--- title: Exodus 31:17 — It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever; for in… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested.' Who acts: covenant, LORD. 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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 — covenant, LORD — and what happens in the verse to sign, heaven, work, 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. בֵּינִ֗י וּבֵין֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל א֥וֹת הִ֖וא לְעֹלָ֑ם כִּי־שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י שָׁבַ֖ת וַיִּנָּפַֽשׁ׃ס [It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.943/) ## 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:904 # text = בֵּינִ֗י וּבֵין֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל א֥וֹת הִ֖וא לְעֹלָ֑ם כִּי־שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י שָׁבַ֖ת וַיִּנָּפַֽשׁ׃ס # verse = EXO.31.17 1-2 בֵּינִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 בֵּינ בֵּין ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=EXO_31:17!1|MId=o020310170011|Strong=0996 2 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=EXO_31:17!1|MId=o020310170012|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 3-4 וּבֵין֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_31:17!2|MId=o020310170021|Strong=2050b 4 בֵין֙ בֵּין ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=EXO_31:17!2|MId=o020310170022|Strong=0996 5 בְּנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=EXO_31:17!3|MId=o020310170031|Strong=1121 6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=EXO_31:17!4|MId=o020310170041|Strong=3478 7 א֥וֹת אוֹת NOUN _ Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[is].a.sign|Ref=EXO_31:17!5|MId=o020310170051|Strong=0226 8 הִ֖וא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ Gloss=it|Ref=EXO_31:17!6|MId=o020310170061|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 9-10 לְעֹלָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=forever|Ref=EXO_31:17!7|MId=o020310170071|Strong=3807a 10 עֹלָ֑ם עוֹלָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=of.perpetuity|Ref=EXO_31:17!7|MId=o020310170072|Strong=5769 11 כִּי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=EXO_31:17!8|MId=o020310170081|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 12 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת שֵׁשׁ NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 nummod _ Gloss=six|Ref=EXO_31:17!9|MId=o020310170091|Strong=8337|Type=cardinal_number 13 יָמִ֗ים יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 obl _ Gloss=days|Ref=EXO_31:17!10|MId=o020310170101|Strong=3117 14 עָשָׂ֤ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 advcl _ Gloss=he.made|Ref=EXO_31:17!11|MId=o020310170111|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:020310170121;A1:020310170142;020310170162;|Type=qatal 15 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 14 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=EXO_31:17!12|MId=o020310170121|Strong=3068 16 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_31:17!13|MId=o020310170131|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_31:17!14|MId=o020310170141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 שָּׁמַ֣יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 obj _ Gloss=heavens|Ref=EXO_31:17!14|MId=o020310170142|Strong=8064 19-20 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_31:17!15|MId=o020310170151|Strong=2050b 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_31:17!15|MId=o020310170152|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 21-22 הָאָ֔רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_31:17!16|MId=o020310170161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 אָ֔רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 18 conj _ Gloss=earth|Ref=EXO_31:17!16|MId=o020310170162|Strong=0776 23-26 וּבַיּוֹם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_31:17!17|MId=o020310170171|Strong=2050b 24 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EXO_31:17!17|MId=o020310170172|Strong=0871a 25 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_31:17!17|MId=o020310170172ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 יּוֹם֙ יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=EXO_31:17!17|MId=o020310170173|Strong=3117 27-28 הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EXO_31:17!18|MId=o020310170181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 שְּׁבִיעִ֔י שְׁבִיעִי NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 nummod _ Gloss=seventh|Ref=EXO_31:17!18|MId=o020310170182|Strong=7637|Type=ordinal_number 29 שָׁבַ֖ת שָׁבַת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 conj _ Gloss=he.rested|Ref=EXO_31:17!19|MId=o020310170191|Strong=7673|Frame=A0:020310170121;|Type=qatal 30-31 וַיִּנָּפַֽשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_31:17!20|MId=o020310170201|Strong=2050b 31 יִּנָּפַֽשׁ נָפַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 29 conj _ Gloss=he.refreshed.himself|Ref=EXO_31:17!20|MId=o020310170202|Strong=5314|Frame=A0:020310170121;|Type=wayyiqtol 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=EXO_31:17!20|SpaceAfter=No 33 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=EXO_31:17!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עָשָׂה *he made* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | שָּׁמַיִם *heavens* + אָרֶץ *earth* | | | | שָׁבַת *he rested* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | יִּנָּפַֽשׁ *he refreshed himself* | wayyiqtol · niphal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | 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} בֵּין מֵימְרִי וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָת הִיא לְעָלָם אֲרֵי שִׁתָּא יוֹמִין עֲבַד יְיָ יָת שְׁמַיָא וְיָת אַרְעָא וּבְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה שְׁבַת וְנַח: 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. [It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.943/) **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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