--- title: Numbers 22:20 — And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him: 'If the men ar… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him: 'If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.' Who acts: God, men, I, thou. Numbers 22:20 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.20/) [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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/22/) / 22:20 # Numbers 22:20 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** God, men, I, thou · **What happens:** come, say, call, rise up, go, speak · **To what, where:** thee, word · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Numbers 22:20 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 — God, men, I, thou — and what happens in the verse to thee, word, 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. וַיָּבֹ֨א אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֶל־בִּלְעָם֮ לַיְלָה֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ אִם־לִקְרֹ֤א לְךָ֙ בָּ֣אוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים ק֖וּם לֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֑ם וְאַ֗ךְ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יךָ אֹת֥וֹ תַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ [And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him: 'If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.811/) ## 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:790 # text = וַיָּבֹ֨א אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֶל־בִּלְעָם֮ לַיְלָה֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ אִם־לִקְרֹ֤א לְךָ֙ בָּ֣אוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים ק֖וּם לֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֑ם וְאַ֗ךְ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יךָ אֹת֥וֹ תַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ # verse = NUM.22.20 1-2 וַיָּבֹ֨א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:20!1|MId=o040220200011|Strong=2050b 2 יָּבֹ֨א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.came|Ref=NUM_22:20!1|MId=o040220200012|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:040220200021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=NUM_22:20!2|MId=o040220200021|Strong=0430 4 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 3 punct _ Ref=NUM_22:20!2 5 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_22:20!3|MId=o040220200031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 6 בִּלְעָם֮ בִּלְעָם PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Balaam|Ref=NUM_22:20!4|MId=o040220200041|Strong=1109 7 לַיְלָה֒ לַיְלָה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=night|Ref=NUM_22:20!5|MId=o040220200051|Strong=3915 8-9 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:20!6|MId=o040220200061|Strong=2050b 9 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=NUM_22:20!6|MId=o040220200062|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040220200021;|Type=wayyiqtol 10-11 ל֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 ל לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_22:20!7|MId=o040220200071|Strong=3807a 11 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=NUM_22:20!7|MId=o040220200072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 12 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 17 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=NUM_22:20!8|MId=o040220200081|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 לִקְרֹ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_22:20!9|MId=o040220200091|Strong=3807a 14 קְרֹ֤א קָרָא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 17 advcl _ Gloss=summon|Ref=NUM_22:20!9|MId=o040220200092|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:040220200122;|Type=infinitive_construct 15-16 לְךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 ל לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=NUM_22:20!10|MId=o040220200101|Strong=3807a 16 ְךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_22:20!10|MId=o040220200102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 17 בָּ֣אוּ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 21 advcl _ Gloss=they.have.come|Ref=NUM_22:20!11|MId=o040220200111|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:040220200122;|Type=qatal 18-19 הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_22:20!12|MId=o040220200121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ Gloss=men|Ref=NUM_22:20!12|MId=o040220200122|Strong=0376 20 ק֖וּם קוּם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 21 parataxis _ Gloss=arise|Ref=NUM_22:20!13|MId=o040220200131|Strong=6965|Frame=A0:040220200041;|Type=imperative 21 לֵ֣ךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 9 ccomp _ Gloss=go|Ref=NUM_22:20!14|MId=o040220200141|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:040220200041;|Type=imperative 22-23 אִתָּ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 אִתּ אֵת ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=NUM_22:20!15|MId=o040220200151|Strong=0854 23 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_22:20!15|MId=o040220200152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 24-25 וְאַ֗ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 35 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:20!16|MId=o040220200161|Strong=2050b 25 אַ֗ךְ אַךְ ADV _ _ 28 advmod _ Gloss=only|Ref=NUM_22:20!16|MId=o040220200162|Strong=0389 26 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_22:20!17|MId=o040220200171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 27-28 הַדָּבָ֛ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 28 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_22:20!18|MId=o040220200181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 28 דָּבָ֛ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 35 dislocated _ Gloss=word|Ref=NUM_22:20!18|MId=o040220200182|Strong=1697 29 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 30 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NUM_22:20!19|MId=o040220200191|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 30 אֲדַבֵּ֥ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1 28 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I.will.speak|Ref=NUM_22:20!20|MId=o040220200201|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:040220200021;A1:040220200182;|Type=yiqtol 31-32 אֵלֶ֖יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 אֵלֶ֖י אֶל ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_22:20!21|MId=o040220200211|Strong=0413 32 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_22:20!21|MId=o040220200212|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 33-34 אֹת֥וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_22:20!22|MId=o040220200221|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 34 ֥וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ Gloss=it|Ref=NUM_22:20!22|MId=o040220200222|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 35 תַעֲשֶֽׂה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 21 conj _ Gloss=you.will.do|Ref=NUM_22:20!23|MId=o040220200231|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:040220200041;A1:040220200222;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 36 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 35 punct _ Ref=NUM_22:20!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 *he came* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֱלֹהִים *God* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֱלֹהִים *God* | | | | | קְרֹא *summon* | infinitive construct · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | | | | | בָּאוּ *they have come* | qatal · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | | | | | קוּם *arise* | imperative · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | | | | | לֵךְ *go* | imperative · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | | | | | אֲדַבֵּר *I will speak* | yiqtol · piel | אֱלֹהִים *God* | דָּבָר *word* | | | | תַעֲשֶֽׂה *you will do* | yiqtol · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | וֹ *it* | | | 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} וַאֲתָּא מֵימַר מִן קֳדָם יְיָ לְבִלְעָם בְּלֵילְיָא וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אִם לְמִקְרֵי לָךְ אֲתוֹ גֻבְרַיָא קוּם אִיזֵיל עִמְהוֹן וּבְרַם יַת פִּתְגָמָא דִי אֲמַלֵיל עִמָךְ יָתֵיהּ תַּעְבֵיד 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 God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him: 'If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.811/) **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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