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title: Exodus 4:7 — And He said: 'Put thy hand back into thy bosom. — And he put his han… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And He said: 'Put thy hand back into thy bosom. — And he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. — Who acts: lord, thy. Exodus 4:7 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every 
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# Exodus 4:7 שְׁמוֹת

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**Who acts:** lord, thy · **What happens:** say, put back, take, turn, bosom · **To what, where:** hand, bosom, it · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Exodus 4:7 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 — lord, thy — and what happens in the verse to hand, bosom, it, 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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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הָשֵׁ֤ב יָֽדְךָ֙ אֶל־חֵיקֶ֔ךָ וַיָּ֥שֶׁב יָד֖וֹ אֶל־חֵיק֑וֹ וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙ מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹ וְהִנֵּה־שָׁ֖בָה כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ׃

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[And He said: 'Put thy hand back into thy bosom. — And he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.85/)

## 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:75
# text = וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הָשֵׁ֤ב יָֽדְךָ֙ אֶל־חֵיקֶ֔ךָ וַיָּ֥שֶׁב יָד֖וֹ אֶל־חֵיק֑וֹ וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙ מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹ וְהִנֵּה־שָׁ֖בָה כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ׃
# verse = EXO.4.7
1-2	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:7!1|MId=o020040070011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֗אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=EXO_4:7!1|MId=o020040070012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:020040060021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	הָשֵׁ֤ב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=return|Ref=EXO_4:7!2|MId=o020040070021|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:020040040041;A0:020040070031;|Type=imperative
4-5	יָֽדְךָ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	יָֽד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	Gloss=hand|Ref=EXO_4:7!3|MId=o020040070031|Strong=3027
5	ְךָ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=EXO_4:7!3|MId=o020040070032|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
6	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=into|Ref=EXO_4:7!4|MId=o020040070041|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
7-8	חֵיקֶ֔ךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	חֵיק	חֵיק	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	obl	_	Gloss=bosom|Ref=EXO_4:7!5|MId=o020040070051|Strong=2436
8	ֶ֔ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=EXO_4:7!5|MId=o020040070052|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
9-10	וַיָּ֥שֶׁב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:7!6|MId=o020040070061|Strong=2050b
10	יָּ֥שֶׁב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.returned|Ref=EXO_4:7!6|MId=o020040070062|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:020040040041;A0:020040070071;|Type=wayyiqtol
11-12	יָד֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	יָד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	Gloss=hand|Ref=EXO_4:7!7|MId=o020040070071|Strong=3027
12	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_4:7!7|MId=o020040070072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
13	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=into|Ref=EXO_4:7!8|MId=o020040070081|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
14-15	חֵיק֑וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	חֵיק	חֵיק	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	obl	_	Gloss=bosom|Ref=EXO_4:7!9|MId=o020040070091|Strong=2436
15	֑וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_4:7!9|MId=o020040070092|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
16-18	וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:7!10|MId=o020040070101|Strong=2050b
17	יּֽוֹצִא	יָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=EXO_4:7!10|MId=o020040070102|Strong=3318|Frame=AA:020040040041;A0:020040070103;|Type=wayyiqtol
18	ָהּ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	Gloss=brought.it.out|Ref=EXO_4:7!10|MId=o020040070103|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
19-21	מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	מֵֽ	מִן	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=EXO_4:7!11|MId=o020040070111|Strong=4480
20	חֵיק	חֵיק	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	obl	_	Gloss=bosom|Ref=EXO_4:7!11|MId=o020040070112|Strong=2436
21	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_4:7!11|MId=o020040070113|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
22-23	וְהִנֵּה־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_4:7!12|MId=o020040070121|Strong=2050b
23	הִנֵּה־	הִנֵּה	INTJ	_	_	24	discourse	_	Gloss=there!|Ref=EXO_4:7!12|MId=o020040070122|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative
24	שָׁ֖בָה	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.had.turned.back|Ref=EXO_4:7!13|MId=o020040070131|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:020040070071;|Type=qatal
25-27	כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	כִּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=like|Ref=EXO_4:7!14|MId=o020040070141|Strong=3509a
26	בְשָׂר	בָּשָׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	obl	_	Gloss=flesh|Ref=EXO_4:7!14|MId=o020040070142|Strong=1320
27	ֽוֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_4:7!14|MId=o020040070143|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
28	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	27	punct	_	Ref=EXO_4:7!14
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הָשֵׁב *return* | imperative · hiphil | יָֽד *hand* |  |  |  |
| יָּשֶׁב *he returned* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | יָד *hand* |  |  |  |
| יּֽוֹצִא *he* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | ָהּ *brought it out* |  |  |  |
| שָׁבָה *it had turned back* | qatal · qal | יָד *hand* |  |  |  |

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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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וַאֲמַר אָתֵיב יְדָךְ לְעִטְפָךְ וַאֲתֵיב יְדֵהּ לְעִטְּפֵהּ וְאַפְקַהּ מֵעִטְפֵהּ וְהָא תָבַת הֲוַת כְּבִשְׂרֵהּ:

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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 He said: 'Put thy hand back into thy bosom. — And he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.85/)

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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:75`.

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