--- title: Numbers 8:2 — 'Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him: When thou lightest the lamps, t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: 'Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him: When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.' Who acts: you, thou, seven lamps. Numbers 8:2 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.8.2/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/8/) / 8:2 # Numbers 8:2 בְּמִדְבַּר **Who acts:** you, thou, seven lamps · **What happens:** speak, say, light, give · **To what, where:** lamps, light, front · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Numbers 8:2 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 — you, thou, seven lamps — and what happens in the verse to lamps, light, front, 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. דַּבֵּר֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֵלָ֑יו בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹ֔ת אֶל־מוּל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמְּנוֹרָ֔ה יָאִ֖ירוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת הַנֵּרֽוֹת׃ ['Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him: When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.351/) ## 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:336 # text = דַּבֵּר֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֵלָ֑יו בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹ֔ת אֶל־מוּל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמְּנוֹרָ֔ה יָאִ֖ירוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת הַנֵּרֽוֹת׃ # verse = NUM.8.2 1 דַּבֵּר֙ דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=speak|Ref=NUM_8:2!1|MId=o040080020011|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:040080010041;|Type=imperative 2 אֶֽל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_8:2!2|MId=o040080020021|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 3 אַהֲרֹ֔ן אַהֲרֹן PROPN _ _ 1 obl _ Gloss=Aaron|Ref=NUM_8:2!3|MId=o040080020031|Strong=0175 4-5 וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_8:2!4|MId=o040080020041|Strong=2050b 5 אָמַרְתָּ֖ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 conj _ Gloss=you.will.say|Ref=NUM_8:2!4|MId=o040080020042|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040080010041;|Type=weqatal 6-7 אֵלָ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אֵלָ֑י אֶל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_8:2!5|MId=o040080020051|Strong=0413 7 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=NUM_8:2!5|MId=o040080020052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 8-10 בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=when|Ref=NUM_8:2!6|MId=o040080020061|Strong=0871a 9 הַעֲלֹֽת עָלָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 19 advcl _ Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_8:2!6|MId=o040080020062|Strong=5927|Frame=AA:040080020063;A0:040080020082;|Type=infinitive_construct 10 ְךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ Gloss=lift.up|Ref=NUM_8:2!6|MId=o040080020063|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_8:2!7|MId=o040080020071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 הַנֵּרֹ֔ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_8:2!8|MId=o040080020081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 נֵּרֹ֔ת נֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 obj _ Gloss=lamps|Ref=NUM_8:2!8|MId=o040080020082|Strong=5216 14 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_8:2!9|MId=o040080020091|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 15 מוּל֙ מוּל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=the.front|Ref=NUM_8:2!10|MId=o040080020101|Strong=4136 16 פְּנֵ֣י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 19 obl _ Gloss=of.the.face|Ref=NUM_8:2!11|MId=o040080020111|Strong=6440 17-18 הַמְּנוֹרָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_8:2!12|MId=o040080020121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 מְּנוֹרָ֔ה מְנוֹרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.lampstand|Ref=NUM_8:2!12|MId=o040080020122|Strong=4501 19 יָאִ֖ירוּ אוֹר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 5 ccomp _ Gloss=they.will.give.light|Ref=NUM_8:2!13|MId=o040080020131|Strong=0215|Frame=A0:040080020152;|Type=yiqtol 20 שִׁבְעַ֥ת שֶׁבַע NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 nummod _ Gloss=the.seven|Ref=NUM_8:2!14|MId=o040080020141|Strong=7651|Type=cardinal_number 21-22 הַנֵּרֽוֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_8:2!15|MId=o040080020151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 נֵּרֽוֹת נֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ Gloss=lamps|Ref=NUM_8:2!15|MId=o040080020152|Strong=5216 23 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=NUM_8:2!15 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | דַּבֵּר *speak* | imperative · piel | | | | | | אָמַרְתָּ *you will say* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | הַעֲלֹֽת *you* | infinitive construct · hiphil | נֵּרֹת *lamps* | | | ְךָ *lift up* | | יָאִירוּ *they will give light* | yiqtol · hiphil | נֵּרֽוֹת *lamps* | | | | 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} מַלֵל עִם אַהֲרֹן וְתֵימַר לֵהּ בְּאַדְלָקוּתָךְ יָת בּוֹצִינַיָא לָקֳבֵל אַפֵּי מְנַרְתָּא יְהוֹן מְנַהֲרִין שִׁבְעָא בוֹצִינַיָא 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. ['Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him: When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.351/) **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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