--- title: Exodus 38:23 — And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman, and a skilful workman, and a weaver in colours, in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. — Exodus 38:23 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.38.23/) [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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/38/) / 38:23 # Exodus 38:23 שְׁמוֹת **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Oholiab This is Exodus 38:23 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: what happens in the verse to Oholiab, 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. וְאִתּ֗וֹ אָהֳלִיאָ֞ב בֶּן־אֲחִיסָמָ֛ךְ לְמַטֵּה־דָ֖ן חָרָ֣שׁ וְחֹשֵׁ֑ב וְרֹקֵ֗ם בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן וּבְתוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וּבַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ס [And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman, and a skilful workman, and a weaver in colours, in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1175/) ## 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:1123 # text = וְאִתּ֗וֹ אָהֳלִיאָ֞ב בֶּן־אֲחִיסָמָ֛ךְ לְמַטֵּה־דָ֖ן חָרָ֣שׁ וְחֹשֵׁ֑ב וְרֹקֵ֗ם בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן וּבְתוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וּבַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ס # verse = EXO.38.23 1-3 וְאִתּ֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and.[was]|Ref=EXO_38:23!1|MId=o020380230011|Strong=2050b 2 אִתּ אֵת ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=EXO_38:23!1|MId=o020380230012|Strong=0854 3 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=EXO_38:23!1|MId=o020380230013|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 4 אָהֳלִיאָ֞ב אׇהֳלִיאָב PROPN _ _ 10 nsubj _ Gloss=Oholiab|Ref=EXO_38:23!2|MId=o020380230021|Strong=0171 5 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=EXO_38:23!3|MId=o020380230031|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 6 אֲחִיסָמָ֛ךְ אֲחִיסָמָךְ PROPN _ _ 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Ahisamach|Ref=EXO_38:23!4|MId=o020380230041|Strong=0294 7-8 לְמַטֵּה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EXO_38:23!5|MId=o020380230051|Strong=3807a 8 מַטֵּה־ מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 nmod _ Gloss=the.tribe|Ref=EXO_38:23!5|MId=o020380230052|Strong=4294 9 דָ֖ן דָּן PROPN _ _ 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Dan|Ref=EXO_38:23!6|MId=o020380230061|Strong=1835 10 חָרָ֣שׁ חָרָשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=an.engraver|Ref=EXO_38:23!7|MId=o020380230071|Strong=2796 11-12 וְחֹשֵׁ֑ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_38:23!8|MId=o020380230081|Strong=2050b 12 חֹשֵׁ֑ב חָשַׁב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 10 conj _ Gloss=a.skillful.worker|Ref=EXO_38:23!8|MId=o020380230082|Strong=2803a|Type=participle_active 13-14 וְרֹקֵ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_38:23!9|MId=o020380230091|Strong=2050b 14 רֹקֵ֗ם רָקַם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 10 conj _ Gloss=a.worker.in.colors|Ref=EXO_38:23!9|MId=o020380230092|Strong=7551|Frame=A0:020380230021;|Type=participle_active 15-17 בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EXO_38:23!10|MId=o020380230101|Strong=0871a 16 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=the.violet|Ref=EXO_38:23!10|MId=o020380230101ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 תְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ תְּכֵלֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=stuff|Ref=EXO_38:23!10|MId=o020380230102|Strong=8504 18-21 וּבָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_38:23!11|MId=o020380230111|Strong=2050b 19 בָֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EXO_38:23!11|MId=o020380230112|Strong=0871a 20 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_38:23!11|MId=o020380230112ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 אַרְגָּמָ֔ן אַרְגָּמָן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 conj _ Gloss=purple|Ref=EXO_38:23!11|MId=o020380230113|Strong=0713 22-24 וּבְתוֹלַ֥עַת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_38:23!12|MId=o020380230121|Strong=2050b 23 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EXO_38:23!12|MId=o020380230122|Strong=0871a 24 תוֹלַ֥עַת תֹּולַעַת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 conj _ Gloss=the.scarlet.stuff|Ref=EXO_38:23!12|MId=o020380230123|Strong=8438 25-26 הַשָּׁנִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EXO_38:23!13|MId=o020380230131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 שָּׁנִ֖י שָׁנִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.scarlet|Ref=EXO_38:23!13|MId=o020380230132|Strong=8144 27-30 וּבַשֵּֽׁשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_38:23!14|MId=o020380230141|Strong=2050b 28 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EXO_38:23!14|MId=o020380230142|Strong=0871a 29 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=the.fine|Ref=EXO_38:23!14|MId=o020380230142ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 שֵּֽׁשׁ שֵׁשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 conj _ Gloss=linen|Ref=EXO_38:23!14|MId=o020380230143|Strong=8336 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=EXO_38:23!14|SpaceAfter=No 32 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=EXO_38:23!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | רֹקֵם *a worker in colors* | participle active · qal | אָהֳלִיאָב *Oholiab* | | | | 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} וְעִמֵהּ אָהֳלִיאָב בַּר אֲחִיסָמָךְ לְשִׁבְטָא דְדָן נַגָר וָאֳמָן וְצַיָר בְּתִכְלָא וּבְאַרְגְוָנָא וּבִצְבַע זְהוֹרִי וּבְבוּצָא: 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. [And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman, and a skilful workman, and a weaver in colours, in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1175/) **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:1123`. - ← previous: [Exodus 38:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.22/) - next →: [Exodus 38:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.24/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/38/)