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title: Leviticus 22:6 — the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water. Who acts: soul. Leviticus 22:6 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Leviticus 22:6 וַיִּקְרָא

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**Who acts:** soul · **What happens:** touch, be, not eat, bathe · **To what, where:** such, flesh

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This is Leviticus 22:6 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 — soul — and what happens in the verse to such, flesh, 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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נֶ֚פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ וְטָמְאָ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְלֹ֤א יֹאכַל֙ מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֛י אִם־רָחַ֥ץ בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּֽיִם׃

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[the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.637/)

## 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:629
# text = נֶ֚פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ וְטָמְאָ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְלֹ֤א יֹאכַל֙ מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֛י אִם־רָחַ֥ץ בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בַּמָּֽיִם׃
# verse = LEV.22.6
1	נֶ֚פֶשׁ	נֶפֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=anyone|Ref=LEV_22:6!1|MId=o030220060011|Strong=5315
2	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	3	mark	_	Gloss=who|Ref=LEV_22:6!2|MId=o030220060021|Strong=0834|Type=relative
3	תִּגַּע־	נָגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=it.will.touch|Ref=LEV_22:6!3|MId=o030220060031|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:030220060011;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No
4-5	בּ֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
4	בּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=(in)|Ref=LEV_22:6!4|MId=o030220060041|Strong=0871a
5	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=LEV_22:6!4|MId=o030220060042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
6-7	וְטָמְאָ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_22:6!5|MId=o030220060051|Strong=2050b
7	טָמְאָ֖ה	טָמֵא	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	1	conj	_	Gloss=it.will.be.unclean|Ref=LEV_22:6!5|MId=o030220060052|Strong=2930|Frame=A0:030220060011;|Type=weqatal
8	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=LEV_22:6!6|MId=o030220060061|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No
9-10	הָעָ֑רֶב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=LEV_22:6!7|MId=o030220060071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	עָ֑רֶב	עֶרֶב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	obl	_	Gloss=evening|Ref=LEV_22:6!7|MId=o030220060072|Strong=6153
11-12	וְלֹ֤א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_22:6!8|MId=o030220060081|Strong=2050b
12	לֹ֤א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	13	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=LEV_22:6!8|MId=o030220060082|Strong=3808|Type=negative
13	יֹאכַל֙	אָכַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	7	conj	_	Gloss=he.will.eat|Ref=LEV_22:6!9|MId=o030220060091|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:030220060011;|Type=yiqtol
14	מִן־	מִן	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=any.of|Ref=LEV_22:6!10|MId=o030220060101|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No
15-16	הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=the.holy|Ref=LEV_22:6!11|MId=o030220060111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	קֳּדָשִׁ֔ים	קֹדֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	13	obl	_	Gloss=things|Ref=LEV_22:6!11|MId=o030220060112|Strong=6944
17	כִּ֛י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	19	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=LEV_22:6!12|MId=o030220060121|Strong=3588
18	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	_	17	fixed	_	Gloss=(if)|Ref=LEV_22:6!13|MId=o030220060131|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No
19	רָחַ֥ץ	רָחַץ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	7	parataxis	_	Gloss=he.has.washed|Ref=LEV_22:6!14|MId=o030220060141|Strong=7364|Frame=A0:030220060011;A1:030220060151;|Type=qatal
20-21	בְּשָׂר֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	בְּשָׂר	בָּשָׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	obj	_	Gloss=body|Ref=LEV_22:6!15|MId=o030220060151|Strong=1320
21	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=LEV_22:6!15|MId=o030220060152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
22-24	בַּמָּֽיִם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=LEV_22:6!16|MId=o030220060161|Strong=0871a
23	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=LEV_22:6!16|MId=o030220060161ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	מָּֽיִם	מַיִם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	19	obl	_	Gloss=water|Ref=LEV_22:6!16|MId=o030220060162|Strong=4325
25	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	24	punct	_	Ref=LEV_22:6!16
```

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| תִּגַּע־ *it will touch* | yiqtol · qal | נֶפֶשׁ *anyone* |  |  |  |
| טָמְאָה *it will be unclean* | weqatal · qal | נֶפֶשׁ *anyone* |  |  |  |
| **not** יֹאכַל *he will eat* | yiqtol · qal | נֶפֶשׁ *anyone* |  |  |  |
| רָחַץ *he has washed* | qatal · qal | נֶפֶשׁ *anyone* | בְּשָׂר *body* |  |  |

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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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אֱנַשׁ דִי יִקְרַב בֵּהּ וִיהֵי מְסָאָב עַד רַמְשָׁא וְלָא יֵיכוּל מִן קוּדְשַׁיָא אֱלָהֵן אַסְחֵי בִשׂרֵהּ בְּמַיָא

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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. [the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.637/)

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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:629`.

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