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title: Deuteronomy 7:5 — But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. Who acts: ye, marriages. Deuteronomy 7:5 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every 
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# Deuteronomy 7:5 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** ye, marriages · **What happens:** deal, break down, dash, hew down, burn, image · **To what, where:** altars, pillars, pieces, Asherim, graven images

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This is Deuteronomy 7:5 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 — ye, marriages — and what happens in the verse to altars, pillars, pieces, Asherim, graven images, 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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כִּֽי־אִם־כֹּ֤ה תַעֲשׂוּ֙ לָהֶ֔ם מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם תִּתֹּ֔צוּ וּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּ וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙ תְּגַדֵּע֔וּן וּפְסִילֵיהֶ֖ם תִּשְׂרְפ֥וּן בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

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[But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.225/)

## 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:223
# text = כִּֽי־אִם־כֹּ֤ה תַעֲשׂוּ֙ לָהֶ֔ם מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם תִּתֹּ֔צוּ וּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּ וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙ תְּגַדֵּע֔וּן וּפְסִילֵיהֶ֖ם תִּשְׂרְפ֥וּן בָּאֵֽשׁ׃
# verse = DEU.7.5
1	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	4	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=DEU_7:5!1|MId=o050070050011|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
2	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	_	1	fixed	_	Gloss=(if)|Ref=DEU_7:5!2|MId=o050070050021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No
3	כֹּ֤ה	כֹּה	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	Gloss=thus|Ref=DEU_7:5!3|MId=o050070050031|Strong=3541
4	תַעֲשׂוּ֙	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=you.will.do|Ref=DEU_7:5!4|MId=o050070050041|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:050060040021;|Type=yiqtol
5-6	לָהֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_7:5!5|MId=o050070050051|Strong=3807a
6	ָהֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=DEU_7:5!5|MId=o050070050052|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
7-8	מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	מִזְבְּחֹתֵי	מִזְבֵּחַ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	9	obj	_	Gloss=altars|Ref=DEU_7:5!6|MId=o050070050061|Strong=4196
8	הֶ֣ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=DEU_7:5!6|MId=o050070050062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
9	תִּתֹּ֔צוּ	נָתַץ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	4	parataxis	_	Gloss=you.will.pull.down|Ref=DEU_7:5!7|MId=o050070050071|Strong=5422|Frame=A0:050060040021;A1:050070050061;|Type=yiqtol
10-12	וּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_7:5!8|MId=o050070050081|Strong=2050b
11	מַצֵּבֹת	מַצֵּבָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	13	obj	_	Gloss=their.sacred|Ref=DEU_7:5!8|MId=o050070050082|Strong=4676
12	ָ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=pillars|Ref=DEU_7:5!8|MId=o050070050083|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
13	תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּ	שָׁבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2	9	conj	_	Gloss=you.will.break.down|Ref=DEU_7:5!9|MId=o050070050091|Strong=7665|Frame=A0:050060040021;A1:050070050082;|Type=yiqtol
14-16	וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_7:5!10|MId=o050070050101|Strong=2050b
15	אֲשֵֽׁיר	אֲשֵׁרָה	PROPN	_	_	17	obj	_	Gloss=their.Asherah|Ref=DEU_7:5!10|MId=o050070050102|Strong=0842
16	ֵהֶם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=poles|Ref=DEU_7:5!10|MId=o050070050103|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
17-18	תְּגַדֵּע֔וּן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	תְּגַדֵּע֔וּ	גָּדַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=2	9	conj	_	Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_7:5!11|MId=o050070050111|Strong=1438|Frame=A0:050060040021;A1:050070050102;|Type=yiqtol
18	ן	נ	X	_	_	17	nmod	_	Gloss=will.cut.down|Ref=DEU_7:5!11|MId=o050070050112|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun
19-21	וּפְסִילֵיהֶ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_7:5!12|MId=o050070050121|Strong=2050b
20	פְסִילֵי	פָּסִיל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	22	obj	_	Gloss=images|Ref=DEU_7:5!12|MId=o050070050122|Strong=6456
21	הֶ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=DEU_7:5!12|MId=o050070050123|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
22-23	תִּשְׂרְפ֥וּן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	תִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ	שָׂרַף	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	9	conj	_	Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_7:5!13|MId=o050070050131|Strong=8313|Frame=A0:050060040021;A1:050070050122;|Type=yiqtol
23	ן	נ	X	_	_	22	nmod	_	Gloss=will.burn|Ref=DEU_7:5!13|MId=o050070050132|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun
24-26	בָּאֵֽשׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	בָּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=DEU_7:5!14|MId=o050070050141|Strong=0871a
25	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	26	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=DEU_7:5!14|MId=o050070050141ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
26	אֵֽשׁ	אֵשׁ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	Gloss=fire|Ref=DEU_7:5!14|MId=o050070050142|Strong=0784
27	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	26	punct	_	Ref=DEU_7:5!14
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| תַעֲשׂוּ *you will do* | yiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| תִּתֹּצוּ *you will pull down* | yiqtol · qal |  | מִזְבְּחֹתֵי *altars* |  |  |
| תְּשַׁבֵּרוּ *you will break down* | yiqtol · piel |  | מַצֵּבֹת *their sacred* |  |  |
| תְּגַדֵּעוּ *you* | yiqtol · piel |  | אֲשֵֽׁיר *their Asherah* |  |  |
| תִּשְׂרְפוּ *you* | yiqtol · qal |  | פְסִילֵי *images* |  |  |

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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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אֲרֵי אִם כְּדֵין תַּעַבְּדוּן לְהוֹן אֱגוֹרֵיהוֹן תְּתָרְעוּן וְקָמָתְהוֹן תְּתַבְּרוּן וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהוֹן תְּקוֹצְצוּן וְצַלְמֵי טַּעֲוָתְהוֹן תּוֹקְדוּן בְּנוּרָא

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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. [But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.225/)

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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:223`.

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