--- title: Numbers 23:3 — And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height. Who acts: Balaam, I, LORD, thy. 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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 — Balaam, I, LORD, thy — and what happens in the verse to me, whatsoever, thee, bare height, 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 בִּלְעָ֜ם לְבָלָ֗ק הִתְיַצֵּב֮ עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ֒ וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה אוּלַ֞י יִקָּרֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִקְרָאתִ֔י וּדְבַ֥ר מַה־יַּרְאֵ֖נִי וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי לָ֑ךְ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ שֶֽׁפִי׃ [And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.835/) ## 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:814 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר בִּלְעָ֜ם לְבָלָ֗ק הִתְיַצֵּב֮ עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ֒ וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה אוּלַ֞י יִקָּרֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִקְרָאתִ֔י וּדְבַ֥ר מַה־יַּרְאֵ֖נִי וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי לָ֑ךְ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ שֶֽׁפִי׃ # verse = NUM.23.3 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_23:3!1|MId=o040230030011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=NUM_23:3!1|MId=o040230030012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040230030021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 בִּלְעָ֜ם בִּלְעָם PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Balaam|Ref=NUM_23:3!2|MId=o040230030021|Strong=1109 4-5 לְבָלָ֗ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_23:3!3|MId=o040230030031|Strong=3807a 5 בָלָ֗ק בָּלָק PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Balak|Ref=NUM_23:3!3|MId=o040230030032|Strong=1111 6 הִתְיַצֵּב֮ יָצַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=take.your.stand|Ref=NUM_23:3!4|MId=o040230030041|Strong=3320|Frame=A0:040230030032;|Type=imperative 7 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=NUM_23:3!5|MId=o040230030051|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 עֹלָתֶךָ֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 עֹלָת עֹלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=offering|Ref=NUM_23:3!6|MId=o040230030061|Strong=5930 9 ֶךָ֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your.burnt|Ref=NUM_23:3!6|MId=o040230030062|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 10-11 וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_23:3!7|MId=o040230030071|Strong=2050b 11 אֵֽלְכָ֗ה הלך VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 6 conj _ Gloss=I.will.go|Ref=NUM_23:3!7|MId=o040230030072|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:040230030021;|Type=cohortative 12 אוּלַ֞י אוּלַי ADV _ _ 13 advmod _ Gloss=perhaps|Ref=NUM_23:3!8|MId=o040230030081|Strong=0194 13 יִקָּרֵ֤ה קָרָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 parataxis _ Gloss=he.will.meet|Ref=NUM_23:3!9|MId=o040230030091|Strong=7136|Frame=A0:040230030101;|Type=yiqtol 14 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_23:3!10|MId=o040230030101|Strong=3068 15-17 לִקְרָאתִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_23:3!11|MId=o040230030111|Strong=3807a 16 קְרָאת קרא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 13 advcl _ Gloss=meet|Ref=NUM_23:3!11|MId=o040230030112|Strong=7122|Frame=A0:040230030101;A1:040230030113;|Type=infinitive_construct 17 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ Gloss=me|Ref=NUM_23:3!11|MId=o040230030113|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 18-19 וּדְבַ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and.[the]|Ref=NUM_23:3!12|MId=o040230030121|Strong=2050b 19 דְבַ֥ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 dislocated _ Gloss=word|Ref=NUM_23:3!12|MId=o040230030122|Strong=1697 20 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 21 xcomp _ Gloss=of.whatever|Ref=NUM_23:3!13|MId=o040230030131|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 21-22 יַּרְאֵ֖נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 יַּרְא רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 19 acl _ Gloss=he|Ref=NUM_23:3!14|MId=o040230030141|Strong=7200|Frame=AA:040230030101;A1:040230030131;A0:040230030142;|Type=yiqtol 22 ֵ֖נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=will.show.me|Ref=NUM_23:3!14|MId=o040230030142|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 23-24 וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_23:3!15|MId=o040230030151|Strong=2050b 24 הִגַּ֣דְתִּי נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 6 conj _ Gloss=I.will.tell|Ref=NUM_23:3!15|MId=o040230030152|Strong=5046|Frame=AA:040230030021;A0:040230030122;|Type=weqatal 25-26 לָ֑ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 ל לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_23:3!16|MId=o040230030161|Strong=3807a 26 ָ֑ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_23:3!16|MId=o040230030162|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 27-28 וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_23:3!17|MId=o040230030171|Strong=2050b 28 יֵּ֖לֶךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.went|Ref=NUM_23:3!17|MId=o040230030172|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:040230030021;|Type=wayyiqtol 29 שֶֽׁפִי שְׁפִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 obl _ Gloss=a.bare.height|Ref=NUM_23:3!18|MId=o040230030181|Strong=8205|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=NUM_23:3!18 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | | | | | הִתְיַצֵּב *take your stand* | imperative · hithpael | בָלָק *Balak* | | | | | אֵֽלְכָה *I will go* | cohortative · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | | | | | יִקָּרֵה *he will meet* | yiqtol · niphal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | קְרָאת *meet* | infinitive construct · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ִי *me* | | | | יַּרְא *he* | yiqtol · hiphil | ֵנִי *will show me* | מַה־ *of whatever* | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | הִגַּדְתִּי *I will tell* | weqatal · hiphil | דְבַר *word* | | | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | | יֵּלֶךְ *he went* | wayyiqtol · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | | | | 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 בִּלְעָם לְבָלָק אִתְעַתֵּד עַל עֲלָתָךְ וְאֵיהַךְ מָאִים יְעָרַע מֵימַר מִן קֳדָם יְיָ לָקֳדָמוּתִי וּפִתְגָמָא דְיַחֲזִנַנִי וְאֵחַוֵי לָךְ וַאֲזַל יְחִידִי 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 Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.835/) **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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