ָֽךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_15:12!15|MId=o050150120153|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=DEU_15:12!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִמָּכֵר *he will sell himself* | yiqtol · niphal | | אָחִי *countryman* | | | | עֲבָֽד *he* | weqatal · qal | אָחִי *countryman* | ְךָ *will serve you* | | | | תְּשַׁלְּח *you* | yiqtol · piel | | ֶנּוּ *will let him go* | | | 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} אֲרֵי יִזְדַבַּן לָךְ אֲחוּךְ בַּר יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹ בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִפְלְחִנָךְ שִׁית שְׁנִין וּבְשַׁתָּא שְׁבִיעֲתָא תִּפְטְרִנֵהּ בַּר חוֹרִין מֵעִמָךְ 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. [If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years; and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.443/) **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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