--- title: Genesis 12:8 — And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. Who acts: LORD. 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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 — and what happens in the verse to thence, tent, Beth el, west, altar, 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 50 chapters of Genesis on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖לבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑הבֵּֽית־אֵ֤לבֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃ [And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.321/) ## 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:306 # text = וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖לבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑הבֵּֽית־אֵ֤לבֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃ # verse = GEN.12.8 1-2 וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_12:8!1|MId=o010120080011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּעְתֵּ֨ק עָתַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.moved.on|Ref=GEN_12:8!1|MId=o010120080012|Strong=6275|Frame=A0:010120070041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 מִשָּׁ֜ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_12:8!2|MId=o010120080021|Strong=4480 4 שָּׁ֜ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=there|Ref=GEN_12:8!2|MId=o010120080022|Strong=8033 5-7 הָהָ֗רָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_12:8!3|MId=o010120080031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 הָ֗ר הַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=the.hill|Ref=GEN_12:8!3|MId=o010120080032|Strong=2022 7 ָה ה X _ _ 6 nmod _ Gloss=country|Ref=GEN_12:8!3|MId=o010120080033|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 8-9 מִקֶּ֛דֶם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=from.[the]|Ref=GEN_12:8!4|MId=o010120080041|Strong=4480 9 קֶּ֛דֶם קֶדֶם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nmod _ Gloss=east|Ref=GEN_12:8!4|MId=o010120080042|Strong=6924 10-12 לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖לבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_12:8!5|MId=o010120080051|Strong=3807a 11 בֵֽית־אֵ֖ל בֵּית־אֵל PROPN _ _ 9 nmod _ Gloss=Bethel|Ref=GEN_12:8!5|MId=o010120080052 12 בֵֽית־אֵ֖ל בֵּיתְאֵל PROPN _ _ 11 nmod _ Gloss=Bethel|Ref=GEN_12:8!6|MId=o010120080061 13-14 וַיֵּ֣ט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_12:8!7|MId=o010120080071|Strong=2050b 14 יֵּ֣ט נָטָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.pitched|Ref=GEN_12:8!7|MId=o010120080072|Strong=5186|Frame=A0:010120070041;A1:010120080071;|Type=wayyiqtol 15-18 אָהֳלֹ֑הבֵּֽית־אֵ֤לבֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אָהֳל אֹהֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=tent|Ref=GEN_12:8!8|MId=o010120080081|Strong=0168 16 ֹ֑ה הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_12:8!8|MId=o010120080082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17 בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל בֵּית־אֵל PROPN _ _ 14 obl _ Gloss=Bethel|Ref=GEN_12:8!9|MId=o010120080091 18 בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל בֵּיתְאֵל PROPN _ _ 17 nmod _ Gloss=Bethel|Ref=GEN_12:8!10|MId=o010120080101 19-20 מִיָּם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=[was].from.[the]|Ref=GEN_12:8!11|MId=o010120080111|Strong=4480 20 יָּם֙ יָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 nmod _ Gloss=west|Ref=GEN_12:8!11|MId=o010120080112|Strong=3220 21-23 וְהָעַ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_12:8!12|MId=o010120080121|Strong=2050b 22 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_12:8!12|MId=o010120080122|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 עַ֣י עַי PROPN _ _ 17 conj _ Gloss=Ai|Ref=GEN_12:8!12|MId=o010120080123|Strong=5857 24-25 מִקֶּ֔דֶם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=[was].from.[the]|Ref=GEN_12:8!13|MId=o010120080131|Strong=4480 25 קֶּ֔דֶם קֶדֶם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 nmod _ Gloss=east|Ref=GEN_12:8!13|MId=o010120080132|Strong=6924 26-27 וַיִּֽבֶן־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_12:8!14|MId=o010120080141|Strong=2050b 27 יִּֽבֶן־ בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.built|Ref=GEN_12:8!14|MId=o010120080142|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:010120070041;A1:010120080141;|Type=wayyiqtol 28 שָׁ֤ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=there|Ref=GEN_12:8!15|MId=o010120080151|Strong=8033 29 מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ מִזְבֵּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obj _ Gloss=an.altar|Ref=GEN_12:8!16|MId=o010120080161|Strong=4196 30-31 לַֽיהוָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 לַֽ לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_12:8!17|MId=o010120080171|Strong=3807a 31 יהוָ֔ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 27 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=GEN_12:8!17|MId=o010120080172|Strong=3068 32-33 וַיִּקְרָ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 33 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_12:8!18|MId=o010120080181|Strong=2050b 33 יִּקְרָ֖א קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.called|Ref=GEN_12:8!18|MId=o010120080182|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:010120070041;|Type=wayyiqtol 34-35 בְּשֵׁ֥ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_12:8!19|MId=o010120080191|Strong=0871a 35 שֵׁ֥ם שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 33 obl _ Gloss=the.name|Ref=GEN_12:8!19|MId=o010120080192|Strong=8034 36 יְהוָֽה יהוה PROPN _ _ 35 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=GEN_12:8!20|MId=o010120080201|Strong=3068|SpaceAfter=No 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=GEN_12:8!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּעְתֵּק *he moved on* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | | | | | | יֵּט *he pitched* | wayyiqtol · qal | | וַ *and* | | | | יִּֽבֶן־ *he built* | wayyiqtol · qal | | וַ *and* | | | | יִּקְרָא *he called* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | 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} וְאִסְתַּלַּק מִתַּמָּן לְטוּרָא מִמַדְנַח לְבֵית אֵל וּפְרַס מַשְׁכְּנֵהּ בֵּית אֵל מִמַּעַרְבָא וְעַי מִמָּדִינְחָא וּבְנָא תַמָּן מִדְבְּחָא קֳדָם יְיָ וְצַלִּי בִּשְׁמָא דַּיְיָ 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 he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.321/) **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:306`. - ← previous: [Genesis 12:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.7/) - next →: [Genesis 12:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.9/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/12/)