--- title: Numbers 5:21 — then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of curs… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman — the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell; Who acts: priest, woman, LORD, thigh. 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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 — priest, woman, LORD, thigh — and what happens in the verse to woman, curse, thee, thigh, 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. וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ הַכֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת־הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת הָאָלָה֒ וְאָמַ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ לָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה יִתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה אוֹתָ֛ךְ לְאָלָ֥ה וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמֵּ֑ךְ בְּתֵ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְרֵכֵךְ֙ נֹפֶ֔לֶת וְאֶת־בִּטְנֵ֖ךְ צָבָֽה׃ [then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman — the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.210/) ## 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:208 # text = וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ הַכֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת־הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת הָאָלָה֒ וְאָמַ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ לָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה יִתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה אוֹתָ֛ךְ לְאָלָ֥ה וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמֵּ֑ךְ בְּתֵ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְרֵכֵךְ֙ נֹפֶ֔לֶת וְאֶת־בִּטְנֵ֖ךְ צָבָֽה׃ # verse = NUM.5.21 1-2 וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_5:21!1|MId=o040050210011|Strong=2050b 2 הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ שָׁבַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.make.swear|Ref=NUM_5:21!1|MId=o040050210012|Strong=7650|Frame=AA:040050210022;A0:040050210042;|Type=weqatal 3-4 הַכֹּהֵ֥ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_5:21!2|MId=o040050210021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 כֹּהֵ֥ן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=priest|Ref=NUM_5:21!2|MId=o040050210022|Strong=3548 5 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_5:21!3|MId=o040050210031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 6-7 הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_5:21!4|MId=o040050210041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 אִשָּׁה֮ אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=woman|Ref=NUM_5:21!4|MId=o040050210042|Strong=0802 8-9 בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=NUM_5:21!5|MId=o040050210051|Strong=0871a 9 שְׁבֻעַ֣ת שְׁבוּעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=the.oath|Ref=NUM_5:21!5|MId=o040050210052|Strong=7621 10-11 הָאָלָה֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_5:21!6|MId=o040050210061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 אָלָה֒ אָלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.curse|Ref=NUM_5:21!6|MId=o040050210062|Strong=0423 12-13 וְאָמַ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_5:21!7|MId=o040050210071|Strong=2050b 13 אָמַ֤ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.will.say|Ref=NUM_5:21!7|MId=o040050210072|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040050210082;|Type=weqatal 14-15 הַכֹּהֵן֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_5:21!8|MId=o040050210081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 כֹּהֵן֙ כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Gloss=priest|Ref=NUM_5:21!8|MId=o040050210082|Strong=3548 16-18 לָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לָֽ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_5:21!9|MId=o040050210091|Strong=3807a 17 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_5:21!9|MId=o040050210091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 אִשָּׁ֔ה אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=woman|Ref=NUM_5:21!9|MId=o040050210092|Strong=0802 19 יִתֵּ֨ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 13 ccomp _ Gloss=may.he.make|Ref=NUM_5:21!10|MId=o040050210101|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040050210111;A1:040050210122;|Type=yiqtol 20 יְהוָ֥ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 19 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_5:21!11|MId=o040050210111|Strong=3068 21-22 אוֹתָ֛ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_5:21!12|MId=o040050210121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 22 ָ֛ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_5:21!12|MId=o040050210122|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 23-24 לְאָלָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=NUM_5:21!13|MId=o040050210131|Strong=3807a 24 אָלָ֥ה אָלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=a.curse|Ref=NUM_5:21!13|MId=o040050210132|Strong=0423 25-27 וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_5:21!14|MId=o040050210141|Strong=2050b 26 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=NUM_5:21!14|MId=o040050210142|Strong=3807a 27 שְׁבֻעָ֖ה שְׁבוּעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 conj _ Gloss=a.oath|Ref=NUM_5:21!14|MId=o040050210143|Strong=7621 28-29 בְּת֣וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_5:21!15|MId=o040050210151|Strong=0871a 29 ת֣וֹךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_5:21!15|MId=o040050210152|Strong=8432 30-31 עַמֵּ֑ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=people|Ref=NUM_5:21!16|MId=o040050210161|Strong=5971 31 ֵ֑ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_5:21!16|MId=o040050210162|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 32-33 בְּתֵ֨ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=when|Ref=NUM_5:21!17|MId=o040050210171|Strong=0871a 33 תֵ֨ת נָתַן VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 19 xcomp _ Gloss=makes|Ref=NUM_5:21!17|MId=o040050210172|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040050210181;A1:040050210201;|Type=infinitive_construct 34 יְהוָ֤ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 33 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_5:21!18|MId=o040050210181|Strong=3068 35 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 36 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_5:21!19|MId=o040050210191|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 36-37 יְרֵכֵךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 יְרֵכ יָרֵךְ NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 33 obj _ Gloss=thigh|Ref=NUM_5:21!20|MId=o040050210201|Strong=3409 37 ֵךְ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_5:21!20|MId=o040050210202|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 38 נֹפֶ֔לֶת נָפַל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ Gloss=falling|Ref=NUM_5:21!21|MId=o040050210211|Strong=5307|Frame=A0:040050210201;|Type=participle_active 39-40 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 41 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_5:21!22|MId=o040050210221|Strong=2050b 40 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 41 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_5:21!22|MId=o040050210222|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 41-42 בִּטְנֵ֖ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 בִּטְנ בֶּטֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 33 conj _ Gloss=belly|Ref=NUM_5:21!23|MId=o040050210231|Strong=0990 42 ֵ֖ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NUM_5:21!23|MId=o040050210232|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 43 צָבָֽה צָבֶה ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 41 xcomp _ Gloss=swollen|Ref=NUM_5:21!24|MId=o040050210241|Strong=6639|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 44 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 43 punct _ Ref=NUM_5:21!24 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הִשְׁבִּיעַ *he will make swear* | weqatal · hiphil | אִשָּׁה *woman* | | | כֹּהֵן *priest* | | אָמַר *he will say* | weqatal · qal | כֹּהֵן *priest* | | | | | יִתֵּן *may he make* | yiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | ָךְ *you* | | | | תֵת *makes* | infinitive construct · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | יְרֵכ *thigh* | | | | נֹפֶלֶת *falling* | participle active · qal | יְרֵכ *thigh* | | | | 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} וְיוֹמֵי כַהֲנָא יָת אִתְּתָא בְּמוֹמָתָא דִלְוָטָּא וְיֵימַר כַּהֲנָא לְאִתְּתָא יִתֵּן יְיָ יָתִיךְ לִלְוַטּ וּלְמוֹמֵי בְּגוֹ עַמִיךְ בִּדְיִתֵּן יְיָ יָת יַרְכִּיךְ מַסְיָא וְיָת מְעַיְכִי נְפִיחִין 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. [then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman — the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.210/) **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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