--- title: Numbers 18:23 — But the Levites alone shall do the service of the tent of meeting, a… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: But the Levites alone shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. Who acts: Levites, tent, 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 — Levites, tent, children — and what happens in the verse to service, iniquity, statute, inheritance, tent, 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. וְעָבַ֨ד הַלֵּוִ֜י ה֗וּא אֶת־עֲבֹדַת֙ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וְהֵ֖ם יִשְׂא֣וּ עֲוֺנָ֑ם חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וּבְתוֹךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יִנְחֲל֖וּ נַחֲלָֽה׃ [But the Levites alone shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.695/) ## 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:675 # text = וְעָבַ֨ד הַלֵּוִ֜י ה֗וּא אֶת־עֲבֹדַת֙ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וְהֵ֖ם יִשְׂא֣וּ עֲוֺנָ֑ם חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וּבְתוֹךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יִנְחֲל֖וּ נַחֲלָֽה׃ # verse = NUM.18.23 1-2 וְעָבַ֨ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_18:23!1|MId=o040180230011|Strong=2050b 2 עָבַ֨ד עָבַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.serve|Ref=NUM_18:23!1|MId=o040180230012|Strong=5647|Frame=A0:040180230022;A1:040180230051;|Type=weqatal 3-4 הַלֵּוִ֜י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_18:23!2|MId=o040180230021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 לֵּוִ֜י לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Levite[s]|Ref=NUM_18:23!2|MId=o040180230022|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 5 ה֗וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=he|Ref=NUM_18:23!3|MId=o040180230031|Strong=1931|Type=personal 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_18:23!4|MId=o040180230041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 7 עֲבֹדַת֙ עֲבֹדָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=the.service|Ref=NUM_18:23!5|MId=o040180230051|Strong=5656 8 אֹ֣הֶל אֹהֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.tent|Ref=NUM_18:23!6|MId=o040180230061|Strong=0168 9 מוֹעֵ֔ד מוֹעֵד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.meeting|Ref=NUM_18:23!7|MId=o040180230071|Strong=4150 10-11 וְהֵ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_18:23!8|MId=o040180230081|Strong=2050b 11 הֵ֖ם הֵם PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=they|Ref=NUM_18:23!8|MId=o040180230082|Strong=1992|Type=personal 12 יִשְׂא֣וּ נָשָׂא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.will.bear|Ref=NUM_18:23!9|MId=o040180230091|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:040180230082;A1:040180230101;|Type=yiqtol 13-14 עֲוֺנָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 עֲוֺנ עָוֺן NOUN _ Number=Sing 12 obj _ Gloss=iniquity|Ref=NUM_18:23!10|MId=o040180230101|Strong=5771 14 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_18:23!10|MId=o040180230102|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 15 חֻקַּ֤ת חֻקָּה NOUN _ Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ Gloss=a.statute|Ref=NUM_18:23!11|MId=o040180230111|Strong=2708 16 עוֹלָם֙ עוֹלָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.perpetuity|Ref=NUM_18:23!12|MId=o040180230121|Strong=5769 17-19 לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_18:23!13|MId=o040180230131|Strong=3807a 18 דֹרֹ֣תֵי דּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 obl _ Gloss=generations|Ref=NUM_18:23!13|MId=o040180230132|Strong=1755 19 כֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_18:23!13|MId=o040180230133|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 20-22 וּבְתוֹךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_18:23!14|MId=o040180230141|Strong=2050b 21 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_18:23!14|MId=o040180230142|Strong=0871a 22 תוֹךְ֙ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 obl _ Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_18:23!14|MId=o040180230143|Strong=8432 23 בְּנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=NUM_18:23!15|MId=o040180230151|Strong=1121 24 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_18:23!16|MId=o040180230161|Strong=3478 25 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 26 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_18:23!17|MId=o040180230171|Strong=3808|Type=negative 26 יִנְחֲל֖וּ נָחַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.will.inherit|Ref=NUM_18:23!18|MId=o040180230181|Strong=5157|Frame=A0:040180230022;A1:040180230191;|Type=yiqtol 27 נַחֲלָֽה נַחֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 26 obj _ Gloss=an.inheritance|Ref=NUM_18:23!19|MId=o040180230191|Strong=5159|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=NUM_18:23!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | עָבַד *he will serve* | weqatal · qal | לֵּוִי *Levite\[s\]* | עֲבֹדַת *the service* | | | | יִשְׂאוּ *they will bear* | yiqtol · qal | הֵם *they* | עֲוֺנ *iniquity* | | | | **not** יִנְחֲלוּ *they will inherit* | yiqtol · qal | לֵּוִי *Levite\[s\]* | נַחֲלָֽה *an inheritance* | | | 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} וְיִפְלְחוּן לֵוָאֵי אִינוּן יָת פּוּלְחַן מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וְאִינוּן יְקַבְּלוּן חוֹבֵיהוֹן קְיַם עֲלָם לְדָרֵיכוֹן וּבְגוֹ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא יַחְסְנוּן אַחְסָנָא 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. [But the Levites alone shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.695/) **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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