--- title: Deuteronomy 5:25 — Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. Who acts: we, great fire. Deuteronomy 5:25 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Deuteronomy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU/) / [chapter 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU/5/) / 5:25 # Deuteronomy 5:25 דְּבָרִים **Who acts:** we, great fire · **What happens:** die, consume, hear · **To what, where:** us, voice This is Deuteronomy 5:25 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 — we, great fire — and what happens in the verse to us, voice, 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. וְעַתָּה֙ לָ֣מָּה נָמ֔וּת כִּ֣י תֹֽאכְלֵ֔נוּ הָאֵ֥שׁ הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את אִם־יֹסְפִ֣ים ׀ אֲנַ֗חְנוּ לִ֠שְׁמֹעַ אֶת־ק֨וֹל יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ ע֖וֹד וָמָֽתְנוּ׃ [Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.187/) ## 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:185 # text = וְעַתָּה֙ לָ֣מָּה נָמ֔וּת כִּ֣י תֹֽאכְלֵ֔נוּ הָאֵ֥שׁ הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את אִם־יֹסְפִ֣ים ׀ אֲנַ֗חְנוּ לִ֠שְׁמֹעַ אֶת־ק֨וֹל יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ ע֖וֹד וָמָֽתְנוּ׃ # verse = DEU.5.25 1-2 וְעַתָּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_5:25!1|MId=o050050250011|Strong=2050b 2 עַתָּה֙ עַתָּה ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=DEU_5:25!1|MId=o050050250012|Strong=6258 3-4 לָ֣מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לָ֣ לָמָה ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=|Ref=DEU_5:25!2|MId=o050050250021|Strong=3807a 4 מָּה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 5 obl _ Gloss=why?|Ref=DEU_5:25!2|MId=o050050250022|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 5 נָמ֔וּת מוּת VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 parataxis _ Gloss=will.we.die|Ref=DEU_5:25!3|MId=o050050250031|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:050050230131;050050230152;050050010091;|Type=yiqtol 6 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=DEU_5:25!4|MId=o050050250041|Strong=3588 7-8 תֹֽאכְלֵ֔נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 תֹֽאכְל אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=it|Ref=DEU_5:25!5|MId=o050050250051|Strong=0398|Frame=A1:050050250052;A0:050050250062;|Type=yiqtol 8 ֵ֔נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ Gloss=will.consume.us|Ref=DEU_5:25!5|MId=o050050250052|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 9-10 הָאֵ֥שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_5:25!6|MId=o050050250061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 אֵ֥שׁ אֵשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=fire|Ref=DEU_5:25!6|MId=o050050250062|Strong=0784 11-12 הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_5:25!7|MId=o050050250071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 גְּדֹלָ֖ה גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=DEU_5:25!7|MId=o050050250072|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 13-14 הַזֹּ֑את _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_5:25!8|MId=o050050250081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 זֹּ֑את זֹאת DET _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=DEU_5:25!8|MId=o050050250082|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 15 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=DEU_5:25!9|MId=o050050250091|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 16 יֹסְפִ֣ים יָסַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 28 advcl _ Gloss=[are].repeating|Ref=DEU_5:25!10|MId=o050050250101|Strong=3254|Frame=A0:050050250111;|Type=participle_active 17 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 16 punct _ Ref=DEU_5:25!10 18 אֲנַ֗חְנוּ אֲנַחְנוּ PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ Gloss=we|Ref=DEU_5:25!11|MId=o050050250111|Strong=0587|Type=personal 19-20 לִ֠שְׁמֹעַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לִ֠ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_5:25!12|MId=o050050250121|Strong=3807a 20 שְׁמֹעַ שָׁמַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 16 xcomp _ Gloss=hear|Ref=DEU_5:25!12|MId=o050050250122|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:050050230131;050050230152;050050010091;A1:050050250141;|Type=infinitive_construct 21 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_5:25!13|MId=o050050250131|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 22 ק֨וֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obj _ Gloss=the.voice|Ref=DEU_5:25!14|MId=o050050250141|Strong=6963 23 יְהוָ֧ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=DEU_5:25!15|MId=o050050250151|Strong=3068 24-25 אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 אֱלֹהֵ֛י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=DEU_5:25!16|MId=o050050250161|Strong=0430 25 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=DEU_5:25!16|MId=o050050250162|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 26 ע֖וֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=again|Ref=DEU_5:25!17|MId=o050050250171|Strong=5750 27-28 וָמָֽתְנוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_5:25!18|MId=o050050250181|Strong=2050b 28 מָֽתְנוּ מוּת VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 parataxis _ Gloss=we.will.die|Ref=DEU_5:25!18|MId=o050050250182|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:050050230131;050050230152;050050010091;|Type=weqatal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=DEU_5:25!18 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נָמוּת *will we die* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | תֹֽאכְל *it* | yiqtol · qal | אֵשׁ *fire* | ֵנוּ *will consume us* | | | | יֹסְפִים *\[are\] repeating* | participle active · qal | אֲנַחְנוּ *we* | | | | | שְׁמֹעַ *hear* | infinitive construct · qal | | קוֹל *the voice* | | | | מָֽתְנוּ *we will die* | weqatal · qal | | | | | 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} וּשְׁמִיעַ קֳדָם יְיָ יָת קָל פִּתְגָמֵיכוֹן בְּמַלָלוּתְכוֹן עִמִי וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִי שְׁמִיעַ קֳדָמַי יָת קָל פִּתְגָמֵי עַמָא הָדֵין דִי מַלִילוּ עִמָךְ אַתְקִינוּ כָּל דִי מַלִילוּ 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. [Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.187/) **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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