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title: Numbers 16:5 — And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the mo… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morning the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to come near unto Him. Who acts: Moses, LORD. Numbers 16:5 in Hebrew with its dependency tree
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# Numbers 16:5 בְּמִדְבַּר

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**Who acts:** Moses, LORD · **What happens:** speak, say, show, be, cause, come · **To what, where:** Moses · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Numbers 16:5 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 — Moses, LORD — and what happens in the verse to Moses, 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.

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וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־קֹ֜רַח וְאֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדָתוֹ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ בֹּ֠קֶר וְיֹדַ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ וְאֶת־הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ וְהִקְרִ֣יב אֵלָ֑יו וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַר־בּ֖וֹ יַקְרִ֥יב אֵלָֽיו׃

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[And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morning the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to come near unto Him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.614/)

## 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:NUM:594
# text = וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־קֹ֜רַח וְאֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדָתוֹ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ בֹּ֠קֶר וְיֹדַ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ וְאֶת־הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ וְהִקְרִ֣יב אֵלָ֑יו וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַר־בּ֖וֹ יַקְרִ֥יב אֵלָֽיו׃
# verse = NUM.16.5
1-2	וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_16:5!1|MId=o040160050011|Strong=2050b
2	יְדַבֵּ֨ר	דָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.spoke|Ref=NUM_16:5!1|MId=o040160050012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:040160040021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_16:5!2|MId=o040160050021|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
4	קֹ֜רַח	קֹרַח	PROPN	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=Korah|Ref=NUM_16:5!3|MId=o040160050031|Strong=7141
5-6	וְאֶֽל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_16:5!4|MId=o040160050041|Strong=2050b
6	אֶֽל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_16:5!4|MId=o040160050042|Strong=0413
7	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	conj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_16:5!5|MId=o040160050051|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
8-9	עֲדָתוֹ֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	עֲדָת	עֵדָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=company|Ref=NUM_16:5!6|MId=o040160050061|Strong=5712
9	וֹ֮	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=NUM_16:5!6|MId=o040160050062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
10-11	לֵאמֹר֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	לֵ	לְ	ADP	_	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=NUM_16:5!7|MId=o040160050071|Strong=3807a
11	אמֹר֒	אָמַר	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	10	fixed	_	Gloss=|Ref=NUM_16:5!7|MId=o040160050072|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040160040021;|Type=infinitive_construct
12	בֹּ֠קֶר	בֹּקֶר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	Gloss=morning|Ref=NUM_16:5!8|MId=o040160050081|Strong=1242
13-14	וְיֹדַ֨ע	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_16:5!9|MId=o040160050091|Strong=2050b
14	יֹדַ֨ע	יָדַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=he.will.make.known|Ref=NUM_16:5!9|MId=o040160050092|Strong=3045|Frame=AA:040160050101;A0:040160050132;040160050152;|Type=jussive
15	יְהוָ֧ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	14	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_16:5!10|MId=o040160050101|Strong=3068
16	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	14	obj	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_16:5!11|MId=o040160050111|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
17	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	19	mark	_	Gloss=[the.one].who|Ref=NUM_16:5!12|MId=o040160050121|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
18-19	ל֛וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=NUM_16:5!13|MId=o040160050131|Strong=3807a
19	֛וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=NUM_16:5!13|MId=o040160050132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
20-21	וְאֶת־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	23	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_16:5!14|MId=o040160050141|Strong=2050b
21	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_16:5!14|MId=o040160050142|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
22-23	הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	23	det	_	Gloss=the.holy|Ref=NUM_16:5!15|MId=o040160050151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
23	קָּד֖וֹשׁ	קָדוֹשׁ	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	conj	_	Gloss=[person]|Ref=NUM_16:5!15|MId=o040160050152|Strong=6918|Type=adjective
24-25	וְהִקְרִ֣יב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_16:5!16|MId=o040160050161|Strong=2050b
25	הִקְרִ֣יב	קָרַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	14	conj	_	Gloss=he.will.bring.[him].near|Ref=NUM_16:5!16|MId=o040160050162|Strong=7126|Frame=AA:040160050101;A0:040160050152;|Type=weqatal
26-27	אֵלָ֑יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	אֵלָ֑י	אֶל	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_16:5!17|MId=o040160050171|Strong=0413
27	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	Gloss=himself|Ref=NUM_16:5!17|MId=o040160050172|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
28-29	וְאֵ֛ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	34	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_16:5!18|MId=o040160050181|Strong=2050b
29	אֵ֛ת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	34	obj	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_16:5!18|MId=o040160050182|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
30	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	31	mark	_	Gloss=[the.one].whom|Ref=NUM_16:5!19|MId=o040160050191|Strong=0834|Type=relative
31	יִבְחַר־	בָּחַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	29	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.will.choose|Ref=NUM_16:5!20|MId=o040160050201|Strong=0977|Frame=A0:040160050101;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No
32-33	בּ֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	בּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	Gloss=(in)|Ref=NUM_16:5!21|MId=o040160050211|Strong=0871a
33	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=NUM_16:5!21|MId=o040160050212|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
34	יַקְרִ֥יב	קָרַב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	14	conj	_	Gloss=he.will.bring.near|Ref=NUM_16:5!22|MId=o040160050221|Strong=7126|Frame=AA:040160050101;A0:040160050201;|Type=yiqtol
35-36	אֵלָֽיו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
35	אֵלָֽי	אֶל	ADP	_	_	36	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_16:5!23|MId=o040160050231|Strong=0413
36	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	Gloss=himself|Ref=NUM_16:5!23|MId=o040160050232|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
37	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	36	punct	_	Ref=NUM_16:5!23
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יְדַבֵּר *he spoke* | wayyiqtol · piel |  |  |  |  |
| אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal |  |  |  |  |
| יֹדַע *he will make known* | jussive · hiphil | וֹ *him* + קָּדוֹשׁ *\[person\]* |  |  | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |
| הִקְרִיב *he will bring \[him\] near* | weqatal · hiphil | קָּדוֹשׁ *\[person\]* |  |  | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |
| יִבְחַר־ *he will choose* | yiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |
| יַקְרִיב *he will bring near* | yiqtol · hiphil | יִבְחַר־ *he will choose* |  |  | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |

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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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וּמַלִיל עִם קֹרַח וְעִם כָּל כְּנִשְׁתֵּהּ לְמֵימַר בְּצַפְרָא וִיהוֹדַע יְיָ יָת דְכָשַׁר לֵהּ וְיָת דְקַדִישׁ וִיקָרֵב לָקֳדָמוֹהִי וְיָת דִי יִתְרְעֵי בֵהּ יְקָרֵב לְשִׁמוּשֵׁהּ

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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. [And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morning the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to come near unto Him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.614/)

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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:NUM:594`.

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