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title: Deuteronomy 2:30 — But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. Who acts: Sihon king, us, LORD. Deuteronomy 2:30 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 191
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# Deuteronomy 2:30 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** Sihon king, us, LORD · **What happens:** not let, pass, harden, make, deliver, appear · **To what, where:** us, spirit, heart, king, hand

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This is Deuteronomy 2:30 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 — Sihon king, us, LORD — and what happens in the verse to us, spirit, heart, king, 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.

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וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֗ה סִיחֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן הַעֲבִרֵ֖נוּ בּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־הִקְשָׁה֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ אֶת־רוּח֗וֹ וְאִמֵּץ֙ אֶת־לְבָב֔וֹ לְמַ֛עַן תִּתּ֥וֹ בְיָדְךָ֖ כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ס

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[But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.76/)

## 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:75
# text = וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֗ה סִיחֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן הַעֲבִרֵ֖נוּ בּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־הִקְשָׁה֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ אֶת־רוּח֗וֹ וְאִמֵּץ֙ אֶת־לְבָב֔וֹ לְמַ֛עַן תִּתּ֥וֹ בְיָדְךָ֖ כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ס
# verse = DEU.2.30
1-2	וְלֹ֣א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_2:30!1|MId=o050020300011|Strong=2050b
2	לֹ֣א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_2:30!1|MId=o050020300012|Strong=3808|Type=negative
3	אָבָ֗ה	אָבָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.was.willing|Ref=DEU_2:30!2|MId=o050020300021|Strong=0014|Frame=A0:050020300031;A1:050020300061;|Type=qatal
4	סִיחֹן֙	סִיחוֹן	PROPN	_	_	3	nsubj	_	Gloss=Sihon|Ref=DEU_2:30!3|MId=o050020300031|Strong=5511
5	מֶ֣לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	appos	_	Gloss=the.king|Ref=DEU_2:30!4|MId=o050020300041|Strong=4428
6	חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן	חֶשְׁבּוֹן	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Heshbon|Ref=DEU_2:30!5|MId=o050020300051|Strong=2809
7-8	הַעֲבִרֵ֖נוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	הַעֲבִר	עָבַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	3	ccomp	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_2:30!6|MId=o050020300061|Strong=5674|Frame=AA:050020300031;A0:050020300062;|Type=infinitive_construct
8	ֵ֖נוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	Gloss=let.us.pass|Ref=DEU_2:30!6|MId=o050020300062|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal
9-10	בּ֑וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	בּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_2:30!7|MId=o050020300071|Strong=0871a
10	֑וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=DEU_2:30!7|MId=o050020300072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
11	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	12	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=DEU_2:30!8|MId=o050020300081|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
12	הִקְשָׁה֩	קָשָׁה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	advcl	_	Gloss=he.had.made.stubborn|Ref=DEU_2:30!9|MId=o050020300091|Strong=7185|Frame=AA:050020300101;A0:050020300131;|Type=qatal
13	יְהוָ֨ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	12	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=DEU_2:30!10|MId=o050020300101|Strong=3068
14-15	אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	אֱלֹהֶ֜י	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	13	appos	_	Gloss=God|Ref=DEU_2:30!11|MId=o050020300111|Strong=0430
15	ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_2:30!11|MId=o050020300112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
16	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_2:30!12|MId=o050020300121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
17-18	רוּח֗וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	רוּח	רוּחַ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	Gloss=spirit|Ref=DEU_2:30!13|MId=o050020300131|Strong=7307
18	֗וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_2:30!13|MId=o050020300132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
19-20	וְאִמֵּץ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_2:30!14|MId=o050020300141|Strong=2050b
20	אִמֵּץ֙	אָמֵץ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	conj	_	Gloss=he.had.made.obstinate|Ref=DEU_2:30!14|MId=o050020300142|Strong=0553|Frame=A0:050020300101;A1:050020300161;|Type=qatal
21	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_2:30!15|MId=o050020300151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
22-23	לְבָב֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	לְבָב	לֵבָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	obj	_	Gloss=heart|Ref=DEU_2:30!16|MId=o050020300161|Strong=3824
23	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_2:30!16|MId=o050020300162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
24	לְמַ֛עַן	לְמַעַן	SCONJ	_	_	25	mark	_	Gloss=so.as|Ref=DEU_2:30!17|MId=o050020300171|Strong=4616
25-26	תִּתּ֥וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	תִּתּ	נָתַן	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	20	advcl	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_2:30!18|MId=o050020300181|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:050020300101;A1:050020300182;|Type=infinitive_construct
26	֥וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	Gloss=give.him|Ref=DEU_2:30!18|MId=o050020300182|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
27-29	בְיָדְךָ֖	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_2:30!19|MId=o050020300191|Strong=0871a
28	יָד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	Gloss=hand|Ref=DEU_2:30!19|MId=o050020300192|Strong=3027
29	ְךָ֖	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_2:30!19|MId=o050020300193|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
30-32	כַּיּ֥וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	כַּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	32	case	_	Gloss=as|Ref=DEU_2:30!20|MId=o050020300201|Strong=3509a
31	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	32	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_2:30!20|MId=o050020300201ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
32	יּ֥וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=DEU_2:30!20|MId=o050020300202|Strong=3117
33-34	הַזֶּֽה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
33	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	34	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_2:30!21|MId=o050020300211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
34	זֶּֽה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=DEU_2:30!21|MId=o050020300212|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
35	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	34	punct	_	Ref=DEU_2:30!21|SpaceAfter=No
36	ס	ס	PUNCT	_	_	34	punct	_	Ref=DEU_2:30!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **not** אָבָה *he was willing* | qatal · qal | סִיחֹן *Sihon* | הַעֲבִר *to* |  |  |
| הַעֲבִר *to* | infinitive construct · hiphil | ֵנוּ *let us pass* |  |  | סִיחֹן *Sihon* |
| הִקְשָׁה *he had made stubborn* | qatal · hiphil | רוּח *spirit* |  |  | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |
| אִמֵּץ *he had made obstinate* | qatal · piel | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | לְבָב *heart* |  |  |
| תִּתּ *to* | infinitive construct · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | וֹ *give him* |  |  |

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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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וְלָא אָבֵי סִיחֹן מַלְכָּא דְחֶשְׁבּוֹן לְמִשְׁבְּקָנָא לְמֶעְבַּר בִּתְחוּמֵהּ אֲרֵי אַקְשִׁי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָת רוּחֵהּ וְתַקִיף יָת לִבֵּהּ בְּדִיל לְמִמְסְרֵהּ בִּידָךְ 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. [But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.76/)

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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:75`.

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