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title: Leviticus 16:4 — He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen br… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired; they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on. Who acts: Aaron, breeches. Leviticus
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# Leviticus 16:4 וַיִּקְרָא

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**Who acts:** Aaron, breeches · **What happens:** put on, have, gird, attire, be, bathe · **To what, where:** holy linen tunic, linen breeches, Aaron, holy garments, flesh, breeches

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This is Leviticus 16:4 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 — Aaron, breeches — and what happens in the verse to holy linen tunic, linen breeches, Aaron, holy garments, flesh, breeches, 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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כְּתֹֽנֶת־בַּ֨ד קֹ֜דֶשׁ יִלְבָּ֗שׁ וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־בַד֮ יִהְי֣וּ עַל־בְּשָׂרוֹ֒ וּבְאַבְנֵ֥ט בַּד֙ יַחְגֹּ֔ר וּבְמִצְנֶ֥פֶת בַּ֖ד יִצְנֹ֑ף בִּגְדֵי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הֵ֔ם וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ וּלְבֵשָֽׁם׃

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[He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired; they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.463/)

## 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:459
# text = כְּתֹֽנֶת־בַּ֨ד קֹ֜דֶשׁ יִלְבָּ֗שׁ וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־בַד֮ יִהְי֣וּ עַל־בְּשָׂרוֹ֒ וּבְאַבְנֵ֥ט בַּד֙ יַחְגֹּ֔ר וּבְמִצְנֶ֥פֶת בַּ֖ד יִצְנֹ֑ף בִּגְדֵי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הֵ֔ם וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ וּלְבֵשָֽׁם׃
# verse = LEV.16.4
1	כְּתֹֽנֶת־	כֻּתֹּנֶת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	4	obj	_	Gloss=a.tunic|Ref=LEV_16:4!1|MId=o030160040011|Strong=3801|SpaceAfter=No
2	בַּ֨ד	בַּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	1	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.linen|Ref=LEV_16:4!2|MId=o030160040021|Strong=0906
3	קֹ֜דֶשׁ	קֹדֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.holiness|Ref=LEV_16:4!3|MId=o030160040031|Strong=6944
4	יִלְבָּ֗שׁ	לָבֵשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.will.wear|Ref=LEV_16:4!4|MId=o030160040041|Strong=3847|Frame=A0:030160030031;A1:030160040011;|Type=yiqtol
5-6	וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_16:4!5|MId=o030160040051|Strong=2050b
6	מִֽכְנְסֵי־	מִכְנָס	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	Gloss=undergarments|Ref=LEV_16:4!5|MId=o030160040052|Strong=4370
7	בַד֮	בַּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.linen|Ref=LEV_16:4!6|MId=o030160040061|Strong=0906
8	יִהְי֣וּ	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	10	cop	_	Gloss=they.will.be|Ref=LEV_16:4!7|MId=o030160040071|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:030160040052;|Type=yiqtol
9	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=LEV_16:4!8|MId=o030160040081|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
10-11	בְּשָׂרוֹ֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	בְּשָׂר	בָּשָׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	conj	_	Gloss=flesh|Ref=LEV_16:4!9|MId=o030160040091|Strong=1320
11	וֹ֒	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=LEV_16:4!9|MId=o030160040092|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
12-14	וּבְאַבְנֵ֥ט	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_16:4!10|MId=o030160040101|Strong=2050b
13	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=LEV_16:4!10|MId=o030160040102|Strong=0871a
14	אַבְנֵ֥ט	אַבְנֵט	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=a.sash|Ref=LEV_16:4!10|MId=o030160040103|Strong=0073
15	בַּד֙	בַּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.linen|Ref=LEV_16:4!11|MId=o030160040111|Strong=0906
16	יַחְגֹּ֔ר	חָגַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=he.will.gird.himself|Ref=LEV_16:4!12|MId=o030160040121|Strong=2296|Frame=A0:030160030031;|Type=yiqtol
