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title: Exodus 32:15 — And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. Who acts: Moses. Exodus 32:15 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragm
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# Exodus 32:15 שְׁמוֹת

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**Who acts:** Moses · **What happens:** turn, go down, write · **To what, where:** mount, tables, sides, one side

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This is Exodus 32:15 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 — Moses — and what happens in the verse to mount, tables, sides, one side, 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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וַיִּ֜פֶן וַיֵּ֤רֶד מֹשֶׁה֙ מִן־הָהָ֔ר וּשְׁנֵ֛י לֻחֹ֥ת הָעֵדֻ֖ת בְּיָד֑וֹ לֻחֹ֗ת כְּתֻבִים֙ מִשְּׁנֵ֣י עֶבְרֵיהֶ֔ם מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה הֵ֥ם כְּתֻבִֽים׃

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[And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.960/)

## 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:920
# text = וַיִּ֜פֶן וַיֵּ֤רֶד מֹשֶׁה֙ מִן־הָהָ֔ר וּשְׁנֵ֛י לֻחֹ֥ת הָעֵדֻ֖ת בְּיָד֑וֹ לֻחֹ֗ת כְּתֻבִים֙ מִשְּׁנֵ֣י עֶבְרֵיהֶ֔ם מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה הֵ֥ם כְּתֻבִֽים׃
# verse = EXO.32.15
1-2	וַיִּ֜פֶן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_32:15!1|MId=o020320150011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּ֜פֶן	פָּנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.turned|Ref=EXO_32:15!1|MId=o020320150012|Strong=6437|Frame=A0:020320150031;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	וַיֵּ֤רֶד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	4	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_32:15!2|MId=o020320150021|Strong=2050b
4	יֵּ֤רֶד	יָרַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.went.down|Ref=EXO_32:15!2|MId=o020320150022|Strong=3381|Frame=A0:020320150031;|Type=wayyiqtol
5	מֹשֶׁה֙	מֹשֶׁה	PROPN	_	_	4	nsubj	_	Gloss=Moses|Ref=EXO_32:15!3|MId=o020320150031|Strong=4872
6	מִן־	מִן	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EXO_32:15!4|MId=o020320150041|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No
7-8	הָהָ֔ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	8	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_32:15!5|MId=o020320150051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
8	הָ֔ר	הַר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	obl	_	Gloss=mountain|Ref=EXO_32:15!5|MId=o020320150052|Strong=2022
9-10	וּשְׁנֵ֛י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	15	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_32:15!6|MId=o020320150061|Strong=2050b
10	שְׁנֵ֛י	שְׁנַיִם	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Dual	11	nummod	_	Gloss=the.two|Ref=EXO_32:15!6|MId=o020320150062|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number
11	לֻחֹ֥ת	לוּחַ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.tablets|Ref=EXO_32:15!7|MId=o020320150071|Strong=3871
12-13	הָעֵדֻ֖ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	13	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=EXO_32:15!8|MId=o020320150081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
13	עֵדֻ֖ת	עֵדוּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.testimony|Ref=EXO_32:15!8|MId=o020320150082|Strong=5715
14-16	בְּיָד֑וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=[were].in|Ref=EXO_32:15!9|MId=o020320150091|Strong=0871a
15	יָד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	Gloss=hand|Ref=EXO_32:15!9|MId=o020320150092|Strong=3027
16	֑וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_32:15!9|MId=o020320150093|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
17	לֻחֹ֗ת	לוּחַ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	appos	_	Gloss=tablets|Ref=EXO_32:15!10|MId=o020320150101|Strong=3871
18	כְּתֻבִים֙	כָּתַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	17	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=written|Ref=EXO_32:15!11|MId=o020320150111|Strong=3789|Frame=A1:020320150101;|Type=participle_passive
19-20	מִשְּׁנֵ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EXO_32:15!12|MId=o020320150121|Strong=4480
20	שְּׁנֵ֣י	שְׁנַיִם	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Dual	21	nummod	_	Gloss=the.two|Ref=EXO_32:15!12|MId=o020320150122|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number
21-22	עֶבְרֵיהֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	עֶבְרֵי	עֵבֶר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	18	obl	_	Gloss=sides|Ref=EXO_32:15!13|MId=o020320150131|Strong=5676
22	הֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=EXO_32:15!13|MId=o020320150132|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
23-24	מִזֶּ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EXO_32:15!14|MId=o020320150141|Strong=4480
24	זֶּ֥ה	זֶה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	obl	_	Gloss=this|Ref=EXO_32:15!14|MId=o020320150142|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
25-27	וּמִזֶּ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	27	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_32:15!15|MId=o020320150151|Strong=2050b
26	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EXO_32:15!15|MId=o020320150152|Strong=4480
27	זֶּ֖ה	זֶה	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	conj	_	Gloss=this|Ref=EXO_32:15!15|MId=o020320150153|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
28	הֵ֥ם	הֵם	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=EXO_32:15!16|MId=o020320150161|Strong=1992|Type=personal
29	כְּתֻבִֽים	כָּתַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=[were].written|Ref=EXO_32:15!17|MId=o020320150171|Strong=3789|Frame=A1:020320150161;|Type=participle_passive|SpaceAfter=No
30	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	29	punct	_	Ref=EXO_32:15!17
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּפֶן *he turned* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* |  |  |  |
| יֵּרֶד *he went down* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* |  |  |  |
| כְּתֻבִים *written* | participle passive · qal |  | לֻחֹת *tablets* |  |  |
| כְּתֻבִֽים *\[were\] written* | participle passive · qal |  | הֵם *they* |  |  |

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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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וְאִתְפְּנֵי וּנְחַת משֶׁה מִן טוּרָא וּתְרֵין לוּחֵי סַהֲדוּתָא בִּידֵהּ לוּחֵי כְּתִיבִין מִתְּרֵין עִבְרֵיהוֹן מִכָּא וּמִכָּא אִנוּן כְּתִיבִין:

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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 Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.960/)

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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:920`.

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