--- title: Numbers 4:27 — At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden. Who acts: ye, Gershonites. 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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, Gershonites — and what happens in the verse to service, commandment, burden, charge, Aaron, 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. עַל־פִּי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן וּבָנָ֜יו תִּהְיֶ֗ה כָּל־עֲבֹדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֔י לְכָל־מַשָּׂאָ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם וּפְקַדְתֶּ֤ם עֲלֵהֶם֙ בְּמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת אֵ֖ת כָּל־מַשָּׂאָֽם׃ [At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.167/) ## 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:165 # text = עַל־פִּי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן וּבָנָ֜יו תִּהְיֶ֗ה כָּל־עֲבֹדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֔י לְכָל־מַשָּׂאָ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם וּפְקַדְתֶּ֤ם עֲלֵהֶם֙ בְּמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת אֵ֖ת כָּל־מַשָּׂאָֽם׃ # verse = NUM.4.27 1 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_4:27!1|MId=o040040270011|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 2 פִּי֩ פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obl _ Gloss=the.mouth|Ref=NUM_4:27!2|MId=o040040270021|Strong=6310 3 אַהֲרֹ֨ן אַהֲרֹן PROPN _ _ 2 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Aaron|Ref=NUM_4:27!3|MId=o040040270031|Strong=0175 4-6 וּבָנָ֜יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:27!4|MId=o040040270041|Strong=2050b 5 בָנָ֜י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 conj _ Gloss=sons|Ref=NUM_4:27!4|MId=o040040270042|Strong=1121 6 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=NUM_4:27!4|MId=o040040270043|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7 תִּהְיֶ֗ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=NUM_4:27!5|MId=o040040270051|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:040040270071;|Type=yiqtol 8 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_4:27!6|MId=o040040270061|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 9 עֲבֹדַת֙ עֲבֹדָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.service|Ref=NUM_4:27!7|MId=o040040270071|Strong=5656 10 בְּנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.descendants|Ref=NUM_4:27!8|MId=o040040270081|Strong=1121 11-12 הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_4:27!9|MId=o040040270091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 גֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֔י גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.Gershonite[s]|Ref=NUM_4:27!9|MId=o040040270092|Strong=1649|Type=gentilic 13-14 לְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_4:27!10|MId=o040040270101|Strong=3807a 14 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_4:27!10|MId=o040040270102|Strong=3605 15-16 מַשָּׂאָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 מַשָּׂא מַשָּׂא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=carrying|Ref=NUM_4:27!11|MId=o040040270111|Strong=4853 16 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_4:27!11|MId=o040040270112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 17-19 וּלְכֹ֖ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:27!12|MId=o040040270121|Strong=2050b 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_4:27!12|MId=o040040270122|Strong=3807a 19 כֹ֖ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 conj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_4:27!12|MId=o040040270123|Strong=3605 20-21 עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 עֲבֹדָת עֲבֹדָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=service|Ref=NUM_4:27!13|MId=o040040270131|Strong=5656 21 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_4:27!13|MId=o040040270132|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 22-23 וּפְקַדְתֶּ֤ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:27!14|MId=o040040270141|Strong=2050b 23 פְקַדְתֶּ֤ם פָּקַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 14 conj _ Gloss=you.will.assign|Ref=NUM_4:27!14|MId=o040040270142|Strong=6485|Frame=A0:040040270031;040040270042;A1:040040270191;|Type=weqatal 24-25 עֲלֵהֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 עֲל עַל ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_4:27!15|MId=o040040270151|Strong=5921 25 ֵהֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_4:27!15|MId=o040040270152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 26-27 בְּמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=(in).a|Ref=NUM_4:27!16|MId=o040040270161|Strong=0871a 27 מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת מִשְׁמֶרֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=duty|Ref=NUM_4:27!16|MId=o040040270162|Strong=4931 28 אֵ֖ת אֵת ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_4:27!17|MId=o040040270171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 29 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_4:27!18|MId=o040040270181|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 30-31 מַשָּׂאָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 מַשָּׂא מַשָּׂא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=carrying|Ref=NUM_4:27!19|MId=o040040270191|Strong=4853 31 ָֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_4:27!19|MId=o040040270192|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=NUM_4:27!19 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּהְיֶה *it will be* | yiqtol · qal | עֲבֹדַת *the service* | | | | | פְקַדְתֶּם *you will assign* | weqatal · qal | אַהֲרֹן *of Aaron* + בָנָי *sons* | מַשָּׂא *carrying* | | | 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} עַל מֵימַר אַהֲרֹן וּבְנוֹהִי יְהֵי כָּל פּוּלְחַן בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹן לְכָל מַטוּלְהוֹן וּלְכֹל פּוּלְחַנְהוֹן וּתְמַנוּן עֲלֵיהוֹן בְּמַטָרָא יָת כָּל מַטוּלְהוֹן 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. [At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.167/) **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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