--- title: Numbers 22:4 — And Moab said unto the elders of Midian: 'Now will this multitude li… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Moab said unto the elders of Midian: 'Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.' — And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. — Who acts: Moab, multitude, ox, Balak. 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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 — Moab, multitude, ox, Balak — and what happens in the verse to all, grass, king, 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. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מוֹאָ֜ב אֶל־זִקְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן עַתָּ֞ה יְלַחֲכ֤וּ הַקָּהָל֙ אֶת־כָּל־סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔ינוּ כִּלְחֹ֣ךְ הַשּׁ֔וֹר אֵ֖ת יֶ֣רֶק הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּבָלָ֧ק בֶּן־צִפּ֛וֹר מֶ֥לֶךְ לְמוֹאָ֖ב בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽוא׃ [And Moab said unto the elders of Midian: 'Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.' — And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.795/) ## 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:774 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מוֹאָ֜ב אֶל־זִקְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן עַתָּ֞ה יְלַחֲכ֤וּ הַקָּהָל֙ אֶת־כָּל־סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔ינוּ כִּלְחֹ֣ךְ הַשּׁ֔וֹר אֵ֖ת יֶ֣רֶק הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּבָלָ֧ק בֶּן־צִפּ֛וֹר מֶ֥לֶךְ לְמוֹאָ֖ב בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽוא׃ # verse = NUM.22.4 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:4!1|MId=o040220040011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.said|Ref=NUM_22:4!1|MId=o040220040012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040220040021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 מוֹאָ֜ב מוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Moab|Ref=NUM_22:4!2|MId=o040220040021|Strong=4124 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_22:4!3|MId=o040220040031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 זִקְנֵ֣י זָקֵן ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=the.elders|Ref=NUM_22:4!4|MId=o040220040041|Strong=2205|Type=adjective 6 מִדְיָ֗ן מִדְיָן PROPN _ _ 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Midian|Ref=NUM_22:4!5|MId=o040220040051|Strong=4080 7 עַתָּ֞ה עַתָּה ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=now|Ref=NUM_22:4!6|MId=o040220040061|Strong=6258 8 יְלַחֲכ֤וּ לָחַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=they.will.lick.up|Ref=NUM_22:4!7|MId=o040220040071|Strong=3897|Frame=A0:040220040082;A1:040220040111;|Type=yiqtol 9-10 הַקָּהָל֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_22:4!8|MId=o040220040081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 קָּהָל֙ קָהָל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ Gloss=company|Ref=NUM_22:4!8|MId=o040220040082|Strong=6951 11 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_22:4!9|MId=o040220040091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 12 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_22:4!10|MId=o040220040101|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔י סָבִיב ADV _ Number=Plur 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=around|Ref=NUM_22:4!11|MId=o040220040111|Strong=5439 14 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=us|Ref=NUM_22:4!11|MId=o040220040112|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 15-16 כִּלְחֹ֣ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 כִּ כְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=NUM_22:4!12|MId=o040220040121|Strong=3509a 16 לְחֹ֣ךְ לָחַךְ VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 advcl _ Gloss=licks.up|Ref=NUM_22:4!12|MId=o040220040122|Strong=3897|Frame=A0:040220040132;A1:040220040151;|Type=infinitive_construct 17-18 הַשּׁ֔וֹר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_22:4!13|MId=o040220040131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 שּׁ֔וֹר שׁוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Gloss=ox|Ref=NUM_22:4!13|MId=o040220040132|Strong=7794 19 אֵ֖ת אֵת ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_22:4!14|MId=o040220040141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 20 יֶ֣רֶק יֶרֶק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obj _ Gloss=the.greenery|Ref=NUM_22:4!15|MId=o040220040151|Strong=3418 21-22 הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_22:4!16|MId=o040220040161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 שָּׂדֶ֑ה שָׂדֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.field|Ref=NUM_22:4!16|MId=o040220040162|Strong=7704 23-24 וּבָלָ֧ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:4!17|MId=o040220040171|Strong=2050b 24 בָלָ֧ק בָּלָק PROPN _ _ 27 nsubj _ Gloss=Balak|Ref=NUM_22:4!17|MId=o040220040172|Strong=1111 25 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=NUM_22:4!18|MId=o040220040181|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 26 צִפּ֛וֹר צִפּוֹר PROPN _ _ 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Zippor|Ref=NUM_22:4!19|MId=o040220040191|Strong=6834 27 מֶ֥לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=[was].king|Ref=NUM_22:4!20|MId=o040220040201|Strong=4428 28-29 לְמוֹאָ֖ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_22:4!21|MId=o040220040211|Strong=3807a 29 מוֹאָ֖ב מוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 27 nmod _ Gloss=Moab|Ref=NUM_22:4!21|MId=o040220040212|Strong=4124 30-32 בָּעֵ֥ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=NUM_22:4!22|MId=o040220040221|Strong=0871a 31 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_22:4!22|MId=o040220040221ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 עֵ֥ת עֵת NOUN _ Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=time|Ref=NUM_22:4!22|MId=o040220040222|Strong=6256 33-34 הַהִֽוא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NUM_22:4!23|MId=o040220040231|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 הִֽוא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 det _ Gloss=that|Ref=NUM_22:4!23|MId=o040220040232|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=NUM_22:4!23 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *it said* | wayyiqtol · qal | מוֹאָב *Moab* | | | | | יְלַחֲכוּ *they will lick up* | yiqtol · piel | קָּהָל *company* | סְבִיבֹתֵי *around* | | | | לְחֹךְ *licks up* | infinitive construct · qal | שּׁוֹר *ox* | יֶרֶק *the greenery* | | | 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} וַאֲמַר מוֹאָב לְסָבֵי מִדְיָן כְּעַן יְשֵׁיצוּן קְהָלָא יָת כָּל סַחֲרָנָנָא כְּמָא דִמְלַחֵיךְ תּוֹרָא יָת יְרוֹקָא דְחַקְלָא וּבָלָק בַּר צִפּוֹר מַלְכָּא לְמוֹאָב בְּעִידָנָה הַהִיא 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 Moab said unto the elders of Midian: 'Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.' — And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.795/) **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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