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title: Numbers 34:2 — 'Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come int… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: 'Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof. Who acts: you, ye, this, land. Numbers 34:2 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targ
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# Numbers 34:2 בְּמִדְבַּר

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**Who acts:** you, ye, this, land · **What happens:** command, say, come, be, fall, accord · **To what, where:** children, land · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Numbers 34:2 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 — you, ye, this, land — and what happens in the verse to children, land, 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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צַ֞ו אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־אַתֶּ֥ם בָּאִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן זֹ֣את הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּפֹּ֤ל לָכֶם֙ בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ׃

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['Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1248/)

## 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:1214
# text = צַ֞ו אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־אַתֶּ֥ם בָּאִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן זֹ֣את הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּפֹּ֤ל לָכֶם֙ בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ׃
# verse = NUM.34.2
1	צַ֞ו	צָוָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2	0	root	_	Gloss=command|Ref=NUM_34:2!1|MId=o040340020011|Strong=6680|Frame=A0:040340010041;A1:040340020031;|Type=imperative
2	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_34:2!2|MId=o040340020021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
3	בְּנֵ֤י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	1	obj	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=NUM_34:2!3|MId=o040340020031|Strong=1121
4	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	3	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_34:2!4|MId=o040340020041|Strong=3478
5-6	וְאָמַרְתָּ֣	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	6	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_34:2!5|MId=o040340020051|Strong=2050b
6	אָמַרְתָּ֣	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	1	conj	_	Gloss=you.will.say|Ref=NUM_34:2!5|MId=o040340020052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040340010041;|Type=weqatal
7-8	אֲלֵהֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	אֲל	אֶל	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_34:2!6|MId=o040340020061|Strong=0413
8	ֵהֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_34:2!6|MId=o040340020062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
9	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	11	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NUM_34:2!7|MId=o040340020071|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
10	אַתֶּ֥ם	אַתֶּם	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_34:2!8|MId=o040340020081|Strong=0859a|Type=personal
11	בָּאִ֖ים	בּוֹא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur	1	advcl	_	Gloss=[are].about.to.go|Ref=NUM_34:2!9|MId=o040340020091|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:040340020081;|Type=participle_active
12	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=into|Ref=NUM_34:2!10|MId=o040340020101|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
13-14	הָאָ֣רֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	14	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_34:2!11|MId=o040340020111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
14	אָ֣רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	Gloss=land|Ref=NUM_34:2!11|MId=o040340020112|Strong=0776
15	כְּנָ֑עַן	כְּנַעַן	PROPN	_	_	14	appos	_	Gloss=Canaan|Ref=NUM_34:2!12|MId=o040340020121|Strong=3667
16	זֹ֣את	זֹאת	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	parataxis	_	Gloss=this|Ref=NUM_34:2!13|MId=o040340020131|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative
17-18	הָאָ֗רֶץ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=[is].the|Ref=NUM_34:2!14|MId=o040340020141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	אָ֗רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=land|Ref=NUM_34:2!14|MId=o040340020142|Strong=0776
19	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	20	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=NUM_34:2!15|MId=o040340020151|Strong=0834|Type=relative
20	תִּפֹּ֤ל	נָפַל	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	18	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=it.will.fall|Ref=NUM_34:2!16|MId=o040340020161|Strong=5307|Frame=A0:040340020142;|Type=yiqtol
21-22	לָכֶם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_34:2!17|MId=o040340020171|Strong=3807a
22	ָכֶם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_34:2!17|MId=o040340020172|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
23-24	בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	בְּֽ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=(in).an|Ref=NUM_34:2!18|MId=o040340020181|Strong=0871a
24	נַחֲלָ֔ה	נַחֲלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	20	obl	_	Gloss=inheritance|Ref=NUM_34:2!18|MId=o040340020182|Strong=5159
25	אֶ֥רֶץ	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	Gloss=the.land|Ref=NUM_34:2!19|MId=o040340020191|Strong=0776
26	כְּנַ֖עַן	כְּנַעַן	PROPN	_	_	25	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Canaan|Ref=NUM_34:2!20|MId=o040340020201|Strong=3667
27-29	לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_34:2!21|MId=o040340020211|Strong=3807a
28	גְבֻלֹתֶֽי	גְּבוּלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	16	obl	_	Gloss=borders|Ref=NUM_34:2!21|MId=o040340020212|Strong=1367
29	הָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=NUM_34:2!21|MId=o040340020213|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
30	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	29	punct	_	Ref=NUM_34:2!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| צַו *command* | imperative · piel |  | בְּנֵי *the people* |  |  |
| אָמַרְתָּ *you will say* | weqatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| בָּאִים *\[are\] about to go* | participle active · qal | אַתֶּם *you* |  |  |  |
| תִּפֹּל *it will fall* | yiqtol · qal | אָרֶץ *land* |  |  |  |

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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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פַּקֵד יָת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְתֵימַר לְהוֹן אֲרֵי אַתּוּן עָאלִין לְאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן דָא אַרְעָא דִי תִתְפְּלֵג לְכוֹן בְּאַחֲסָנָא אַרְעָא דִכְנַעַן לִתִחוּמָאָה

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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. ['Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1248/)

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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:1214`.

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