--- title: Deuteronomy 21:5 — And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near — for them the LORD… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near — for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be. Who acts: priests, 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 — priests, LORD — and what happens in the verse to name, 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. וְנִגְּשׁ֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִים֮ בְּנֵ֣י לֵוִי֒ כִּ֣י בָ֗ם בָּחַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וּלְבָרֵ֖ךְ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וְעַל־פִּיהֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־רִ֥יב וְכָל־נָֽגַע׃ [And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near — for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.566/) ## 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:559 # text = וְנִגְּשׁ֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִים֮ בְּנֵ֣י לֵוִי֒ כִּ֣י בָ֗ם בָּחַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וּלְבָרֵ֖ךְ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וְעַל־פִּיהֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־רִ֥יב וְכָל־נָֽגַע׃ # verse = DEU.21.5 1-2 וְנִגְּשׁ֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_21:5!1|MId=o050210050011|Strong=2050b 2 נִגְּשׁ֣וּ נָגַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.will.draw.near|Ref=DEU_21:5!1|MId=o050210050012|Strong=5066|Frame=A0:050210050022;|Type=weqatal 3-4 הַכֹּהֲנִים֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_21:5!2|MId=o050210050021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 כֹּהֲנִים֮ כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=priests|Ref=DEU_21:5!2|MId=o050210050022|Strong=3548 5 בְּנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 appos _ Gloss=the.sons|Ref=DEU_21:5!3|MId=o050210050031|Strong=1121 6 לֵוִי֒ לֵוִי PROPN _ _ 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Levi|Ref=DEU_21:5!4|MId=o050210050041|Strong=3881 7 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=DEU_21:5!5|MId=o050210050051|Strong=3588 8-9 בָ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=DEU_21:5!6|MId=o050210050061|Strong=0871a 9 ָ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=DEU_21:5!6|MId=o050210050062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 10 בָּחַ֞ר בָּחַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=he.has.chosen|Ref=DEU_21:5!7|MId=o050210050071|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:050210050081;|Type=qatal 11 יְהוָ֤ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 10 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=DEU_21:5!8|MId=o050210050081|Strong=3068 12-13 אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 אֱלֹהֶ֙י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=DEU_21:5!9|MId=o050210050091|Strong=0430 13 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_21:5!9|MId=o050210050092|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 14-16 לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_21:5!10|MId=o050210050101|Strong=3807a 15 שָׁ֣רְת שָׁרַת VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 10 xcomp _ Gloss=serve|Ref=DEU_21:5!10|MId=o050210050102|Strong=8334|Frame=A0:050210050022;A1:050210050103;|Type=infinitive_construct 16 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ Gloss=him|Ref=DEU_21:5!10|MId=o050210050103|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-19 וּלְבָרֵ֖ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_21:5!11|MId=o050210050111|Strong=2050b 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_21:5!11|MId=o050210050112|Strong=3807a 19 בָרֵ֖ךְ בָּרַךְ VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 15 conj _ Gloss=bless|Ref=DEU_21:5!11|MId=o050210050113|Strong=1288|Frame=A0:050210050022;|Type=infinitive_construct 20-21 בְּשֵׁ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_21:5!12|MId=o050210050121|Strong=0871a 21 שֵׁ֣ם שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=the.name|Ref=DEU_21:5!12|MId=o050210050122|Strong=8034 22 יְהוָ֑ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=DEU_21:5!13|MId=o050210050131|Strong=3068 23-24 וְעַל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_21:5!14|MId=o050210050141|Strong=2050b 24 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=DEU_21:5!14|MId=o050210050142|Strong=5921 25-26 פִּיהֶ֥ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 פִּי פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=mouth|Ref=DEU_21:5!15|MId=o050210050151|Strong=6310 26 הֶ֥ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=DEU_21:5!15|MId=o050210050152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 27 יִהְיֶ֖ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 25 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=DEU_21:5!16|MId=o050210050161|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:050210050181;050210050201;|Type=yiqtol 28 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Gloss=every|Ref=DEU_21:5!17|MId=o050210050171|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 29 רִ֥יב רִיב NOUN _ Number=Sing 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=dispute|Ref=DEU_21:5!18|MId=o050210050181|Strong=7379 30-31 וְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_21:5!19|MId=o050210050191|Strong=2050b 31 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 conj _ Gloss=every|Ref=DEU_21:5!19|MId=o050210050192|Strong=3605 32 נָֽגַע נֶגַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 compound:smixut _ Gloss=wound|Ref=DEU_21:5!20|MId=o050210050201|Strong=5061|SpaceAfter=No 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=DEU_21:5!20 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נִגְּשׁוּ *they will draw near* | weqatal · niphal | כֹּהֲנִים *priests* | | | | | בָּחַר *he has chosen* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | שָׁרְת *serve* | infinitive construct · piel | כֹּהֲנִים *priests* | וֹ *him* | | | | בָרֵךְ *bless* | infinitive construct · piel | כֹּהֲנִים *priests* | | | | | יִהְיֶה *it will be* | yiqtol · qal | רִיב *dispute* + נָֽגַע *wound* | | | | 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} וְיִתְקָרְבוּן כָּהֲנַיָא בְּנֵי לֵוִי אֲרֵי בְהוֹן יִתִּרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְשַׁמָשׁוּתֵהּ וּלְבָרָכָא בִּשְׁמָא דַיְיָ וְעַל מֵימְרֵהוֹן יְהֵי כָּל דִין וְכָל מַכְתַּשׁ סְגִירוּ 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. [And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near — for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.566/) **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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