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title: Leviticus 13:2 — When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests. Who acts: man, spot. Leviticus 13:2 in Hebrew with its dependency t
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# Leviticus 13:2 וַיִּקְרָא

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**Who acts:** man, spot · **What happens:** have, become, bring, plague · **To what, where:** rising, skin, man, leprosy

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This is Leviticus 13:2 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 — man, spot — and what happens in the verse to rising, skin, man, leprosy, 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 27 chapters of Leviticus on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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אָדָ֗ם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֤ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ שְׂאֵ֤ת אֽוֹ־סַפַּ֙חַת֙ א֣וֹ בַהֶ֔רֶת וְהָיָ֥ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ לְנֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת וְהוּבָא֙ אֶל־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֔ן א֛וֹ אֶל־אַחַ֥ד מִבָּנָ֖יו הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

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[When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.312/)

## 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:LEV:308
# text = אָדָ֗ם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֤ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ שְׂאֵ֤ת אֽוֹ־סַפַּ֙חַת֙ א֣וֹ בַהֶ֔רֶת וְהָיָ֥ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ לְנֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת וְהוּבָא֙ אֶל־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֔ן א֛וֹ אֶל־אַחַ֥ד מִבָּנָ֖יו הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃
# verse = LEV.13.2
1	אָדָ֗ם	אָדָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	23	dislocated	_	Gloss=anyone|Ref=LEV_13:2!1|MId=o030130020011|Strong=0120
2	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	5	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=LEV_13:2!2|MId=o030130020021|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
3	יִהְיֶ֤ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	5	cop	_	Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=LEV_13:2!3|MId=o030130020031|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:030130020061;030130020081;030130020101;|Type=yiqtol
4-5	בְעוֹר־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=LEV_13:2!4|MId=o030130020041|Strong=0871a
5	עוֹר־	עוֹר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	23	advcl	_	Gloss=the.skin|Ref=LEV_13:2!4|MId=o030130020042|Strong=5785
6-7	בְּשָׂרוֹ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	בְּשָׂר	בָּשָׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=his.flesh|Ref=LEV_13:2!5|MId=o030130020051|Strong=1320
7	וֹ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=LEV_13:2!5|MId=o030130020052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
8	שְׂאֵ֤ת	שְׂאֵת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	Gloss=a.swelling|Ref=LEV_13:2!6|MId=o030130020061|Strong=7613a
9	אֽוֹ־	אוֹ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=or|Ref=LEV_13:2!7|MId=o030130020071|Strong=0176|SpaceAfter=No
10	סַפַּ֙חַת֙	סַפַּחַת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	conj	_	Gloss=flaking.skin|Ref=LEV_13:2!8|MId=o030130020081|Strong=5597
11	א֣וֹ	אוֹ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=or|Ref=LEV_13:2!9|MId=o030130020091|Strong=0176
12	בַהֶ֔רֶת	בַּהֶרֶת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	conj	_	Gloss=a.bright.spot|Ref=LEV_13:2!10|MId=o030130020101|Strong=0934
13-14	וְהָיָ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:2!11|MId=o030130020111|Strong=2050b
14	הָיָ֥ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	20	cop	_	Gloss=it.will.become|Ref=LEV_13:2!11|MId=o030130020112|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:030130020061;030130020081;030130020101;|Type=weqatal
15-16	בְעוֹר־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=LEV_13:2!12|MId=o030130020121|Strong=0871a
16	עוֹר־	עוֹר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	20	obl	_	Gloss=the.skin|Ref=LEV_13:2!12|MId=o030130020122|Strong=5785
17-18	בְּשָׂר֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	בְּשָׂר	בָּשָׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=his.flesh|Ref=LEV_13:2!13|MId=o030130020131|Strong=1320
18	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=LEV_13:2!13|MId=o030130020132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
19-20	לְנֶ֣גַע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=(into).a|Ref=LEV_13:2!14|MId=o030130020141|Strong=3807a
20	נֶ֣גַע	נֶגַע	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	conj	_	Gloss=plague|Ref=LEV_13:2!14|MId=o030130020142|Strong=5061
21	צָרָ֑עַת	צָרַעַת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.a.serious.skin.disease|Ref=LEV_13:2!15|MId=o030130020151|Strong=6883
22-23	וְהוּבָא֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	23	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:2!16|MId=o030130020161|Strong=2050b
23	הוּבָא֙	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.will.be.brought|Ref=LEV_13:2!16|MId=o030130020162|Strong=0935|Frame=A1:030130020011;|Type=weqatal
24	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=LEV_13:2!17|MId=o030130020171|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
25	אַהֲרֹ֣ן	אַהֲרֹן	PROPN	_	_	23	obl	_	Gloss=Aaron|Ref=LEV_13:2!18|MId=o030130020181|Strong=0175
26-27	הַכֹּהֵ֔ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	27	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:2!19|MId=o030130020191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
27	כֹּהֵ֔ן	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	appos	_	Gloss=priest|Ref=LEV_13:2!19|MId=o030130020192|Strong=3548
28	א֛וֹ	אוֹ	CCONJ	_	_	30	cc	_	Gloss=or|Ref=LEV_13:2!20|MId=o030130020201|Strong=0176
29	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=LEV_13:2!21|MId=o030130020211|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
30	אַחַ֥ד	אֶחָד	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	conj	_	Gloss=one|Ref=LEV_13:2!22|MId=o030130020221|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number
31-33	מִבָּנָ֖יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	32	case	_	Gloss=of|Ref=LEV_13:2!23|MId=o030130020231|Strong=4480
32	בָּנָ֖י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	Gloss=sons|Ref=LEV_13:2!23|MId=o030130020232|Strong=1121
33	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=LEV_13:2!23|MId=o030130020233|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
34-35	הַכֹּהֲנִֽים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	35	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:2!24|MId=o030130020241|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
35	כֹּהֲנִֽים	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	32	appos	_	Gloss=priests|Ref=LEV_13:2!24|MId=o030130020242|Strong=3548
36	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	35	punct	_	Ref=LEV_13:2!24
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִהְיֶה *it will be* | yiqtol · qal | שְׂאֵת *a swelling* + סַפַּחַת *flaking skin* + בַהֶרֶת *a bright spot* |  |  |  |
| הָיָה *it will become* | weqatal · qal | שְׂאֵת *a swelling* + סַפַּחַת *flaking skin* + בַהֶרֶת *a bright spot* |  |  |  |
| הוּבָא *he will be brought* | weqatal · hophal |  | אָדָם *anyone* |  |  |

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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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אֱנַשׁ אֲרֵי יְהֵי בִמְשַׁךְ בִּסְרֵהּ עַמְקָא אוֹ עַדְיָא אוֹ בַהֲרָא וִיהֵי בִמְשַׁךְ בִּסְרֵהּ לְמַכְתַּשׁ סְגִירוּ וְיִתֵּתֵי לְוַת אַהֲרֹן כַּהֲנָא אוֹ לְוַת חַד מִבְּנוֹהִי כַּהֲנַיָא

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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. [When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.312/)

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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:LEV:308`.

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