--- title: Numbers 4:9 — And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it. Who acts: staves. 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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 — staves — and what happens in the verse to cloth, candlestick, 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. וְלָקְח֣וּ ׀ בֶּ֣גֶד תְּכֵ֗לֶת וְכִסּ֞וּ אֶת־מְנֹרַ֤ת הַמָּאוֹר֙ וְאֶת־נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔יהָ וְאֶת־מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָ וְאֶת־מַחְתֹּתֶ֑יהָ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־כְּלֵ֣י שַׁמְנָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשָׁרְתוּ־לָ֖הּ בָּהֶֽם׃ [And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.148/) ## 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:147 # text = וְלָקְח֣וּ ׀ בֶּ֣גֶד תְּכֵ֗לֶת וְכִסּ֞וּ אֶת־מְנֹרַ֤ת הַמָּאוֹר֙ וְאֶת־נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔יהָ וְאֶת־מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָ וְאֶת־מַחְתֹּתֶ֑יהָ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־כְּלֵ֣י שַׁמְנָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשָׁרְתוּ־לָ֖הּ בָּהֶֽם׃ # verse = NUM.4.9 1-2 וְלָקְח֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:9!1|MId=o040040090011|Strong=2050b 2 לָקְח֣וּ לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.will.take|Ref=NUM_4:9!1|MId=o040040090012|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:040040050021;040040050032;A1:040040090021;|Type=weqatal 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=NUM_4:9!1 4 בֶּ֣גֶד בֶּגֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=a.covering|Ref=NUM_4:9!2|MId=o040040090021|Strong=0899 5 תְּכֵ֗לֶת תְּכֵלֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.violet.stuff|Ref=NUM_4:9!3|MId=o040040090031|Strong=8504 6-7 וְכִסּ֞וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:9!4|MId=o040040090041|Strong=2050b 7 כִסּ֞וּ כָּסָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.will.cover|Ref=NUM_4:9!4|MId=o040040090042|Strong=3680|Frame=A0:040040050021;040040050032;A1:040040090061;040040090091;040040090111;040040090131;040040090161;|Type=weqatal 8 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_4:9!5|MId=o040040090051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 9 מְנֹרַ֤ת מְנוֹרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=the.lampstand|Ref=NUM_4:9!6|MId=o040040090061|Strong=4501 10-11 הַמָּאוֹר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_4:9!7|MId=o040040090071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 מָּאוֹר֙ מָאוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.light|Ref=NUM_4:9!7|MId=o040040090072|Strong=3974 12-13 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:9!8|MId=o040040090081|Strong=2050b 13 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_4:9!8|MId=o040040090082|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 14-15 נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔י נֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 conj _ Gloss=lamps|Ref=NUM_4:9!9|MId=o040040090091|Strong=5216 15 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=NUM_4:9!9|MId=o040040090092|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 16-17 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:9!10|MId=o040040090101|Strong=2050b 17 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_4:9!10|MId=o040040090102|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 18-19 מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 מַלְקָחֶ֖י מֶלְקָחַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 9 conj _ Gloss=tongs|Ref=NUM_4:9!11|MId=o040040090111|Strong=4457 19 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=NUM_4:9!11|MId=o040040090112|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 20-21 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:9!12|MId=o040040090121|Strong=2050b 21 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_4:9!12|MId=o040040090122|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 22-23 מַחְתֹּתֶ֑יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 מַחְתֹּתֶ֑י מַחְתָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 9 conj _ Gloss=fire-pans|Ref=NUM_4:9!13|MId=o040040090131|Strong=4289 23 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=NUM_4:9!13|MId=o040040090132|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 24-25 וְאֵת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_4:9!14|MId=o040040090141|Strong=2050b 25 אֵת֙ אֵת ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_4:9!14|MId=o040040090142|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 26 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 conj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NUM_4:9!15|MId=o040040090151|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 27 כְּלֵ֣י כְּלִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.vessels|Ref=NUM_4:9!16|MId=o040040090161|Strong=3627 28-29 שַׁמְנָ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 שַׁמְנ שֶׁמֶן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=its.oil|Ref=NUM_4:9!17|MId=o040040090171|Strong=8081 29 ָ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=NUM_4:9!17|MId=o040040090172|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 30 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 31 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NUM_4:9!18|MId=o040040090181|Strong=0834|Type=relative 31 יְשָׁרְתוּ־ שָׁרַת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 26 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.will.serve|Ref=NUM_4:9!19|MId=o040040090191|Strong=8334|Frame=A0:040040050021;040040050032;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 32-33 לָ֖הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 ל לְ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=NUM_4:9!20|MId=o040040090201|Strong=3807a 33 ָ֖הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=NUM_4:9!20|MId=o040040090202|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 34-35 בָּהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=NUM_4:9!21|MId=o040040090211|Strong=0871a 35 ָהֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_4:9!21|MId=o040040090212|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 36 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 35 punct _ Ref=NUM_4:9!21 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | לָקְחוּ *they will take* | weqatal · qal | | בֶּגֶד *a covering* | | | | כִסּוּ *they will cover* | weqatal · piel | | מְנֹרַת *the lampstand* + נֵרֹתֶי *lamps* + מַלְקָחֶי *tongs* + מַחְתֹּתֶי *fire-pans* + כְּלֵי *the vessels* | | | | יְשָׁרְתוּ־ *they will serve* | yiqtol · piel | | | | | 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} וְיִסְבוּן לְבוּשׁ תִּכְלָא וִיכַסוּן יָת מְנַרְתָּא דְאַנְהוֹרֵי וְיָת בּוֹצִינָהָא וְיָת צִבְתָהָא וְיָת מַחְתְּיָתָהָא וְיָת כָּל מָנֵי מִשְׁחָא דִי יְשַׁמְשׁוּן לָהּ בְּהוֹן 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 they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.148/) **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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