--- title: Leviticus 13:20 — And the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil. Who acts: priest, appearance. 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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 — priest, appearance — and what happens in the verse to hair, plague, boil, 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. וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה מַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ שָׁפָ֣ל מִן־הָע֔וֹר וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּ הָפַ֣ךְ לָבָ֑ן וְטִמְּא֧וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֛ן נֶֽגַע־צָרַ֥עַת הִ֖וא בַּשְּׁחִ֥ין פָּרָֽחָה׃ [And the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.330/) ## 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:LEV:326 # text = וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה מַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ שָׁפָ֣ל מִן־הָע֔וֹר וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּ הָפַ֣ךְ לָבָ֑ן וְטִמְּא֧וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֛ן נֶֽגַע־צָרַ֥עַת הִ֖וא בַּשְּׁחִ֥ין פָּרָֽחָה׃ # verse = LEV.13.20 1-2 וְרָאָ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:20!1|MId=o030130200011|Strong=2050b 2 רָאָ֣ה רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.see|Ref=LEV_13:20!1|MId=o030130200012|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:030130200022;|Type=weqatal 3-4 הַכֹּהֵ֗ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:20!2|MId=o030130200021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 כֹּהֵ֗ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=priest|Ref=LEV_13:20!2|MId=o030130200022|Strong=3548 5-6 וְהִנֵּ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:20!3|MId=o030130200031|Strong=2050b 6 הִנֵּ֤ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 9 discourse _ Gloss=there!|Ref=LEV_13:20!3|MId=o030130200032|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 7-8 מַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 מַרְא מַרְאֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ Gloss=appearance|Ref=LEV_13:20!4|MId=o030130200041|Strong=4758 8 ֶ֙הָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=LEV_13:20!4|MId=o030130200042|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 9 שָׁפָ֣ל שָׁפָל ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=[is].deep|Ref=LEV_13:20!5|MId=o030130200051|Strong=8217|Type=adjective 10 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=more.than|Ref=LEV_13:20!6|MId=o030130200061|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 הָע֔וֹר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:20!7|MId=o030130200071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 ע֔וֹר עוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=skin|Ref=LEV_13:20!7|MId=o030130200072|Strong=5785 13-15 וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:20!8|MId=o030130200081|Strong=2050b 14 שְׂעָר שֵׂעָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Gloss=hair|Ref=LEV_13:20!8|MId=o030130200082|Strong=8181 15 ָ֖הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=LEV_13:20!8|MId=o030130200083|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 16 הָפַ֣ךְ הָפַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=it.has.turned|Ref=LEV_13:20!9|MId=o030130200091|Strong=2015|Frame=A0:030130200082;A1:030130200101;|Type=qatal 17 לָבָ֑ן לָבָן ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obj _ Gloss=white|Ref=LEV_13:20!10|MId=o030130200101|Strong=3836|Type=adjective 18-20 וְטִמְּא֧וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:20!11|MId=o030130200111|Strong=2050b 19 טִמְּא טָמֵא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=LEV_13:20!11|MId=o030130200112|Strong=2930|Frame=A1:030130200113;A0:030130200122;|Type=weqatal 20 ֧וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=will.declare.him.unclean|Ref=LEV_13:20!11|MId=o030130200113|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 21-22 הַכֹּהֵ֛ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:20!12|MId=o030130200121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 כֹּהֵ֛ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=priest|Ref=LEV_13:20!12|MId=o030130200122|Strong=3548 23 נֶֽגַע־ נֶגַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ Gloss=[is].a.plague|Ref=LEV_13:20!13|MId=o030130200131|Strong=5061|SpaceAfter=No 24 צָרַ֥עַת צָרַעַת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.a.serious.skin.disease|Ref=LEV_13:20!14|MId=o030130200141|Strong=6883 25 הִ֖וא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ Gloss=it|Ref=LEV_13:20!15|MId=o030130200151|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 26-28 בַּשְּׁחִ֥ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=LEV_13:20!16|MId=o030130200161|Strong=0871a 27 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:20!16|MId=o030130200161ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 שְּׁחִ֥ין שְׁחִין NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=boil|Ref=LEV_13:20!16|MId=o030130200162|Strong=7822 29 פָּרָֽחָה פָּרַח VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=it.has.broken.out|Ref=LEV_13:20!17|MId=o030130200171|Strong=6524|Frame=A0:030130190041;030130190071;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=LEV_13:20!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | רָאָה *he will see* | weqatal · qal | כֹּהֵן *priest* | | | | | הָפַךְ *it has turned* | qatal · qal | שְׂעָר *hair* | לָבָן *white* | | | | טִמְּא *he* | weqatal · piel | כֹּהֵן *priest* | וֹ *will declare him unclean* | | | | פָּרָֽחָה *it has broken out* | qatal · qal | | | | | 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} וְיֶחֱזֵי כַהֲנָא וְהָא מֶחֱזָהָא מַכִּיךְ מִן מַשְׁכָּא וּשְׂעָרַהּ אִתְהַפִיךְ לְמֶחֱוָר וִיסָאֵבִינֵהּ כַּהֲנָא מַכְתַּשׁ סְגִירוּתָא הִיא בְּשִׁחַנָא סְגִיאַת 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 the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.330/) **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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