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title: Exodus 40:15 — And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office; and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.' Who acts: thou, tunics, anointing. Exodus 40:15 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, 
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# Exodus 40:15 שְׁמוֹת

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**Who acts:** thou, tunics, anointing · **What happens:** anoint, minister, be · **To what, where:** tunics, father, office

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This is Exodus 40:15 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 — thou, tunics, anointing — and what happens in the verse to tunics, father, office, 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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וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣ אֹתָ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר מָשַׁ֙חְתָּ֙ אֶת־אֲבִיהֶ֔ם וְכִהֲנ֖וּ לִ֑י וְ֠הָיְתָה לִהְיֹ֨ת לָהֶ֧ם מָשְׁחָתָ֛ם לִכְהֻנַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃

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[And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office; and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1242/)

## 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:1189
# text = וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣ אֹתָ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר מָשַׁ֙חְתָּ֙ אֶת־אֲבִיהֶ֔ם וְכִהֲנ֖וּ לִ֑י וְ֠הָיְתָה לִהְיֹ֨ת לָהֶ֧ם מָשְׁחָתָ֛ם לִכְהֻנַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃
# verse = EXO.40.15
1-2	וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_40:15!1|MId=o020400150011|Strong=2050b
2	מָשַׁחְתָּ֣	מָשַׁח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=you.will.anoint|Ref=EXO_40:15!1|MId=o020400150012|Strong=4886|Frame=A0:020400010041;A1:020400150022;|Type=weqatal
3-4	אֹתָ֗ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=EXO_40:15!2|MId=o020400150021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
4	ָ֗ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	Gloss=them|Ref=EXO_40:15!2|MId=o020400150022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
5-6	כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	כַּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=just|Ref=EXO_40:15!3|MId=o020400150031|Strong=3509a
6	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	Gloss=as|Ref=EXO_40:15!3|MId=o020400150032|Strong=0834|Type=relative
7	מָשַׁ֙חְתָּ֙	מָשַׁח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	5	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=you.anointed|Ref=EXO_40:15!4|MId=o020400150041|Strong=4886|Frame=A0:020400010041;A1:020400150061;|Type=qatal
8	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=EXO_40:15!5|MId=o020400150051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
9-10	אֲבִיהֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	אֲבִי	אָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	obj	_	Gloss=father|Ref=EXO_40:15!6|MId=o020400150061|Strong=0001
10	הֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=EXO_40:15!6|MId=o020400150062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
11-12	וְכִהֲנ֖וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_40:15!7|MId=o020400150071|Strong=2050b
12	כִהֲנ֖וּ	כָּהַן	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.will.serve.as.priests|Ref=EXO_40:15!7|MId=o020400150072|Strong=3547|Frame=A0:020400140021;|Type=weqatal
13-14	לִ֑י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=EXO_40:15!8|MId=o020400150081|Strong=3807a
14	ִ֑י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	Gloss=me|Ref=EXO_40:15!8|MId=o020400150082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
15-16	וְ֠הָיְתָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וְ֠	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_40:15!9|MId=o020400150091|Strong=2050b
16	הָיְתָה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	20	cop	_	Gloss=it.will.become|Ref=EXO_40:15!9|MId=o020400150092|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:020400150121;|Type=weqatal
17-18	לִהְיֹ֨ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_40:15!10|MId=o020400150101|Strong=3807a
18	הְיֹ֨ת	הָיָה	AUX	_	HebBinyan=QAL	20	cop	_	Gloss=be|Ref=EXO_40:15!10|MId=o020400150102|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:020400150121;|Type=infinitive_construct
19-20	לָהֶ֧ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=EXO_40:15!11|MId=o020400150111|Strong=3807a
20	ָהֶ֧ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	Gloss=them|Ref=EXO_40:15!11|MId=o020400150112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
21-22	מָשְׁחָתָ֛ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	מָשְׁחָת	מִשְׁחָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	Gloss=anointing|Ref=EXO_40:15!12|MId=o020400150121|Strong=4888
22	ָ֛ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=EXO_40:15!12|MId=o020400150122|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
23-24	לִכְהֻנַּ֥ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=(into).a|Ref=EXO_40:15!13|MId=o020400150131|Strong=3807a
24	כְהֻנַּ֥ת	כְּהֻנָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	obl	_	Gloss=priesthood|Ref=EXO_40:15!13|MId=o020400150132|Strong=3550
25	עוֹלָ֖ם	עוֹלָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.perpetuity|Ref=EXO_40:15!14|MId=o020400150141|Strong=5769
26-28	לְדֹרֹתָֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_40:15!15|MId=o020400150151|Strong=3807a
27	דֹרֹת	דּוֹר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	20	obl	_	Gloss=generations|Ref=EXO_40:15!15|MId=o020400150152|Strong=1755
28	ָֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=EXO_40:15!15|MId=o020400150153|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=EXO_40:15!15
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no
- indirect: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| מָשַׁחְתָּ *you will anoint* | weqatal · qal |  | ָם *them* |  |  |
| מָשַׁחְתָּ *you anointed* | qatal · qal |  | אֲבִי *father* |  |  |
| כִהֲנוּ *they will serve as priests* | weqatal · piel |  |  |  |  |
| הָיְתָה *it will become* | weqatal · qal | מָשְׁחָת *anointing* |  |  |  |
| הְיֹת *be* | infinitive construct · qal | מָשְׁחָת *anointing* |  |  |  |

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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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וּתְרַבִּי יָתְהוֹן כְּמָא דִי רַבִּיתָא יָת אֲבוּהוֹן וִישַׁמְשׁוּן קֳדָמָי וּתְהֵי לְמֶהֱוֵי לְּהוֹן רְבוּתְהוֹן לְכַהֲנוּת עֲלָם לְדָרֵיהוֹן:

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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 thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office; and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1242/)

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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:1189`.

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