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title: Exodus 32:24 — And I said unto them: Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And I said unto them: Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off; so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.' Who acts: I, Whosoever, people, calf. Exodus 32:24 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Exodus 32:24 שְׁמוֹת

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**Who acts:** I, Whosoever, people, calf · **What happens:** say, have, let, break off, give, cast · **To what, where:** gold, people, me, fire · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Exodus 32:24 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 — I, Whosoever, people, calf — and what happens in the verse to gold, people, me, fire, 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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וָאֹמַ֤ר לָהֶם֙ לְמִ֣י זָהָ֔ב הִתְפָּרָ֖קוּ וַיִּתְּנוּ־לִ֑י וָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּ בָאֵ֔שׁ וַיֵּצֵ֖א הָעֵ֥גֶל הַזֶּֽה׃

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[And I said unto them: Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off; so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.969/)

## 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:929
# text = וָאֹמַ֤ר לָהֶם֙ לְמִ֣י זָהָ֔ב הִתְפָּרָ֖קוּ וַיִּתְּנוּ־לִ֑י וָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּ בָאֵ֔שׁ וַיֵּצֵ֖א הָעֵ֥גֶל הַזֶּֽה׃
# verse = EXO.32.24
1-2	וָאֹמַ֤ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וָ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_32:24!1|MId=o020320240011|Strong=2050b
2	אֹמַ֤ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	0	root	_	Gloss=I.said|Ref=EXO_32:24!1|MId=o020320240012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:020320220021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	לָהֶם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_32:24!2|MId=o020320240021|Strong=3807a
4	ָהֶם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=EXO_32:24!2|MId=o020320240022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
5-6	לְמִ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=EXO_32:24!3|MId=o020320240031|Strong=3807a
6	מִ֣י	מִי	PRON	_	PronType=Int	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=whom?|Ref=EXO_32:24!3|MId=o020320240032|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative
7	זָהָ֔ב	זָהָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	Gloss=gold|Ref=EXO_32:24!4|MId=o020320240041|Strong=2091
8	הִתְפָּרָ֖קוּ	פָּרַק	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=2	6	parataxis	_	Gloss=tear.[it].off.from.yourselves|Ref=EXO_32:24!5|MId=o020320240051|Strong=6561|Frame=A0:020320240032;A1:020320240041;|Type=imperative
9-10	וַיִּתְּנוּ־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_32:24!6|MId=o020320240061|Strong=2050b
10	יִּתְּנוּ־	נָתַן	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.gave.[it]|Ref=EXO_32:24!6|MId=o020320240062|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:020320220102;A1:020320240041;|Type=wayyiqtol
11-12	לִ֑י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_32:24!7|MId=o020320240071|Strong=3807a
12	ִ֑י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	Gloss=me|Ref=EXO_32:24!7|MId=o020320240072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
13-15	וָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וָ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_32:24!8|MId=o020320240081|Strong=2050b
14	אַשְׁלִכ	שָׁלַךְ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1	2	conj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=EXO_32:24!8|MId=o020320240082|Strong=7993|Frame=AA:020320220021;A0:020320240083;|Type=wayyiqtol
15	ֵ֣הוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	Gloss=threw.it|Ref=EXO_32:24!8|MId=o020320240083|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
16-18	בָאֵ֔שׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	בָ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=EXO_32:24!9|MId=o020320240091|Strong=0871a
17	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_32:24!9|MId=o020320240091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	אֵ֔שׁ	אֵשׁ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	Gloss=fire|Ref=EXO_32:24!9|MId=o020320240092|Strong=0784
19-20	וַיֵּצֵ֖א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_32:24!10|MId=o020320240101|Strong=2050b
20	יֵּצֵ֖א	יָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.came.out|Ref=EXO_32:24!10|MId=o020320240102|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:020320240112;|Type=wayyiqtol
21-22	הָעֵ֥גֶל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	22	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_32:24!11|MId=o020320240111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
22	עֵ֥גֶל	עֵגֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	Gloss=calf|Ref=EXO_32:24!11|MId=o020320240112|Strong=5695
23-24	הַזֶּֽה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=EXO_32:24!12|MId=o020320240121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	זֶּֽה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=EXO_32:24!12|MId=o020320240122|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
25	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	24	punct	_	Ref=EXO_32:24!12
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: wh-question
- act: ask
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| אֹמַר *I said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הִתְפָּרָקוּ *tear \[it\] off from yourselves* | imperative · hithpael | מִי *whom?* | זָהָב *gold* |  |  |
| יִּתְּנוּ־ *they gave \[it\]* | wayyiqtol · qal |  | זָהָב *gold* |  |  |
| אַשְׁלִכ *I* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | ֵהוּ *threw it* |  |  |  |
| יֵּצֵא *it came out* | wayyiqtol · qal | עֵגֶל *calf* |  |  |  |

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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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וַאֲמָרִית לְהוֹן לְמָן דַהֲבָא פְּרִיקוּ וִיהָבוּ לִי וּרְמִיתֵהּ בְּנוּרָא וּנְפַק עֶגְלָא הָדֵין:

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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 I said unto them: Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off; so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.969/)

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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:929`.

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