--- title: Exodus 2:3 — And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of b… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. Who acts: woman. 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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 — woman — and what happens in the verse to man, ark, child, flags, 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. וְלֹא־יָכְלָ֣ה עוֹד֮ הַצְּפִינוֹ֒ וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ תֵּ֣בַת גֹּ֔מֶא וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה בַחֵמָ֖ר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת וַתָּ֤שֶׂם בָּהּ֙ אֶת־הַיֶּ֔לֶד וַתָּ֥שֶׂם בַּסּ֖וּף עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיְאֹֽר׃ [And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.26/) ## 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:24 # text = וְלֹא־יָכְלָ֣ה עוֹד֮ הַצְּפִינוֹ֒ וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ תֵּ֣בַת גֹּ֔מֶא וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה בַחֵמָ֖ר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת וַתָּ֤שֶׂם בָּהּ֙ אֶת־הַיֶּ֔לֶד וַתָּ֥שֶׂם בַּסּ֖וּף עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיְאֹֽר׃ # verse = EXO.2.3 1-2 וְלֹא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 3 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_2:3!1|MId=o020020030011|Strong=2050b 2 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EXO_2:3!1|MId=o020020030012|Strong=3808|Type=negative 3 יָכְלָ֣ה יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=she.was.able|Ref=EXO_2:3!2|MId=o020020030021|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:020020020022;A1:020020030041;|Type=qatal 4 עוֹד֮ עוֹד ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=still|Ref=EXO_2:3!3|MId=o020020030031|Strong=5750 5-6 הַצְּפִינוֹ֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַצְּפִינ צָפַן VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 3 ccomp _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_2:3!4|MId=o020020030041|Strong=6845|Frame=AA:020020020022;A0:020020030042;|Type=infinitive_construct 6 וֹ֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ Gloss=hide.him|Ref=EXO_2:3!4|MId=o020020030042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7-8 וַתִּֽקַּֽח־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_2:3!5|MId=o020020030051|Strong=2050b 8 תִּֽקַּֽח־ לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=she.took|Ref=EXO_2:3!5|MId=o020020030052|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:020020020022;A1:020020030071;|Type=wayyiqtol 9-10 לוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 ל לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EXO_2:3!6|MId=o020020030061|Strong=3807a 10 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=EXO_2:3!6|MId=o020020030062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 11 תֵּ֣בַת תֵּבָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 obj _ Gloss=a.basket|Ref=EXO_2:3!7|MId=o020020030071|Strong=8392 12 גֹּ֔מֶא גֹּמֶא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.papyrus|Ref=EXO_2:3!8|MId=o020020030081|Strong=1573 13-15 וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_2:3!9|MId=o020020030091|Strong=2050b 14 תַּחְמְר חָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=she|Ref=EXO_2:3!9|MId=o020020030092|Strong=2560b|Frame=A0:020020020022;A1:020020030093;|Type=wayyiqtol 15 ָ֥ה הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ Gloss=sealed.it|Ref=EXO_2:3!9|MId=o020020030093|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 16-18 בַחֵמָ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=EXO_2:3!10|MId=o020020030101|Strong=0871a 17 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EXO_2:3!10|MId=o020020030101ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 חֵמָ֖ר חֵמָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=bitumen|Ref=EXO_2:3!10|MId=o020020030102|Strong=2564 19-22 וּבַזָּ֑פֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_2:3!11|MId=o020020030111|Strong=2050b 20 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=EXO_2:3!11|MId=o020020030112|Strong=0871a 21 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EXO_2:3!11|MId=o020020030112ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 זָּ֑פֶת זֶפֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 conj _ Gloss=pitch|Ref=EXO_2:3!11|MId=o020020030113|Strong=2203 23-24 וַתָּ֤שֶׂם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_2:3!12|MId=o020020030121|Strong=2050b 24 תָּ֤שֶׂם שׂים VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=she.put|Ref=EXO_2:3!12|MId=o020020030122|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:020020020022;A1:020020030152;|Type=wayyiqtol 25-26 בָּהּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EXO_2:3!13|MId=o020020030131|Strong=0871a 26 ָהּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=EXO_2:3!13|MId=o020020030132|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 27 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_2:3!14|MId=o020020030141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 28-29 הַיֶּ֔לֶד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_2:3!15|MId=o020020030151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 יֶּ֔לֶד יֶלֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obj _ Gloss=child|Ref=EXO_2:3!15|MId=o020020030152|Strong=3206 30-31 וַתָּ֥שֶׂם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_2:3!16|MId=o020020030161|Strong=2050b 31 תָּ֥שֶׂם שׂים VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=she.put.[it]|Ref=EXO_2:3!16|MId=o020020030162|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:020020020022;A1:020020030152;|Type=wayyiqtol 32-34 בַּסּ֖וּף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=EXO_2:3!17|MId=o020020030171|Strong=0871a 33 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_2:3!17|MId=o020020030171ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 סּ֖וּף סוּף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 obl _ Gloss=rush[es]|Ref=EXO_2:3!17|MId=o020020030172|Strong=5488 35 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 36 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=EXO_2:3!18|MId=o020020030181|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 36 שְׂפַ֥ת שָׂפָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 31 obl _ Gloss=the.bank|Ref=EXO_2:3!19|MId=o020020030191|Strong=8193 37-38 הַיְאֹֽר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 38 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EXO_2:3!20|MId=o020020030201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 38 יְאֹֽר יְאֹר PROPN _ _ 36 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.River|Ref=EXO_2:3!20|MId=o020020030202|Strong=2975 39 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 38 punct _ Ref=EXO_2:3!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** יָכְלָה *she was able* | qatal · qal | | הַצְּפִינ *to* | | | | הַצְּפִינ *to* | infinitive construct · hiphil | וֹ *hide him* | | | | | תִּֽקַּֽח־ *she took* | wayyiqtol · qal | | תֵּבַת *a basket* | | | | תַּחְמְר *she* | wayyiqtol · qal | | ָה *sealed it* | | | | תָּשֶׂם *she put* | wayyiqtol · qal | | יֶּלֶד *child* | | | | תָּשֶׂם *she put \[it\]* | wayyiqtol · qal | | יֶּלֶד *child* | | | 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} וְלָא יְכֵילַת עוֹד לְאַטְמָרוּתֵהּ וּנְסֵיבַת לֵהּ תֵּבוּתָא דְגוֹמֶא וְחַפָּתַהּ בְּחֵמָרָא וּבְזִפְתָּא וְשַׁוִיאַת בַּהּ יָת רַבְיָא וְשַׁוִיתַהּ בְּיַעֲרָא עַל כֵּיף נַהֲרָא: 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 when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.26/) **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:24`. - ← previous: [Exodus 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.2.2/) - next →: [Exodus 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.2.4/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/2/)