--- title: Numbers 8:12 — And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites. Who acts: Levites, thou. 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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 — Levites, thou — and what happens in the verse to hands, heads, one, atonement, 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. וְהַלְוִיִּם֙ יִסְמְכ֣וּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶ֔ם עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַפָּרִ֑ים וַ֠עֲשֵׂה אֶת־הָאֶחָ֨ד חַטָּ֜את וְאֶת־הָאֶחָ֤ד עֹלָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ [And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.361/) ## 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:346 # text = וְהַלְוִיִּם֙ יִסְמְכ֣וּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶ֔ם עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַפָּרִ֑ים וַ֠עֲשֵׂה אֶת־הָאֶחָ֨ד חַטָּ֜את וְאֶת־הָאֶחָ֤ד עֹלָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ # verse = NUM.8.12 1-3 וְהַלְוִיִּם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_8:12!1|MId=o040080120011|Strong=2050b 2 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_8:12!1|MId=o040080120012|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 לְוִיִּם֙ לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ Gloss=Levites|Ref=NUM_8:12!1|MId=o040080120013|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 4 יִסְמְכ֣וּ סָמַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.will.lay|Ref=NUM_8:12!2|MId=o040080120021|Strong=5564|Frame=A0:040080120013;A1:040080120041;|Type=yiqtol 5 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_8:12!3|MId=o040080120031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 6-7 יְדֵיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 יְדֵי יָד NOUN _ Number=Dual 4 obj _ Gloss=hands|Ref=NUM_8:12!4|MId=o040080120041|Strong=3027 7 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NUM_8:12!4|MId=o040080120042|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 8 עַ֖ל עַל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_8:12!5|MId=o040080120051|Strong=5921 9 רֹ֣אשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obl _ Gloss=the.head|Ref=NUM_8:12!6|MId=o040080120061|Strong=7218 10-11 הַפָּרִ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_8:12!7|MId=o040080120071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 פָּרִ֑ים פַּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.young.bulls|Ref=NUM_8:12!7|MId=o040080120072|Strong=6499 12-13 וַ֠עֲשֵׂה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ֠ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_8:12!8|MId=o040080120081|Strong=2050b 13 עֲשֵׂה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 4 conj _ Gloss=offer|Ref=NUM_8:12!8|MId=o040080120082|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:040080050041;A1:040080120102;|Type=imperative 14 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_8:12!9|MId=o040080120091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 הָאֶחָ֨ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_8:12!10|MId=o040080120101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 אֶחָ֨ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=one|Ref=NUM_8:12!10|MId=o040080120102|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 17 חַטָּ֜את חַטָּאת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ Gloss=a.sin.offering|Ref=NUM_8:12!11|MId=o040080120111|Strong=2403 18-19 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_8:12!12|MId=o040080120121|Strong=2050b 19 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_8:12!12|MId=o040080120122|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 20-21 הָאֶחָ֤ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_8:12!13|MId=o040080120131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 אֶחָ֤ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 conj _ Gloss=one|Ref=NUM_8:12!13|MId=o040080120132|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 22 עֹלָה֙ עֹלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ Gloss=a.burnt.offering|Ref=NUM_8:12!14|MId=o040080120141|Strong=5930 23-24 לַֽיהוָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לַֽ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_8:12!15|MId=o040080120151|Strong=3807a 24 יהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 13 parataxis _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NUM_8:12!15|MId=o040080120152|Strong=3068 25-26 לְכַפֵּ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_8:12!16|MId=o040080120161|Strong=3807a 26 כַפֵּ֖ר כִּפֶּר VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 24 advcl _ Gloss=make.atonement|Ref=NUM_8:12!16|MId=o040080120162|Strong=3722|Frame=A0:040080050041;|Type=infinitive_construct 27 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_8:12!17|MId=o040080120171|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 28-29 הַלְוִיִּֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_8:12!18|MId=o040080120181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 לְוִיִּֽם לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 obl _ Gloss=Levites|Ref=NUM_8:12!18|MId=o040080120182|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=NUM_8:12!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִסְמְכוּ *they will lay* | yiqtol · qal | לְוִיִּם *Levites* | יְדֵי *hands* | | | | עֲשֵׂה *offer* | imperative · qal | | אֶחָד *one* | | | | כַפֵּר *make atonement* | infinitive construct · 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} וְלֵוָאֵי יִסְמְכוּן יָת יְדֵיהוֹן עַל רֵישׁ תּוֹרַיָא וַעֲבֵיד יָת חַד חַטָאתָא וְיָת חַד עֲלָתָא קֳדָם יְיָ לְכַפָּרָא עַל לֵוָאֵי 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 Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.361/) **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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