--- title: Numbers 35:8 — And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.' Who acts: ye, tribe. 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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 — ye, tribe — and what happens in the verse to cities, many, few, inheritance, children, 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. וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּתְּנוּ֙ מֵאֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאֵ֤ת הָרַב֙ תַּרְבּ֔וּ וּמֵאֵ֥ת הַמְעַ֖ט תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ אִ֗ישׁ כְּפִ֤י נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִנְחָ֔לוּ יִתֵּ֥ן מֵעָרָ֖יו לַלְוִיִּֽם׃פ [And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1284/) ## 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:1249 # text = וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּתְּנוּ֙ מֵאֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאֵ֤ת הָרַב֙ תַּרְבּ֔וּ וּמֵאֵ֥ת הַמְעַ֖ט תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ אִ֗ישׁ כְּפִ֤י נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִנְחָ֔לוּ יִתֵּ֥ן מֵעָרָ֖יו לַלְוִיִּֽם׃פ # verse = NUM.35.8 1-3 וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 3 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_35:8!1|MId=o040350080011|Strong=2050b 2 הֶֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_35:8!1|MId=o040350080012|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 עָרִ֗ים עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 0 root _ Gloss=cities|Ref=NUM_35:8!1|MId=o040350080013|Strong=5892 4 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NUM_35:8!2|MId=o040350080021|Strong=0834|Type=relative 5 תִּתְּנוּ֙ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 3 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.will.give|Ref=NUM_35:8!3|MId=o040350080031|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040350020031;A1:040350080013;|Type=yiqtol 6-7 מֵאֲחֻזַּ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_35:8!4|MId=o040350080041|Strong=4480 7 אֲחֻזַּ֣ת אֲחֻזָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 obl _ Gloss=the.possession|Ref=NUM_35:8!4|MId=o040350080042|Strong=0272 8 בְּנֵי־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.people|Ref=NUM_35:8!5|MId=o040350080051|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 9 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_35:8!6|MId=o040350080061|Strong=3478 10-11 מֵאֵ֤ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_35:8!7|MId=o040350080071|Strong=4480 11 אֵ֤ת אֵת ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=NUM_35:8!7|MId=o040350080072|Strong=0854 12-13 הָרַב֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_35:8!8|MId=o040350080081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 רַב֙ רַב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=many|Ref=NUM_35:8!8|MId=o040350080082|Strong=7227|Type=adjective 14 תַּרְבּ֔וּ רָבָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2 3 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.increase|Ref=NUM_35:8!9|MId=o040350080091|Strong=7235|Frame=A0:040350080051;|Type=yiqtol 15-17 וּמֵאֵ֥ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_35:8!10|MId=o040350080101|Strong=2050b 16 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_35:8!10|MId=o040350080102|Strong=4480 17 אֵ֥ת אֵת ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=NUM_35:8!10|MId=o040350080103|Strong=0854|Type=direct_object_marker 18-19 הַמְעַ֖ט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_35:8!11|MId=o040350080111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 מְעַ֖ט מְעַט ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=few|Ref=NUM_35:8!11|MId=o040350080112|Strong=4592|Type=adjective 20 תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ מָעַט VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2 14 conj _ Gloss=you.will.decrease|Ref=NUM_35:8!12|MId=o040350080121|Strong=4591|Frame=A0:040350080051;|Type=yiqtol 21 אִ֗ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ Gloss=each.one|Ref=NUM_35:8!13|MId=o040350080131|Strong=0376 22-23 כְּפִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=NUM_35:8!14|MId=o040350080141|Strong=3509a 23 פִ֤י פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 obl _ Gloss=to.the.mouth|Ref=NUM_35:8!14|MId=o040350080142|Strong=6310 24-25 נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 נַחֲלָת נַחֲלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=its.inheritance|Ref=NUM_35:8!15|MId=o040350080151|Strong=5159 25 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=NUM_35:8!15|MId=o040350080152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 27 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NUM_35:8!16|MId=o040350080161|Strong=0834|Type=relative 27 יִנְחָ֔לוּ נָחַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 24 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.will.inherit|Ref=NUM_35:8!17|MId=o040350080171|Strong=5157|Frame=A0:040350080131;A1:040350080151;|Type=yiqtol 28 יִתֵּ֥ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.give|Ref=NUM_35:8!18|MId=o040350080181|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040350080131;|Type=yiqtol 29-31 מֵעָרָ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=some|Ref=NUM_35:8!19|MId=o040350080191|Strong=4480 30 עָרָ֖י עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 28 obl _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_35:8!19|MId=o040350080192|Strong=5892 31 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its.cities|Ref=NUM_35:8!19|MId=o040350080193|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 32-34 לַלְוִיִּֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_35:8!20|MId=o040350080201|Strong=3807a 33 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_35:8!20|MId=o040350080201ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 לְוִיִּֽם לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 obl _ Gloss=Levites|Ref=NUM_35:8!20|MId=o040350080202|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=NUM_35:8!20|SpaceAfter=No 36 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=NUM_35:8!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּתְּנוּ *you will give* | yiqtol · qal | | עָרִים *cities* | | | | תַּרְבּוּ *you will increase* | yiqtol · hiphil | בְּנֵי־ *of the people* | | | | | תַּמְעִיטוּ *you will decrease* | yiqtol · hiphil | בְּנֵי־ *of the people* | | | | | יִנְחָלוּ *they will inherit* | yiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *each one* | נַחֲלָת *its inheritance* | | | | יִתֵּן *it will give* | yiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *each one* | | | | 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} וְקִרְוַיָא דִי תִתְּנוּן מֵאֲחוּדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן סַגִיאֵי תַּסְגוּן וּמִן זְעִירֵי תַּזְעִירוּן גְבַר כְּפוּם אַחֲסַנְתֵּהּ דִי יַחְסְנוּן יִתֵּן מִקִרְווֹהִי לְלֵוָאֵי 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 concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1284/) **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:1249`. - ← previous: [Numbers 35:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.7/) - next →: [Numbers 35:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.9/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/35/)