17-19	וּבְמִצְנֶ֥פֶת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_16:4!13|MId=o030160040131|Strong=2050b
18	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=LEV_16:4!13|MId=o030160040132|Strong=0871a
19	מִצְנֶ֥פֶת	מִצְנֶפֶת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=a.turban|Ref=LEV_16:4!13|MId=o030160040133|Strong=4701
20	בַּ֖ד	בַּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.linen|Ref=LEV_16:4!14|MId=o030160040141|Strong=0906
21	יִצְנֹ֑ף	צָנַף	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=he.will.wind|Ref=LEV_16:4!15|MId=o030160040151|Strong=6801|Frame=A0:030160030031;|Type=yiqtol
22	בִּגְדֵי־	בֶּגֶד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	Gloss=[are].garments|Ref=LEV_16:4!16|MId=o030160040161|Strong=0899|SpaceAfter=No
23	קֹ֣דֶשׁ	קֹדֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.holiness|Ref=LEV_16:4!17|MId=o030160040171|Strong=6944
24	הֵ֔ם	הֵם	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=LEV_16:4!18|MId=o030160040181|Strong=1992|Type=personal
25-26	וְרָחַ֥ץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_16:4!19|MId=o030160040191|Strong=2050b
26	רָחַ֥ץ	רָחַץ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=he.will.wash|Ref=LEV_16:4!19|MId=o030160040192|Strong=7364|Frame=A0:030160030031;A1:030160040221;|Type=weqatal
27-29	בַּמַּ֛יִם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=LEV_16:4!20|MId=o030160040201|Strong=0871a
28	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	29	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=LEV_16:4!20|MId=o030160040201ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
29	מַּ֛יִם	מַיִם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	26	obl	_	Gloss=water|Ref=LEV_16:4!20|MId=o030160040202|Strong=4325
30	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	31	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=LEV_16:4!21|MId=o030160040211|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
31-32	בְּשָׂר֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	בְּשָׂר	בָּשָׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	26	obj	_	Gloss=body|Ref=LEV_16:4!22|MId=o030160040221|Strong=1320
32	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=LEV_16:4!22|MId=o030160040222|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
33-35	וּלְבֵשָֽׁם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
33	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	34	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_16:4!23|MId=o030160040231|Strong=2050b
34	לְבֵשׁ	לָבֵשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=LEV_16:4!23|MId=o030160040232|Strong=3847|Frame=A0:030160030031;A1:030160040233;|Type=weqatal
35	ָֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	Gloss=will.put.them.on|Ref=LEV_16:4!23|MId=o030160040233|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
36	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	35	punct	_	Ref=LEV_16:4!23
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִלְבָּשׁ *he will wear* | yiqtol · qal |  | כְּתֹֽנֶת־ *a tunic* |  |  |
| יִהְיוּ *they will be* | yiqtol · qal | מִֽכְנְסֵי־ *undergarments* |  |  |  |
| יַחְגֹּר *he will gird himself* | yiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יִצְנֹף *he will wind* | yiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| רָחַץ *he will wash* | weqatal · qal |  | בְּשָׂר *body* |  |  |
| לְבֵשׁ *he* | weqatal · qal |  | ָֽם *will put them on* |  |  |

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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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כִּתּוּנָא דְבוּצָא קוּדְשָׁא יִלְבָּשׁ וּמִכְנְסִין דְבוּץ יְהוֹן עַל בִּסְרֵהּ וּבְהֶמְיָנָא דְבוּץ יֵסַר וּבְמִצְנֶפְתָּא דְבוּצָא יָחֵת בְּרֵישֵׁהּ לְבוּשֵׁי קוּדְשָׁא אִנוּן וְיַסְחֵי בְמַיָא יָת בִּסְרֵהּ וְיַלְבְּשִׁנוּן

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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. [He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired; they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.463/)

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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:459`.

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