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title: Deuteronomy 28:48 — therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send agai… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. Who acts: thou, LORD. Deuteronomy 28:48 in Hebrew with its dependency tree
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# Deuteronomy 28:48 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** thou, LORD · **What happens:** serve, send, put, destroy, want · **To what, where:** enemy, hunger, yoke, neck, thee, things

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This is Deuteronomy 28:48 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 — thou, LORD — and what happens in the verse to enemy, hunger, yoke, neck, thee, things, 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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וְעָבַדְתָּ֣ אֶת־אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְשַׁלְּחֶ֤נּוּ יְהוָה֙ בָּ֔ךְ בְּרָעָ֧ב וּבְצָמָ֛א וּבְעֵירֹ֖ם וּבְחֹ֣סֶר כֹּ֑ל וְנָתַ֞ן עֹ֤ל בַּרְזֶל֙ עַל־צַוָּארֶ֔ךָ עַ֥ד הִשְׁמִיד֖וֹ אֹתָֽךְ׃

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[therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.785/)

## 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:766
# text = וְעָבַדְתָּ֣ אֶת־אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְשַׁלְּחֶ֤נּוּ יְהוָה֙ בָּ֔ךְ בְּרָעָ֧ב וּבְצָמָ֛א וּבְעֵירֹ֖ם וּבְחֹ֣סֶר כֹּ֑ל וְנָתַ֞ן עֹ֤ל בַּרְזֶל֙ עַל־צַוָּארֶ֔ךָ עַ֥ד הִשְׁמִיד֖וֹ אֹתָֽךְ׃
# verse = DEU.28.48
1-2	וְעָבַדְתָּ֣	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_28:48!1|MId=o050280480011|Strong=2050b
2	עָבַדְתָּ֣	עָבַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=you.will.serve|Ref=DEU_28:48!1|MId=o050280480012|Strong=5647|Frame=A0:050270260132;A1:050280480031;|Type=weqatal
3	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_28:48!2|MId=o050280480021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
4-5	אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	אֹיְבֶ֗י	אָיַב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	2	obj	_	Gloss=enemies|Ref=DEU_28:48!3|MId=o050280480031|Strong=0341|Type=participle_active
5	ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_28:48!3|MId=o050280480032|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
6	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	Gloss=whom|Ref=DEU_28:48!4|MId=o050280480041|Strong=0834|Type=relative
7-8	יְשַׁלְּחֶ֤נּוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	יְשַׁלְּח	שָׁלַח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_28:48!5|MId=o050280480051|Strong=7971|Frame=A1:050280480052;A0:050280480061;|Type=yiqtol
8	ֶ֤נּוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	Gloss=will.send.him.forth|Ref=DEU_28:48!5|MId=o050280480052|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal
9	יְהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=DEU_28:48!6|MId=o050280480061|Strong=3068
10-11	בָּ֔ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	בּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=DEU_28:48!7|MId=o050280480071|Strong=0871a
11	ָ֔ךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_28:48!7|MId=o050280480072|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
12-13	בְּרָעָ֧ב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_28:48!8|MId=o050280480081|Strong=0871a
13	רָעָ֧ב	רָעָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=hunger|Ref=DEU_28:48!8|MId=o050280480082|Strong=7458
14-16	וּבְצָמָ֛א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_28:48!9|MId=o050280480091|Strong=2050b
15	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_28:48!9|MId=o050280480092|Strong=0871a
16	צָמָ֛א	צָמָא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	conj	_	Gloss=thirst|Ref=DEU_28:48!9|MId=o050280480093|Strong=6772
17-19	וּבְעֵירֹ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_28:48!10|MId=o050280480101|Strong=2050b
18	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_28:48!10|MId=o050280480102|Strong=0871a
19	עֵירֹ֖ם	עֵירֹם	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	conj	_	Gloss=nakedness|Ref=DEU_28:48!10|MId=o050280480103|Strong=5903|Type=adjective
20-22	וּבְחֹ֣סֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_28:48!11|MId=o050280480111|Strong=2050b
21	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_28:48!11|MId=o050280480112|Strong=0871a
22	חֹ֣סֶר	חֹסֶר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	conj	_	Gloss=lack|Ref=DEU_28:48!11|MId=o050280480113|Strong=2640
23	כֹּ֑ל	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.everything|Ref=DEU_28:48!12|MId=o050280480121|Strong=3605
24-25	וְנָתַ֞ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_28:48!13|MId=o050280480131|Strong=2050b
25	נָתַ֞ן	נָתַן	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.will.put|Ref=DEU_28:48!13|MId=o050280480132|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:050280480061;A1:050280480141;|Type=weqatal
26	עֹ֤ל	עֹל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	obj	_	Gloss=a.yoke|Ref=DEU_28:48!14|MId=o050280480141|Strong=5923
27	בַּרְזֶל֙	בַּרְזֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.iron|Ref=DEU_28:48!15|MId=o050280480151|Strong=1270
28	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=DEU_28:48!16|MId=o050280480161|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
29-30	צַוָּארֶ֔ךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	צַוָּאר	צַוָּאר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	obl	_	Gloss=neck|Ref=DEU_28:48!17|MId=o050280480171|Strong=6677
30	ֶ֔ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_28:48!17|MId=o050280480172|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
31	עַ֥ד	עַד	ADP	_	_	32	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=DEU_28:48!18|MId=o050280480181|Strong=5704
32-33	הִשְׁמִיד֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	הִשְׁמִיד	שָׁמַד	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	25	xcomp	_	Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_28:48!19|MId=o050280480191|Strong=8045|Frame=AA:050280480192;A0:050280480202;|Type=infinitive_construct
33	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	Gloss=has.destroyed|Ref=DEU_28:48!19|MId=o050280480192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
34-35	אֹתָֽךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	35	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=DEU_28:48!20|MId=o050280480201|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
35	ָֽךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_28:48!20|MId=o050280480202|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
36	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	35	punct	_	Ref=DEU_28:48!20
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no
- indirect: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| עָבַדְתָּ *you will serve* | weqatal · qal |  | אֹיְבֶי *enemies* |  |  |
| יְשַׁלְּח *he* | yiqtol · piel | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ֶנּוּ *will send him forth* |  |  |
| נָתַן *he will put* | weqatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | עֹל *a yoke* |  |  |
| הִשְׁמִיד *he* | infinitive construct · hiphil | ָֽךְ *you* |  |  | וֹ *has destroyed* |

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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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וְתִפְלַח יָת בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבָךְ דִי יְגָרִנֵהּ יְיָ בָּךְ בְּכַפְנָא וּבְצַחוּתָא וּבְעַרְטִּלְיָתָא וּבַחֲסִירוּת כֹּלָא וְיִתֵּן נִיר פַּרְזְלָא עַל צַוְארָךְ עַד דִישֵׁיצֵי יָתָךְ

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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. [therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.785/)

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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:766`.

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