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title: Exodus 14:20 — and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness here, yet gave it light by night there; and the one came not near the other all the night. Who acts: angel, one. Exodus 14:20 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pr
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# Exodus 14:20 שְׁמוֹת

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**Who acts:** angel, one · **What happens:** come, give, not come · **To what, where:** camp, light, angel, other

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This is Exodus 14:20 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 — angel, one — and what happens in the verse to camp, light, angel, other, 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.

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וַיָּבֹ֞א בֵּ֣ין ׀ מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֗יִם וּבֵין֙ מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיְהִ֤י הֶֽעָנָן֙ וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וַיָּ֖אֶר אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה וְלֹא־קָרַ֥ב זֶ֛ה אֶל־זֶ֖ה כָּל־הַלָּֽיְלָה׃

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[and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness here, yet gave it light by night there; and the one came not near the other all the night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.405/)

## 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:EXO:376
# text = וַיָּבֹ֞א בֵּ֣ין ׀ מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֗יִם וּבֵין֙ מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיְהִ֤י הֶֽעָנָן֙ וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וַיָּ֖אֶר אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה וְלֹא־קָרַ֥ב זֶ֛ה אֶל־זֶ֖ה כָּל־הַלָּֽיְלָה׃
# verse = EXO.14.20
1-2	וַיָּבֹ֞א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_14:20!1|MId=o020140200011|Strong=2050b
2	יָּבֹ֞א	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.went|Ref=EXO_14:20!1|MId=o020140200012|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:020140190111;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	בֵּ֣ין	בֵּין	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=between|Ref=EXO_14:20!2|MId=o020140200021|Strong=0996
4	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	3	punct	_	Ref=EXO_14:20!2
5	מַחֲנֵ֣ה	מַחֲנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.camp|Ref=EXO_14:20!3|MId=o020140200031|Strong=4264
6	מִצְרַ֗יִם	מִצְרַיִם	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Egypt|Ref=EXO_14:20!4|MId=o020140200041|Strong=4714
7-8	וּבֵין֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_14:20!5|MId=o020140200051|Strong=2050b
8	בֵין֙	בֵּין	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=between|Ref=EXO_14:20!5|MId=o020140200052|Strong=0996
9	מַחֲנֵ֣ה	מַחֲנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	Gloss=the.camp|Ref=EXO_14:20!6|MId=o020140200061|Strong=4264
10	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	9	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=EXO_14:20!7|MId=o020140200071|Strong=3478
11-12	וַיְהִ֤י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_14:20!8|MId=o020140200081|Strong=2050b
12	יְהִ֤י	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.was|Ref=EXO_14:20!8|MId=o020140200082|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:020140200092;020140200103;|Type=wayyiqtol
13-14	הֶֽעָנָן֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	הֶֽ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	14	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_14:20!9|MId=o020140200091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
14	עָנָן֙	עָנָן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	Gloss=cloud|Ref=EXO_14:20!9|MId=o020140200092|Strong=6051
15-17	וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_14:20!10|MId=o020140200101|Strong=2050b
16	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	17	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_14:20!10|MId=o020140200102|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	חֹ֔שֶׁךְ	חֹשֶׁךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	conj	_	Gloss=darkness|Ref=EXO_14:20!10|MId=o020140200103|Strong=2822
18-19	וַיָּ֖אֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_14:20!11|MId=o020140200111|Strong=2050b
19	יָּ֖אֶר	אוֹר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	12	conj	_	Gloss=it.lit.up|Ref=EXO_14:20!11|MId=o020140200112|Strong=0215|Frame=AA:020140200092;A0:020140200132;|Type=wayyiqtol
20	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_14:20!12|MId=o020140200121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
21-22	הַלָּ֑יְלָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	22	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_14:20!13|MId=o020140200131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
22	לָּ֑יְלָה	לַיְלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	obj	_	Gloss=night|Ref=EXO_14:20!13|MId=o020140200132|Strong=3915
23-24	וְלֹא־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_14:20!14|MId=o020140200141|Strong=2050b
24	לֹא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	25	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=EXO_14:20!14|MId=o020140200142|Strong=3808|Type=negative
25	קָרַ֥ב	קָרַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.drew.near|Ref=EXO_14:20!15|MId=o020140200151|Strong=7126|Frame=A0:020140200161;|Type=qatal
26	זֶ֛ה	זֶה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	nsubj	_	Gloss=this|Ref=EXO_14:20!16|MId=o020140200161|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
27	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_14:20!17|MId=o020140200171|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
28	זֶ֖ה	זֶה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	obl	_	Gloss=this|Ref=EXO_14:20!18|MId=o020140200181|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
29	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	obl	_	Gloss=all|Ref=EXO_14:20!19|MId=o020140200191|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
30-31	הַלָּֽיְלָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	31	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_14:20!20|MId=o020140200201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
31	לָּֽיְלָה	לַיְלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	29	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=night|Ref=EXO_14:20!20|MId=o020140200202|Strong=3915
32	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	31	punct	_	Ref=EXO_14:20!20
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יָּבֹא *it went* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יְהִי *it was* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָנָן *cloud* + חֹשֶׁךְ *darkness* |  |  |  |
| יָּאֶר *it lit up* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | לָּיְלָה *night* |  |  | עָנָן *cloud* |
| **not** קָרַב *it drew near* | qatal · qal | זֶה *this* |  |  |  |

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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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וְעַל בֵּין מַשְׁרִיתָא דְמִצְרָאֵי וּבֵין מַשְׁרִיתָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וַהֲוָה עֲנָנָא וְקַבְלָא לְמִצְרָאֵי וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל נְהַר כָּל לֵילְיָא וְלָא אִתְקְרִיבוּ דֵין לְוָת דֵין כָּל לֵילְיָא:

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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 it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness here, yet gave it light by night there; and the one came not near the other all the night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.405/)

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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:EXO:376`.

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