--- title: Leviticus 21:23 — Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am the LORD who sanctify them. Who acts: man, I, LORD. Leviticus 21:23 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every cl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.23/) [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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV/21/) / 21:23 # Leviticus 21:23 וַיִּקְרָא **Who acts:** man, I, LORD · **What happens:** not go in, come, have, not profane, be, sanctify · **To what, where:** blemish, holy places, LORD, places This is Leviticus 21:23 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, I, LORD — and what happens in the verse to blemish, holy places, LORD, places, 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. אַ֣ךְ אֶל־הַפָּרֹ֜כֶת לֹ֣א יָבֹ֗א וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ לֹ֥א יִגַּ֖שׁ כִּֽי־מ֣וּם בּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֤א יְחַלֵּל֙ אֶת־מִקְדָּשַׁ֔י כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃ [Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am the LORD who sanctify them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.629/) ## 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:622 # text = אַ֣ךְ אֶל־הַפָּרֹ֜כֶת לֹ֣א יָבֹ֗א וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ לֹ֥א יִגַּ֖שׁ כִּֽי־מ֣וּם בּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֤א יְחַלֵּל֙ אֶת־מִקְדָּשַׁ֔י כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃ # verse = LEV.21.23 1 אַ֣ךְ אַךְ ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=nevertheless|Ref=LEV_21:23!1|MId=o030210230011|Strong=0389|Type=affirmation 2 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=LEV_21:23!2|MId=o030210230021|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 3-4 הַפָּרֹ֜כֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_21:23!3|MId=o030210230031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 פָּרֹ֜כֶת פָּרֹכֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=curtain|Ref=LEV_21:23!3|MId=o030210230032|Strong=6532 5 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 6 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=LEV_21:23!4|MId=o030210230041|Strong=3808|Type=negative 6 יָבֹ֗א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.go|Ref=LEV_21:23!5|MId=o030210230051|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:030210210021;|Type=yiqtol 7-8 וְאֶל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_21:23!6|MId=o030210230061|Strong=2050b 8 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=LEV_21:23!6|MId=o030210230062|Strong=0413 9-10 הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_21:23!7|MId=o030210230071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 מִּזְבֵּ֛חַ מִזְבֵּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=altar|Ref=LEV_21:23!7|MId=o030210230072|Strong=4196 11 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 12 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=LEV_21:23!8|MId=o030210230081|Strong=3808|Type=negative 12 יִגַּ֖שׁ נָגַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=he.will.draw.near|Ref=LEV_21:23!9|MId=o030210230091|Strong=5066|Frame=A0:030210210021;|Type=yiqtol 13 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=LEV_21:23!10|MId=o030210230101|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 14 מ֣וּם מאוּם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Gloss=a.blemish|Ref=LEV_21:23!11|MId=o030210230111|Strong=3971a 15-16 בּ֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=[is].in|Ref=LEV_21:23!12|MId=o030210230121|Strong=0871a 16 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 advcl _ Gloss=him|Ref=LEV_21:23!12|MId=o030210230122|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-18 וְלֹ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_21:23!13|MId=o030210230131|Strong=2050b 18 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=LEV_21:23!13|MId=o030210230132|Strong=3808|Type=negative 19 יְחַלֵּל֙ חָלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=he.will.profane|Ref=LEV_21:23!14|MId=o030210230141|Strong=2490|Frame=A0:030210210021;A1:030210230161;|Type=yiqtol 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=LEV_21:23!15|MId=o030210230151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 21-22 מִקְדָּשַׁ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 מִקְדָּשׁ מִקְדָּשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 obj _ Gloss=sanctuary|Ref=LEV_21:23!16|MId=o030210230161|Strong=4720 22 ַ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=LEV_21:23!16|MId=o030210230162|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 23 כִּ֛י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 25 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=LEV_21:23!17|MId=o030210230171|Strong=3588 24 אֲנִ֥י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=LEV_21:23!18|MId=o030210230181|Strong=0589|Type=personal 25 יְהוָ֖ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 6 parataxis _ Gloss=[am].Yahweh|Ref=LEV_21:23!19|MId=o030210230191|Strong=3068 26-27 מְקַדְּשָֽׁם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 מְקַדְּשׁ קָדַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing 25 appos _ Gloss=[who].sets|Ref=LEV_21:23!20|MId=o030210230201|Strong=6942|Frame=A0:030210230191;A1:030210230202;|Type=participle_active 27 ָֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=them.apart.as.holy|Ref=LEV_21:23!20|MId=o030210230202|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=LEV_21:23!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** יָבֹא *he will go* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | **not** יִגַּשׁ *he will draw near* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | **not** יְחַלֵּל *he will profane* | yiqtol · piel | | מִקְדָּשׁ *sanctuary* | | | | מְקַדְּשׁ *\[who\] sets* | participle active · piel | יְהוָה *\[am\] Yahweh* | ָֽם *them apart as holy* | | | 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} בְּרַם לְפָרֻכְתָּא לָא יֵיעוֹל וּלְמַדְבְּחָא לָא יִקְרַב אֲרֵי מוּמָא בֵהּ וְלָא יַחֵל יָת מַקְדְשַׁי אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ מְקַדִשְׁהוֹן 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. [Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am the LORD who sanctify them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.629/) **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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