--- title: Exodus 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars. Who acts: Thou. Exodus 23:24 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Exodus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/) / [chapter 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/23/) / 23:24 # Exodus 23:24 שְׁמוֹת **Who acts:** Thou · **What happens:** not bow down, serve, do, overthrow, break · **To what, where:** Canaanite, pillars, pieces This is Exodus 23:24 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 — Thou — and what happens in the verse to Canaanite, pillars, pieces, 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. לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה לֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א תָֽעָבְדֵ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כִּ֤י הָרֵס֙ תְּהָ֣רְסֵ֔ם וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר תְּשַׁבֵּ֖ר מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ [Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.673/) ## 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:635 # text = לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה לֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א תָֽעָבְדֵ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כִּ֤י הָרֵס֙ תְּהָ֣רְסֵ֔ם וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר תְּשַׁבֵּ֖ר מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ # verse = EXO.23.24 1 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EXO_23:24!1|MId=o020230240011|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 2 תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה חוה VERB _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.must.bow.down|Ref=EXO_23:24!2|MId=o020230240021|Strong=7812a|Frame=A0:020200220081;|Type=yiqtol 3-5 לֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לֵ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_23:24!3|MId=o020230240031|Strong=3807a 4 אלֹֽהֵי אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=gods|Ref=EXO_23:24!3|MId=o020230240032|Strong=0430 5 הֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=EXO_23:24!3|MId=o020230240033|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 6-7 וְלֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_23:24!4|MId=o020230240041|Strong=2050b 7 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EXO_23:24!4|MId=o020230240042|Strong=3808|Type=negative 8-9 תָֽעָבְדֵ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 תָֽעָבְד עָבַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=EXO_23:24!5|MId=o020230240051|Strong=5647|Frame=A0:020200220081;A1:020230240052;|Type=yiqtol 9 ֵ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ Gloss=must.be.enticed.to.serve.them|Ref=EXO_23:24!5|MId=o020230240052|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 10-11 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_23:24!6|MId=o020230240061|Strong=2050b 11 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 12 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EXO_23:24!6|MId=o020230240062|Strong=3808|Type=negative 12 תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you.must.make|Ref=EXO_23:24!7|MId=o020230240071|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:020200220081;|Type=yiqtol 13-15 כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=EXO_23:24!8|MId=o020230240081|Strong=3509a 14 מַֽעֲשֵׂי מַעֲשֶׂה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 obl _ Gloss=works|Ref=EXO_23:24!8|MId=o020230240082|Strong=4639 15 הֶ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=EXO_23:24!8|MId=o020230240083|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 16 כִּ֤י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 18 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=EXO_23:24!9|MId=o020230240091|Strong=3588 17 הָרֵס֙ הָרַס VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 18 obl:npmod _ Gloss=completely.(tear.down)|Ref=EXO_23:24!10|MId=o020230240101|Strong=2040|Type=infinitive_absolute 18-19 תְּהָ֣רְסֵ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 תְּהָ֣רְס הָרַס VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 advcl _ Gloss=you|Ref=EXO_23:24!11|MId=o020230240111|Strong=2040|Frame=A0:020200220081;A1:020230240112;|Type=yiqtol 19 ֵ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=will.tear.them.down|Ref=EXO_23:24!11|MId=o020230240112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 20-21 וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_23:24!12|MId=o020230240121|Strong=2050b 21 שַׁבֵּ֥ר שָׁבַר VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 22 obl:npmod _ Gloss=totally.(shatter)|Ref=EXO_23:24!12|MId=o020230240122|Strong=7665|Type=infinitive_absolute 22 תְּשַׁבֵּ֖ר שָׁבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 18 conj _ Gloss=you.will.shatter.into.pieces|Ref=EXO_23:24!13|MId=o020230240131|Strong=7665|Frame=A0:020200220081;A1:020230240141;|Type=yiqtol 23-24 מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 מַצֵּבֹתֵי מַצֵּבָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 22 obj _ Gloss=pillars|Ref=EXO_23:24!14|MId=o020230240141|Strong=4676 24 הֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their.sacred|Ref=EXO_23:24!14|MId=o020230240142|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=EXO_23:24!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes - indirect: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה *you must bow down* | yiqtol | | | | | | **not** תָֽעָבְד *you* | yiqtol · hophal | | ֵם *must be enticed to serve them* | | | | **not** תַעֲשֶׂה *you must make* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | תְּהָרְס *you* | yiqtol · piel | | ֵם *will tear them down* | | | | תְּשַׁבֵּר *you will shatter into pieces* | yiqtol · piel | | מַצֵּבֹתֵי *pillars* | | | 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} לָא תִסְגוּד לְטַעֲוָתְהוֹן וְלָא תִפְלְחִנוּן וְלָא תַעְבֵּד כְּעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן אֲרֵי פַגָרָא תְּפַגְרִנוּן וְתַבָּרָא תְתַבַּר קָמָתְהוֹן: 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. [Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.673/) **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:635`. - ← previous: [Exodus 23:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.23/) - next →: [Exodus 23:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.25/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/23/)