--- title: Leviticus 14:4 — then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. Who acts: priest. Leviticus 14:4 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Leviticus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV/) / [chapter 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV/14/) / 14:4 # Leviticus 14:4 וַיִּקְרָא **Who acts:** priest · **What happens:** command, take, cleanse · **To what, where:** two living clean birds, priest · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Leviticus 14:4 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 — and what happens in the verse to two living clean birds, priest, 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. וְצִוָּה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְלָקַ֧ח לַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִ֥ים חַיּ֖וֹת טְהֹר֑וֹת וְעֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת וְאֵזֹֽב׃ [then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.373/) ## 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:369 # text = וְצִוָּה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְלָקַ֧ח לַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר שְׁתֵּֽי־צִפֳּרִ֥ים חַיּ֖וֹת טְהֹר֑וֹת וְעֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת וְאֵזֹֽב׃ # verse = LEV.14.4 1-2 וְצִוָּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_14:4!1|MId=o030140040011|Strong=2050b 2 צִוָּה֙ צָוָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.command|Ref=LEV_14:4!1|MId=o030140040012|Strong=6680|Frame=A0:030140040022;|Type=weqatal 3-4 הַכֹּהֵ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_14:4!2|MId=o030140040021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 כֹּהֵ֔ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=priest|Ref=LEV_14:4!2|MId=o030140040022|Strong=3548 5-6 וְלָקַ֧ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_14:4!3|MId=o030140040031|Strong=2050b 6 לָקַ֧ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=someone.will.take|Ref=LEV_14:4!3|MId=o030140040032|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:;A1:030140040061;030140040092;030140040112;030140040132;|Type=weqatal 7-9 לַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=LEV_14:4!4|MId=o030140040041|Strong=3807a 8 ה הַ SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=the.[one]|Ref=LEV_14:4!4|MId=o030140040041ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 מִּטַּהֵ֛ר טָהֵר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing 6 advcl _ Gloss=purifying.himself|Ref=LEV_14:4!4|MId=o030140040042|Strong=2891|Type=participle_active 10 שְׁתֵּֽי־ שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 11 nummod _ Gloss=two|Ref=LEV_14:4!5|MId=o030140040051|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number|SpaceAfter=No 11 צִפֳּרִ֥ים צִפּוֹר NOUN _ Number=Plur 6 obj _ Gloss=birds|Ref=LEV_14:4!6|MId=o030140040061|Strong=6833 12 חַיּ֖וֹת חַי ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 11 amod _ Gloss=living|Ref=LEV_14:4!7|MId=o030140040071|Strong=2416a|Type=adjective 13 טְהֹר֑וֹת טָהֹר ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 11 amod _ Gloss=pure|Ref=LEV_14:4!8|MId=o030140040081|Strong=2889|Type=adjective 14-15 וְעֵ֣ץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_14:4!9|MId=o030140040091|Strong=2050b 15 עֵ֣ץ עֵץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 conj _ Gloss=wood|Ref=LEV_14:4!9|MId=o030140040092|Strong=6086 16 אֶ֔רֶז אֶרֶז NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.cedar|Ref=LEV_14:4!10|MId=o030140040101|Strong=0730 17-18 וּשְׁנִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_14:4!11|MId=o030140040111|Strong=2050b 18 שְׁנִ֥י שָׁנִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 conj _ Gloss=scarlet|Ref=LEV_14:4!11|MId=o030140040112|Strong=8144 19 תוֹלַ֖עַת תֹּולַעַת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.a.worm|Ref=LEV_14:4!12|MId=o030140040121|Strong=8438 20-21 וְאֵזֹֽב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_14:4!13|MId=o030140040131|Strong=2050b 21 אֵזֹֽב אֵזוֹב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 conj _ Gloss=hyssop|Ref=LEV_14:4!13|MId=o030140040132|Strong=0231 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=LEV_14:4!13 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | צִוָּה *he will command* | weqatal · piel | כֹּהֵן *priest* | | | | | לָקַח *someone will take* | weqatal · qal | | צִפֳּרִים *birds* + עֵץ *wood* + שְׁנִי *scarlet* + אֵזֹֽב *hyssop* | | | 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} וִיפַקֵד כַּהֲנָא וְיִסַב לְמִדַכֵּי תַּרְתֵּין צִפֳּרִין חַיִין דָכְיָן וְאָעָא דְאַרְזָא וּצְבַע זְהוֹרִי וְאֵזוֹבָא 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. [then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.373/) **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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