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title: Numbers 27:1 — Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the s… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. Who acts: these. Numbers 27:1 in Hebrew
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# Numbers 27:1 בְּמִדְבַּר

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**Who acts:** these · **What happens:** draw, be · **To what, where:** names

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This is Numbers 27:1 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 — these — and what happens in the verse to names, 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.

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וַתִּקְרַ֜בְנָה בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָ֗ד בֶּן־חֵ֤פֶר בֶּן־גִּלְעָד֙ בֶּן־מָכִ֣יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה בֶן־יוֹסֵ֑ף וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת בְּנֹתָ֔יו מַחְלָ֣ה נֹעָ֔ה וְחָגְלָ֥ה וּמִלְכָּ֖ה וְתִרְצָֽה׃

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[Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.982/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:951
# text = וַתִּקְרַ֜בְנָה בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָ֗ד בֶּן־חֵ֤פֶר בֶּן־גִּלְעָד֙ בֶּן־מָכִ֣יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה בֶן־יוֹסֵ֑ף וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת בְּנֹתָ֔יו מַחְלָ֣ה נֹעָ֔ה וְחָגְלָ֥ה וּמִלְכָּ֖ה וְתִרְצָֽה׃
# verse = NUM.27.1
1-2	וַתִּקְרַ֜בְנָה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:1!1|MId=o040270010011|Strong=2050b
2	תִּקְרַ֜בְנָה	קָרַב	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.drew.near|Ref=NUM_27:1!1|MId=o040270010012|Strong=7126|Frame=A0:040270010021;|Type=wayyiqtol
3	בְּנ֣וֹת	בַּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.daughters|Ref=NUM_27:1!2|MId=o040270010021|Strong=1323
4	צְלָפְחָ֗ד	צְלׇפְחָד	PROPN	_	_	3	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Zelophehad|Ref=NUM_27:1!3|MId=o040270010031|Strong=6765
5	בֶּן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	appos	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=NUM_27:1!4|MId=o040270010041|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
6	חֵ֤פֶר	חֵפֶר	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Hepher|Ref=NUM_27:1!5|MId=o040270010051|Strong=2660
7	בֶּן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	appos	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=NUM_27:1!6|MId=o040270010061|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
8	גִּלְעָד֙	גִּלְעָד	PROPN	_	_	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Gilead|Ref=NUM_27:1!7|MId=o040270010071|Strong=1568
9	בֶּן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	appos	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=NUM_27:1!8|MId=o040270010081|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
10	מָכִ֣יר	מָכִיר	PROPN	_	_	9	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Makir|Ref=NUM_27:1!9|MId=o040270010091|Strong=4353
11	בֶּן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	10	appos	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=NUM_27:1!10|MId=o040270010101|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
12	מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה	מְנַשֶּׁה	PROPN	_	_	11	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Manasseh|Ref=NUM_27:1!11|MId=o040270010111|Strong=4519
13-14	לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_27:1!12|MId=o040270010121|Strong=3807a
14	מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת	מִשְׁפָּחָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	Gloss=the.clans|Ref=NUM_27:1!12|MId=o040270010122|Strong=4940
15	מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה	מְנַשֶּׁה	PROPN	_	_	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Manasseh|Ref=NUM_27:1!13|MId=o040270010131|Strong=4519
16	בֶן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	appos	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=NUM_27:1!14|MId=o040270010141|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
17	יוֹסֵ֑ף	יוֹסֵף	PROPN	_	_	16	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Joseph|Ref=NUM_27:1!15|MId=o040270010151|Strong=3130
18-19	וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:1!16|MId=o040270010161|Strong=2050b
19	אֵ֙לֶּה֙	אֵלֶּה	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	conj	_	Gloss=these|Ref=NUM_27:1!16|MId=o040270010162|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative
20	שְׁמ֣וֹת	שֵׁם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	Gloss=[were].the.names|Ref=NUM_27:1!17|MId=o040270010171|Strong=8034
21-22	בְּנֹתָ֔יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	בְּנֹתָ֔י	בַּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	20	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=his.daughters|Ref=NUM_27:1!18|MId=o040270010181|Strong=1323
22	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=NUM_27:1!18|MId=o040270010182|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
23	מַחְלָ֣ה	מַחְלָה	PROPN	_	_	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=Mahlah|Ref=NUM_27:1!19|MId=o040270010191|Strong=4244
24	נֹעָ֔ה	נֹעָה	PROPN	_	_	23	conj	_	Gloss=Noah|Ref=NUM_27:1!20|MId=o040270010201|Strong=5270
25-26	וְחָגְלָ֥ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:1!21|MId=o040270010211|Strong=2050b
26	חָגְלָ֥ה	חׇגְלָה	PROPN	_	_	23	conj	_	Gloss=Hoglah|Ref=NUM_27:1!21|MId=o040270010212|Strong=2295
27-28	וּמִלְכָּ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	28	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:1!22|MId=o040270010221|Strong=2050b
28	מִלְכָּ֖ה	מִלְכָּה	PROPN	_	_	23	conj	_	Gloss=Milcah|Ref=NUM_27:1!22|MId=o040270010222|Strong=4435
29-30	וְתִרְצָֽה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	30	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:1!23|MId=o040270010231|Strong=2050b
30	תִרְצָֽה	תִּרְצָה	PROPN	_	_	23	conj	_	Gloss=Tirzah|Ref=NUM_27:1!23|MId=o040270010232|Strong=8656a
31	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	30	punct	_	Ref=NUM_27:1!23
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| תִּקְרַבְנָה *they drew near* | wayyiqtol · qal | בְּנוֹת *the daughters* |  |  |  |

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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}

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וְקָרֵיבָא בְּנַת צְלָפְחָד בַּר חֵפֶר בַּר גִלְעָד בַּר מָכִיר בַּר מְנַשֶׁה לְזַרְעֲיַת מְנַשֶׁה בַּר יוֹסֵף וְאִלֵין שְׁמָהַת בְּנָתֵיהּ מַחְלָה נוֹעָה וְחָגְלָה וּמִלְכָּה וְתִרְצָה

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.982/)

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**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:951`.

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