--- title: Numbers 21:9 — And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the pole; and it… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived. Who acts: Moses, pole, serpent. 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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 — Moses, pole, serpent — and what happens in the verse to serpent, brass, pole, man, 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. וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מֹשֶׁה֙ נְחַ֣שׁ נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ עַל־הַנֵּ֑ס וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ הַנָּחָשׁ֙ אֶת־אִ֔ישׁ וְהִבִּ֛יט אֶל־נְחַ֥שׁ הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת וָחָֽי׃ [And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.764/) ## 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:744 # text = וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מֹשֶׁה֙ נְחַ֣שׁ נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ עַל־הַנֵּ֑ס וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ הַנָּחָשׁ֙ אֶת־אִ֔ישׁ וְהִבִּ֛יט אֶל־נְחַ֥שׁ הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת וָחָֽי׃ # verse = NUM.21.9 1-2 וַיַּ֤עַשׂ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:9!1|MId=o040210090011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּ֤עַשׂ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.made|Ref=NUM_21:9!1|MId=o040210090012|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:040210090021;A1:040210090031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 מֹשֶׁה֙ מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=NUM_21:9!2|MId=o040210090021|Strong=4872 4 נְחַ֣שׁ נָחָשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=a.snake|Ref=NUM_21:9!3|MId=o040210090031|Strong=5175 5 נְחֹ֔שֶׁת נְחֹשֶׁת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.bronze|Ref=NUM_21:9!4|MId=o040210090041|Strong=5178 6-8 וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:9!5|MId=o040210090051|Strong=2050b 7 יְשִׂמ שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=NUM_21:9!5|MId=o040210090052|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:040210090021;A1:040210090053;|Type=wayyiqtol 8 ֵ֖הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ Gloss=put.it|Ref=NUM_21:9!5|MId=o040210090053|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 9 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_21:9!6|MId=o040210090061|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 10-11 הַנֵּ֑ס _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_21:9!7|MId=o040210090071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 נֵּ֑ס נֵס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=standard|Ref=NUM_21:9!7|MId=o040210090072|Strong=5251 12-13 וְהָיָ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:9!8|MId=o040210090081|Strong=2050b 13 הָיָ֗ה הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=NUM_21:9!8|MId=o040210090082|Strong=1961|Type=weqatal 14 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 15 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=NUM_21:9!9|MId=o040210090091|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 15 נָשַׁ֤ךְ נָשַׁךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 27 advcl _ Gloss=it.had.bitten|Ref=NUM_21:9!10|MId=o040210090101|Strong=5391|Frame=A0:040210090112;A1:040210090131;|Type=qatal 16-17 הַנָּחָשׁ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_21:9!11|MId=o040210090111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 נָּחָשׁ֙ נָחָשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ Gloss=snake|Ref=NUM_21:9!11|MId=o040210090112|Strong=5175 18 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_21:9!12|MId=o040210090121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 19 אִ֔ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=anyone|Ref=NUM_21:9!13|MId=o040210090131|Strong=0376 20-21 וְהִבִּ֛יט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:9!14|MId=o040210090141|Strong=2050b 21 הִבִּ֛יט נָבַט VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 15 conj _ Gloss=he.looked|Ref=NUM_21:9!14|MId=o040210090142|Strong=5027|Frame=A0:040210090131;|Type=weqatal 22 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_21:9!15|MId=o040210090151|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 23 נְחַ֥שׁ נָחָשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=the.snake|Ref=NUM_21:9!16|MId=o040210090161|Strong=5175 24-25 הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=NUM_21:9!17|MId=o040210090171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 נְּחֹ֖שֶׁת נְחֹשֶׁת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=bronze|Ref=NUM_21:9!17|MId=o040210090172|Strong=5178 26-27 וָחָֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_21:9!18|MId=o040210090181|Strong=2050b 27 חָֽי חיה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=he.lived|Ref=NUM_21:9!18|MId=o040210090182|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:040210090131;|Type=weqatal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=NUM_21:9!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּעַשׂ *he made* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | נְחַשׁ *a snake* | | | | יְשִׂמ *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | ֵהוּ *put it* | | | | נָשַׁךְ *it had bitten* | qatal · qal | נָּחָשׁ *snake* | אִישׁ *anyone* | | | | הִבִּיט *he looked* | weqatal · hiphil | אִישׁ *anyone* | | | | | חָֽי *he lived* | weqatal · qal | אִישׁ *anyone* | | | | 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} וַעֲבַד משֶׁה חִוְיָא דִנְחָשָׁא וְשַׁוְיֵהּ עַל אָת וַהֲוָה כַּד נְכֵית חִוְיָא יָת גַבְרָא וּמִסְתַּכֵּל לְחִוְיָא דִנְחָשָׁא וּמִתְקַיָם 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 Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.764/) **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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