--- title: Deuteronomy 16:16 — Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose; on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty; Who acts: males, LORD. 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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 — males, LORD — and what happens in the verse to place, LORD, 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. שָׁל֣וֹשׁ פְּעָמִ֣ים ׀ בַּשָּׁנָ֡ה יֵרָאֶ֨ה כָל־זְכוּרְךָ֜ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בַּמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְחָ֔ר בְּחַ֧ג הַמַּצּ֛וֹת וּבְחַ֥ג הַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹת וּבְחַ֣ג הַסֻּכּ֑וֹת וְלֹ֧א יֵרָאֶ֛ה אֶת־פְּנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה רֵיקָֽם׃ [Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose; on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.471/) ## 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:465 # text = שָׁל֣וֹשׁ פְּעָמִ֣ים ׀ בַּשָּׁנָ֡ה יֵרָאֶ֨ה כָל־זְכוּרְךָ֜ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בַּמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְחָ֔ר בְּחַ֧ג הַמַּצּ֛וֹת וּבְחַ֥ג הַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹת וּבְחַ֣ג הַסֻּכּ֑וֹת וְלֹ֧א יֵרָאֶ֛ה אֶת־פְּנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה רֵיקָֽם׃ # verse = DEU.16.16 1 שָׁל֣וֹשׁ שָׁלֹשׁ NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 nummod _ Gloss=three|Ref=DEU_16:16!1|MId=o050160160011|Strong=7969|Type=cardinal_number 2 פְּעָמִ֣ים פַּעַם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 7 obl _ Gloss=times|Ref=DEU_16:16!2|MId=o050160160021|Strong=6471 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=DEU_16:16!2 4-6 בַּשָּׁנָ֡ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_16:16!3|MId=o050160160031|Strong=0871a 5 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_16:16!3|MId=o050160160031ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 שָּׁנָ֡ה שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 nmod _ Gloss=year|Ref=DEU_16:16!3|MId=o050160160032|Strong=8141 7 יֵרָאֶ֨ה רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.present.himself|Ref=DEU_16:16!4|MId=o050160160041|Strong=7200|Frame=A1:050160160061;|Type=yiqtol 8 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=every|Ref=DEU_16:16!5|MId=o050160160051|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 9-10 זְכוּרְךָ֜ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 זְכוּר זָכוּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=male|Ref=DEU_16:16!6|MId=o050160160061|Strong=2138 10 ְךָ֜ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_16:16!6|MId=o050160160062|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=DEU_16:16!7|MId=o050160160071|Strong=0854|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 12 פְּנֵ֣י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 7 obl _ Gloss=the.presence|Ref=DEU_16:16!8|MId=o050160160081|Strong=6440 13 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 12 punct _ Ref=DEU_16:16!8 14 יְהוָ֣ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=DEU_16:16!9|MId=o050160160091|Strong=3068 15-16 אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אֱלֹהֶ֗י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=DEU_16:16!10|MId=o050160160101|Strong=0430 16 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_16:16!10|MId=o050160160102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 17-19 בַּמָּקוֹם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_16:16!11|MId=o050160160111|Strong=0871a 18 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_16:16!11|MId=o050160160111ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 מָּקוֹם֙ מָקוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=place|Ref=DEU_16:16!11|MId=o050160160112|Strong=4725 20 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=DEU_16:16!12|MId=o050160160121|Strong=0834|Type=relative 21 יִבְחָ֔ר בָּחַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 19 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.will.choose|Ref=DEU_16:16!13|MId=o050160160131|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:050160160091;A1:050160160113;|Type=yiqtol 22-23 בְּחַ֧ג _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=DEU_16:16!14|MId=o050160160141|Strong=0871a 23 חַ֧ג חַג NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ Gloss=the.festival|Ref=DEU_16:16!14|MId=o050160160142|Strong=2282 24-25 הַמַּצּ֛וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=DEU_16:16!15|MId=o050160160151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 מַּצּ֛וֹת מַצָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.unleavened.bread(s)|Ref=DEU_16:16!15|MId=o050160160152|Strong=4682 26-28 וּבְחַ֥ג _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_16:16!16|MId=o050160160161|Strong=2050b 27 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=DEU_16:16!16|MId=o050160160162|Strong=0871a 28 חַ֥ג חַג NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 conj _ Gloss=the.festival|Ref=DEU_16:16!16|MId=o050160160163|Strong=2282 29-30 הַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=DEU_16:16!17|MId=o050160160171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 שָּׁבֻע֖וֹת שָׁבוּעַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=weeks|Ref=DEU_16:16!17|MId=o050160160172|Strong=7620 31-33 וּבְחַ֣ג _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 33 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_16:16!18|MId=o050160160181|Strong=2050b 32 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=DEU_16:16!18|MId=o050160160182|Strong=0871a 33 חַ֣ג חַג NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 conj _ Gloss=the.festival|Ref=DEU_16:16!18|MId=o050160160183|Strong=2282 34-35 הַסֻּכּ֑וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 35 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=DEU_16:16!19|MId=o050160160191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 35 סֻּכּ֑וֹת סֻכָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 33 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.booths|Ref=DEU_16:16!19|MId=o050160160192|Strong=5521 36-37 וְלֹ֧א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_16:16!20|MId=o050160160201|Strong=2050b 37 לֹ֧א לֹא ADV _ _ 38 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_16:16!20|MId=o050160160202|Strong=3808|Type=negative 38 יֵרָאֶ֛ה רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 conj _ Gloss=he.will.present.himself|Ref=DEU_16:16!21|MId=o050160160211|Strong=7200|Frame=A1:050160160061;|Type=yiqtol 39 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 40 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=DEU_16:16!22|MId=o050160160221|Strong=0854|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 40 פְּנֵ֥י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 38 obl _ Gloss=the.presence|Ref=DEU_16:16!23|MId=o050160160231|Strong=6440 41 יְהוָ֖ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 40 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=DEU_16:16!24|MId=o050160160241|Strong=3068 42 רֵיקָֽם רֵיקָם ADV _ _ 38 advmod _ Gloss=empty|Ref=DEU_16:16!25|MId=o050160160251|Strong=7387|SpaceAfter=No 43 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 42 punct _ Ref=DEU_16:16!25 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֵרָאֶה *he will present himself* | yiqtol · niphal | | זְכוּר *male* | | | | יִבְחָר *he will choose* | yiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *of Yahweh* | | | | | **not** יֵרָאֶה *he will present himself* | yiqtol · niphal | | זְכוּר *male* | | | 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} תְּלַת זִמְנִין בְּשַׁתָּא יִתְחֲזֵי כָל דְכוּרָךְ קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּאַתְרָא דִי יִתִּרְעֵי בְּחַגָא דְפַטִירַיָא וּבְחַגָא דְשָׁבוּעַיָא וּבְחַגָא דִמְטָּלַיָא וְלָא יִתְחֲזֵי קֳדָם יְיָ רֵיקָנוּן 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. [Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose; on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.471/) **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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