--- title: Numbers 17:12 — And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembl… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. Who acts: Aaron, Moses. 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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 — Aaron, Moses — and what happens in the verse to midst, plague, incense, atonement, 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. וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַהֲרֹ֜ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ דִּבֶּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךהַקָּהָ֔ל וְהִנֵּ֛ה הֵחֵ֥ל הַנֶּ֖גֶף בָּעָ֑ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶֽת־הַקְּטֹ֔רֶת וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־הָעָֽם׃ [And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.656/) ## 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:636 # text = וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַהֲרֹ֜ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ דִּבֶּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךהַקָּהָ֔ל וְהִנֵּ֛ה הֵחֵ֥ל הַנֶּ֖גֶף בָּעָ֑ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶֽת־הַקְּטֹ֔רֶת וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־הָעָֽם׃ # verse = NUM.17.12 1-2 וַיִּקַּ֨ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_17:12!1|MId=o040170120011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּקַּ֨ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.took.[it]|Ref=NUM_17:12!1|MId=o040170120012|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:040170120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אַהֲרֹ֜ן אַהֲרֹן PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Aaron|Ref=NUM_17:12!2|MId=o040170120021|Strong=0175 4-5 כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=NUM_17:12!3|MId=o040170120031|Strong=3509a 5 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=NUM_17:12!3|MId=o040170120032|Strong=0834|Type=relative 6 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ Ref=NUM_17:12!3 7 דִּבֶּ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 4 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.had.said|Ref=NUM_17:12!4|MId=o040170120041|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:040170120051;|Type=qatal 8 מֹשֶׁ֗ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 7 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=NUM_17:12!5|MId=o040170120051|Strong=4872 9-10 וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_17:12!6|MId=o040170120061|Strong=2050b 10 יָּ֙רָץ֙ רוּץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.ran|Ref=NUM_17:12!6|MId=o040170120062|Strong=7323|Frame=A0:040170120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 11 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=NUM_17:12!7|MId=o040170120071|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 12-14 תּ֣וֹךהַקָּהָ֔ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 תּ֣וֹך תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=the.middle|Ref=NUM_17:12!8|MId=o040170120081|Strong=8432 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_17:12!9|MId=o040170120091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 קָּהָ֔ל קָהָל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.assembly|Ref=NUM_17:12!9|MId=o040170120092|Strong=6951 15-16 וְהִנֵּ֛ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_17:12!10|MId=o040170120101|Strong=2050b 16 הִנֵּ֛ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 17 discourse _ Gloss=there!|Ref=NUM_17:12!10|MId=o040170120102|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 17 הֵחֵ֥ל חָלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.had.begun|Ref=NUM_17:12!11|MId=o040170120111|Strong=2490|Frame=A0:040170120122;|Type=qatal 18-19 הַנֶּ֖גֶף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_17:12!12|MId=o040170120121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 נֶּ֖גֶף נֶגֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ Gloss=plague|Ref=NUM_17:12!12|MId=o040170120122|Strong=5063 20-22 בָּעָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_17:12!13|MId=o040170120131|Strong=0871a 21 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_17:12!13|MId=o040170120131ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 עָ֑ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 obl _ Gloss=people|Ref=NUM_17:12!13|MId=o040170120132|Strong=5971 23-24 וַיִּתֵּן֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_17:12!14|MId=o040170120141|Strong=2050b 24 יִּתֵּן֙ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.put|Ref=NUM_17:12!14|MId=o040170120142|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040170120021;A1:040170120162;|Type=wayyiqtol 25 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_17:12!15|MId=o040170120151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 הַקְּטֹ֔רֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_17:12!16|MId=o040170120161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 קְּטֹ֔רֶת קְטֹרֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 obj _ Gloss=incense|Ref=NUM_17:12!16|MId=o040170120162|Strong=7004 28-29 וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_17:12!17|MId=o040170120171|Strong=2050b 29 יְכַפֵּ֖ר כִּפֶּר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.made.atonement|Ref=NUM_17:12!17|MId=o040170120172|Strong=3722|Frame=A0:040170120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 30 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_17:12!18|MId=o040170120181|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 31-32 הָעָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_17:12!19|MId=o040170120191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 עָֽם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=people|Ref=NUM_17:12!19|MId=o040170120192|Strong=5971 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=NUM_17:12!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּקַּח *he took \[it\]* | wayyiqtol · qal | אַהֲרֹן *Aaron* | | | | | דִּבֶּר *he had said* | qatal · piel | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | יָּרָץ *he ran* | wayyiqtol · qal | אַהֲרֹן *Aaron* | | | | | הֵחֵל *it had begun* | qatal · hiphil | נֶּגֶף *plague* | | | | | יִּתֵּן *he put* | wayyiqtol · qal | אַהֲרֹן *Aaron* | קְּטֹרֶת *incense* | | | | יְכַפֵּר *he made atonement* | wayyiqtol · piel | אַהֲרֹן *Aaron* | | | | 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} וּנְסֵיב אַהֲרֹן כְּמָא דְמַלֵיל משֶׁה וּרְהַט לְגוֹ קְהָלָא וְהָא שָׁרֵי מוֹתָנָא בְּעַמָא וִיהַב יָת קְטּוֹרֶת בּוּסְמַיָא וְכַפֵּר עַל עַמָא 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. [And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.656/) **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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