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title: Deuteronomy 29:22 — and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burnin… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath; Who acts: whole land, burning, grass, LORD. De
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# Deuteronomy 29:22 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** whole land, burning, grass, LORD · **What happens:** be, not sow, bear, grow, overthrow, anger · **To what, where:** brimstone, land, Sodom, anger

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This is Deuteronomy 29:22 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 — whole land, burning, grass, LORD — and what happens in the verse to brimstone, land, Sodom, anger, 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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גָּפְרִ֣ית וָמֶלַח֮ שְׂרֵפָ֣ה כָל־אַרְצָהּ֒ לֹ֤א תִזָּרַע֙ וְלֹ֣א תַצְמִ֔חַ וְלֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֥ה בָ֖הּ כָּל־עֵ֑שֶׂב כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת סְדֹ֤ם וַעֲמֹרָה֙ אַדְמָ֣ה וּצְבוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הָפַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאַפּ֖וֹ וּבַחֲמָתֽוֹ׃

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[and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.828/)

## 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:809
# text = גָּפְרִ֣ית וָמֶלַח֮ שְׂרֵפָ֣ה כָל־אַרְצָהּ֒ לֹ֤א תִזָּרַע֙ וְלֹ֣א תַצְמִ֔חַ וְלֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֥ה בָ֖הּ כָּל־עֵ֑שֶׂב כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת סְדֹ֤ם וַעֲמֹרָה֙ אַדְמָ֣ה וּצְבוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הָפַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאַפּ֖וֹ וּבַחֲמָתֽוֹ׃
# verse = DEU.29.22
1	גָּפְרִ֣ית	גׇּפְרִית	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=[is].sulfur|Ref=DEU_29:22!1|MId=o050290220011|Strong=1614
2-3	וָמֶלַח֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
2	וָ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_29:22!2|MId=o050290220021|Strong=2050b
3	מֶלַח֮	מֶלַח	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	conj	_	Gloss=salt|Ref=DEU_29:22!2|MId=o050290220022|Strong=4417
4	שְׂרֵפָ֣ה	שְׂרֵפָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	1	conj	_	Gloss=a.burning|Ref=DEU_29:22!3|MId=o050290220031|Strong=8316
5	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=DEU_29:22!4|MId=o050290220041|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
6-7	אַרְצָהּ֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	אַרְצ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=land|Ref=DEU_29:22!5|MId=o050290220051|Strong=0776
7	ָהּ֒	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=DEU_29:22!5|MId=o050290220052|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
8	לֹ֤א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_29:22!6|MId=o050290220061|Strong=3808|Type=negative
9	תִזָּרַע֙	זָרַע	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	parataxis	_	Gloss=it.is.sown|Ref=DEU_29:22!7|MId=o050290220071|Strong=2232|Frame=A1:050290210162;|Type=yiqtol
10-11	וְלֹ֣א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_29:22!8|MId=o050290220081|Strong=2050b
11	לֹ֣א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	12	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_29:22!8|MId=o050290220082|Strong=3808|Type=negative
12	תַצְמִ֔חַ	צָמַח	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	conj	_	Gloss=it.causes.to.grow|Ref=DEU_29:22!9|MId=o050290220091|Strong=6779|Frame=A0:050290210162;|Type=yiqtol
13-14	וְלֹֽא־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	15	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_29:22!10|MId=o050290220101|Strong=2050b
14	לֹֽא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	15	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_29:22!10|MId=o050290220102|Strong=3808|Type=negative
15	יַעֲלֶ֥ה	עָלָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	conj	_	Gloss=it.comes.up|Ref=DEU_29:22!11|MId=o050290220111|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:050290220141;|Type=yiqtol
16-17	בָ֖הּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	ב	בְּ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_29:22!12|MId=o050290220121|Strong=0871a
