--- title: Genesis 6:16 — A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. Who acts: thou. 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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 — thou — and what happens in the verse to light, ark, door, side, 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 50 chapters of Genesis on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. צֹ֣הַר ׀ תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה לַתֵּבָ֗ה וְאֶל־אַמָּה֙ תְּכַלֶ֣נָּהמִלְמַ֔עְלָה וּפֶ֥תַח הַתֵּבָ֖ה בְּצִדָּ֣הּ תָּשִׂ֑ים תַּחְתִּיִּ֛ם שְׁנִיִּ֥ם וּשְׁלִשִׁ֖ים תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ׃ [A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.165/) ## 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:GEN:153 # text = צֹ֣הַר ׀ תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה לַתֵּבָ֗ה וְאֶל־אַמָּה֙ תְּכַלֶ֣נָּהמִלְמַ֔עְלָה וּפֶ֥תַח הַתֵּבָ֖ה בְּצִדָּ֣הּ תָּשִׂ֑ים תַּחְתִּיִּ֛ם שְׁנִיִּ֥ם וּשְׁלִשִׁ֖ים תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ׃ # verse = GEN.6.16 1 צֹ֣הַר צֹהַר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 obj _ Gloss=a.roof|Ref=GEN_6:16!1|MId=o010060160011|Strong=6672 2 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 1 punct _ Ref=GEN_6:16!1 3 תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.will.make|Ref=GEN_6:16!2|MId=o010060160021|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010060130032;A1:010060160011;|Type=yiqtol 4-6 לַתֵּבָ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_6:16!3|MId=o010060160031|Strong=3807a 5 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_6:16!3|MId=o010060160031ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 תֵּבָ֗ה תֵּבָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 obl _ Gloss=ark|Ref=GEN_6:16!3|MId=o010060160032|Strong=8392 7-8 וְאֶל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_6:16!4|MId=o010060160041|Strong=2050b 8 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_6:16!4|MId=o010060160042|Strong=0413 9 אַמָּה֙ אַמָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=a.cubit|Ref=GEN_6:16!5|MId=o010060160051|Strong=0520 10-15 תְּכַלֶ֣נָּהמִלְמַ֔עְלָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 תְּכַל כָּלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 3 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_6:16!6|MId=o010060160061|Strong=3615|Frame=A0:010060130032;A1:010060160062;|Type=yiqtol 11 ֶ֣נָּה הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ Gloss=will.finish.it|Ref=GEN_6:16!6|MId=o010060160062|Strong=5089a|Type=pronominal 12 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_6:16!7|MId=o010060160071|Strong=4480 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_6:16!7|MId=o010060160072|Strong=3807a 14 מַ֔עְל מַעַל ADV _ _ 10 obl _ Gloss=above|Ref=GEN_6:16!7|MId=o010060160073|Strong=4605 15 ָה ה X _ _ 14 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_6:16!7|MId=o010060160074|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 16-17 וּפֶ֥תַח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_6:16!8|MId=o010060160081|Strong=2050b 17 פֶ֥תַח פֶּתַח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obj _ Gloss=the.entrance|Ref=GEN_6:16!8|MId=o010060160082|Strong=6607 18-19 הַתֵּבָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_6:16!9|MId=o010060160091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 תֵּבָ֖ה תֵּבָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.ark|Ref=GEN_6:16!9|MId=o010060160092|Strong=8392 20-22 בְּצִדָּ֣הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_6:16!10|MId=o010060160101|Strong=0871a 21 צִדּ צַד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=side|Ref=GEN_6:16!10|MId=o010060160102|Strong=6654 22 ָ֣הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=GEN_6:16!10|MId=o010060160103|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 23 תָּשִׂ֑ים שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 3 conj _ Gloss=you.will.put|Ref=GEN_6:16!11|MId=o010060160111|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:010060130032;A1:010060160082;|Type=yiqtol 24 תַּחְתִּיִּ֛ם תַּחְתִּי ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 obl _ Gloss=lower.[decks]|Ref=GEN_6:16!12|MId=o010060160121|Strong=8482|Type=adjective 25 שְׁנִיִּ֥ם שֵׁנִי NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 conj _ Gloss=second.[decks]|Ref=GEN_6:16!13|MId=o010060160131|Strong=8145|Type=ordinal_number 26-27 וּשְׁלִשִׁ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_6:16!14|MId=o010060160141|Strong=2050b 27 שְׁלִשִׁ֖ים שְׁלִישִׁי NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 conj _ Gloss=third.[decks]|Ref=GEN_6:16!14|MId=o010060160142|Strong=7992|Type=ordinal_number 28-29 תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 תַּֽעֲשׂ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 3 parataxis _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_6:16!15|MId=o010060160151|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010060130032;A1:010060160152;|Type=yiqtol 29 ֶֽהָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ Gloss=will.make.it|Ref=GEN_6:16!15|MId=o010060160152|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=GEN_6:16!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no - indirect: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תַּֽעֲשֶׂה *you will make* | yiqtol · qal | | צֹהַר *a roof* | | | | תְּכַל *you* | yiqtol · piel | | ֶנָּה *will finish it* | | | | תָּשִׂים *you will put* | yiqtol · qal | | פֶתַח *the entrance* | | | | תַּֽעֲשׂ *you* | yiqtol · qal | | ֶֽהָ *will make it* | | | 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} נֵהוֹר תַּעְבֵּיד לְתֵבוֹתָא וּלְאַמְתָא תְּשַׁכְלְלִינַהּ מִלְּעֵלָּא וְתַרְעָא דְתֵבוֹתָא בְּסִטְרַהּ תְּשַׁוִּי מְדוֹרִין אֲרָעִין תִּנְיָנִין וּתְלִיתָאִין תַּעְבְּדִנַּהּ 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. [A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.165/) **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:GEN:153`. - ← previous: [Genesis 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.15/) - next →: [Genesis 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.17/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/6/)