--- title: Exodus 39:3 — And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman. Who acts: ephod, skilful workman. 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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 — ephod, skilful workman — and what happens in the verse to gold, thin plates, scarlet, threads, blue, 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. וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ אֶת־פַּחֵ֣י הַזָּהָב֮ וְקִצֵּ֣ץ פְּתִילִם֒ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת בְּת֤וֹךְ הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבְת֣וֹךְ הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן וּבְת֛וֹךְ תּוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וּבְת֣וֹךְ הַשֵּׁ֑שׁ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה חֹשֵֽׁב׃ [And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1186/) ## 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:1134 # text = וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ אֶת־פַּחֵ֣י הַזָּהָב֮ וְקִצֵּ֣ץ פְּתִילִם֒ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת בְּת֤וֹךְ הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבְת֣וֹךְ הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן וּבְת֛וֹךְ תּוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וּבְת֣וֹךְ הַשֵּׁ֑שׁ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה חֹשֵֽׁב׃ # verse = EXO.39.3 1-2 וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_39:3!1|MId=o020390030011|Strong=2050b 2 יְרַקְּע֞וּ רָקַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.beat.out|Ref=EXO_39:3!1|MId=o020390030012|Strong=7554|Frame=A0:020380220012;020380230021;020360080031;A1:020390030031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_39:3!2|MId=o020390030021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4 פַּחֵ֣י פַּח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=the.thin.plates|Ref=EXO_39:3!3|MId=o020390030031|Strong=6341a 5-6 הַזָּהָב֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EXO_39:3!4|MId=o020390030041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 זָּהָב֮ זָהָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=gold|Ref=EXO_39:3!4|MId=o020390030042|Strong=2091 7-8 וְקִצֵּ֣ץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_39:3!5|MId=o020390030051|Strong=2050b 8 קִצֵּ֣ץ קָצַץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.cut.[them].up|Ref=EXO_39:3!5|MId=o020390030052|Strong=7112|Frame=A0:020380220012;A1:020390030061;|Type=qatal 9 פְּתִילִם֒ פָּתִיל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 obj _ Gloss=threads|Ref=EXO_39:3!6|MId=o020390030061|Strong=6616 10-11 לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_39:3!7|MId=o020390030071|Strong=3807a 11 עֲשׂ֗וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 advcl _ Gloss=work|Ref=EXO_39:3!7|MId=o020390030072|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:020380220012;|Type=infinitive_construct 12-13 בְּת֤וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=EXO_39:3!8|MId=o020390030081|Strong=0871a 13 ת֤וֹךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=EXO_39:3!8|MId=o020390030082|Strong=8432 14-15 הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the.violet|Ref=EXO_39:3!9|MId=o020390030091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 תְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ תְּכֵלֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=stuff|Ref=EXO_39:3!9|MId=o020390030092|Strong=8504 16-18 וּבְת֣וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_39:3!10|MId=o020390030101|Strong=2050b 17 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=|Ref=EXO_39:3!10|MId=o020390030102|Strong=0871a 18 ת֣וֹךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 conj _ Gloss=among|Ref=EXO_39:3!10|MId=o020390030103|Strong=8432 19-20 הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_39:3!11|MId=o020390030111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 אַרְגָּמָ֔ן אַרְגָּמָן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=purple|Ref=EXO_39:3!11|MId=o020390030112|Strong=0713 21-23 וּבְת֛וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_39:3!12|MId=o020390030121|Strong=2050b 22 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=|Ref=EXO_39:3!12|MId=o020390030122|Strong=0871a 23 ת֛וֹךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 conj _ Gloss=among|Ref=EXO_39:3!12|MId=o020390030123|Strong=8432 24 תּוֹלַ֥עַת תֹּולַעַת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.scarlet.stuff|Ref=EXO_39:3!13|MId=o020390030131|Strong=8438 25-26 הַשָּׁנִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EXO_39:3!14|MId=o020390030141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 שָּׁנִ֖י שָׁנִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.scarlet|Ref=EXO_39:3!14|MId=o020390030142|Strong=8144 27-29 וּבְת֣וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_39:3!15|MId=o020390030151|Strong=2050b 28 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=|Ref=EXO_39:3!15|MId=o020390030152|Strong=0871a 29 ת֣וֹךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 conj _ Gloss=among|Ref=EXO_39:3!15|MId=o020390030153|Strong=8432 30-31 הַשֵּׁ֑שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 31 det _ Gloss=the.fine|Ref=EXO_39:3!16|MId=o020390030161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 31 שֵּׁ֑שׁ שֵׁשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=linen|Ref=EXO_39:3!16|MId=o020390030162|Strong=8336 32 מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה מַעֲשֶׂה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=[the].work|Ref=EXO_39:3!17|MId=o020390030171|Strong=4639 33 חֹשֵֽׁב חָשַׁב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 32 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.a.skillful.worker|Ref=EXO_39:3!18|MId=o020390030181|Strong=2803a|Type=participle_active|SpaceAfter=No 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=EXO_39:3!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְרַקְּעוּ *they beat out* | wayyiqtol · piel | | פַּחֵי *the thin plates* | | | | קִצֵּץ *he cut \[them\] up* | qatal · piel | | פְּתִילִם *threads* | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *work* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | 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} וְרַדִידוּ יָת טַסֵי דַהֲבָא וְקַצִיצוּ חוּטִין לְמֶעְבַּד בְּגוֹ תִּכְלָא וּבְגוֹ אַרְגְוָנָא וּבְגוֹ צְבַע זְהוֹרִי וּבְגוֹ בוּצָא עוֹבַד אֳמָן: 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 they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1186/) **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:1134`. - ← previous: [Exodus 39:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.2/) - next →: [Exodus 39:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.4/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/39/)