--- title: Numbers 20:17 — Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.' Who acts: you, us, I, we. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Numbers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/) / [chapter 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/20/) / 20:17 # Numbers 20:17 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** you, us, I, we · **What happens:** let, pass, pray, not pass, drink, go · **To what, where:** us, thee, land, field, highway, right hand This is Numbers 20:17 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 — you, us, I, we — and what happens in the verse to us, thee, land, field, highway, right hand, 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. נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ לֹ֤א נַעֲבֹר֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה וּבְכֶ֔רֶם וְלֹ֥א נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ נֵלֵ֗ךְ לֹ֤א נִטֶּה֙ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֔אול עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר גְּבוּלֶֽךָ׃ [Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.743/) ## 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:723 # text = נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ לֹ֤א נַעֲבֹר֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה וּבְכֶ֔רֶם וְלֹ֥א נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ נֵלֵ֗ךְ לֹ֤א נִטֶּה֙ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֔אול עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר גְּבוּלֶֽךָ׃ # verse = NUM.20.17 1 נַעְבְּרָה־ עָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=let.us.pass|Ref=NUM_20:17!1|MId=o040200170011|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:040200140101;|Type=cohortative|SpaceAfter=No 2 נָּ֣א נָא INTJ _ _ 1 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=NUM_20:17!2|MId=o040200170021|Strong=4994|Type=interjection 3-5 בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_20:17!3|MId=o040200170031|Strong=0871a 4 אַרְצ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 1 obl _ Gloss=land|Ref=NUM_20:17!3|MId=o040200170032|Strong=0776 5 ֶ֗ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_20:17!3|MId=o040200170033|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 6 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_20:17!4|MId=o040200170041|Strong=3808|Type=negative 7 נַעֲבֹר֙ עָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=we.will.pass|Ref=NUM_20:17!5|MId=o040200170051|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:040200140101;|Type=yiqtol 8-9 בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_20:17!6|MId=o040200170061|Strong=0871a 9 שָׂדֶ֣ה שָׂדֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=a.field|Ref=NUM_20:17!6|MId=o040200170062|Strong=7704 10-12 וּבְכֶ֔רֶם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_20:17!7|MId=o040200170071|Strong=2050b 11 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_20:17!7|MId=o040200170072|Strong=0871a 12 כֶ֔רֶם כֶּרֶם NOUN _ Number=Sing 9 conj _ Gloss=a.vineyard|Ref=NUM_20:17!7|MId=o040200170073|Strong=3754 13-14 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_20:17!8|MId=o040200170081|Strong=2050b 14 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 15 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_20:17!8|MId=o040200170082|Strong=3808|Type=negative 15 נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה שָׁתָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 1 conj _ Gloss=we.will.drink|Ref=NUM_20:17!9|MId=o040200170091|Strong=8354|Frame=A0:040200140101;A1:040200170101;|Type=yiqtol 16 מֵ֣י מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 obj _ Gloss=water|Ref=NUM_20:17!10|MId=o040200170101|Strong=4325 17 בְאֵ֑ר בְּאֵר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.a.well|Ref=NUM_20:17!11|MId=o040200170111|Strong=0875 18 דֶּ֧רֶךְ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=the.way|Ref=NUM_20:17!12|MId=o040200170121|Strong=1870 19-20 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_20:17!13|MId=o040200170131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=NUM_20:17!13|MId=o040200170132|Strong=4428 21 נֵלֵ֗ךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=we.will.go|Ref=NUM_20:17!14|MId=o040200170141|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:040200140101;|Type=yiqtol 22 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_20:17!15|MId=o040200170151|Strong=3808|Type=negative 23 נִטֶּה֙ נָטָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=we.will.turn.aside|Ref=NUM_20:17!16|MId=o040200170161|Strong=5186|Frame=A0:040200140101;|Type=yiqtol 24 יָמִ֣ין יָמִין NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=right.hand|Ref=NUM_20:17!17|MId=o040200170171|Strong=3225 25-26 וּשְׂמֹ֔אול _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_20:17!18|MId=o040200170181|Strong=2050b 26 שְׂמֹ֔אול שְׂמֹאל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 conj _ Gloss=left.hand|Ref=NUM_20:17!18|MId=o040200170182|Strong=8040 27 עַ֥ד עַד ADP _ _ 23 parataxis _ Gloss=until|Ref=NUM_20:17!19|MId=o040200170191|Strong=5704 28 אֲשֶֽׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 29 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=NUM_20:17!20|MId=o040200170201|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 29 נַעֲבֹ֖ר עָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 27 parataxis _ Gloss=we.will.pass.through|Ref=NUM_20:17!21|MId=o040200170211|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:040200140101;|Type=yiqtol 30-31 גְּבוּלֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 גְּבוּל גְּבוּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=territory|Ref=NUM_20:17!22|MId=o040200170221|Strong=1366 31 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_20:17!22|MId=o040200170222|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=NUM_20:17!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes - hedged: yes (נָא) | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נַעְבְּרָה־ *let us pass* | cohortative · qal | | | | | | **not** נַעֲבֹר *we will pass* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | **not** נִשְׁתֶּה *we will drink* | yiqtol · qal | | מֵי *water* | | | | נֵלֵךְ *we will go* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | **not** נִטֶּה *we will turn aside* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | נַעֲבֹר *we will pass through* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | 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} נְעִיבַּר כְּעַן בְּאַרְעָךְ לָא נְעִיבֵּר בַּחֲקַל וּבִכְרָם וְלָא נִשְׁתֵּי מֵי גוֹב בְּאֹרַח מַלְכָּא נֵיזֵיל לָא נִסְטֵּי לְיַמִינָא וְלִשְׂמָאלָא עַד דִנְעִיבַּר תְּחוּמָךְ 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. [Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.743/) **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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