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title: Numbers 18:24 — For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a g… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.' Who acts: children, I. Numbers 18:24 in Hebrew with its dependency tre
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# Numbers 18:24 בְּמִדְבַּר

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**Who acts:** children, I · **What happens:** set apart, give, say, have · **To what, where:** children, Levites, inheritance · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Numbers 18:24 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 — children, I — and what happens in the verse to children, Levites, inheritance, 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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כִּ֞י אֶת־מַעְשַׂ֣ר בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֤ימוּ לַֽיהוָה֙ תְּרוּמָ֔ה נָתַ֥תִּי לַלְוִיִּ֖ם לְנַחֲלָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ אָמַ֣רְתִּי לָהֶ֔ם בְּתוֹךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יִנְחֲל֖וּ נַחֲלָֽה׃פ

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[For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.696/)

## 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:676
# text = כִּ֞י אֶת־מַעְשַׂ֣ר בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֤ימוּ לַֽיהוָה֙ תְּרוּמָ֔ה נָתַ֥תִּי לַלְוִיִּ֖ם לְנַחֲלָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ אָמַ֣רְתִּי לָהֶ֔ם בְּתוֹךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יִנְחֲל֖וּ נַחֲלָֽה׃פ
# verse = NUM.18.24
1	כִּ֞י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	11	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NUM_18:24!1|MId=o040180240011|Strong=3588
2	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_18:24!2|MId=o040180240021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
3	מַעְשַׂ֣ר	מַעֲשֵׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	11	obj	_	Gloss=the.tithe|Ref=NUM_18:24!3|MId=o040180240031|Strong=4643
4	בְּנֵֽי־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.people|Ref=NUM_18:24!4|MId=o040180240041|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
5	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_18:24!5|MId=o040180240051|Strong=3478
6	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	7	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=NUM_18:24!6|MId=o040180240061|Strong=0834|Type=relative
7	יָרִ֤ימוּ	רוּם	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3	3	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=they.will.offer.up|Ref=NUM_18:24!7|MId=o040180240071|Strong=7311|Frame=AA:040180240041;A0:040180240031;|Type=yiqtol
8-9	לַֽיהוָה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	לַֽ	לְ	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_18:24!8|MId=o040180240081|Strong=3807a
9	יהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	7	obl	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_18:24!8|MId=o040180240082|Strong=3068
10	תְּרוּמָ֔ה	תְּרוּמָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	Gloss=a.contribution|Ref=NUM_18:24!9|MId=o040180240091|Strong=8641
11	נָתַ֥תִּי	נָתַן	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	0	root	_	Gloss=I.give|Ref=NUM_18:24!10|MId=o040180240101|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040180240082;A1:040180240031;|Type=qatal
12-14	לַלְוִיִּ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_18:24!11|MId=o040180240111|Strong=3807a
13	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	14	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_18:24!11|MId=o040180240111ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
14	לְוִיִּ֖ם	לֵוִי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	obl	_	Gloss=Levites|Ref=NUM_18:24!11|MId=o040180240112|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic
15-16	לְנַחֲלָ֑ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_18:24!12|MId=o040180240121|Strong=3807a
16	נַחֲלָ֑ה	נַחֲלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	obl	_	Gloss=an.inheritance|Ref=NUM_18:24!12|MId=o040180240122|Strong=5159
17	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=therefore|Ref=NUM_18:24!13|MId=o040180240131|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
18	כֵּן֙	כֵּן	ADV	_	_	11	conj	_	Gloss=|Ref=NUM_18:24!14|MId=o040180240141|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative
19	אָמַ֣רְתִּי	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	11	parataxis	_	Gloss=I.have.said|Ref=NUM_18:24!15|MId=o040180240151|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040180240082;|Type=qatal
20-21	לָהֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_18:24!16|MId=o040180240161|Strong=3807a
21	ָהֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_18:24!16|MId=o040180240162|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
22-23	בְּתוֹךְ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_18:24!17|MId=o040180240171|Strong=0871a
23	תוֹךְ֙	תָּוֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	27	obl	_	Gloss=|Ref=NUM_18:24!17|MId=o040180240172|Strong=8432
24	בְּנֵ֣י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=NUM_18:24!18|MId=o040180240181|Strong=1121
25	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	24	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_18:24!19|MId=o040180240191|Strong=3478
26	לֹ֥א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	27	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_18:24!20|MId=o040180240201|Strong=3808|Type=negative
27	יִנְחֲל֖וּ	נָחַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	19	ccomp	_	Gloss=they.will.inherit|Ref=NUM_18:24!21|MId=o040180240211|Strong=5157|Frame=A0:040180240113;A1:040180240221;|Type=yiqtol
28	נַחֲלָֽה	נַחֲלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	27	obj	_	Gloss=an.inheritance|Ref=NUM_18:24!22|MId=o040180240221|Strong=5159|SpaceAfter=No
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=NUM_18:24!22|SpaceAfter=No
30	פ	פ	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=NUM_18:24!22
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: yes
- the frame alone: decl · assert · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יָרִימוּ *they will offer up* | yiqtol · hiphil | מַעְשַׂר *the tithe* |  |  | בְּנֵֽי־ *of the people* |
| נָתַתִּי *I give* | qatal · qal | יהוָה *Yahweh* | מַעְשַׂר *the tithe* |  |  |
| אָמַרְתִּי *I have said* | qatal · qal | יהוָה *Yahweh* |  |  |  |
| **not** יִנְחֲלוּ *they will inherit* | yiqtol · qal |  | נַחֲלָֽה *an inheritance* |  |  |

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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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אֲרֵי יָת מַעַשְׂרָא דִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דִי יִפְרְשׁוּן קֳדָם יְיָ אַפְרָשׁוּתָא יְהָבִית לְלֵוָאֵי לְאַחֲסָנָא עַל כֵּן אֲמָרִית לְהוֹן בְּגוֹ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא יַחְסְנוּן אַחֲסָנָא

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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. [For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.696/)

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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:676`.

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