--- title: Deuteronomy 21:16 — then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit tha… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born; Who acts: man, day, son. 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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 — man, day, son — and what happens in the verse to other, day, that, son, first born, 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. וְהָיָ֗ה בְּיוֹם֙ הַנְחִיל֣וֹ אֶת־בָּנָ֔יו אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֖ה ל֑וֹ לֹ֣א יוּכַ֗ל לְבַכֵּר֙ אֶת־בֶּן־הָ֣אֲהוּבָ֔ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י בֶן־הַשְּׂנוּאָ֖ה הַבְּכֹֽר׃ [then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.577/) ## 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:570 # text = וְהָיָ֗ה בְּיוֹם֙ הַנְחִיל֣וֹ אֶת־בָּנָ֔יו אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֖ה ל֑וֹ לֹ֣א יוּכַ֗ל לְבַכֵּר֙ אֶת־בֶּן־הָ֣אֲהוּבָ֔ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י בֶן־הַשְּׂנוּאָ֖ה הַבְּכֹֽר׃ # verse = DEU.21.16 1-2 וְהָיָ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_21:16!1|MId=o050210160011|Strong=2050b 2 הָיָ֗ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 4 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=DEU_21:16!1|MId=o050210160012|Strong=1961|Type=weqatal 3-4 בְּיוֹם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=DEU_21:16!2|MId=o050210160021|Strong=0871a 4 יוֹם֙ יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=the.day|Ref=DEU_21:16!2|MId=o050210160022|Strong=3117 5-6 הַנְחִיל֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַנְחִיל נָחַל VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 4 acl _ Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_21:16!3|MId=o050210160031|Strong=5157|Frame=AA:050210160032;A0:050210160051;A1:050210160081;|Type=infinitive_construct 6 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ Gloss=causes.to.inherit|Ref=DEU_21:16!3|MId=o050210160032|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_21:16!4|MId=o050210160041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 בָּנָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בָּנָ֔י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 obj _ Gloss=sons|Ref=DEU_21:16!5|MId=o050210160051|Strong=1121 9 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_21:16!5|MId=o050210160052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10 אֵ֥ת אֵת ADP _ _ 5 xcomp _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_21:16!6|MId=o050210160061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 11 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=[that].which|Ref=DEU_21:16!7|MId=o050210160071|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 12 יִהְיֶ֖ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 cop _ Gloss=it.will.belong|Ref=DEU_21:16!8|MId=o050210160081|Strong=1961|Type=yiqtol 13-14 ל֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 ל לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_21:16!9|MId=o050210160091|Strong=3807a 14 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 acl:relcl _ Gloss=him|Ref=DEU_21:16!9|MId=o050210160092|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 15 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_21:16!10|MId=o050210160101|Strong=3808|Type=negative 16 יוּכַ֗ל יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 4 parataxis _ Gloss=he.will.be.able|Ref=DEU_21:16!11|MId=o050210160111|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:050210150032;|Type=yiqtol 17-18 לְבַכֵּר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_21:16!12|MId=o050210160121|Strong=3807a 18 בַכֵּר֙ בָּכַר VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 16 xcomp _ Gloss=treat.as.firstborn|Ref=DEU_21:16!12|MId=o050210160122|Strong=1069|Frame=A0:050210150032;A1:050210160141;|Type=infinitive_construct 19 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_21:16!13|MId=o050210160131|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 20 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=DEU_21:16!14|MId=o050210160141|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 21-22 הָ֣אֲהוּבָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הָ֣ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the.loved|Ref=DEU_21:16!15|MId=o050210160151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 אֲהוּבָ֔ה אָהֵב VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=[wife]|Ref=DEU_21:16!15|MId=o050210160152|Strong=0157|Frame=A1:050210150132;|Type=participle_passive 23 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=DEU_21:16!16|MId=o050210160161|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 24 פְּנֵ֥י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 18 obl _ Gloss=the.face|Ref=DEU_21:16!17|MId=o050210160171|Strong=6440 25 בֶן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.son|Ref=DEU_21:16!18|MId=o050210160181|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 הַשְּׂנוּאָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=DEU_21:16!19|MId=o050210160191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 שְּׂנוּאָ֖ה שָׂנֵא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.hated.[wife]|Ref=DEU_21:16!19|MId=o050210160192|Strong=8130|Frame=A1:050210150143;|Type=participle_passive 28-29 הַבְּכֹֽר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_21:16!20|MId=o050210160201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 בְּכֹֽר בְּכֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 appos _ Gloss=firstborn|Ref=DEU_21:16!20|MId=o050210160202|Strong=1060 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=DEU_21:16!20 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הַנְחִיל *he* | infinitive construct · hiphil | בָּנָי *sons* | יִהְיֶה *it will belong* | | וֹ *causes to inherit* | | **not** יוּכַל *he will be able* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | בַכֵּר *treat as firstborn* | infinitive construct · piel | | בֶּן־ *the son* | | | | אֲהוּבָה *\[wife\]* | participle passive · qal | | | | | | שְּׂנוּאָה *the hated \[wife\]* | participle passive · qal | | | | | 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} וִיהֵי בְּיוֹמָא דְיַחְסֵן לִבְנוֹהִי יָת דִי יְהֵי לֵהּ לֵית לֵהּ רְשׁוּ לְבַכָּרָא יָת בַּר רְחֶמְתָּא עַל אַפֵּי בַר שְׂנִיאֲתָא בּוּכְרָא 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. [then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.577/) **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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