--- title: Numbers 21:5 — And the people spoke against God, and against Moses: 'Wherefore have… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the people spoke against God, and against Moses: 'Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.' Who acts: people, ye, bread, water. Numbers 21:5 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Tar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.5/) [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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/21/) / 21:5 # Numbers 21:5 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** people, ye, bread, water, soul · **What happens:** speak, bring up, die, be, loathe · **To what, where:** us, Egypt, light bread · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Numbers 21:5 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 — people, ye, bread, water, soul — and what happens in the verse to us, Egypt, light bread, 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. וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר הָעָ֗ם בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮ וּבְמֹשֶׁה֒ לָמָ֤ה הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לָמ֖וּת בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְאֵ֣ין מַ֔יִם וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ קָ֔צָה בַּלֶּ֖חֶם הַקְּלֹקֵֽל׃ [And the people spoke against God, and against Moses: 'Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.760/) ## 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:740 # text = וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר הָעָ֗ם בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮ וּבְמֹשֶׁה֒ לָמָ֤ה הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לָמ֖וּת בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְאֵ֣ין מַ֔יִם וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ קָ֔צָה בַּלֶּ֖חֶם הַקְּלֹקֵֽל׃ # verse = NUM.21.5 1-2 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:5!1|MId=o040210050011|Strong=2050b 2 יְדַבֵּ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.spoke|Ref=NUM_21:5!1|MId=o040210050012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:040210050022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הָעָ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_21:5!2|MId=o040210050021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 עָ֗ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=people|Ref=NUM_21:5!2|MId=o040210050022|Strong=5971 5-6 בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 בֵּֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=against|Ref=NUM_21:5!3|MId=o040210050031|Strong=0871a 6 אלֹהִים֮ אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=God|Ref=NUM_21:5!3|MId=o040210050032|Strong=0430 7-9 וּבְמֹשֶׁה֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:5!4|MId=o040210050041|Strong=2050b 8 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=against|Ref=NUM_21:5!4|MId=o040210050042|Strong=0871a 9 מֹשֶׁה֒ מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 6 conj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=NUM_21:5!4|MId=o040210050043|Strong=4872 10-11 לָמָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לָ לָמָה ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_21:5!5|MId=o040210050051|Strong=3807a 11 מָ֤ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 12 obl _ Gloss=why?|Ref=NUM_21:5!5|MId=o040210050052|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 12-13 הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙ עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=have|Ref=NUM_21:5!6|MId=o040210050061|Strong=5927|Frame=AA:040210050032;040210050043;A0:040210050062;|Type=qatal 13 נוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ Gloss=you.brought.us.up|Ref=NUM_21:5!6|MId=o040210050062|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 14-15 מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_21:5!7|MId=o040210050071|Strong=4480 15 מִּצְרַ֔יִם מִצְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 12 obl _ Gloss=Egypt|Ref=NUM_21:5!7|MId=o040210050072|Strong=4714 16-17 לָמ֖וּת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_21:5!8|MId=o040210050081|Strong=3807a 17 מ֖וּת מוּת VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 12 advcl _ Gloss=die|Ref=NUM_21:5!8|MId=o040210050082|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:040210050022;|Type=infinitive_construct 18-20 בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_21:5!9|MId=o040210050091|Strong=0871a 19 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_21:5!9|MId=o040210050091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 מִּדְבָּ֑ר מִדְבָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 obl _ Gloss=wilderness|Ref=NUM_21:5!9|MId=o040210050092|Strong=4057 21 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NUM_21:5!10|MId=o040210050101|Strong=3588 22 אֵ֥ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 12 advcl _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=NUM_21:5!11|MId=o040210050111|Strong=0369|Type=negative 23 לֶ֙חֶם֙ לֶחֶם NOUN _ Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=food|Ref=NUM_21:5!12|MId=o040210050121|Strong=3899 24-25 וְאֵ֣ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:5!13|MId=o040210050131|Strong=2050b 25 אֵ֣ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 12 conj _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=NUM_21:5!13|MId=o040210050132|Strong=0369|Type=negative 26 מַ֔יִם מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ Gloss=water|Ref=NUM_21:5!14|MId=o040210050141|Strong=4325 27-29 וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:5!15|MId=o040210050151|Strong=2050b 28 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ Gloss=self|Ref=NUM_21:5!15|MId=o040210050152|Strong=5315 29 ֵ֣נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=NUM_21:5!15|MId=o040210050153|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 30 קָ֔צָה קוּץ VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 conj _ Gloss=it.loathes|Ref=NUM_21:5!16|MId=o040210050161|Strong=6973|Frame=A0:040210050152;|Type=qatal 31-33 בַּלֶּ֖חֶם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=NUM_21:5!17|MId=o040210050171|Strong=0871a 32 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 33 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_21:5!17|MId=o040210050171ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 33 לֶּ֖חֶם לֶחֶם NOUN _ Number=Sing 30 obl _ Gloss=food|Ref=NUM_21:5!17|MId=o040210050172|Strong=3899 34-35 הַקְּלֹקֵֽל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 35 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NUM_21:5!18|MId=o040210050181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 35 קְּלֹקֵֽל קְלֹקֵל ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 33 amod _ Gloss=worthless|Ref=NUM_21:5!18|MId=o040210050182|Strong=7052|Type=adjective 36 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 35 punct _ Ref=NUM_21:5!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְדַבֵּר *it spoke* | wayyiqtol · piel | עָם *people* | | | | | **not** הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ *have* | qatal · hiphil | נוּ *you brought us up* | | | אלֹהִים *God* + מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | מוּת *die* | infinitive construct · qal | עָם *people* | | | | | קָצָה *it loathes* | qatal · qal | נַפְשׁ *self* | | | | 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} וְאִתְרַעַם עַמָא בְּמֵימְרָא דַיְיָ וְעִם משֶׁה נְצוֹ לְמָא אַסֵקְתּוּנָא מִמִצְרַיִם לִמְמָת בְּמַדְבְּרָא אֲרֵי לֵית לַחְמָא וְלֵית מַיָא וְנַפְשָׁנָא עָקַת בְּמַנָא הָדֵין דְמֵיכְלֵיהּ קָלֵיל 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 the people spoke against God, and against Moses: 'Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.760/) **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:740`. - ← previous: [Numbers 21:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.4/) - next →: [Numbers 21:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.6/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/21/)