--- title: Deuteronomy 30:20 — to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unt… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. Who acts: that, thou, 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 — that, thou, LORD — and what happens in the verse to LORD, life, land, Abraham, 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. לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ בְּקֹל֖וֹ וּלְדָבְקָה־ב֑וֹ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חַיֶּ֙יךָ֙ וְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמֶ֔יךָ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם לְיִצְחָ֥ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶֽם׃פ [to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.854/) ## 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:835 # text = לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ בְּקֹל֖וֹ וּלְדָבְקָה־ב֑וֹ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חַיֶּ֙יךָ֙ וְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמֶ֔יךָ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם לְיִצְחָ֥ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶֽם׃פ # verse = DEU.30.20 1-2 לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=DEU_30:20!1|MId=o050300200011|Strong=3807a 2 אַֽהֲבָה֙ אָהֵב VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 0 root _ Gloss=loving|Ref=DEU_30:20!1|MId=o050300200012|Strong=0157|Frame=A0:050290200061;A1:050300200031;|Type=infinitive_construct 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_30:20!2|MId=o050300200021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4 יְהוָ֣ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 obj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=DEU_30:20!3|MId=o050300200031|Strong=3068 5-6 אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 אֱלֹהֶ֔י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=DEU_30:20!4|MId=o050300200041|Strong=0430 6 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_30:20!4|MId=o050300200042|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 7-8 לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=DEU_30:20!5|MId=o050300200051|Strong=3807a 8 שְׁמֹ֥עַ שָׁמַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 conj _ Gloss=listening|Ref=DEU_30:20!5|MId=o050300200052|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:050290200061;|Type=infinitive_construct 9-11 בְּקֹל֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!6|MId=o050300200061|Strong=0871a 10 קֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=voice|Ref=DEU_30:20!6|MId=o050300200062|Strong=6963 11 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_30:20!6|MId=o050300200063|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 12-14 וּלְדָבְקָה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_30:20!7|MId=o050300200071|Strong=2050b 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=DEU_30:20!7|MId=o050300200072|Strong=3807a 14 דָבְקָה־ דָּבַק VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 conj _ Gloss=cleaving|Ref=DEU_30:20!7|MId=o050300200073|Strong=1692|Frame=A0:050290200061;|Type=infinitive_construct 15-16 ב֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!8|MId=o050300200081|Strong=0871a 16 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=DEU_30:20!8|MId=o050300200082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=DEU_30:20!9|MId=o050300200091|Strong=3588 18 ה֤וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_30:20!10|MId=o050300200101|Strong=1931|Type=personal 19-20 חַיֶּ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 חַיֶּ֙י חַיִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 advcl _ Gloss=life|Ref=DEU_30:20!11|MId=o050300200111|Strong=2416 20 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].your|Ref=DEU_30:20!11|MId=o050300200112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 21-22 וְאֹ֣רֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_30:20!12|MId=o050300200121|Strong=2050b 22 אֹ֣רֶךְ אֹרֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 conj _ Gloss=the.length|Ref=DEU_30:20!12|MId=o050300200122|Strong=0753 23-24 יָמֶ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 יָמֶ֔י יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.days|Ref=DEU_30:20!13|MId=o050300200131|Strong=3117 24 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_30:20!13|MId=o050300200132|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 25-26 לָשֶׁ֣בֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!14|MId=o050300200141|Strong=3807a 26 שֶׁ֣בֶת יָשַׁב VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 parataxis _ Gloss=dwell|Ref=DEU_30:20!14|MId=o050300200142|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:050290200061;|Type=infinitive_construct 27 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=DEU_30:20!15|MId=o050300200151|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 28-29 הָאֲדָמָ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_30:20!16|MId=o050300200161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 אֲדָמָ֗ה אֲדָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 26 obl _ Gloss=land|Ref=DEU_30:20!16|MId=o050300200162|Strong=0127 30 אֲשֶׁר֩ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 31 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=DEU_30:20!17|MId=o050300200171|Strong=0834|Type=relative 31 נִשְׁבַּ֨ע שָׁבַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 29 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.swore|Ref=DEU_30:20!18|MId=o050300200181|Strong=7650|Frame=A0:050300200191;|Type=qatal 32 יְהוָ֧ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 31 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=DEU_30:20!19|MId=o050300200191|Strong=3068 33-35 לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!20|MId=o050300200201|Strong=3807a 34 אֲבֹתֶ֛י אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 31 obl _ Gloss=ancestors|Ref=DEU_30:20!20|MId=o050300200202|Strong=0001 35 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_30:20!20|MId=o050300200203|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 36-37 לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 37 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!21|MId=o050300200211|Strong=3807a 37 אַבְרָהָ֛ם אַבְרָהָם PROPN _ _ 34 nmod _ Gloss=Abraham|Ref=DEU_30:20!21|MId=o050300200212|Strong=0085 38-39 לְיִצְחָ֥ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 39 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!22|MId=o050300200221|Strong=3807a 39 יִצְחָ֥ק יִצְחָק PROPN _ _ 37 conj _ Gloss=Isaac|Ref=DEU_30:20!22|MId=o050300200222|Strong=3327 40-42 וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 וּֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 42 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_30:20!23|MId=o050300200231|Strong=2050b 41 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 42 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!23|MId=o050300200232|Strong=3807a 42 יַעֲקֹ֖ב יַעֲקֹב PROPN _ _ 37 conj _ Gloss=Jacob|Ref=DEU_30:20!23|MId=o050300200233|Strong=3290 43-44 לָתֵ֥ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 44 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!24|MId=o050300200241|Strong=3807a 44 תֵ֥ת נָתַן VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 31 xcomp _ Gloss=give|Ref=DEU_30:20!24|MId=o050300200242|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:050300200191;A1:050300200162;|Type=infinitive_construct 45-46 לָהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45 ל לְ ADP _ _ 46 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_30:20!25|MId=o050300200251|Strong=3807a 46 ָהֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=DEU_30:20!25|MId=o050300200252|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 47 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 46 punct _ Ref=DEU_30:20!25|SpaceAfter=No 48 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 46 punct _ Ref=DEU_30:20!25 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אַֽהֲבָה *loving* | infinitive construct · qal | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | שְׁמֹעַ *listening* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | דָבְקָה־ *cleaving* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | שֶׁבֶת *dwell* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | נִשְׁבַּע *he swore* | qatal · niphal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | תֵת *give* | infinitive construct · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | אֲדָמָה *land* | | | 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} לְמִרְחַם יָת יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְקַבָּלָא לְמֵימְרֵהּ וּלְאִתְקְרָבָא לְדַחַלְתֵּהּ אֲרֵי הוּא חַיָיךְ וְאוֹרָכוּת יוֹמָיךְ לְמִתַּב עַל אַרְעָא דִי קַיִים יְיָ לַאֲבָהָתָךְ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיַעֲקֹב לְמִתַּן לְהוֹן 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. [to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.854/) **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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