--- title: Numbers 9:7 — And those men said unto him: 'We are unclean by the dead body of a m… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And those men said unto him: 'We are unclean by the dead body of a man; wherefore are we to be kept back, so as not to bring the offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?' Who acts: men, We. 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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 — men, We — and what happens in the verse to we, offering, LORD, 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. וַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ אֵלָ֔יו אֲנַ֥חְנוּ טְמֵאִ֖ים לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה נִגָּרַ֗ע לְבִלְתִּ֨י הַקְרִ֜ב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [And those men said unto him: 'We are unclean by the dead body of a man; wherefore are we to be kept back, so as not to bring the offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.383/) ## 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:367 # text = וַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ אֵלָ֔יו אֲנַ֥חְנוּ טְמֵאִ֖ים לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה נִגָּרַ֗ע לְבִלְתִּ֨י הַקְרִ֜ב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ # verse = NUM.9.7 1-2 וַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ֠ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_9:7!1|MId=o040090070011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְרוּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=NUM_9:7!1|MId=o040090070012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:040090070022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_9:7!2|MId=o040090070021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 אֲנָשִׁ֤ים אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=people|Ref=NUM_9:7!2|MId=o040090070022|Strong=0376 5-6 הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NUM_9:7!3|MId=o040090070031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 הֵ֙מָּה֙ הֵמָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 det _ Gloss=those|Ref=NUM_9:7!3|MId=o040090070032|Strong=1992|Type=personal 7-8 אֵלָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 אֵלָ֔י אֶל ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_9:7!4|MId=o040090070041|Strong=0413 8 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=NUM_9:7!4|MId=o040090070042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 9 אֲנַ֥חְנוּ אֲנַחְנוּ PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ Gloss=we|Ref=NUM_9:7!5|MId=o040090070051|Strong=0587|Type=personal 10 טְמֵאִ֖ים טָמֵא ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ Gloss=[are].unclean|Ref=NUM_9:7!6|MId=o040090070061|Strong=2931|Type=adjective 11-12 לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_9:7!7|MId=o040090070071|Strong=3807a 12 נֶ֣פֶשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=a.corpse|Ref=NUM_9:7!7|MId=o040090070072|Strong=5315 13 אָדָ֑ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.a.person|Ref=NUM_9:7!8|MId=o040090070081|Strong=0120 14-15 לָ֣מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לָ֣ לָמָה ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_9:7!9|MId=o040090070091|Strong=3807a 15 מָּה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 16 obl _ Gloss=why?|Ref=NUM_9:7!9|MId=o040090070092|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 16 נִגָּרַ֗ע גָּרַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 10 parataxis _ Gloss=are.we.restrained|Ref=NUM_9:7!10|MId=o040090070101|Strong=1639|Frame=A1:040090070022;|Type=yiqtol 17-18 לְבִלְתִּ֨י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NUM_9:7!11|MId=o040090070111|Strong=3807a 18 בִלְתִּ֨י בֵּלֶת ADP _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NUM_9:7!11|MId=o040090070112|Strong=1115 19 הַקְרִ֜ב קָרַב VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 16 advcl _ Gloss=to.bring.near|Ref=NUM_9:7!12|MId=o040090070121|Strong=7126|Frame=AA:040090070022;A0:040090070141;|Type=infinitive_construct 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NUM_9:7!13|MId=o040090070131|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 21 קָרְבַּ֤ן קׇרְבָּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obj _ Gloss=the.offering|Ref=NUM_9:7!14|MId=o040090070141|Strong=7133 22 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=NUM_9:7!15|MId=o040090070151|Strong=3068 23-25 בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=NUM_9:7!16|MId=o040090070161|Strong=0871a 24 מֹ֣עֲד מוֹעֵד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=its.appointed|Ref=NUM_9:7!16|MId=o040090070162|Strong=4150 25 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=time|Ref=NUM_9:7!16|MId=o040090070163|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26-27 בְּת֖וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=NUM_9:7!17|MId=o040090070171|Strong=0871a 27 ת֖וֹךְ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_9:7!17|MId=o040090070172|Strong=8432 28 בְּנֵ֥י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=NUM_9:7!18|MId=o040090070181|Strong=1121 29 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NUM_9:7!19|MId=o040090070191|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=NUM_9:7!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *people* | | | | | נִגָּרַע *are we restrained* | yiqtol · niphal | | אֲנָשִׁים *people* | | | | הַקְרִב *to bring near* | infinitive construct · hiphil | קָרְבַּן *the offering* | | | אֲנָשִׁים *people* | 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} וַאֲמָרוּ גֻבְרַיָא הָאִנוּן לֵהּ אֲנַחְנָא מְסָאֲבִין לִטְמֵי נַפְשָׁא דֶאֱנָשָׁא לְמָא נִתְמְנַע בְּדִיל דְלָא לְקָרָבָא יָת קֻרְבָּנָא דַיְיָ בִּזִמְנֵיה בְּגוֹ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל 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 those men said unto him: 'We are unclean by the dead body of a man; wherefore are we to be kept back, so as not to bring the offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.383/) **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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