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title: Exodus 17:1 — And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink. Who acts: congregation, water, people. Exodus 17:1 in Hebrew with its dependen
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# Exodus 17:1 שְׁמוֹת

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**Who acts:** congregation, water, people · **What happens:** journey, accord, encamp, be, drink, command · **To what, where:** wilderness, Rephidim, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Exodus 17:1 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 — congregation, water, people — and what happens in the verse to wilderness, Rephidim, LORD, 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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וַ֠יִּסְעוּ כָּל־עֲדַ֨ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל מִמִּדְבַּר־סִ֛ין לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ בִּרְפִידִ֔ים וְאֵ֥ין מַ֖יִם לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת הָעָֽם׃

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[And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.485/)

## 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:451
# text = וַ֠יִּסְעוּ כָּל־עֲדַ֨ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל מִמִּדְבַּר־סִ֛ין לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ בִּרְפִידִ֔ים וְאֵ֥ין מַ֖יִם לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת הָעָֽם׃
# verse = EXO.17.1
1-2	וַ֠יִּסְעוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ֠	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_17:1!1|MId=o020170010011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּסְעוּ	נָסַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.set.out|Ref=EXO_17:1!1|MId=o020170010012|Strong=5265|Frame=A0:020170010031;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=EXO_17:1!2|MId=o020170010021|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
4	עֲדַ֨ת	עֵדָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.congregation|Ref=EXO_17:1!3|MId=o020170010031|Strong=5712
5	בְּנֵֽי־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.people|Ref=EXO_17:1!4|MId=o020170010041|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
6	יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=EXO_17:1!5|MId=o020170010051|Strong=3478
7-8	מִמִּדְבַּר־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EXO_17:1!6|MId=o020170010061|Strong=4480
8	מִּדְבַּר־	מִדְבָּר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.wilderness|Ref=EXO_17:1!6|MId=o020170010062|Strong=4057
9	סִ֛ין	סִין	PROPN	_	_	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Sin|Ref=EXO_17:1!7|MId=o020170010071|Strong=5512a
10-12	לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_17:1!8|MId=o020170010081|Strong=3807a
11	מַסְעֵי	מַסַּע	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	obl	_	Gloss=their.settings|Ref=EXO_17:1!8|MId=o020170010082|Strong=4550
12	הֶ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=out|Ref=EXO_17:1!8|MId=o020170010083|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
13	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=EXO_17:1!9|MId=o020170010091|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
14	פִּ֣י	פֶּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.mouth|Ref=EXO_17:1!10|MId=o020170010101|Strong=6310
15	יְהוָ֑ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=EXO_17:1!11|MId=o020170010111|Strong=3068
16-17	וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_17:1!12|MId=o020170010121|Strong=2050b
17	יַּחֲנוּ֙	חָנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.encamped|Ref=EXO_17:1!12|MId=o020170010122|Strong=2583|Frame=A0:020170010031;|Type=wayyiqtol
18-19	בִּרְפִידִ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	בִּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=at|Ref=EXO_17:1!13|MId=o020170010131|Strong=0871a
19	רְפִידִ֔ים	רְפִידִים	PROPN	_	_	17	obl	_	Gloss=Rephidim|Ref=EXO_17:1!13|MId=o020170010132|Strong=7508
20-21	וְאֵ֥ין	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_17:1!14|MId=o020170010141|Strong=2050b
21	אֵ֥ין	אַיִן	ADV	_	_	2	conj	_	Gloss=there.[was].not|Ref=EXO_17:1!14|MId=o020170010142|Strong=0369|Type=negative
22	מַ֖יִם	מַיִם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	Gloss=water|Ref=EXO_17:1!15|MId=o020170010151|Strong=4325
23-24	לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_17:1!16|MId=o020170010161|Strong=3807a
24	שְׁתֹּ֥ת	שָׁתָה	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	21	advcl	_	Gloss=drink|Ref=EXO_17:1!16|MId=o020170010162|Strong=8354|Frame=A0:020170010172;A1:020170010151;|Type=infinitive_construct
25-26	הָעָֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	26	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_17:1!17|MId=o020170010171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
26	עָֽם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=people|Ref=EXO_17:1!17|MId=o020170010172|Strong=5971
27	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	26	punct	_	Ref=EXO_17:1!17
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **not** יִּסְעוּ *they set out* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֲדַת *the congregation* |  |  |  |
| יַּחֲנוּ *they encamped* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֲדַת *the congregation* |  |  |  |
| שְׁתֹּת *drink* | infinitive construct · qal | עָֽם *people* | מַיִם *water* |  |  |

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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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וּנְטָלוּ כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא דִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמַדְבְּרָא דְסִין לְמַטְלָנֵיהוֹן עַל מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ וּשְׁרוֹ בִּרְפִידִים וְלֵית מַיָא לְמִשְׁתֵּי עַמָא:

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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 all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.485/)

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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:451`.

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