17	ָ֖הּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=DEU_29:22!12|MId=o050290220122|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
18	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=any|Ref=DEU_29:22!13|MId=o050290220131|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
19	עֵ֑שֶׂב	עֵשֶׂב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=vegetation|Ref=DEU_29:22!14|MId=o050290220141|Strong=6212
20-21	כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	כְּֽ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=like|Ref=DEU_29:22!15|MId=o050290220151|Strong=3509a
21	מַהְפֵּכַ֞ת	מַהְפֵּכָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	15	obl	_	Gloss=the.overthrow|Ref=DEU_29:22!15|MId=o050290220152|Strong=4114
22	סְדֹ֤ם	סְדֹם	PROPN	_	_	21	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Sodom|Ref=DEU_29:22!16|MId=o050290220161|Strong=5467
23-24	וַעֲמֹרָה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_29:22!17|MId=o050290220171|Strong=2050b
24	עֲמֹרָה֙	עֲמֹרָה	PROPN	_	_	22	conj	_	Gloss=Gomorrah|Ref=DEU_29:22!17|MId=o050290220172|Strong=6017
25	אַדְמָ֣ה	אַדְמָה	PROPN	_	_	22	conj	_	Gloss=Admah|Ref=DEU_29:22!18|MId=o050290220181|Strong=0126
26-27	וּצְבוֹיִ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	27	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_29:22!20|MId=o050290220201|Strong=2050b
27	צְבוֹיִ֔ם	צְבֹאיִם	PROPN	_	_	25	conj	_	Gloss=Zeboiim|Ref=DEU_29:22!20|MId=o050290220202|Strong=6636
28	אֲשֶׁר֙	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	29	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=DEU_29:22!21|MId=o050290220211|Strong=0834|Type=relative
29	הָפַ֣ךְ	הָפַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	22	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.overthrew|Ref=DEU_29:22!22|MId=o050290220221|Strong=2015|Frame=A0:050290220231;A1:050290220161;050290220172;050290220181;050290220202;|Type=qatal
30	יְהוָ֔ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	29	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=DEU_29:22!23|MId=o050290220231|Strong=3068
31-33	בְּאַפּ֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	32	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_29:22!24|MId=o050290220241|Strong=0871a
32	אַפּ	אַף	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	29	obl	_	Gloss=anger|Ref=DEU_29:22!24|MId=o050290220242|Strong=0639
33	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_29:22!24|MId=o050290220243|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
34-37	וּבַחֲמָתֽוֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	36	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_29:22!25|MId=o050290220251|Strong=2050b
35	בַ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	36	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_29:22!25|MId=o050290220252|Strong=0871a
36	חֲמָת	חֵמָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	32	conj	_	Gloss=rage|Ref=DEU_29:22!25|MId=o050290220253|Strong=2534
37	ֽוֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_29:22!25|MId=o050290220254|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
38	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	37	punct	_	Ref=DEU_29:22!25
```

## 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** תִזָּרַע *it is sown* | yiqtol · niphal |  |  |  |  |
| **not** תַצְמִחַ *it causes to grow* | yiqtol · hiphil |  |  |  |  |
| **not** יַעֲלֶה *it comes up* | yiqtol · qal | עֵשֶׂב *vegetation* |  |  |  |
| הָפַךְ *he overthrew* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | סְדֹם *of Sodom* + עֲמֹרָה *Gomorrah* + אַדְמָה *Admah* + צְבוֹיִם *Zeboiim* |  |  |

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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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גָפְרֵתָא וּמִלְחָא יְקִידַת כָּל אַרְעַהּ לָא תִזְרַע וְלָא תַצְמַח וְלָא יִסַק בַּהּ כָּל עֶסְבָּא כְּמַהְפֶּכְתָּא דִסְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה אַדְמָה וּצְבוֹיִם דִי הֲפַךְ יְיָ בְּרָגְזֵהּ וּבְחֶמְתֵהּ

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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. [and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.828/)

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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:809`.

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