--- title: Numbers 24:17 — I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth. Who acts: I, scepter. 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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 — I, scepter — and what happens in the verse to LORD, star, Jacob, Israel, corners, sons, 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. אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְלֹ֣א קָר֑וֹב דָּרַ֨ךְ כּוֹכָ֜ב מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב וְקָ֥ם שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְקַרְקַ֖ר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת׃ [I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.884/) ## 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:858 # text = אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְלֹ֣א קָר֑וֹב דָּרַ֨ךְ כּוֹכָ֜ב מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב וְקָ֥ם שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְקַרְקַ֖ר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת׃ # verse = NUM.24.17 1-2 אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 אֶרְא רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I|Ref=NUM_24:17!1|MId=o040240170011|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:040240120021;A1:040240170012;|Type=yiqtol 2 ֶ֙נּוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ Gloss=see.him|Ref=NUM_24:17!1|MId=o040240170012|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 3-4 וְלֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:17!2|MId=o040240170021|Strong=2050b 4 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 1 conj _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_24:17!2|MId=o040240170022|Strong=3808|Type=negative 5 עַתָּ֔ה עַתָּה ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=now|Ref=NUM_24:17!3|MId=o040240170031|Strong=6258 6-7 אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אֲשׁוּר שׁוּר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=I|Ref=NUM_24:17!4|MId=o040240170041|Strong=7789|Frame=A0:040240120021;A1:040240170042;|Type=yiqtol 7 ֶ֖נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ Gloss=observe.him|Ref=NUM_24:17!4|MId=o040240170042|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 8-9 וְלֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:17!5|MId=o040240170051|Strong=2050b 9 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 6 conj _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_24:17!5|MId=o040240170052|Strong=3808|Type=negative 10 קָר֑וֹב קָרֹוב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 advmod _ Gloss=near|Ref=NUM_24:17!6|MId=o040240170061|Strong=7138|Type=adjective 11 דָּרַ֨ךְ דָּרַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.march.forth|Ref=NUM_24:17!7|MId=o040240170071|Strong=1869|Frame=A0:040240170081;|Type=qatal 12 כּוֹכָ֜ב כּוֹכָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ Gloss=a.star|Ref=NUM_24:17!8|MId=o040240170081|Strong=3556 13-14 מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 מִֽ מִן ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_24:17!9|MId=o040240170091|Strong=4480 14 יַּעֲקֹ֗ב יַעֲקֹב PROPN _ _ 11 obl _ Gloss=Jacob|Ref=NUM_24:17!9|MId=o040240170092|Strong=3290 15-16 וְקָ֥ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:17!10|MId=o040240170101|Strong=2050b 16 קָ֥ם קוּם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=it.will.arise|Ref=NUM_24:17!10|MId=o040240170102|Strong=6965|Frame=A0:040240170111;|Type=weqatal 17 שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ שֵׁבֶט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Gloss=a.scepter|Ref=NUM_24:17!11|MId=o040240170111|Strong=7626 18-19 מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_24:17!12|MId=o040240170121|Strong=4480 19 יִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 16 obl _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=NUM_24:17!12|MId=o040240170122|Strong=3478 20-21 וּמָחַץ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:17!13|MId=o040240170131|Strong=2050b 21 מָחַץ֙ מָחַץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=it.will.smash|Ref=NUM_24:17!13|MId=o040240170132|Strong=4272|Frame=A0:040240170122;A1:040240170141;|Type=weqatal 22 פַּאֲתֵ֣י פֵּאָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 21 obj _ Gloss=the.corners|Ref=NUM_24:17!14|MId=o040240170141|Strong=6285 23 מוֹאָ֔ב מוֹאָב PROPN _ _ 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Moab|Ref=NUM_24:17!15|MId=o040240170151|Strong=4124 24-25 וְקַרְקַ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:17!16|MId=o040240170161|Strong=2050b 25 קַרְקַ֖ר קַרְקַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PILPEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=it.will.destroy|Ref=NUM_24:17!16|MId=o040240170162|Strong=6979a|Frame=A0:040240170122;A1:040240170181;|Type=qatal 26 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_24:17!17|MId=o040240170171|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 27 בְּנֵי־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.descendants|Ref=NUM_24:17!18|MId=o040240170181|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 28 שֵֽׁת שֵׁת PROPN _ _ 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Sheth|Ref=NUM_24:17!19|MId=o040240170191|Strong=8351|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=NUM_24:17!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** אֶרְא *I* | yiqtol · qal | | ֶנּוּ *see him* | | | | **not** אֲשׁוּר *I* | yiqtol · qal | | ֶנּוּ *observe him* | | | | דָּרַךְ *it will march forth* | qatal · qal | כּוֹכָב *a star* | | | | | קָם *it will arise* | weqatal · qal | שֵׁבֶט *a scepter* | | | | | מָחַץ *it will smash* | weqatal · qal | יִּשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* | פַּאֲתֵי *the corners* | | | | קַרְקַר *it will destroy* | qatal · pilpel | יִּשְׂרָאֵל *Israel* | בְּנֵי־ *the descendants* | | | 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} חֲזִיתֵיהּ וְלָא כְעַן סְכִיתֵיהּ וְלָא אִיתוֹהִי קָרִיב כַּד יְקוּם מַלְכָּא מִיַעֲקֹב וְיִתְרַבָּא מְשִׁיחָא מִיִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְטּוֹל רַבְרְבֵי מוֹאָב וְיִשְׁלוֹט בְּכָל בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא 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. [I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.884/) **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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