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title: Leviticus 13:21 — But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days. Who acts: priest, white hairs, boil. Leviticus 13:21 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatic
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# Leviticus 13:21 וַיִּקְרָא

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**Who acts:** priest, white hairs, boil · **What happens:** look, be, not be, shut up · **To what, where:** hair

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This is Leviticus 13:21 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 — priest, white hairs, boil — and what happens in the verse to hair, 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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וְאִ֣ם ׀ יִרְאֶ֣נָּה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ שֵׂעָ֣ר לָבָ֔ן וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה אֵינֶ֛נָּה מִן־הָע֖וֹר וְהִ֣יא כֵהָ֑ה וְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

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[But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.331/)

## 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:327
# text = וְאִ֣ם ׀ יִרְאֶ֣נָּה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ שֵׂעָ֣ר לָבָ֔ן וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה אֵינֶ֛נָּה מִן־הָע֖וֹר וְהִ֣יא כֵהָ֑ה וְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃
# verse = LEV.13.21
1-2	וְאִ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:21!1|MId=o030130210011|Strong=2050b
2	אִ֣ם	אִם	SCONJ	_	_	4	mark	_	Gloss=if|Ref=LEV_13:21!1|MId=o030130210012|Strong=0518
3	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	_	2	punct	_	Ref=LEV_13:21!1
4-5	יִרְאֶ֣נָּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	יִרְא	רָאָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	26	advcl	_	Gloss=he|Ref=LEV_13:21!2|MId=o030130210021|Strong=7200|Frame=A1:030130210022;A0:030130210032;|Type=yiqtol
5	ֶ֣נָּה	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	Gloss=will.see.it|Ref=LEV_13:21!2|MId=o030130210022|Strong=5089a|Type=pronominal
6-7	הַכֹּהֵ֗ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	7	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:21!3|MId=o030130210031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
7	כֹּהֵ֗ן	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	Gloss=priest|Ref=LEV_13:21!3|MId=o030130210032|Strong=3548
8-9	וְהִנֵּ֤ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	9	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:21!4|MId=o030130210041|Strong=2050b
9	הִנֵּ֤ה	הִנֵּה	INTJ	_	_	4	conj	_	Gloss=there!|Ref=LEV_13:21!4|MId=o030130210042|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative
10	אֵֽין־	אַיִן	ADV	_	_	4	parataxis	_	Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=LEV_13:21!5|MId=o030130210051|Strong=0369|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No
11-12	בָּהּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	בּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=LEV_13:21!6|MId=o030130210061|Strong=0871a
12	ָהּ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=LEV_13:21!6|MId=o030130210062|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
13	שֵׂעָ֣ר	שֵׂעָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	Gloss=hair|Ref=LEV_13:21!7|MId=o030130210071|Strong=8181
14	לָבָ֔ן	לָבָן	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	amod	_	Gloss=white|Ref=LEV_13:21!8|MId=o030130210081|Strong=3836|Type=adjective
15-16	וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and.[is]|Ref=LEV_13:21!9|MId=o030130210091|Strong=2050b
16	שְׁפָלָ֥ה	שָׁפָל	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	10	conj	_	Gloss=deep|Ref=LEV_13:21!9|MId=o030130210092|Strong=8217|Type=adjective
17-18	אֵינֶ֛נָּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	אֵינ	אַיִן	ADV	_	_	16	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=LEV_13:21!10|MId=o030130210101|Strong=0369|Type=negative
18	ֶ֛נָּה	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=it|Ref=LEV_13:21!10|MId=o030130210102|Strong=5089a|Type=pronominal
19	מִן־	מִן	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=more.than|Ref=LEV_13:21!11|MId=o030130210111|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No
20-21	הָע֖וֹר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	21	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:21!12|MId=o030130210121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
21	ע֖וֹר	עוֹר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=skin|Ref=LEV_13:21!12|MId=o030130210122|Strong=5785
22-23	וְהִ֣יא	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:21!13|MId=o030130210131|Strong=2050b
23	הִ֣יא	הִיא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=it|Ref=LEV_13:21!13|MId=o030130210132|Strong=1931a|Type=personal
24	כֵהָ֑ה	כֵּהֶה	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	10	conj	_	Gloss=[is].dull|Ref=LEV_13:21!14|MId=o030130210141|Strong=3544|Type=adjective
25-27	וְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_13:21!15|MId=o030130210151|Strong=2050b
26	הִסְגִּיר	סָגַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he|Ref=LEV_13:21!15|MId=o030130210152|Strong=5462|Frame=A0:030130210153;AA:030130210162;|Type=weqatal
27	֥וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	Gloss=will.shut.him.up|Ref=LEV_13:21!15|MId=o030130210153|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
28-29	הַכֹּהֵ֖ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	29	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_13:21!16|MId=o030130210161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
29	כֹּהֵ֖ן	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	Gloss=priest|Ref=LEV_13:21!16|MId=o030130210162|Strong=3548
30	שִׁבְעַ֥ת	שֶׁבַע	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	31	nummod	_	Gloss=seven|Ref=LEV_13:21!17|MId=o030130210171|Strong=7651|Type=cardinal_number
31	יָמִֽים	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	26	obl	_	Gloss=days|Ref=LEV_13:21!18|MId=o030130210181|Strong=3117|SpaceAfter=No
32	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	31	punct	_	Ref=LEV_13:21!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **not** יִרְא *he* | yiqtol · qal | כֹּהֵן *priest* | ֶנָּה *will see it* |  |  |
| הִסְגִּיר *he* | weqatal · hiphil | וֹ *will shut him up* |  |  | כֹּהֵן *priest* |

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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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וְאִם יֶחֱזִנַהּ כַּהֲנָא וְהָא לֵית בַּהּ שֵׂעָר חִוָר וּמַכִּיכָא לֵיתָהָא מִן מַשְׁכָּא וְהִיא עָמַיָא וְיַסְגְרִנֵהּ כַּהֲנָא שִׁבְעָא יוֹמִין

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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. [But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.331/)

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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:327`.

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