--- title: Numbers 7:8 — And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, acco… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. Who acts: Moses, wagons. Numbers 7:8 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.7.8/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/7/) / 7:8 # Numbers 7:8 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** Moses, wagons · **What happens:** give, service · **To what, where:** four wagons, hand This is Numbers 7:8 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 — Moses, wagons — and what happens in the verse to four wagons, hand, 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. וְאֵ֣ת ׀ אַרְבַּ֣ע הָעֲגָלֹ֗ת וְאֵת֙ שְׁמֹנַ֣ת הַבָּקָ֔ר נָתַ֖ן לִבְנֵ֣י מְרָרִ֑י כְּפִי֙ עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם בְּיַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ [And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.255/) ## 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:253 # text = וְאֵ֣ת ׀ אַרְבַּ֣ע הָעֲגָלֹ֗ת וְאֵת֙ שְׁמֹנַ֣ת הַבָּקָ֔ר נָתַ֖ן לִבְנֵ֣י מְרָרִ֑י כְּפִי֙ עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם בְּיַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ # verse = NUM.7.8 1-2 וְאֵ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_7:8!1|MId=o040070080011|Strong=2050b 2 אֵ֣ת אֵת ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_7:8!1|MId=o040070080012|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=NUM_7:8!1 4 אַרְבַּ֣ע אַרְבַּע NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 nummod _ Gloss=four|Ref=NUM_7:8!2|MId=o040070080021|Strong=0702|Type=cardinal_number 5-6 הָעֲגָלֹ֗ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_7:8!3|MId=o040070080031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 עֲגָלֹ֗ת עֲגָלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 12 obj _ Gloss=the.carts|Ref=NUM_7:8!3|MId=o040070080032|Strong=5699 7-8 וְאֵת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_7:8!4|MId=o040070080041|Strong=2050b 8 אֵת֙ אֵת ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_7:8!4|MId=o040070080042|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 9 שְׁמֹנַ֣ת שְׁמֹנֶה NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 nummod _ Gloss=eight|Ref=NUM_7:8!5|MId=o040070080051|Strong=8083|Type=cardinal_number 10-11 הַבָּקָ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_7:8!6|MId=o040070080061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 בָּקָ֔ר בָּקָר NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 conj _ Gloss=the.ox[en]|Ref=NUM_7:8!6|MId=o040070080062|Strong=1241 12 נָתַ֖ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.gave|Ref=NUM_7:8!7|MId=o040070080071|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:040070060021;A1:040070080032;040070080062;|Type=qatal 13-14 לִבְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_7:8!8|MId=o040070080081|Strong=3807a 14 בְנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 obl _ Gloss=the.descendants|Ref=NUM_7:8!8|MId=o040070080082|Strong=1121 15 מְרָרִ֑י מְרָרִי PROPN _ _ 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Merari|Ref=NUM_7:8!9|MId=o040070080091|Strong=4847 16-17 כְּפִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=NUM_7:8!10|MId=o040070080101|Strong=3509a 17 פִי֙ פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=to.the.mouth|Ref=NUM_7:8!10|MId=o040070080102|Strong=6310 18-19 עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 עֲבֹ֣דָת עֲבֹדָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=their.service|Ref=NUM_7:8!11|MId=o040070080111|Strong=5656 19 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_7:8!11|MId=o040070080112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 20-21 בְּיַד֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_7:8!12|MId=o040070080121|Strong=0871a 21 יַד֙ יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=NUM_7:8!12|MId=o040070080122|Strong=3027 22 אִֽיתָמָ֔ר אִיתָמָר PROPN _ _ 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Ithamar|Ref=NUM_7:8!13|MId=o040070080131|Strong=0385 23 בֶּֽן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=NUM_7:8!14|MId=o040070080141|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 24 אַהֲרֹ֖ן אַהֲרֹן PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Aaron|Ref=NUM_7:8!15|MId=o040070080151|Strong=0175 25-26 הַכֹּהֵֽן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_7:8!16|MId=o040070080161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 כֹּהֵֽן כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 appos _ Gloss=priest|Ref=NUM_7:8!16|MId=o040070080162|Strong=3548 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=NUM_7:8!16 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נָתַן *he gave* | qatal · qal | | עֲגָלֹת *the carts* + בָּקָר *the ox\[en\]* | | | 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} וְיָת אַרְבַּע עֶגְלָתָא וְיָת תְּמַנְיָא תוֹרֵי יְהַב לִבְנֵי מְרָרִי כְּמִסַת פּוּלְחַנְהוֹן בִּידָא דְאִיתָמָר בַּר אַהֲרֹן כַּהֲנָא 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 four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.255/) **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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