--- title: Numbers 22:6 — Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.' Who acts: you, I, people, we. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.6/) [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/) / 22:6 # Numbers 22:6 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** you, I, people, we, thou · **What happens:** come, pray, curse, be, prevail, smite · **To what, where:** thee, people, me, land, Balak · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Numbers 22:6 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 — you, I, people, we, thou — and what happens in the verse to thee, people, me, land, Balak, 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. וְעַתָּה֩ לְכָה־נָּ֨א אָֽרָה־לִּ֜י אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה כִּֽי־עָצ֥וּם הוּא֙ מִמֶּ֔נִּי אוּלַ֤י אוּכַל֙ נַכֶּה־בּ֔וֹ וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־תְּבָרֵךְ֙ מְבֹרָ֔ךְ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּאֹ֖ר יוּאָֽר׃ [Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.797/) ## 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:776 # text = וְעַתָּה֩ לְכָה־נָּ֨א אָֽרָה־לִּ֜י אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה כִּֽי־עָצ֥וּם הוּא֙ מִמֶּ֔נִּי אוּלַ֤י אוּכַל֙ נַכֶּה־בּ֔וֹ וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־תְּבָרֵךְ֙ מְבֹרָ֔ךְ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּאֹ֖ר יוּאָֽר׃ # verse = NUM.22.6 1-2 וְעַתָּה֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:6!1|MId=o040220060011|Strong=2050b 2 עַתָּה֩ עַתָּה ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=NUM_22:6!1|MId=o040220060012|Strong=6258 3-4 לְכָה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לְכ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=come|Ref=NUM_22:6!2|MId=o040220060021|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:040220050041;|Type=imperative 4 ָה־ ה X _ _ 3 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_22:6!2|MId=o040220060022|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 5 נָּ֨א נָא INTJ _ _ 3 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=NUM_22:6!3|MId=o040220060031|Strong=4994|Type=interjection 6-7 אָֽרָה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אָֽר אָרַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=curse|Ref=NUM_22:6!4|MId=o040220060041|Strong=0779|Frame=A0:040220050041;A1:040220060072;|Type=imperative 7 ָה־ ה X _ _ 6 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_22:6!4|MId=o040220060042|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 8-9 לִּ֜י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_22:6!5|MId=o040220060051|Strong=3807a 9 ִ֜י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=NUM_22:6!5|MId=o040220060052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 10 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_22:6!6|MId=o040220060061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 הָעָ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_22:6!7|MId=o040220060071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 עָ֣ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obj _ Gloss=people|Ref=NUM_22:6!7|MId=o040220060072|Strong=5971 13-14 הַזֶּ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NUM_22:6!8|MId=o040220060081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 זֶּ֗ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=NUM_22:6!8|MId=o040220060082|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 15 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NUM_22:6!9|MId=o040220060091|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 16 עָצ֥וּם עָצוּם ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 advcl _ Gloss=[is.too].mighty|Ref=NUM_22:6!10|MId=o040220060101|Strong=6099|Type=adjective 17 הוּא֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ Gloss=it|Ref=NUM_22:6!11|MId=o040220060111|Strong=1931|Type=personal 18-19 מִמֶּ֔נִּי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_22:6!12|MId=o040220060121|Strong=4480 19 ֶ֔נִּי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=NUM_22:6!12|MId=o040220060122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 20 אוּלַ֤י אוּלַי ADV _ _ 21 advmod _ Gloss=perhaps|Ref=NUM_22:6!13|MId=o040220060131|Strong=0194 21 אוּכַל֙ יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 parataxis _ Gloss=I.will.be.able|Ref=NUM_22:6!14|MId=o040220060141|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:040220040172;A1:040220060151;|Type=yiqtol 22 נַכֶּה־ נָכָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=1 