--- title: Exodus 12:4 — and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. Who acts: household, lamb, ye, man. 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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 — household, lamb, ye, man — and what happens in the verse to one, count, 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 40 chapters of Exodus on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וְאִם־יִמְעַ֣ט הַבַּיִת֮ מִהְיֹ֣ת מִשֶּׂה֒ וְלָקַ֣ח ה֗וּא וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹ הַקָּרֹ֥ב אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ בְּמִכְסַ֣ת נְפָשֹׁ֑ת אִ֚ישׁ לְפִ֣י אָכְל֔וֹ תָּכֹ֖סּוּ עַל־הַשֶּֽׂה׃ [and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.314/) ## 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:EXO:287 # text = וְאִם־יִמְעַ֣ט הַבַּיִת֮ מִהְיֹ֣ת מִשֶּׂה֒ וְלָקַ֣ח ה֗וּא וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹ הַקָּרֹ֥ב אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ בְּמִכְסַ֣ת נְפָשֹׁ֑ת אִ֚ישׁ לְפִ֣י אָכְל֔וֹ תָּכֹ֖סּוּ עַל־הַשֶּֽׂה׃ # verse = EXO.12.4 1-2 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_12:4!1|MId=o020120040011|Strong=2050b 2 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EXO_12:4!1|MId=o020120040012|Strong=0518 3 יִמְעַ֣ט מָעַט VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 11 advcl _ Gloss=it.will.be.[too].small|Ref=EXO_12:4!2|MId=o020120040021|Strong=4591|Frame=A0:020120040032;|Type=yiqtol 4-5 הַבַּיִת֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_12:4!3|MId=o020120040031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 בַּיִת֮ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=household|Ref=EXO_12:4!3|MId=o020120040032|Strong=1004 6-7 מִהְיֹ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EXO_12:4!4|MId=o020120040041|Strong=4480 7 הְיֹ֣ת הָיָה AUX _ HebBinyan=QAL 9 cop _ Gloss=being|Ref=EXO_12:4!4|MId=o020120040042|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:020120040032;|Type=infinitive_construct 8-9 מִשֶּׂה֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EXO_12:4!5|MId=o020120040051|Strong=4480 9 שֶּׂה֒ שֶׂה NOUN _ Number=Sing 3 obl _ Gloss=a.lamb|Ref=EXO_12:4!5|MId=o020120040052|Strong=7716 10-11 וְלָקַ֣ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_12:4!6|MId=o020120040061|Strong=2050b 11 לָקַ֣ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.take|Ref=EXO_12:4!6|MId=o020120040062|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:020120040071;020120040082;|Type=weqatal 12 ה֗וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=EXO_12:4!7|MId=o020120040071|Strong=1931|Type=personal 13-15 וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_12:4!8|MId=o020120040081|Strong=2050b 14 שְׁכֵנ שָׁכֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 conj _ Gloss=neighbor|Ref=EXO_12:4!8|MId=o020120040082|Strong=7934|Type=adjective 15 ֛וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_12:4!8|MId=o020120040083|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 16-17 הַקָּרֹ֥ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EXO_12:4!9|MId=o020120040091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 קָּרֹ֥ב קָרֹוב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 amod _ Gloss=near|Ref=EXO_12:4!9|MId=o020120040092|Strong=7138|Type=adjective 18 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_12:4!10|MId=o020120040101|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 19-20 בֵּית֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בֵּית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 nmod _ Gloss=house|Ref=EXO_12:4!11|MId=o020120040111|Strong=1004 20 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_12:4!11|MId=o020120040112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 21-22 בְּמִכְסַ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=by.[the]|Ref=EXO_12:4!12|MId=o020120040121|Strong=0871a 22 מִכְסַ֣ת מִכְסָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=number|Ref=EXO_12:4!12|MId=o020120040122|Strong=4373 23 נְפָשֹׁ֑ת נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Plur 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.people|Ref=EXO_12:4!13|MId=o020120040131|Strong=5315 24 אִ֚ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=each.one|Ref=EXO_12:4!14|MId=o020120040141|Strong=0376 25-26 לְפִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_12:4!15|MId=o020120040151|Strong=3807a 26 פִ֣י פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=the.mouth|Ref=EXO_12:4!15|MId=o020120040152|Strong=6310 27-28 אָכְל֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 אָכְל אֹכֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.food|Ref=EXO_12:4!16|MId=o020120040161|Strong=0400 28 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_12:4!16|MId=o020120040162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 29 תָּכֹ֖סּוּ כָּסַס VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 11 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.estimate|Ref=EXO_12:4!17|MId=o020120040171|Strong=3699|Frame=A0:020120030041;|Type=yiqtol 30 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EXO_12:4!18|MId=o020120040181|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 31-32 הַשֶּֽׂה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_12:4!19|MId=o020120040191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 שֶּֽׂה שֶׂה NOUN _ Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=lamb|Ref=EXO_12:4!19|MId=o020120040192|Strong=7716 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=EXO_12:4!19 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִמְעַט *it will be \[too\] small* | yiqtol · qal | בַּיִת *household* | | | | | הְיֹת *being* | infinitive construct · qal | בַּיִת *household* | | | | | לָקַח *he will take* | weqatal · qal | הוּא *he* + שְׁכֵנ *neighbor* | | | | | תָּכֹסּוּ *you will estimate* | yiqtol · 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} וְאִם יִזְעֵיר בֵּיתָא מִלְאִתְמְנָאָה עַל אִמְרָא וְיִסַב הוּא וְשֵׁיבָבֵהּ דְקָרִיב לְבֵיתֵהּ בְּמִנְיַן נַפְשָׁתָא גְבַר לְפוּם מֵיכְלֵהּ תִּתְמְנוּן עַל אִמְרָא: 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. [and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.314/) **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:EXO:287`. - ← previous: [Exodus 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.3/) - next →: [Exodus 12:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.5/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/12/)