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title: Numbers 18:20 — And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. Who acts: LORD, Thou, I, thine. Numbers 18:20 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917
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# Numbers 18:20 בְּמִדְבַּר

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**Who acts:** LORD, Thou, I, thine · **What happens:** say, have, be, inherit · **To what, where:** inheritance, land, portion · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Numbers 18:20 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 — LORD, Thou, I, thine — and what happens in the verse to inheritance, land, portion, 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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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן בְּאַרְצָם֙ לֹ֣א תִנְחָ֔ל וְחֵ֕לֶק לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ בְּתוֹכָ֑ם אֲנִ֤י חֶלְקְךָ֙ וְנַחֲלָ֣תְךָ֔ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

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[And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.692/)

## 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:672
# text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן בְּאַרְצָם֙ לֹ֣א תִנְחָ֔ל וְחֵ֕לֶק לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ בְּתוֹכָ֑ם אֲנִ֤י חֶלְקְךָ֙ וְנַחֲלָ֣תְךָ֔ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס
# verse = NUM.18.20
1-2	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_18:20!1|MId=o040180200011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּ֨אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=NUM_18:20!1|MId=o040180200012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040180200021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	יְהוָ֜ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_18:20!2|MId=o040180200021|Strong=3068
4	אֶֽל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_18:20!3|MId=o040180200031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
5	אַהֲרֹ֗ן	אַהֲרֹן	PROPN	_	_	2	obl	_	Gloss=Aaron|Ref=NUM_18:20!4|MId=o040180200041|Strong=0175
6-8	בְּאַרְצָם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_18:20!5|MId=o040180200051|Strong=0871a
7	אַרְצ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	Gloss=land|Ref=NUM_18:20!5|MId=o040180200052|Strong=0776
8	ָם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_18:20!5|MId=o040180200053|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
9	לֹ֣א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_18:20!6|MId=o040180200061|Strong=3808|Type=negative
10	תִנְחָ֔ל	נָחַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=you.will.have.an.inheritance|Ref=NUM_18:20!7|MId=o040180200071|Strong=5157|Frame=A0:040180200041;|Type=yiqtol
11-12	וְחֵ֕לֶק	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_18:20!8|MId=o040180200081|Strong=2050b
12	חֵ֕לֶק	חֵלֶק	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=a.share|Ref=NUM_18:20!8|MId=o040180200082|Strong=2506
13	לֹא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	16	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_18:20!9|MId=o040180200091|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No
14	יִהְיֶ֥ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	16	cop	_	Gloss=it.will.belong|Ref=NUM_18:20!10|MId=o040180200101|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:040180200082;|Type=yiqtol
15-16	לְךָ֖	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_18:20!11|MId=o040180200111|Strong=3807a
16	ְךָ֖	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	conj	_	Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_18:20!11|MId=o040180200112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
17-19	בְּתוֹכָ֑ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_18:20!12|MId=o040180200121|Strong=0871a
18	תוֹכ	תָּוֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obl	_	Gloss=|Ref=NUM_18:20!12|MId=o040180200122|Strong=8432
19	ָ֑ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_18:20!12|MId=o040180200123|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
20	אֲנִ֤י	אֲנִי	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=NUM_18:20!13|MId=o040180200131|Strong=0589|Type=personal
21-22	חֶלְקְךָ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	חֶלְק	חֵלֶק	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	Gloss=share|Ref=NUM_18:20!14|MId=o040180200141|Strong=2506
22	ְךָ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=[am].your|Ref=NUM_18:20!14|MId=o040180200142|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
23-25	וְנַחֲלָ֣תְךָ֔	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_18:20!15|MId=o040180200151|Strong=2050b
24	נַחֲלָ֣ת	נַחֲלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	21	conj	_	Gloss=inheritance|Ref=NUM_18:20!15|MId=o040180200152|Strong=5159
25	ְךָ֔	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_18:20!15|MId=o040180200153|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
26-27	בְּת֖וֹךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_18:20!16|MId=o040180200161|Strong=0871a
27	ת֖וֹךְ	תָּוֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=|Ref=NUM_18:20!16|MId=o040180200162|Strong=8432
28	בְּנֵ֥י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	27	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=NUM_18:20!17|MId=o040180200171|Strong=1121
29	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	28	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_18:20!18|MId=o040180200181|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No
30	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	29	punct	_	Ref=NUM_18:20!18|SpaceAfter=No
31	ס	ס	PUNCT	_	_	29	punct	_	Ref=NUM_18:20!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: yes
- indirect: yes
- 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |
| **not** תִנְחָל *you will have an inheritance* | yiqtol · qal | אַהֲרֹן *Aaron* |  |  |  |
| יִהְיֶה *it will belong* | yiqtol · qal | חֵלֶק *a share* |  |  |  |

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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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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְאַהֲרֹן בְּאַרְעֲהוֹן לָא תַחֲסִין וְחוּלַק לָא יְהֵי לָךְ בֵּינֵיהוֹן מַתְּנָן דִי יְהָבִית לָךְ אִנוּן חוּלְקָךְ וְאַחֲסַנְתָּךְ בְּגוֹ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

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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 the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.692/)

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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:672`.

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