--- title: Numbers 24:21 — And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said: Thou… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said: Though firm be thy dwelling-place, and though thy nest be set in the rock; Who acts: end. Numbers 24:21 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.24.21/) [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/) / 24:21 # Numbers 24:21 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** end · **What happens:** look, take up, say, be, set · **To what, where:** parable, dwelling place, nest, rock · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Numbers 24:21 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 — end — and what happens in the verse to parable, dwelling place, nest, rock, 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. וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַקֵּינִ֔י וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֵיתָן֙ מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ וְשִׂ֥ים בַּסֶּ֖לַע קִנֶּֽךָ׃ [And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said: Though firm be thy dwelling-place, and though thy nest be set in the rock;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.888/) ## 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:862 # text = וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַקֵּינִ֔י וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֵיתָן֙ מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ וְשִׂ֥ים בַּסֶּ֖לַע קִנֶּֽךָ׃ # verse = NUM.24.21 1-2 וַיַּרְא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:21!1|MId=o040240210011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּרְא֙ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.saw|Ref=NUM_24:21!1|MId=o040240210012|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:040240120021;A1:040240210032;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_24:21!2|MId=o040240210021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 הַקֵּינִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_24:21!3|MId=o040240210031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 קֵּינִ֔י קֵינִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=Kenite[s]|Ref=NUM_24:21!3|MId=o040240210032|Strong=7017|Type=gentilic 6-7 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:21!4|MId=o040240210041|Strong=2050b 7 יִּשָּׂ֥א נָשָׂא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.lifted.up|Ref=NUM_24:21!4|MId=o040240210042|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:040240120021;A1:040240210051;|Type=wayyiqtol 8-9 מְשָׁל֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 מְשָׁל מָשָׁל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=oracle|Ref=NUM_24:21!5|MId=o040240210051|Strong=4912 9 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=NUM_24:21!5|MId=o040240210052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10-11 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_24:21!6|MId=o040240210061|Strong=2050b 11 יֹּאמַ֑ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=NUM_24:21!6|MId=o040240210062|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040240120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 12 אֵיתָן֙ אֵיתָן ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ Gloss=[is].enduring|Ref=NUM_24:21!7|MId=o040240210071|Strong=0386|Type=adjective 13-14 מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 מֽוֹשָׁב מוֹשָׁב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=dwelling|Ref=NUM_24:21!8|MId=o040240210081|Strong=4186 14 ֶ֔ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_24:21!8|MId=o040240210082|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 15-16 וְשִׂ֥ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and.[is]|Ref=NUM_24:21!9|MId=o040240210091|Strong=2050b 16 שִׂ֥ים שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 12 conj _ Gloss=set|Ref=NUM_24:21!9|MId=o040240210092|Strong=7760|Frame=A1:040240210111;|Type=participle_passive 17-19 בַּסֶּ֖לַע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_24:21!10|MId=o040240210101|Strong=0871a 18 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_24:21!10|MId=o040240210101ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 סֶּ֖לַע סֶלַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=rock|Ref=NUM_24:21!10|MId=o040240210102|Strong=5553 20-21 קִנֶּֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 קִנּ קֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Gloss=nest|Ref=NUM_24:21!11|MId=o040240210111|Strong=7064 21 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_24:21!11|MId=o040240210112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=NUM_24:21!11 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּרְא *he saw* | wayyiqtol · qal | | קֵּינִי *Kenite\[s\]* | | | | יִּשָּׂא *he lifted up* | wayyiqtol · qal | | מְשָׁל *oracle* | | | | יֹּאמַר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | שִׂים *set* | participle passive · qal | | קִנּ *nest* | | | 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 יַת שַׁלְמָאָה וּנְטַל מַתְלֵיהּ וַאֲמַר תַּקִיף בֵּית מוֹתְבָךְ וְשַׁוֵי בִכְרַךְ תַּקִּיף מְדוֹרָךְ 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 he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said: Though firm be thy dwelling-place, and though thy nest be set in the rock;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.888/) **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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