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title: Numbers 9:15 — And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony; and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. Who acts: day, cloud. Numbers 9:15 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 19
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# Numbers 9:15 בְּמִדְבַּר

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**Who acts:** day, cloud · **What happens:** rear up, cover, be · **To what, where:** tabernacle, even, appearance

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This is Numbers 9:15 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 — day, cloud — and what happens in the verse to tabernacle, even, appearance, 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.

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וּבְיוֹם֙ הָקִ֣ים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן כִּסָּ֤ה הֶֽעָנָן֙ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן לְאֹ֖הֶל הָעֵדֻ֑ת וּבָעֶ֜רֶב יִהְיֶ֧ה עַֽל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵ֖שׁ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃

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[And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony; and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.391/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:375
# text = וּבְיוֹם֙ הָקִ֣ים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן כִּסָּ֤ה הֶֽעָנָן֙ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן לְאֹ֖הֶל הָעֵדֻ֑ת וּבָעֶ֜רֶב יִהְיֶ֧ה עַֽל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵ֖שׁ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃
# verse = NUM.9.15
1-3	וּבְיוֹם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_9:15!1|MId=o040090150011|Strong=2050b
2	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=NUM_9:15!1|MId=o040090150012|Strong=0871a
3	יוֹם֙	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	obl	_	Gloss=the.day|Ref=NUM_9:15!1|MId=o040090150013|Strong=3117
4	הָקִ֣ים	קוּם	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	3	acl	_	Gloss=set.up|Ref=NUM_9:15!2|MId=o040090150021|Strong=6965|Frame=AA:040090050211;A0:040090150042;|Type=infinitive_construct
5	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_9:15!3|MId=o040090150031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
6-7	הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	7	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_9:15!4|MId=o040090150041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
7	מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן	מִשְׁכָּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	obj	_	Gloss=tabernacle|Ref=NUM_9:15!4|MId=o040090150042|Strong=4908
8	כִּסָּ֤ה	כָּסָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.covered|Ref=NUM_9:15!5|MId=o040090150051|Strong=3680|Frame=A0:040090150062;A1:040090150082;|Type=qatal
9-10	הֶֽעָנָן֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	הֶֽ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_9:15!6|MId=o040090150061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	עָנָן֙	עָנָן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	Gloss=cloud|Ref=NUM_9:15!6|MId=o040090150062|Strong=6051
11	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_9:15!7|MId=o040090150071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
12-13	הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	13	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_9:15!8|MId=o040090150081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
13	מִּשְׁכָּ֔ן	מִשְׁכָּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	obj	_	Gloss=tabernacle|Ref=NUM_9:15!8|MId=o040090150082|Strong=4908
14-15	לְאֹ֖הֶל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_9:15!9|MId=o040090150091|Strong=3807a
15	אֹ֖הֶל	אֹהֶל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	obl	_	Gloss=the.tent|Ref=NUM_9:15!9|MId=o040090150092|Strong=0168
16-17	הָעֵדֻ֑ת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	17	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=NUM_9:15!10|MId=o040090150101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	עֵדֻ֑ת	עֵדוּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.testimony|Ref=NUM_9:15!10|MId=o040090150102|Strong=5715
18-21	וּבָעֶ֜רֶב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_9:15!11|MId=o040090150111|Strong=2050b
19	בָ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=NUM_9:15!11|MId=o040090150112|Strong=0871a
20	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	21	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_9:15!11|MId=o040090150112ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
21	עֶ֜רֶב	עֶרֶב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	conj	_	Gloss=evening|Ref=NUM_9:15!11|MId=o040090150113|Strong=6153
22	יִהְיֶ֧ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	21	cop	_	Gloss=it.was|Ref=NUM_9:15!12|MId=o040090150121|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:040090150062;|Type=yiqtol
23	עַֽל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=over|Ref=NUM_9:15!13|MId=o040090150131|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
24-25	הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	25	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_9:15!14|MId=o040090150141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
25	מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן	מִשְׁכָּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=tabernacle|Ref=NUM_9:15!14|MId=o040090150142|Strong=4908
26-27	כְּמַרְאֵה־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=like.[the]|Ref=NUM_9:15!15|MId=o040090150151|Strong=3509a
27	מַרְאֵה־	מַרְאֶה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=appearance|Ref=NUM_9:15!15|MId=o040090150152|Strong=4758
28	אֵ֖שׁ	אֵשׁ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	27	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.fire|Ref=NUM_9:15!16|MId=o040090150161|Strong=0784
29	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=NUM_9:15!17|MId=o040090150171|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No
30	בֹּֽקֶר	בֹּקֶר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	21	obl	_	Gloss=morning|Ref=NUM_9:15!18|MId=o040090150181|Strong=1242|SpaceAfter=No
31	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	30	punct	_	Ref=NUM_9:15!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הָקִים *set up* | infinitive construct · hiphil | מִּשְׁכָּן *tabernacle* |  |  |  |
| כִּסָּה *it covered* | qatal · piel | עָנָן *cloud* | מִּשְׁכָּן *tabernacle* |  |  |
| יִהְיֶה *it was* | yiqtol · qal | עָנָן *cloud* |  |  |  |

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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}

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וּבְיוֹמָא דְאִתָּקַם יָת מַשְׁכְּנָא חֲפָא עֲנָנָא יָת מַשְׁכְּנָא לְמַשְׁכְּנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא וּבְרַמְשָׁא הֲוָה עַל מַשְׁכְּנָא כְּחֵזוּ אֶשָׁתָא עַד צַפְרָא

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony; and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.391/)

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**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).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:NUM:375`.

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