--- title: Numbers 27:17 — who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.' Who acts: congregation, sheep. Numbers 27:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.27.17/) [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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/27/) / 27:17 # Numbers 27:17 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** congregation, sheep · **What happens:** go out, come in, lead out, bring in, not be, have · **To what, where:** spirits, shepherd This is Numbers 27:17 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 — congregation, sheep — and what happens in the verse to spirits, shepherd, 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. אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵ֣א לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר יָבֹא֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹצִיאֵ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר יְבִיאֵ֑ם וְלֹ֤א תִהְיֶה֙ עֲדַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה כַּצֹּ֕אן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם רֹעֶֽה׃ [who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1000/) ## 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:967 # text = אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵ֣א לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר יָבֹא֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹצִיאֵ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר יְבִיאֵ֑ם וְלֹ֤א תִהְיֶה֙ עֲדַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה כַּצֹּ֕אן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם רֹעֶֽה׃ # verse = NUM.27.17 1 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 2 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=NUM_27:17!1|MId=o040270170011|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 2 יֵצֵ֣א יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.go.out|Ref=NUM_27:17!2|MId=o040270170021|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:;|Type=yiqtol 3-5 לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=NUM_27:17!3|MId=o040270170031|Strong=3807a 4 פְנֵי פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_27:17!3|MId=o040270170032|Strong=6440 5 הֶ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_27:17!3|MId=o040270170033|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 6-7 וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:17!4|MId=o040270170041|Strong=2050b 7 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=NUM_27:17!4|MId=o040270170042|Strong=0834|Type=relative 8 יָבֹא֙ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.will.come|Ref=NUM_27:17!5|MId=o040270170051|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:;|Type=yiqtol 9-11 לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=NUM_27:17!6|MId=o040270170061|Strong=3807a 10 פְנֵי פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 8 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_27:17!6|MId=o040270170062|Strong=6440 11 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_27:17!6|MId=o040270170063|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 12-13 וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:17!7|MId=o040270170071|Strong=2050b 13 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=NUM_27:17!7|MId=o040270170072|Strong=0834|Type=relative 14-15 יוֹצִיאֵ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 יוֹצִיא יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=NUM_27:17!8|MId=o040270170081|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:;A1:040270170082;|Type=yiqtol 15 ֵ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ Gloss=will.lead.them.out|Ref=NUM_27:17!8|MId=o040270170082|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 16-17 וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:17!9|MId=o040270170091|Strong=2050b 17 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 18 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=NUM_27:17!9|MId=o040270170092|Strong=0834|Type=relative 18-19 יְבִיאֵ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 יְבִיא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=NUM_27:17!10|MId=o040270170101|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:;A1:040270170102;|Type=yiqtol 19 ֵ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=will.bring.them|Ref=NUM_27:17!10|MId=o040270170102|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 20-21 וְלֹ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_27:17!11|MId=o040270170111|Strong=2050b 21 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_27:17!11|MId=o040270170112|Strong=3808|Type=negative 22 תִהְיֶה֙ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 27 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=NUM_27:17!12|MId=o040270170121|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:040270170131;|Type=yiqtol 23 עֲדַ֣ת עֵדָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ Gloss=the.congregation|Ref=NUM_27:17!13|MId=o040270170131|Strong=5712 24 יְהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=NUM_27:17!14|MId=o040270170141|Strong=3068 25-27 כַּצֹּ֕אן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=NUM_27:17!15|MId=o040270170151|Strong=3509a 26 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NUM_27:17!15|MId=o040270170151ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 צֹּ֕אן צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=sheep|Ref=NUM_27:17!15|MId=o040270170152|Strong=6629 28 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 29 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NUM_27:17!16|MId=o040270170161|Strong=0834|Type=relative 29 אֵין־ אַיִן ADV _ _ 27 acl:relcl _ Gloss=there.[belongs].not|Ref=NUM_27:17!17|MId=o040270170171|Strong=0369|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 30-31 לָהֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 ל לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_27:17!18|MId=o040270170181|Strong=3807a 31 ָהֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_27:17!18|MId=o040270170182|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 32 רֹעֶֽה רָעָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ Gloss=a.shepherd|Ref=NUM_27:17!19|MId=o040270170191|Strong=7473|Type=participle_active|SpaceAfter=No 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=NUM_27:17!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֵצֵא *he will go out* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יָבֹא *he will come* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יוֹצִיא *he* | yiqtol · hiphil | | ֵם *will lead them out* | | | | יְבִיא *he* | yiqtol · hiphil | | ֵם *will bring them* | | | | תִהְיֶה *it will be* | yiqtol · qal | עֲדַת *the congregation* | | | | 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} דִי יִפּוֹק קֳדָמֵיהוֹן וְדִי יֵעוֹל קֳדָמֵיהוֹן וְדִי יַפֵּקִנוּן וְדִי יָעֵלִינוּן וְלָא תְהֵי כְּנִשְׁתָּא דַיְיָ כְּעָנָא דִי לֵית לְהֵן רָעֵי 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. [who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1000/) **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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