--- title: Deuteronomy 17:16 — Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses; forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you: 'Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.' Who acts: LORD, people, Ye. 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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 — LORD, people, Ye — and what happens in the verse to horses, LORD, people, Egypt, way, 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. רַק֮ לֹא־יַרְבֶּה־לּ֣וֹ סוּסִים֒ וְלֹֽא־יָשִׁ֤יב אֶת־הָעָם֙ מִצְרַ֔יְמָה לְמַ֖עַן הַרְבּ֣וֹת ס֑וּס וַֽיהוָה֙ אָמַ֣ר לָכֶ֔ם לֹ֣א תֹסִפ֗וּן לָשׁ֛וּב בַּדֶּ֥רֶךְ הַזֶּ֖ה עֽוֹד׃ [Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses; forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you: 'Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.494/) ## 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:487 # text = רַק֮ לֹא־יַרְבֶּה־לּ֣וֹ סוּסִים֒ וְלֹֽא־יָשִׁ֤יב אֶת־הָעָם֙ מִצְרַ֔יְמָה לְמַ֖עַן הַרְבּ֣וֹת ס֑וּס וַֽיהוָה֙ אָמַ֣ר לָכֶ֔ם לֹ֣א תֹסִפ֗וּן לָשׁ֛וּב בַּדֶּ֥רֶךְ הַזֶּ֖ה עֽוֹד׃ # verse = DEU.17.16 1 רַק֮ רַק ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=only|Ref=DEU_17:16!1|MId=o050170160011|Strong=7535|Type=affirmation 2 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_17:16!2|MId=o050170160021|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 3 יַרְבֶּה־ רָבָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.increase|Ref=DEU_17:16!3|MId=o050170160031|Strong=7235|Frame=AA:050170150141;A0:050170160051;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 לּ֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=DEU_17:16!4|MId=o050170160041|Strong=3807a 5 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ Gloss=himself|Ref=DEU_17:16!4|MId=o050170160042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 6 סוּסִים֒ סוּס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 obj _ Gloss=horses|Ref=DEU_17:16!5|MId=o050170160051|Strong=5483 7-8 וְלֹֽא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_17:16!6|MId=o050170160061|Strong=2050b 8 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_17:16!6|MId=o050170160062|Strong=3808|Type=negative 9 יָשִׁ֤יב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.will.make.return|Ref=DEU_17:16!7|MId=o050170160071|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:050170150141;A0:050170160092;|Type=yiqtol 10 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_17:16!8|MId=o050170160081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 הָעָם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_17:16!9|MId=o050170160091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 עָם֙ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obj _ Gloss=people|Ref=DEU_17:16!9|MId=o050170160092|Strong=5971 13-14 מִצְרַ֔יְמָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 מִצְרַ֔יְמ מִצְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 9 obl _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_17:16!10|MId=o050170160101|Strong=4714 14 ָה ה X _ _ 13 nmod _ Gloss=Egypt|Ref=DEU_17:16!10|MId=o050170160102|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 15 לְמַ֖עַן לְמַעַן SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=so.as|Ref=DEU_17:16!11|MId=o050170160111|Strong=4616 16 הַרְבּ֣וֹת רָבָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 9 advcl _ Gloss=to.increase|Ref=DEU_17:16!12|MId=o050170160121|Strong=7235|Frame=AA:050170150141;A0:050170160131;|Type=infinitive_construct 17 ס֑וּס סוּס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obj _ Gloss=horse[s]|Ref=DEU_17:16!13|MId=o050170160131|Strong=5483 18-19 וַֽיהוָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_17:16!14|MId=o050170160141|Strong=2050b 19 יהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 20 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=DEU_17:16!14|MId=o050170160142|Strong=3068 20 אָמַ֣ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=he.has.said|Ref=DEU_17:16!15|MId=o050170160151|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:050170160142;|Type=qatal 21-22 לָכֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 ל לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_17:16!16|MId=o050170160161|Strong=3807a 22 ָכֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_17:16!16|MId=o050170160162|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 23 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_17:16!17|MId=o050170160171|Strong=3808|Type=negative 24-25 תֹסִפ֗וּן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 תֹסִפ֗וּ יָסַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2 20 ccomp _ Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_17:16!18|MId=o050170160181|Strong=3254|Frame=A0:050170160092;|Type=yiqtol 25 ן נ X _ _ 24 nmod _ Gloss=will.repeat|Ref=DEU_17:16!18|MId=o050170160182|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun 26-27 לָשׁ֛וּב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_17:16!19|MId=o050170160191|Strong=3807a 27 שׁ֛וּב שׁוּב VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 24 advcl _ Gloss=return|Ref=DEU_17:16!19|MId=o050170160192|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:050170160092;|Type=infinitive_construct 28-30 בַּדֶּ֥רֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=DEU_17:16!20|MId=o050170160201|Strong=0871a 29 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_17:16!20|MId=o050170160201ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 דֶּ֥רֶךְ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=way|Ref=DEU_17:16!20|MId=o050170160202|Strong=1870 31-32 הַזֶּ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_17:16!21|MId=o050170160211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 זֶּ֖ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=DEU_17:16!21|MId=o050170160212|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 33 עֽוֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=again|Ref=DEU_17:16!22|MId=o050170160221|Strong=5750|SpaceAfter=No 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=DEU_17:16!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - indirect: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · neg | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** יַרְבֶּה־ *he will increase* | yiqtol · hiphil | סוּסִים *horses* | | | | | **not** יָשִׁיב *he will make return* | yiqtol · hiphil | עָם *people* | | | | | הַרְבּוֹת *to increase* | infinitive construct · hiphil | סוּס *horse\[s\]* | | | | | אָמַר *he has said* | qatal · qal | יהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | **not** תֹסִפוּ *you* | yiqtol · hiphil | עָם *people* | | | | | שׁוּב *return* | infinitive construct · qal | עָם *people* | | | | 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 לָא יַסְגֵי לֵהּ סוּסָוָן וְלָא יָתֵב יָת עַמָא לְמִצְרָיִם בְּדִיל לְאַסְגָּאָה לֵהּ סוּסָוָן וַיְיָ אֲמַר לְכוֹן לָא תוֹסְפוּן לְמִתוּב בְּאֹרַח הָדֵין עוֹד 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. [Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses; forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you: 'Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.494/) **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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