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title: Deuteronomy 25:2 — then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the j… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness, by number. Who acts: wicked man, judge, him, number. Deuteronomy 25:2 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos
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# Deuteronomy 25:2 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** wicked man, judge, him, number · **What happens:** deserve, beat, cause, lie down, accord, measure · **To what, where:** him, face, wickedness

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This is Deuteronomy 25:2 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 — wicked man, judge, him, number — and what happens in the verse to him, face, wickedness, 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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וְהָיָ֛ה אִם־בִּ֥ן הַכּ֖וֹת הָרָשָׁ֑ע וְהִפִּיל֤וֹ הַשֹּׁפֵט֙ וְהִכָּ֣הוּ לְפָנָ֔יו כְּדֵ֥י רִשְׁעָת֖וֹ בְּמִסְפָּֽר׃

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[then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness, by number.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.663/)

## 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:656
# text = וְהָיָ֛ה אִם־בִּ֥ן הַכּ֖וֹת הָרָשָׁ֑ע וְהִפִּיל֤וֹ הַשֹּׁפֵט֙ וְהִכָּ֣הוּ לְפָנָ֔יו כְּדֵ֥י רִשְׁעָת֖וֹ בְּמִסְפָּֽר׃
# verse = DEU.25.2
1-2	וְהָיָ֛ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_25:2!1|MId=o050250020011|Strong=2050b
2	הָיָ֛ה	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=DEU_25:2!1|MId=o050250020012|Strong=1961|Type=weqatal
3	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	_	4	mark	_	Gloss=if|Ref=DEU_25:2!2|MId=o050250020021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No
4	בִּ֥ן	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	advcl	_	Gloss=[is].a.son|Ref=DEU_25:2!3|MId=o050250020031|Strong=1121
5	הַכּ֖וֹת	נָכָה	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.striking|Ref=DEU_25:2!4|MId=o050250020041|Strong=5221|Type=infinitive_construct
6-7	הָרָשָׁ֑ע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	7	det	_	Gloss=the.guilty|Ref=DEU_25:2!5|MId=o050250020051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
7	רָשָׁ֑ע	רָשָׁע	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	Gloss=[one]|Ref=DEU_25:2!5|MId=o050250020052|Strong=7563|Type=adjective
8-10	וְהִפִּיל֤וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_25:2!6|MId=o050250020061|Strong=2050b
9	הִפִּיל	נָפַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_25:2!6|MId=o050250020062|Strong=5307|Frame=A0:050250020063;AA:050250020072;|Type=weqatal
10	֤וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	Gloss=will.make.him.lie.down|Ref=DEU_25:2!6|MId=o050250020063|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
11-12	הַשֹּׁפֵט֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	12	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_25:2!7|MId=o050250020071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
12	שֹּׁפֵט֙	שָׁפַט	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	Gloss=judge|Ref=DEU_25:2!7|MId=o050250020072|Strong=8199|Type=participle_active
13-15	וְהִכָּ֣הוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_25:2!8|MId=o050250020081|Strong=2050b
14	הִכָּ֣ה	נָכָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	9	conj	_	Gloss=someone|Ref=DEU_25:2!8|MId=o050250020082|Strong=5221|Frame=A0:;A1:050250020083;|Type=weqatal
15	וּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	Gloss=will.strike.him|Ref=DEU_25:2!8|MId=o050250020083|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
16-18	לְפָנָ֔יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=before|Ref=DEU_25:2!9|MId=o050250020091|Strong=3807a
17	פָנָ֔י	פָּנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	Gloss=|Ref=DEU_25:2!9|MId=o050250020092|Strong=6440
18	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=him|Ref=DEU_25:2!9|MId=o050250020093|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
19-20	כְּדֵ֥י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=according|Ref=DEU_25:2!10|MId=o050250020101|Strong=3509a
20	דֵ֥י	דַּי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	obl	_	Gloss=to.the.sufficiency|Ref=DEU_25:2!10|MId=o050250020102|Strong=1767
21-22	רִשְׁעָת֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	רִשְׁעָת	רִשְׁעָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=his.wickedness|Ref=DEU_25:2!11|MId=o050250020111|Strong=7564
22	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_25:2!11|MId=o050250020112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
23-24	בְּמִסְפָּֽר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=by|Ref=DEU_25:2!12|MId=o050250020121|Strong=0871a
24	מִסְפָּֽר	מִסְפָּר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	obl	_	Gloss=number|Ref=DEU_25:2!12|MId=o050250020122|Strong=4557
25	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	24	punct	_	Ref=DEU_25:2!12
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הִפִּיל *he* | weqatal · hiphil | וֹ *will make him lie down* |  |  | שֹּׁפֵט *judge* |
| הִכָּה *someone* | weqatal · hiphil |  | וּ *will strike 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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וִיהֵי אִם בַּר חַיָבָא לְאַלְקָאָה חַיָבָא וְיִרְמִנֵהּ דַיָנָא וְיַלְקִנֵהּ קֳדָמוֹהִי כְּמִסַת חוֹבְתֵהּ בְּמִנְיָן

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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. [then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness, by number.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.663/)

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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:656`.

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