--- title: Numbers 5:17 — And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water. Who acts: priest, dust. Numbers 5:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.17/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/5/) / 5:17 # Numbers 5:17 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** priest, dust · **What happens:** take, be, put · **To what, where:** holy water, earthen vessel, floor, priest, water This is Numbers 5:17 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 — priest, dust — and what happens in the verse to holy water, earthen vessel, floor, priest, water, 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. וְלָקַ֧ח הַכֹּהֵ֛ן מַ֥יִם קְדֹשִׁ֖ים בִּכְלִי־חָ֑רֶשׂ וּמִן־הֶֽעָפָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִהְיֶה֙ בְּקַרְקַ֣ע הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן יִקַּ֥ח הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְנָתַ֥ן אֶל־הַמָּֽיִם׃ [And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.206/) ## 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:204 # text = וְלָקַ֧ח הַכֹּהֵ֛ן מַ֥יִם קְדֹשִׁ֖ים בִּכְלִי־חָ֑רֶשׂ וּמִן־הֶֽעָפָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִהְיֶה֙ בְּקַרְקַ֣ע הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן יִקַּ֥ח הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְנָתַ֥ן אֶל־הַמָּֽיִם׃ # verse = NUM.5.17 1-2 וְלָקַ֧ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_5:17!1|MId=o040050170011|Strong=2050b 2 לָקַ֧ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.take|Ref=NUM_5:17!1|MId=o040050170012|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:040050170022;A1:040050170031;|Type=weqatal 3-4 הַכֹּהֵ֛ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_5:17!2|MId=o040050170021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 כֹּהֵ֛ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=priest|Ref=NUM_5:17!2|MId=o040050170022|Strong=3548 5 מַ֥יִם מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=water|Ref=NUM_5:17!3|MId=o040050170031|Strong=4325 6 קְדֹשִׁ֖ים קָדוֹשׁ ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 amod _ Gloss=holy|Ref=NUM_5:17!4|MId=o040050170041|Strong=6918|Type=adjective 7-8 בִּכְלִי־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_5:17!5|MId=o040050170051|Strong=0871a 8 כְלִי־ כְּלִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=a.vessel|Ref=NUM_5:17!5|MId=o040050170052|Strong=3627 9 חָ֑רֶשׂ חֶרֶשׂ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.earthenware|Ref=NUM_5:17!6|MId=o040050170061|Strong=2789 10-11 וּמִן־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_5:17!7|MId=o040050170071|Strong=2050b 11 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=some.of|Ref=NUM_5:17!7|MId=o040050170072|Strong=4480 12-13 הֶֽעָפָ֗ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הֶֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_5:17!8|MId=o040050170081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 עָפָ֗ר עָפָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=dust|Ref=NUM_5:17!8|MId=o040050170082|Strong=6083 14 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 17 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NUM_5:17!9|MId=o040050170091|Strong=0834|Type=relative 15 יִהְיֶה֙ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 17 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=NUM_5:17!10|MId=o040050170101|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:040050170082;|Type=yiqtol 16-17 בְּקַרְקַ֣ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_5:17!11|MId=o040050170111|Strong=0871a 17 קַרְקַ֣ע קַרְקַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 acl:relcl _ Gloss=the.floor|Ref=NUM_5:17!11|MId=o040050170112|Strong=7172 18-19 הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_5:17!12|MId=o040050170121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן מִשְׁכָּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.tabernacle|Ref=NUM_5:17!12|MId=o040050170122|Strong=4908 20 יִקַּ֥ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.will.take|Ref=NUM_5:17!13|MId=o040050170131|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:040050170142;|Type=yiqtol 21-22 הַכֹּהֵ֖ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_5:17!14|MId=o040050170141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 כֹּהֵ֖ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Gloss=priest|Ref=NUM_5:17!14|MId=o040050170142|Strong=3548 23-24 וְנָתַ֥ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_5:17!15|MId=o040050170151|Strong=2050b 24 נָתַ֥ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.will.put.[it]|Ref=NUM_5:17!15|MId=o040050170152|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040050170142;A1:040050170082;|Type=weqatal 25 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=NUM_5:17!16|MId=o040050170161|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 הַמָּֽיִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_5:17!17|MId=o040050170171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 מָּֽיִם מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 obl _ Gloss=water|Ref=NUM_5:17!17|MId=o040050170172|Strong=4325 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=NUM_5:17!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | לָקַח *he will take* | weqatal · qal | כֹּהֵן *priest* | מַיִם *water* | | | | יִהְיֶה *it will be* | yiqtol · qal | עָפָר *dust* | | | | | יִקַּח *he will take* | yiqtol · qal | כֹּהֵן *priest* | | | | | נָתַן *he will put \[it\]* | weqatal · qal | כֹּהֵן *priest* | עָפָר *dust* | | | 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} וְיִסַב כַּהֲנָא מֵי כִיוֹר בְּמַן דַחֲסָף וּמִן עַפְרָא דִי יְהֵי בִּיסוֹדֵי מַשְׁכְּנָא יִסַב כַּהֲנָא וְיִתֵּן לְמַיָא 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 the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.206/) **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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