--- title: Numbers 8:17 — For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both m… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself. Who acts: first born, I. 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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 — first born, I — and what happens in the verse to Mine, first born, land, children, 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. כִּ֣י לִ֤י כָל־בְּכוֹר֙ בִּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה בְּי֗וֹם הַכֹּתִ֤י כָל־בְּכוֹר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם הִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי אֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃ [For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.366/) ## 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:351 # text = כִּ֣י לִ֤י כָל־בְּכוֹר֙ בִּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה בְּי֗וֹם הַכֹּתִ֤י כָל־בְּכוֹר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם הִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי אֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃ # verse = NUM.8.17 1 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NUM_8:17!1|MId=o040080170011|Strong=3588 2-3 לִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 ל לְ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=NUM_8:17!2|MId=o040080170021|Strong=3807a 3 ִ֤י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 0 root _ Gloss=me|Ref=NUM_8:17!2|MId=o040080170022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 4 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=every|Ref=NUM_8:17!3|MId=o040080170031|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 5 בְּכוֹר֙ בְּכֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=firstborn|Ref=NUM_8:17!4|MId=o040080170041|Strong=1060 6-7 בִּבְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_8:17!5|MId=o040080170051|Strong=0871a 7 בְנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 nmod _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=NUM_8:17!5|MId=o040080170052|Strong=1121 8 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_8:17!6|MId=o040080170061|Strong=3478 9-11 בָּאָדָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_8:17!7|MId=o040080170071|Strong=0871a 10 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NUM_8:17!7|MId=o040080170071ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 אָדָ֖ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 nmod _ Gloss=humankind|Ref=NUM_8:17!7|MId=o040080170072|Strong=0120 12-15 וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_8:17!8|MId=o040080170081|Strong=2050b 13 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_8:17!8|MId=o040080170082|Strong=0871a 14 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_8:17!8|MId=o040080170082ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 בְּהֵמָ֑ה בְּהֵמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 conj _ Gloss=livestock|Ref=NUM_8:17!8|MId=o040080170083|Strong=0929 16-17 בְּי֗וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_8:17!9|MId=o040080170091|Strong=0871a 17 י֗וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=the.day|Ref=NUM_8:17!9|MId=o040080170092|Strong=3117 18-19 הַכֹּתִ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַכֹּת נָכָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 17 acl _ Gloss=I|Ref=NUM_8:17!10|MId=o040080170101|Strong=5221|Frame=AA:040080170102;A0:040080170121;|Type=infinitive_construct 19 ִ֤י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ Gloss=struck.down|Ref=NUM_8:17!10|MId=o040080170102|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 20 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=every|Ref=NUM_8:17!11|MId=o040080170111|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 21 בְּכוֹר֙ בְּכֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=firstborn|Ref=NUM_8:17!12|MId=o040080170121|Strong=1060 22-23 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_8:17!13|MId=o040080170131|Strong=0871a 23 אֶ֣רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=NUM_8:17!13|MId=o040080170132|Strong=0776 24 מִצְרַ֔יִם מִצְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Egypt|Ref=NUM_8:17!14|MId=o040080170141|Strong=4714 25 הִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי קָדַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 3 parataxis _ Gloss=I.set.apart|Ref=NUM_8:17!15|MId=o040080170151|Strong=6942|Frame=AA:040080130112;A0:040080170162;|Type=qatal 26-27 אֹתָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_8:17!16|MId=o040080170161|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 27 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=NUM_8:17!16|MId=o040080170162|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 28-29 לִֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 ל לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NUM_8:17!17|MId=o040080170171|Strong=3807a 29 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ Gloss=myself|Ref=NUM_8:17!17|MId=o040080170172|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=NUM_8:17!17 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הַכֹּת *I* | infinitive construct · hiphil | בְּכוֹר *firstborn* | | | ִי *struck down* | | הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי *I set apart* | qatal · hiphil | ָם *them* | | | | 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} אֲרֵי דִילִי כָל בּוּכְרָא בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בֶּאֱנָשָׁא וּבִבְעִירָא בְּיוֹמָא דִקְטָּלִית כָּל בּוּכְרָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם אַקְדֵשִׁית יָתְהוֹן קֳדָמַי 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. [For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.366/) **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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