--- title: Exodus 18:7 — And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kis… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. Who acts: Moses, sons. 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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 — Moses, sons — and what happens in the verse to father, law, Moses, each, tent, 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. וַיֵּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִקְרַ֣את חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ וַיִּשַּׁק־ל֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ אִישׁ־לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ הָאֹֽהֱלָה׃ [And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.507/) ## 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:473 # text = וַיֵּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִקְרַ֣את חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ וַיִּשַּׁק־ל֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ אִישׁ־לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ הָאֹֽהֱלָה׃ # verse = EXO.18.7 1-2 וַיֵּצֵ֨א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_18:7!1|MId=o020180070011|Strong=2050b 2 יֵּצֵ֨א יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.went.out|Ref=EXO_18:7!1|MId=o020180070012|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:020180070021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 מֹשֶׁ֜ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=EXO_18:7!2|MId=o020180070021|Strong=4872 4-5 לִקְרַ֣את _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_18:7!3|MId=o020180070031|Strong=3807a 5 קְרַ֣את קרא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 advcl _ Gloss=meet|Ref=EXO_18:7!3|MId=o020180070032|Strong=7122|Frame=A0:020180070021;A1:020180070041;|Type=infinitive_construct 6-7 חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 חֹֽתְנ חֹתֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 5 obj _ Gloss=father-in-law|Ref=EXO_18:7!4|MId=o020180070041|Strong=2859a|Type=participle_active 7 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_18:7!4|MId=o020180070042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 8-9 וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_18:7!5|MId=o020180070051|Strong=2050b 9 יִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ חוה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.bowed.down|Ref=EXO_18:7!5|MId=o020180070052|Strong=7812a|Frame=A0:020180070021;|Type=wayyiqtol 10-11 וַיִּשַּׁק־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_18:7!6|MId=o020180070061|Strong=2050b 11 יִּשַּׁק־ נָשַׁק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=he.kissed|Ref=EXO_18:7!6|MId=o020180070062|Strong=5401|Frame=A0:020180070021;|Type=wayyiqtol 12-13 ל֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 ל לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=EXO_18:7!7|MId=o020180070071|Strong=3807a 13 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=EXO_18:7!7|MId=o020180070072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 14-15 וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_18:7!8|MId=o020180070081|Strong=2050b 15 יִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ שָׁאַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.asked|Ref=EXO_18:7!8|MId=o020180070082|Strong=7592|Frame=A0:020180070021;020180070041;|Type=wayyiqtol 16 אִישׁ־ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=each|Ref=EXO_18:7!9|MId=o020180070091|Strong=0376|SpaceAfter=No 17-19 לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EXO_18:7!10|MId=o020180070101|Strong=3807a 18 רֵע רֵעַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=neighbor|Ref=EXO_18:7!10|MId=o020180070102|Strong=7453 19 ֵ֖הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_18:7!10|MId=o020180070103|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 20-21 לְשָׁל֑וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_18:7!11|MId=o020180070111|Strong=3807a 21 שָׁל֑וֹם שָׁלוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=welfare|Ref=EXO_18:7!11|MId=o020180070112|Strong=7965 22-23 וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_18:7!12|MId=o020180070121|Strong=2050b 23 יָּבֹ֖אוּ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.went|Ref=EXO_18:7!12|MId=o020180070122|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:020180070021;020180070041;|Type=wayyiqtol 24-26 הָאֹֽהֱלָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_18:7!13|MId=o020180070131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 אֹֽהֱל אֹהֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_18:7!13|MId=o020180070132|Strong=0168 26 ָה ה X _ _ 25 nmod _ Gloss=tent|Ref=EXO_18:7!13|MId=o020180070133|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=EXO_18:7!13 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֵּצֵא *he went out* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | קְרַאת *meet* | infinitive construct · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | חֹֽתְנ *father-in-law* | | | | יִּשְׁתַּחוּ *he bowed down* | wayyiqtol · hithpael | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | יִּשַּׁק־ *he kissed* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | יִּשְׁאֲלוּ *they asked* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* + חֹֽתְנ *father-in-law* | | | | | יָּבֹאוּ *they went* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* + חֹֽתְנ *father-in-law* | | | | 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} וּנְפַק משֶׁה לְקַדָמוּת חֲמוּהִי וּסְגִיד וּנְשִׁיק לֵהּ וּשְׁאִילוּ גְבַר לְחַבְרֵהּ לִשְׁלָם וְעַלוּ לְמַשְׁכְּנָא: 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 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.507/) **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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