--- title: Numbers 15:38 — 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes in the corners of their garments, and that they put with the fringe of each corner a thread of blue. Who acts: you, children. 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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 — you, children — and what happens in the verse to children, stones, thread, 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 36 chapters of Numbers on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וְעָשׂ֨וּ לָהֶ֥ם צִיצִ֛ת עַל־כַּנְפֵ֥י בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם לְדֹרֹתָ֑ם וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ עַל־צִיצִ֥ת הַכָּנָ֖ף פְּתִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃ ['Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes in the corners of their garments, and that they put with the fringe of each corner a thread of blue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.606/) ## 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:NUM:586 # text = דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וְעָשׂ֨וּ לָהֶ֥ם צִיצִ֛ת עַל־כַּנְפֵ֥י בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם לְדֹרֹתָ֑ם וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ עַל־צִיצִ֥ת הַכָּנָ֖ף פְּתִ֥יל תְּכֵֽלֶת׃ # verse = NUM.15.38 1 דַּבֵּ֞ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=speak|Ref=NUM_15:38!1|MId=o040150380011|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:040150370041;|Type=imperative 2 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_15:38!2|MId=o040150380021|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 3 בְּנֵ֤י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 1 obl _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=NUM_15:38!3|MId=o040150380031|Strong=1121 4 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_15:38!4|MId=o040150380041|Strong=3478 5-6 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_15:38!5|MId=o040150380051|Strong=2050b 6 אָמַרְתָּ֣ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 conj _ Gloss=you.will.say|Ref=NUM_15:38!5|MId=o040150380052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040150370041;|Type=weqatal 7-8 אֲלֵהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 אֲל אֶל ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_15:38!6|MId=o040150380061|Strong=0413 8 ֵהֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_15:38!6|MId=o040150380062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 9-10 וְעָשׂ֨וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_15:38!7|MId=o040150380071|Strong=2050b 10 עָשׂ֨וּ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=they.will.make|Ref=NUM_15:38!7|MId=o040150380072|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:040150380031;A1:040150380091;|Type=weqatal 11-12 לָהֶ֥ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 ל לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_15:38!8|MId=o040150380081|Strong=3807a 12 ָהֶ֥ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ Gloss=themselves|Ref=NUM_15:38!8|MId=o040150380082|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 13 צִיצִ֛ת צִיצִת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 obj _ Gloss=tassel[s]|Ref=NUM_15:38!9|MId=o040150380091|Strong=6734 14 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_15:38!10|MId=o040150380101|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 15 כַּנְפֵ֥י כָּנָף NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 10 obl _ Gloss=the.corners|Ref=NUM_15:38!11|MId=o040150380111|Strong=3671 16-17 בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בִגְדֵי בֶּגֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=their.clothes|Ref=NUM_15:38!12|MId=o040150380121|Strong=0899 17 הֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_15:38!12|MId=o040150380122|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 18-20 לְדֹרֹתָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_15:38!13|MId=o040150380131|Strong=3807a 19 דֹרֹת דּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 obl _ Gloss=generations|Ref=NUM_15:38!13|MId=o040150380132|Strong=1755 20 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_15:38!13|MId=o040150380133|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 21-22 וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_15:38!14|MId=o040150380141|Strong=2050b 22 נָֽתְנ֛וּ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=they.will.put|Ref=NUM_15:38!14|MId=o040150380142|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040150380031;A1:040150380181;|Type=weqatal 23 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_15:38!15|MId=o040150380151|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 24 צִיצִ֥ת צִיצִת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=the.tassel[s]|Ref=NUM_15:38!16|MId=o040150380161|Strong=6734 25-26 הַכָּנָ֖ף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_15:38!17|MId=o040150380171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 כָּנָ֖ף כָּנָף NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.corner|Ref=NUM_15:38!17|MId=o040150380172|Strong=3671 27 פְּתִ֥יל פָּתִיל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 obj _ Gloss=a.cord|Ref=NUM_15:38!18|MId=o040150380181|Strong=6616 28 תְּכֵֽלֶת תְּכֵלֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.violet.stuff|Ref=NUM_15:38!19|MId=o040150380191|Strong=8504|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=NUM_15:38!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | דַּבֵּר *speak* | imperative · piel | | | | | | אָמַרְתָּ *you will say* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | עָשׂוּ *they will make* | weqatal · qal | בְּנֵי *the people* | צִיצִת *tassel\[s\]* | | | | נָֽתְנוּ *they will put* | weqatal · qal | בְּנֵי *the people* | פְּתִיל *a cord* | | | 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} מַלֵל עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְתֵימַר לְהוֹן וְיַעֲבְּדוּן לְהוֹן כְּרוּסְפְּדִין עַל כַּנְפֵי כְסוּתְהוֹן לְדָרֵיהוֹן וְיִתְּנוּן עַל כְּרוּסְפְּדָא דְכַנְפָא חוּטָא דִתְכֶלְתָּא 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. ['Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes in the corners of their garments, and that they put with the fringe of each corner a thread of blue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.606/) **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:NUM:586`. - ← previous: [Numbers 15:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.37/) - next →: [Numbers 15:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.39/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/15/)