21 ccomp _ Gloss=to.defeat|Ref=NUM_22:6!15|MId=o040220060151|Strong=5221|Frame=A0:040220040172;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 23-24 בּ֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=NUM_22:6!16|MId=o040220060161|Strong=0871a 24 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=NUM_22:6!16|MId=o040220060162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 25-27 וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:6!17|MId=o040220060171|Strong=2050b 26 אֲגָרְשׁ גָּרַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1 21 conj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NUM_22:6!17|MId=o040220060172|Strong=1644|Frame=A0:040220040172;A1:040220060173;|Type=yiqtol 27 ֶ֖נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ Gloss=will.drive.it.out|Ref=NUM_22:6!17|MId=o040220060173|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 28 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_22:6!18|MId=o040220060181|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 29-30 הָאָ֑רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_22:6!19|MId=o040220060191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 אָ֑רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 26 obl _ Gloss=land|Ref=NUM_22:6!19|MId=o040220060192|Strong=0776 31 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 32 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NUM_22:6!20|MId=o040220060201|Strong=3588 32 יָדַ֗עְתִּי יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 advcl _ Gloss=I.know|Ref=NUM_22:6!21|MId=o040220060211|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:040220040172;A1:040220060251;040220060281;|Type=qatal 33 אֵ֤ת אֵת ADP _ _ 36 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_22:6!22|MId=o040220060221|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 34 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 35 mark _ Gloss=[the.one].whom|Ref=NUM_22:6!23|MId=o040220060231|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 35 תְּבָרֵךְ֙ בָּרַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 36 nsubj _ Gloss=you.bless|Ref=NUM_22:6!24|MId=o040220060241|Strong=1288|Frame=A0:040220050041;|Type=yiqtol 36 מְבֹרָ֔ךְ בָּרַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PUAL|Number=Sing 32 obj _ Gloss=[is].blessed|Ref=NUM_22:6!25|MId=o040220060251|Strong=1288|Frame=A1:040220060241;|Type=participle_passive 37-38 וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 40 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:6!26|MId=o040220060261|Strong=2050b 38 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 39 mark _ Gloss=[the.one].whom|Ref=NUM_22:6!26|MId=o040220060262|Strong=0834|Type=relative 39 תָּאֹ֖ר אָרַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 40 nsubj _ Gloss=you.curse|Ref=NUM_22:6!27|MId=o040220060271|Strong=0779|Frame=A0:040220050041;|Type=yiqtol 40 יוּאָֽר אָרַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 36 conj _ Gloss=he.is.cursed|Ref=NUM_22:6!28|MId=o040220060281|Strong=0779|Frame=A1:040220060271;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 41 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 40 punct _ Ref=NUM_22:6!28 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | לְכ *come* | imperative · qal | | | | | | אָֽר *curse* | imperative · qal | | עָם *people* | | | | אוּכַל *I will be able* | yiqtol · qal | | נַכֶּה־ *to defeat* | | | | נַכֶּה־ *to defeat* | yiqtol · hiphil | | | | | | אֲגָרְשׁ *I* | yiqtol · piel | | ֶנּוּ *will drive it out* | | | | יָדַעְתִּי *I know* | qatal · qal | | מְבֹרָךְ *\[is\] blessed* + יוּאָֽר *he is cursed* | | | | תְּבָרֵךְ *you bless* | yiqtol · piel | | | | | | מְבֹרָךְ *\[is\] blessed* | participle passive · pual | | תְּבָרֵךְ *you bless* | | | | תָּאֹר *you curse* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יוּאָֽר *he is cursed* | yiqtol · hophal | | תָּאֹר *you curse* | | | 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} וּכְעַן אִיתָא כְּעַן לוֹט לִי יָת עַמָא הָדֵין אֲרֵי תַקִיף הוּא מִנִי מָאִים אֵכוּל לְאַגָחָא בֵּיהּ קְרָב וַאֲתָרֵכִינֵיהּ מִן אַרְעָא אֲרֵי יְדַעֲנָא יָת דִי תְבָרַךְ מְבָרָךְ וְדִי תְלוֹט לִיט 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. [Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.797/) **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:776`. - ← previous: [Numbers 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.5/) - next →: [Numbers 22:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.7/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/22/)