--- title: Numbers 24:1 — And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he wen… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Who acts: Balaam. Numbers 24:1 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.1/) [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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/24/) / 24:1 # Numbers 24:1 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** Balaam · **What happens:** see, please, bless, not go, meet, set · **To what, where:** it, Israel, face · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Numbers 24:1 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 — Balaam — and what happens in the verse to it, Israel, face, 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. וַיַּ֣רְא בִּלְעָ֗ם כִּ֣י ט֞וֹב בְּעֵינֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ לְבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלֹא־הָלַ֥ךְ כְּפַֽעַם־בְּפַ֖עַם לִקְרַ֣את נְחָשִׁ֑ים וַיָּ֥שֶׁת אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר פָּנָֽיו׃ [And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.867/) ## 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:842 # text = וַיַּ֣רְא בִּלְעָ֗ם כִּ֣י ט֞וֹב בְּעֵינֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ לְבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלֹא־הָלַ֥ךְ כְּפַֽעַם־בְּפַ֖עַם לִקְרַ֣את נְחָשִׁ֑ים וַיָּ֥שֶׁת אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר פָּנָֽיו׃ # verse = NUM.24.1 1-2 וַיַּ֣רְא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:1!1|MId=o040240010011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּ֣רְא רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.saw|Ref=NUM_24:1!1|MId=o040240010012|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:040240010021;A1:040240010041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 בִּלְעָ֗ם בִּלְעָם PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Balaam|Ref=NUM_24:1!2|MId=o040240010021|Strong=1109 4 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=NUM_24:1!3|MId=o040240010031|Strong=3588 5 ט֞וֹב טוֹב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=[was].good|Ref=NUM_24:1!4|MId=o040240010041|Strong=2895|Frame=A0:040240010072;|Type=qatal 6-7 בְּעֵינֵ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_24:1!5|MId=o040240010051|Strong=0871a 7 עֵינֵ֤י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 5 obl _ Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=NUM_24:1!5|MId=o040240010052|Strong=5869 8 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=NUM_24:1!6|MId=o040240010061|Strong=3068 9-10 לְבָרֵ֣ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_24:1!7|MId=o040240010071|Strong=3807a 10 בָרֵ֣ךְ בָּרַךְ VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 5 nsubj _ Gloss=bless|Ref=NUM_24:1!7|MId=o040240010072|Strong=1288|Frame=A0:040240010021;A1:040240010091;|Type=infinitive_construct 11 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_24:1!8|MId=o040240010081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 12 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 10 obj _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=NUM_24:1!9|MId=o040240010091|Strong=3478 13-14 וְלֹא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:1!10|MId=o040240010101|Strong=2050b 14 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 15 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_24:1!10|MId=o040240010102|Strong=3808|Type=negative 15 הָלַ֥ךְ הָלַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.went|Ref=NUM_24:1!11|MId=o040240010111|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:040240010021;|Type=qatal 16-17 כְּפַֽעַם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=NUM_24:1!12|MId=o040240010121|Strong=3509a 17 פַֽעַם־ פַּעַם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=time|Ref=NUM_24:1!12|MId=o040240010122|Strong=6471 18-19 בְּפַ֖עַם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_24:1!13|MId=o040240010131|Strong=0871a 19 פַ֖עַם פַּעַם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 nmod _ Gloss=time|Ref=NUM_24:1!13|MId=o040240010132|Strong=6471 20-21 לִקְרַ֣את _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_24:1!14|MId=o040240010141|Strong=3807a 21 קְרַ֣את קרא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 advcl _ Gloss=meet|Ref=NUM_24:1!14|MId=o040240010142|Strong=7122|Frame=A0:040240010021;A1:040240010151;|Type=infinitive_construct 22 נְחָשִׁ֑ים נַחַשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 21 obj _ Gloss=omens|Ref=NUM_24:1!15|MId=o040240010151|Strong=5173 23-24 וַיָּ֥שֶׁת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:1!16|MId=o040240010161|Strong=2050b 24 יָּ֥שֶׁת שִׁית VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.set|Ref=NUM_24:1!16|MId=o040240010162|Strong=7896|Frame=A0:040240010021;A1:040240010191;|Type=wayyiqtol 25 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_24:1!17|MId=o040240010171|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_24:1!18|MId=o040240010181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 מִּדְבָּ֖ר מִדְבָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=wilderness|Ref=NUM_24:1!18|MId=o040240010182|Strong=4057 28-29 פָּנָֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 פָּנָֽי פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 24 obj _ Gloss=face|Ref=NUM_24:1!19|MId=o040240010191|Strong=6440 29 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=NUM_24:1!19|MId=o040240010192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=NUM_24:1!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּרְא *he saw* | wayyiqtol · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | טוֹב *\[was\] good* | | | | טוֹב *\[was\] good* | qatal · qal | בָרֵךְ *bless* | | | | | בָרֵךְ *bless* | infinitive construct · piel | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | יִשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* | | | | **not** הָלַךְ *he went* | qatal · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | | | | | קְרַאת *meet* | infinitive construct · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | נְחָשִׁים *omens* | | | | יָּשֶׁת *he set* | wayyiqtol · qal | בִּלְעָם *Balaam* | פָּנָֽי *face* | | | 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} וַחֲזָא בִלְעָם אֲרֵי תַקִין קֳדָם יְיָ לְבָרָכָא יַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלָא הַלַךְ כִּזְמַן בִּזְמַן אֱלָהֵין לָקֳדָמוּת נְחָשַׁיָא וְשַׁוִי לָקָבֵיל עֶגְלָא דַעֲבָדוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמַדְבְּרָא אַפּוֹהִי 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 when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.867/) **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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