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title: Exodus 34:34 — But when Moses went in before the LORD that He might speak with him,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: But when Moses went in before the LORD that He might speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out; and spoke unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. Who acts: Moses. Exodus 34:34 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmat
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# Exodus 34:34 שְׁמוֹת

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**Who acts:** Moses · **What happens:** go in, speak, take off, come out, command · **To what, where:** veil, Moses · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Exodus 34:34 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 veil, Moses, 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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וּבְבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ יָסִ֥יר אֶת־הַמַּסְוֶ֖ה עַד־צֵאת֑וֹ וְיָצָ֗א וְדִבֶּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצֻוֶּֽה׃

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[But when Moses went in before the LORD that He might speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out; and spoke unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1045/)

## 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:997
# text = וּבְבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ יָסִ֥יר אֶת־הַמַּסְוֶ֖ה עַד־צֵאת֑וֹ וְיָצָ֗א וְדִבֶּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצֻוֶּֽה׃
# verse = EXO.34.34
1-3	וּבְבֹ֨א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_34:34!1|MId=o020340340011|Strong=2050b
2	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	Gloss=when|Ref=EXO_34:34!1|MId=o020340340012|Strong=0871a
3	בֹ֨א	בּוֹא	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	12	advcl	_	Gloss=went|Ref=EXO_34:34!1|MId=o020340340013|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:020340340021;|Type=infinitive_construct
4	מֹשֶׁ֜ה	מֹשֶׁה	PROPN	_	_	3	nsubj	_	Gloss=Moses|Ref=EXO_34:34!2|MId=o020340340021|Strong=4872
5-6	לִפְנֵ֤י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=before|Ref=EXO_34:34!3|MId=o020340340031|Strong=3807a
6	פְנֵ֤י	פָּנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	Gloss=|Ref=EXO_34:34!3|MId=o020340340032|Strong=6440
7	יְהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=EXO_34:34!4|MId=o020340340041|Strong=3068
8-9	לְדַבֵּ֣ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_34:34!5|MId=o020340340051|Strong=3807a
9	דַבֵּ֣ר	דָבַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	3	advcl	_	Gloss=speak|Ref=EXO_34:34!5|MId=o020340340052|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:020340340021;|Type=infinitive_construct
10-11	אִתּ֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	אִתּ	אֵת	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=EXO_34:34!6|MId=o020340340061|Strong=0854
11	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=EXO_34:34!6|MId=o020340340062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
12	יָסִ֥יר	סוּר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.removed|Ref=EXO_34:34!7|MId=o020340340071|Strong=5493|Frame=AA:020340340021;A0:020340340092;|Type=yiqtol
13	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_34:34!8|MId=o020340340081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
14-15	הַמַּסְוֶ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_34:34!9|MId=o020340340091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	מַּסְוֶ֖ה	מַסְוֶה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	obj	_	Gloss=veil|Ref=EXO_34:34!9|MId=o020340340092|Strong=4533
16	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=EXO_34:34!10|MId=o020340340101|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No
17-18	צֵאת֑וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	צֵאת	יָצָא	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	12	advcl	_	Gloss=he|Ref=EXO_34:34!11|MId=o020340340111|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:020340340112;|Type=infinitive_construct
18	֑וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	Gloss=came.out|Ref=EXO_34:34!11|MId=o020340340112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
19-20	וְיָצָ֗א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_34:34!12|MId=o020340340121|Strong=2050b
20	יָצָ֗א	יָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	12	conj	_	Gloss=he.came.out|Ref=EXO_34:34!12|MId=o020340340122|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:020340340021;|Type=qatal
21-22	וְדִבֶּר֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_34:34!13|MId=o020340340131|Strong=2050b
22	דִבֶּר֙	דָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	12	conj	_	Gloss=he.spoke|Ref=EXO_34:34!13|MId=o020340340132|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:020340340021;A1:020340340191;|Type=qatal
23	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_34:34!14|MId=o020340340141|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
24	בְּנֵ֣י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	22	obl	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=EXO_34:34!15|MId=o020340340151|Strong=1121
25	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	24	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=EXO_34:34!16|MId=o020340340161|Strong=3478
26	אֵ֖ת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	22	obj	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_34:34!17|MId=o020340340171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
27	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	28	mark	_	Gloss=[that].which|Ref=EXO_34:34!18|MId=o020340340181|Strong=0834|Type=relative
28	יְצֻוֶּֽה	צָוָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PUAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	26	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.was.commanded|Ref=EXO_34:34!19|MId=o020340340191|Strong=6680|Frame=A1:020340340021;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=EXO_34:34!19
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| בֹא *went* | infinitive construct · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* |  |  |  |
| דַבֵּר *speak* | infinitive construct · piel | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* |  |  |  |
| יָסִיר *he removed* | yiqtol · hiphil | מַּסְוֶה *veil* |  |  | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* |
| צֵאת *he* | infinitive construct · qal | וֹ *came out* |  |  |  |
| יָצָא *he came out* | qatal · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* |  |  |  |
| דִבֶּר *he spoke* | qatal · piel | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | יְצֻוֶּֽה *he was commanded* |  |  |
| יְצֻוֶּֽה *he was commanded* | yiqtol · pual |  | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* |  |  |

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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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וְכַד עָלֵל משֶׁה לִקֳדָם יְיָ לְמַלָלָא עִמֵה אַעְדִי יָת בֵּית אַפּוֹהִי עַד מִפְקֵהּ וְנָפֵק וּמְמַלֵל עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת דִי מִתְפַּקָד:

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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. [But when Moses went in before the LORD that He might speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out; and spoke unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1045/)

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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:997`.

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