--- title: Numbers 21:7 — And the people came to Moses, and said: 'We have sinned, because we… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the people came to Moses, and said: 'We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us.' And Moses prayed for the people. Who acts: people, We, LORD, Moses. Numbers 21:7 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.7/) [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/) / 21:7 # Numbers 21:7 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** people, We, LORD, Moses · **What happens:** come, say, sin, speak, pray, take away · **To what, where:** Moses, serpents · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Numbers 21:7 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, We, LORD, Moses — and what happens in the verse to Moses, serpents, 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. וַיָּבֹא֩ הָעָ֨ם אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ חָטָ֗אנוּ כִּֽי־דִבַּ֤רְנוּ בַֽיהוָה֙ וָבָ֔ךְ הִתְפַּלֵּל֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיָסֵ֥ר מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּ אֶת־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד הָעָֽם׃ [And the people came to Moses, and said: 'We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us.' And Moses prayed for the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.762/) ## 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:742 # text = וַיָּבֹא֩ הָעָ֨ם אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ חָטָ֗אנוּ כִּֽי־דִבַּ֤רְנוּ בַֽיהוָה֙ וָבָ֔ךְ הִתְפַּלֵּל֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיָסֵ֥ר מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּ אֶת־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד הָעָֽם׃ # verse = NUM.21.7 1-2 וַיָּבֹא֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:7!1|MId=o040210070011|Strong=2050b 2 יָּבֹא֩ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.came|Ref=NUM_21:7!1|MId=o040210070012|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:040210070022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הָעָ֨ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_21:7!2|MId=o040210070021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 עָ֨ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=people|Ref=NUM_21:7!2|MId=o040210070022|Strong=5971 5 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_21:7!3|MId=o040210070031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 6 מֹשֶׁ֜ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=NUM_21:7!4|MId=o040210070041|Strong=4872 7-8 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:7!5|MId=o040210070051|Strong=2050b 8 יֹּאמְר֣וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=NUM_21:7!5|MId=o040210070052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040210070022;|Type=wayyiqtol 9 חָטָ֗אנוּ חָטָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 8 ccomp _ Gloss=we.have.sinned|Ref=NUM_21:7!6|MId=o040210070061|Strong=2398|Frame=A0:040210070022;|Type=qatal 10 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NUM_21:7!7|MId=o040210070071|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 11 דִבַּ֤רְנוּ דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=1 9 advcl _ Gloss=we.have.spoken|Ref=NUM_21:7!8|MId=o040210070081|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:040210070022;|Type=qatal 12-13 בַֽיהוָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בַֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=against|Ref=NUM_21:7!9|MId=o040210070091|Strong=0871a 13 יהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 11 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_21:7!9|MId=o040210070092|Strong=3068 14-16 וָבָ֔ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:7!10|MId=o040210070101|Strong=2050b 15 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=against|Ref=NUM_21:7!10|MId=o040210070102|Strong=0871a 16 ָ֔ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_21:7!10|MId=o040210070103|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 17 הִתְפַּלֵּל֙ פָּלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 11 ccomp _ Gloss=pray|Ref=NUM_21:7!11|MId=o040210070111|Strong=6419|Frame=A0:040210070041;|Type=imperative 18 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_21:7!12|MId=o040210070121|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 19 יְהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 17 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_21:7!13|MId=o040210070131|Strong=3068 20-21 וְיָסֵ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=NUM_21:7!14|MId=o040210070141|Strong=2050b 21 יָסֵ֥ר סוּר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 17 conj _ Gloss=that.he.may.remove|Ref=NUM_21:7!14|MId=o040210070142|Strong=5493|Frame=AA:040210070131;A0:040210070172;|Type=jussive 22-24 מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_21:7!15|MId=o040210070151|Strong=4480 23 עָלֵ֖י עַל ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_21:7!15|MId=o040210070152|Strong=5921 24 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=NUM_21:7!15|MId=o040210070153|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 25 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_21:7!16|MId=o040210070161|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 הַנָּחָ֑שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_21:7!17|MId=o040210070171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 נָּחָ֑שׁ נָחָשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obj _ Gloss=snake[s]|Ref=NUM_21:7!17|MId=o040210070172|Strong=5175 28-29 וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:7!18|MId=o040210070181|Strong=2050b 29 יִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל פָּלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.prayed|Ref=NUM_21:7!18|MId=o040210070182|Strong=6419|Frame=A0:040210070191;|Type=wayyiqtol 30 מֹשֶׁ֖ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 29 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=NUM_21:7!19|MId=o040210070191|Strong=4872 31 בְּעַ֥ד בַּעַד ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_21:7!20|MId=o040210070201|Strong=1157 32-33 הָעָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 33 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_21:7!21|MId=o040210070211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 33 עָֽם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=people|Ref=NUM_21:7!21|MId=o040210070212|Strong=5971 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=NUM_21:7!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָּבֹא *it came* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָם *people* | | | | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָם *people* | | | | | חָטָאנוּ *we have sinned* | qatal · qal | עָם *people* | | | | | דִבַּרְנוּ *we have spoken* | qatal · piel | עָם *people* | | | | | הִתְפַּלֵּל *pray* | imperative · hithpael | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | | יָסֵר *that he may remove* | jussive · hiphil | נָּחָשׁ *snake\[s\]* | | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | יִּתְפַּלֵּל *he prayed* | wayyiqtol · hithpael | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | | 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} וַאֲתָא עַמָא לְמשֶׁה וַאֲמָרוּ חַבְנָא אֲרֵי אִתְרַעַמְנָא קֳדָם יְיָ וְעִמָךְ נְצֵינָא צַלִי קֲדָם יְיָ וְיַעֲדִי מִנָנָא יָת חִוְיָא וְצַלִי משֶׁה עַל עַמָא 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 came to Moses, and said: 'We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us.' And Moses prayed for the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.762/) **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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