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title: Leviticus 26:16 — I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even c… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. Who acts: I, consumption, eyes, ye. Leviticus 26:16 in Hebrew with its dependency t
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# Leviticus 26:16 וַיִּקְרָא

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**Who acts:** I, consumption, eyes, ye, enemies · **What happens:** do, appoint, make, fail, languish, sow · **To what, where:** this, terror, eyes, seed, vain, soul

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This is Leviticus 26:16 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 — I, consumption, eyes, ye, enemies — and what happens in the verse to this, terror, eyes, seed, vain, soul, 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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אַף־אֲנִ֞י אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־זֹּ֣את לָכֶ֗ם וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם בֶּֽהָלָה֙ אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶ֣פֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּ֔חַת מְכַלּ֥וֹת עֵינַ֖יִם וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת נָ֑פֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם לָרִיק֙ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

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[I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.804/)

## 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:794
# text = אַף־אֲנִ֞י אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־זֹּ֣את לָכֶ֗ם וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם בֶּֽהָלָה֙ אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶ֣פֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּ֔חַת מְכַלּ֥וֹת עֵינַ֖יִם וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת נָ֑פֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם לָרִיק֙ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃
# verse = LEV.26.16
1	אַף־	אַף	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	Gloss=also|Ref=LEV_26:16!1|MId=o030260160011|Strong=0637|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No
2	אֲנִ֞י	אֲנִי	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=LEV_26:16!2|MId=o030260160021|Strong=0589|Type=personal
3	אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	0	root	_	Gloss=I.will.do|Ref=LEV_26:16!3|MId=o030260160031|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:030260160021;A1:030260160041;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No
4	זֹּ֣את	זֹאת	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obj	_	Gloss=this|Ref=LEV_26:16!4|MId=o030260160041|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative
5-6	לָכֶ֗ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=LEV_26:16!5|MId=o030260160051|Strong=3807a
6	ָכֶ֗ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=LEV_26:16!5|MId=o030260160052|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
7-8	וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֨י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_26:16!6|MId=o030260160061|Strong=2050b
8	הִפְקַדְתִּ֨י	פָּקַד	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1	3	conj	_	Gloss=I.will.appoint|Ref=LEV_26:16!6|MId=o030260160062|Strong=6485|Frame=AA:030250430062;A0:030260160081;|Type=weqatal
9-10	עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	עֲלֵי	עַל	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=LEV_26:16!7|MId=o030260160071|Strong=5921
10	כֶ֤ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=LEV_26:16!7|MId=o030260160072|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
11	בֶּֽהָלָה֙	בֶּהָלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	obj	_	Gloss=sudden.terror|Ref=LEV_26:16!8|MId=o030260160081|Strong=0928
12	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=LEV_26:16!9|MId=o030260160091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
13-14	הַשַּׁחֶ֣פֶת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	14	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=LEV_26:16!10|MId=o030260160101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
14	שַּׁחֶ֣פֶת	שַׁחֶפֶת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	appos	_	Gloss=consumption|Ref=LEV_26:16!10|MId=o030260160102|Strong=7829
15-16	וְאֶת־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_26:16!11|MId=o030260160111|Strong=2050b
16	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=LEV_26:16!11|MId=o030260160112|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
17-18	הַקַּדַּ֔חַת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=LEV_26:16!12|MId=o030260160121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	קַּדַּ֔חַת	קַדַּחַת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	14	conj	_	Gloss=fever|Ref=LEV_26:16!12|MId=o030260160122|Strong=6920
19	מְכַלּ֥וֹת	כָּלָה	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur	14	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=[which].cause.to.fail|Ref=LEV_26:16!13|MId=o030260160131|Strong=3615|Frame=A0:030260160102;030260160122;A1:030260160141;|Type=participle_active
20	עֵינַ֖יִם	עַיִן	NOUN	_	Number=Dual	19	obj	_	Gloss=[the].eyes|Ref=LEV_26:16!14|MId=o030260160141|Strong=5869
21-22	וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and.[which]|Ref=LEV_26:16!15|MId=o030260160151|Strong=2050b
22	מְדִיבֹ֣ת	דּוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur	19	conj	_	Gloss=make.pine.away|Ref=LEV_26:16!15|MId=o030260160152|Strong=1727|Frame=AA:030260160102;030260160122;A0:030260160161;|Type=participle_active
23	נָ֑פֶשׁ	נֶפֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	Gloss=[the].life|Ref=LEV_26:16!16|MId=o030260160161|Strong=5315
24-25	וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_26:16!17|MId=o030260160171|Strong=2050b
25	זְרַעְתֶּ֤ם	זָרַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	3	conj	_	Gloss=you.will.sow|Ref=LEV_26:16!17|MId=o030260160172|Strong=2232|Frame=A0:030250550031;A1:030260160191;|Type=weqatal
26-28	לָרִיק֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=LEV_26:16!18|MId=o030260160181|Strong=3807a
27	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=LEV_26:16!18|MId=o030260160181ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	רִיק֙	רִיק	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	obl	_	Gloss=emptiness|Ref=LEV_26:16!18|MId=o030260160182|Strong=7385
29-30	זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	זַרְע	זֶרַע	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	obj	_	Gloss=seed|Ref=LEV_26:16!19|MId=o030260160191|Strong=2233
30	ֲכֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=LEV_26:16!19|MId=o030260160192|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
31-33	וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	32	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=LEV_26:16!20|MId=o030260160201|Strong=2050b
32	אֲכָלֻ֖	אָכַל	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	3	conj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=LEV_26:16!20|MId=o030260160202|Strong=0398|Frame=A1:030260160203;A0:030260160211;|Type=weqatal
33	הוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	Gloss=will.eat.it|Ref=LEV_26:16!20|MId=o030260160203|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
34-35	אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
34	אֹיְבֵי	אָיַב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	Gloss=enemies|Ref=LEV_26:16!21|MId=o030260160211|Strong=0341|Type=participle_active
35	כֶֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=LEV_26:16!21|MId=o030260160212|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
36	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	35	punct	_	Ref=LEV_26:16!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ *I will do* | yiqtol · qal | אֲנִי *I* | זֹּאת *this* |  |  |
| הִפְקַדְתִּי *I will appoint* | weqatal · hiphil | בֶּֽהָלָה *sudden terror* |  |  |  |
| מְכַלּוֹת *\[which\] cause to fail* | participle active · piel | שַּׁחֶפֶת *consumption* + קַּדַּחַת *fever* | עֵינַיִם *\[the\] eyes* |  |  |
| מְדִיבֹת *make pine away* | participle active · hiphil | נָפֶשׁ *\[the\] life* |  |  | שַּׁחֶפֶת *consumption* + קַּדַּחַת *fever* |
| זְרַעְתֶּם *you will sow* | weqatal · qal |  | זַרְע *seed* |  |  |
| אֲכָלֻ *they* | weqatal · qal | אֹיְבֵי *enemies* | הוּ *will eat it* |  |  |

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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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אַף אֲנָא אֶעְבֶּד דָא לְכוֹן וְאַסְעַר עֲלֵיכוֹן בַּהֶלְתָּא יָת שַׁחֶפְתָּא וְיָת קַדַחְתָּא מְחַשְׁכָן עַיְנִין וּמַפְּחַן נְפָשׁ וְתִזְרְעוּן לְרֵקָנוּן זַרְעֲכוֹן וְיֵיכְלֻנֵהּ בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבֵיכוֹן

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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. [I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.804/)

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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:794`.

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