--- title: Exodus 5:3 — And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. Let us go,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. Let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.' Who acts: Moses, God, you, us. 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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, God, you, us, we, three days — and what happens in the verse to us, journey, thee, wilderness, 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. וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָעִבְרִ֖ים נִקְרָ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ נֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֡א דֶּרֶךְ֩ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֜ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וְנִזְבְּחָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ פֶּ֨ן־יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּ בַּדֶּ֖בֶר א֥וֹ בֶחָֽרֶב׃ [And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.117/) [Let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.118/) ## 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:102 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָעִבְרִ֖ים נִקְרָ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ נֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֡א דֶּרֶךְ֩ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֜ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וְנִזְבְּחָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ פֶּ֨ן־יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּ בַּדֶּ֖בֶר א֥וֹ בֶחָֽרֶב׃ # verse = EXO.5.3 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_5:3!1|MId=o020050030011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=EXO_5:3!1|MId=o020050030012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:020050010031;020050010042;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=EXO_5:3!2|MId=o020050030021|Strong=0430 4-5 הָעִבְרִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EXO_5:3!3|MId=o020050030031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 עִבְרִ֖ים עִבְרִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.Hebrews|Ref=EXO_5:3!3|MId=o020050030032|Strong=5680|Type=gentilic 6 נִקְרָ֣א קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=he.has.met|Ref=EXO_5:3!4|MId=o020050030041|Strong=7122|Frame=A0:020050030021;|Type=qatal 7-8 עָלֵ֑ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 עָלֵ֑י עַל ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=EXO_5:3!5|MId=o020050030051|Strong=5921 8 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=EXO_5:3!5|MId=o020050030052|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 9 נֵ֣לֲכָה הלך VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 6 ccomp _ Gloss=let.us.go|Ref=EXO_5:3!6|MId=o020050030061|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:020050010031;020050010042;020050020171;|Type=cohortative 10 נָּ֡א נָא INTJ _ _ 9 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=EXO_5:3!7|MId=o020050030071|Strong=4994|Type=interjection 11 דֶּרֶךְ֩ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=a.journey|Ref=EXO_5:3!8|MId=o020050030081|Strong=1870 12 שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת שָׁלֹשׁ NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 nummod _ Gloss=of.three|Ref=EXO_5:3!9|MId=o020050030091|Strong=7969|Type=cardinal_number 13 יָמִ֜ים יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=days|Ref=EXO_5:3!10|MId=o020050030101|Strong=3117 14-16 בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EXO_5:3!11|MId=o020050030111|Strong=0871a 15 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_5:3!11|MId=o020050030111ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 מִּדְבָּ֗ר מִדְבָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=wilderness|Ref=EXO_5:3!11|MId=o020050030112|Strong=4057 17-18 וְנִזְבְּחָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=EXO_5:3!12|MId=o020050030121|Strong=2050b 18 נִזְבְּחָה֙ זָבַח VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 9 conj _ Gloss=that.we.may.sacrifice|Ref=EXO_5:3!12|MId=o020050030122|Strong=2076|Frame=A0:020050010031;020050010042;020050020171;|Type=cohortative 19-20 לַֽיהוָ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לַֽ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EXO_5:3!13|MId=o020050030131|Strong=3807a 20 יהוָ֣ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 18 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=EXO_5:3!13|MId=o020050030132|Strong=3068 21-22 אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 אֱלֹהֵ֔י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=EXO_5:3!14|MId=o020050030141|Strong=0430 22 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=EXO_5:3!14|MId=o020050030142|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 23 פֶּ֨ן־ פֶּן SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=lest|Ref=EXO_5:3!15|MId=o020050030151|Strong=6435|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 יִפְגָּע פָּגַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 advcl _ Gloss=he|Ref=EXO_5:3!16|MId=o020050030161|Strong=6293|Frame=A0:020050030132;A1:020050030162;|Type=yiqtol 25 ֵ֔נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ Gloss=should.fall.on.us|Ref=EXO_5:3!16|MId=o020050030162|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 26-28 בַּדֶּ֖בֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=EXO_5:3!17|MId=o020050030171|Strong=0871a 27 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EXO_5:3!17|MId=o020050030171ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 דֶּ֖בֶר דֶּבֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=pestilence|Ref=EXO_5:3!17|MId=o020050030172|Strong=1698 29 א֥וֹ אוֹ CCONJ _ _ 32 cc _ Gloss=or|Ref=EXO_5:3!18|MId=o020050030181|Strong=0176 30-32 בֶחָֽרֶב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 בֶ בְּ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=EXO_5:3!19|MId=o020050030191|Strong=0871a 31 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EXO_5:3!19|MId=o020050030191ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 חָֽרֶב חֶרֶב NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 28 conj _ Gloss=sword|Ref=EXO_5:3!19|MId=o020050030192|Strong=2719 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=EXO_5:3!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | נִקְרָא *he has met* | qatal · niphal | אֱלֹהֵי *the God* | | | | | נֵלֲכָה *let us go* | cohortative · qal | | | | | | נִזְבְּחָה *that we may sacrifice* | cohortative · qal | | | | | | יִפְגָּע *he* | yiqtol · qal | יהוָה *Yahweh* | ֵנוּ *should fall on us* | | | 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} וַאֲמָרוּ אֱלָהָא דִיהוּדָאֵי אִתְגְלִי עֲלָנָא נֵיזֵיל כְּעַן מַהֲלַךְ תְּלָתָא יוֹמִין בְּמַדְבְּרָא וּנְדַבַּח קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָנָא דִלְמָא יְעַרְעִנָנָא בְּמוֹתָא אוֹ בִקְטוֹל: 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 said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.117/) 2. [Let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.118/) **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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