--- title: Exodus 4:20 — And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. Who acts: Moses. 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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 — Moses — and what happens in the verse to wife, ass, rod, hand, 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. וַיִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֣וֹ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֗יו וַיַּרְכִּבֵם֙ עַֽל־הַחֲמֹ֔ר וַיָּ֖שָׁב אַ֣רְצָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וַיִּקַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־מַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ [And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.100/) ## 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:88 # text = וַיִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֣וֹ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֗יו וַיַּרְכִּבֵם֙ עַֽל־הַחֲמֹ֔ר וַיָּ֖שָׁב אַ֣רְצָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וַיִּקַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־מַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ # verse = EXO.4.20 1-2 וַיִּקַּ֨ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:20!1|MId=o020040200011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּקַּ֨ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.took|Ref=EXO_4:20!1|MId=o020040200012|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:020040200021;A1:020040200041;020040200061;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 מֹשֶׁ֜ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=EXO_4:20!2|MId=o020040200021|Strong=4872 4 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_4:20!3|MId=o020040200031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 5-6 אִשְׁתּ֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 אִשְׁתּ אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=wife|Ref=EXO_4:20!4|MId=o020040200041|Strong=0802 6 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_4:20!4|MId=o020040200042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7-8 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:20!5|MId=o020040200051|Strong=2050b 8 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_4:20!5|MId=o020040200052|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 9-10 בָּנָ֗יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בָּנָ֗י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 conj _ Gloss=sons|Ref=EXO_4:20!6|MId=o020040200061|Strong=1121 10 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_4:20!6|MId=o020040200062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 11-13 וַיַּרְכִּבֵם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:20!7|MId=o020040200071|Strong=2050b 12 יַּרְכִּב רָכַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=EXO_4:20!7|MId=o020040200072|Strong=7392|Frame=AA:020040200021;A0:020040200073;|Type=wayyiqtol 13 ֵם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ Gloss=made.them.ride|Ref=EXO_4:20!7|MId=o020040200073|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 14 עַֽל־ עַל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EXO_4:20!8|MId=o020040200081|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 הַחֲמֹ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_4:20!9|MId=o020040200091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 חֲמֹ֔ר חֲמוֹר NOUN _ Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=donkey|Ref=EXO_4:20!9|MId=o020040200092|Strong=2543 17-18 וַיָּ֖שָׁב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:20!10|MId=o020040200101|Strong=2050b 18 יָּ֖שָׁב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.returned|Ref=EXO_4:20!10|MId=o020040200102|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:020040200021;|Type=wayyiqtol 19-20 אַ֣רְצָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 אַ֣רְצ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=EXO_4:20!11|MId=o020040200111|Strong=0776 20 ָה ה X _ _ 19 nmod _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_4:20!11|MId=o020040200112|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 21 מִצְרָ֑יִם מִצְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Egypt|Ref=EXO_4:20!12|MId=o020040200121|Strong=4714 22-23 וַיִּקַּ֥ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:20!13|MId=o020040200131|Strong=2050b 23 יִּקַּ֥ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.took|Ref=EXO_4:20!13|MId=o020040200132|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:020040200141;A1:020040200161;|Type=wayyiqtol 24 מֹשֶׁ֛ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 23 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=EXO_4:20!14|MId=o020040200141|Strong=4872 25 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_4:20!15|MId=o020040200151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 26 מַטֵּ֥ה מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obj _ Gloss=the.staff|Ref=EXO_4:20!16|MId=o020040200161|Strong=4294 27-28 הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EXO_4:20!17|MId=o020040200171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=EXO_4:20!17|MId=o020040200172|Strong=0430 29-31 בְּיָדֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EXO_4:20!18|MId=o020040200181|Strong=0871a 30 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=hand|Ref=EXO_4:20!18|MId=o020040200182|Strong=3027 31 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_4:20!18|MId=o020040200183|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=EXO_4:20!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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּקַּח *he took* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | אִשְׁתּ *wife* + בָּנָי *sons* | | | | יַּרְכִּב *he* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | ֵם *made them ride* | | | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | יָּשָׁב *he returned* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | יִּקַּח *he took* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | מַטֵּה *the staff* | | | 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} וּדְבַר משֶׁה יָת אִתְּתֵהּ וְיָת בְּנוֹהִי וְאַרְכְּבִנוּן עַל חֲמָרָא וְתָב לְאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם וּנְסִיב משֶׁה יָת חוּטְרָא דְאִתְעֲבִידוּ בֵּהּ נִסִין מִן קֳדָם יְיָ בִּידֵהּ: 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 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.100/) **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). 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