--- title: Numbers 17:21 — And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes g… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. Who acts: Moses, princes, rod. 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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 — Moses, princes, rod — and what happens in the verse to rods, 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. וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֵלָ֣יו ׀ כָּֽל־נְשִֽׂיאֵיהֶ֡ם מַטֶּה֩ לְנָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד מַטֶּ֨ה לְנָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת וּמַטֵּ֥ה אַהֲרֹ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ מַטּוֹתָֽם׃ [And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.665/) ## 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:645 # text = וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֵלָ֣יו ׀ כָּֽל־נְשִֽׂיאֵיהֶ֡ם מַטֶּה֩ לְנָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד מַטֶּ֨ה לְנָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת וּמַטֵּ֥ה אַהֲרֹ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ מַטּוֹתָֽם׃ # verse = NUM.17.21 1-2 וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_17:21!1|MId=o040170210011|Strong=2050b 2 יְדַבֵּ֨ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.spoke|Ref=NUM_17:21!1|MId=o040170210012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:040170210021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 מֹשֶׁ֜ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=NUM_17:21!2|MId=o040170210021|Strong=4872 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_17:21!3|MId=o040170210031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 בְּנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=NUM_17:21!4|MId=o040170210041|Strong=1121 6 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_17:21!5|MId=o040170210051|Strong=3478 7-8 וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_17:21!6|MId=o040170210061|Strong=2050b 8 יִּתְּנ֣וּ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.gave|Ref=NUM_17:21!6|MId=o040170210062|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040170210091;A1:040170210131;|Type=wayyiqtol 9-10 אֵלָ֣יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 אֵלָ֣י אֶל ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_17:21!7|MId=o040170210071|Strong=0413 10 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=NUM_17:21!7|MId=o040170210072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 11 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 10 punct _ Ref=NUM_17:21!7 12 כָּֽל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_17:21!8|MId=o040170210081|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 נְשִֽׂיאֵיהֶ֡ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 נְשִֽׂיאֵי נָשִׂיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=leaders|Ref=NUM_17:21!9|MId=o040170210091|Strong=5387 14 הֶ֡ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_17:21!9|MId=o040170210092|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 15 מַטֶּה֩ מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obj _ Gloss=a.rod|Ref=NUM_17:21!10|MId=o040170210101|Strong=4294 16-17 לְנָשִׂ֨יא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_17:21!11|MId=o040170210111|Strong=3807a 17 נָשִׂ֨יא נָשִׂיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 nmod _ Gloss=a.leader|Ref=NUM_17:21!11|MId=o040170210112|Strong=5387 18 אֶחָ֜ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=NUM_17:21!12|MId=o040170210121|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 19 מַטֶּ֨ה מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 conj _ Gloss=a.rod|Ref=NUM_17:21!13|MId=o040170210131|Strong=4294 20-21 לְנָשִׂ֤יא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_17:21!14|MId=o040170210141|Strong=3807a 21 נָשִׂ֤יא נָשִׂיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 nmod _ Gloss=a.leader|Ref=NUM_17:21!14|MId=o040170210142|Strong=5387 22 אֶחָד֙ אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=NUM_17:21!15|MId=o040170210151|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 23-24 לְבֵ֣ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_17:21!16|MId=o040170210161|Strong=3807a 24 בֵ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=NUM_17:21!16|MId=o040170210162|Strong=1004 25-26 אֲבֹתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 אֲבֹת אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=their.ancestors|Ref=NUM_17:21!17|MId=o040170210171|Strong=0001 26 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_17:21!17|MId=o040170210172|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 27 שְׁנֵ֥ים שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 29 nummod _ Gloss=two.plus|Ref=NUM_17:21!18|MId=o040170210181|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number 28 עָשָׂ֖ר עָשָׂר NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 flat _ Gloss=ten|Ref=NUM_17:21!19|MId=o040170210191|Strong=6240|Type=cardinal_number 29 מַטּ֑וֹת מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 parataxis _ Gloss=rods|Ref=NUM_17:21!20|MId=o040170210201|Strong=4294 30-31 וּמַטֵּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 34 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_17:21!21|MId=o040170210211|Strong=2050b 31 מַטֵּ֥ה מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ Gloss=the.rod|Ref=NUM_17:21!21|MId=o040170210212|Strong=4294 32 אַהֲרֹ֖ן אַהֲרֹן PROPN _ _ 31 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Aaron|Ref=NUM_17:21!22|MId=o040170210221|Strong=0175 33-34 בְּת֥וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=[was]|Ref=NUM_17:21!23|MId=o040170210231|Strong=0871a 34 ת֥וֹךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_17:21!23|MId=o040170210232|Strong=8432 35-36 מַטּוֹתָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 מַטּוֹת מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 34 compound:smixut _ Gloss=rods|Ref=NUM_17:21!24|MId=o040170210241|Strong=4294 36 ָֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_17:21!24|MId=o040170210242|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=NUM_17:21!24 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְדַבֵּר *he spoke* | wayyiqtol · piel | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | יִּתְּנוּ *they gave* | wayyiqtol · qal | נְשִֽׂיאֵי *leaders* | מַטֶּה *a rod* | | | 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} וּמַלֵיל משֶׁה עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהָבוּ לֵיהּ כָּל רַבְרְבָנֵיהוֹן חוּטְרָא לְרַבָּא חָד חוּטְרָא לְרַבָּא חָד לְבֵית אֲבָהַתְהוֹן תְּרֵי עֲשַׂר חוּטְרִין וְחוּטְרָא דְאַהֲרֹן בְּגוֹ חוּטְרֵיהוֹן 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 Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.665/) **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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