--- title: Genesis 11:6 — And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all o… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. Who acts: LORD, children, this. 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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 — LORD, children, this — and what happens in the verse to one people, one language, nothing, 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 50 chapters of Genesis on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙ לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ [And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.284/) ## 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:GEN:272 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙ לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ # verse = GEN.11.6 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_11:6!1|MId=o010110060011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_11:6!1|MId=o010110060012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010110060021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יְהוָ֗ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=GEN_11:6!2|MId=o010110060021|Strong=3068 4 הֵ֣ן הֵן INTJ _ _ 11 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=GEN_11:6!3|MId=o010110060031|Strong=2005|Type=demonstrative 5 עַ֤ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ Gloss=a.people|Ref=GEN_11:6!4|MId=o010110060041|Strong=5971 6 אֶחָד֙ אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=GEN_11:6!5|MId=o010110060051|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 7-8 וְשָׂפָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_11:6!6|MId=o010110060061|Strong=2050b 8 שָׂפָ֤ה שָׂפָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 conj _ Gloss=a.language|Ref=GEN_11:6!6|MId=o010110060062|Strong=8193 9 אַחַת֙ אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=GEN_11:6!7|MId=o010110060071|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 10-12 לְכֻלָּ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=GEN_11:6!8|MId=o010110060081|Strong=3807a 11 כֻלּ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_11:6!8|MId=o010110060082|Strong=3605 12 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=of.them|Ref=GEN_11:6!8|MId=o010110060083|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 13-14 וְזֶ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_11:6!9|MId=o010110060091|Strong=2050b 14 זֶ֖ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_11:6!9|MId=o010110060092|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 15-16 הַחִלָּ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַחִלּ חָלַל VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 11 conj _ Gloss=[is].their|Ref=GEN_11:6!10|MId=o010110060101|Strong=2490|Frame=A0:010110060102;|Type=infinitive_construct 16 ָ֣ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ Gloss=beginning|Ref=GEN_11:6!10|MId=o010110060102|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 17-18 לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_11:6!11|MId=o010110060111|Strong=3807a 18 עֲשׂ֑וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 xcomp _ Gloss=do|Ref=GEN_11:6!11|MId=o010110060112|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010110050101;A1:010110060092;|Type=infinitive_construct 19-20 וְעַתָּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_11:6!12|MId=o010110060121|Strong=2050b 20 עַתָּה֙ עַתָּה ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=now|Ref=GEN_11:6!12|MId=o010110060122|Strong=6258 21 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 22 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_11:6!13|MId=o010110060131|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 22 יִבָּצֵ֣ר בָּצַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 11 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.be.withheld|Ref=GEN_11:6!14|MId=o010110060141|Strong=1219b|Frame=A1:010110060161;|Type=yiqtol 23-24 מֵהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_11:6!15|MId=o010110060151|Strong=4480 24 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=GEN_11:6!15|MId=o010110060152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 25 כֹּ֛ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_11:6!16|MId=o010110060161|Strong=3605 26 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 27 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=GEN_11:6!17|MId=o010110060171|Strong=0834|Type=relative 27 יָזְמ֖וּ זָמַם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 25 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.will.plan|Ref=GEN_11:6!18|MId=o010110060181|Strong=2161|Frame=A0:010110050101;|Type=yiqtol 28-29 לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 לַֽ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_11:6!19|MId=o010110060191|Strong=3807a 29 עֲשֽׂוֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 27 advcl _ Gloss=do|Ref=GEN_11:6!19|MId=o010110060192|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010110050101;A1:010110060161;|Type=infinitive_construct 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=GEN_11:6!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | הַחִלּ *\[is\] their* | infinitive construct · hiphil | ָם *beginning* | | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · qal | | זֶה *this* | | | | **not** יִבָּצֵר *it will be withheld* | yiqtol · niphal | | כֹּל *all* | | | | יָזְמוּ *they will plan* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | עֲשֽׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · qal | | כֹּל *all* | | | 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} וַאֲמַר יְיָ הָא עַמָּא חַד וְלִישָׁן חַד לְכֻלְּהוֹן וְדֵין דְּשָׁרִיוּ לְמֶעְבָּד וּכְעַן לָא יִתִּמְנַע מִנְּהוֹן כֹּל דִחַשִּׁיבוּ לְמֶעְבָּד 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 LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.284/) **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:GEN:272`. - ← previous: [Genesis 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.11.5/) - next →: [Genesis 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.11.7/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/11/)