--- title: Genesis 20:5 — Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she her… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.' Who acts: Abimelech, woman, I. 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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 — Abimelech, woman, I — and what happens in the verse to sister, brother, this, simplicity, 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. הֲלֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר־לִי֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וְהִֽיא־גַם־הִ֥וא אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָחִ֣י ה֑וּא בְּתָם־לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי זֹֽאת׃ [Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.525/) [In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.526/) ## 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:500 # text = הֲלֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר־לִי֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וְהִֽיא־גַם־הִ֥וא אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָחִ֣י ה֑וּא בְּתָם־לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי זֹֽאת׃ # verse = GEN.20.5 1-2 הֲלֹ֨א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=GEN_20:5!1|MId=o010200050011|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 2 לֹ֨א לֹא ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_20:5!1|MId=o010200050012|Strong=3808|Type=negative 3 ה֤וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=GEN_20:5!2|MId=o010200050021|Strong=1931|Type=personal 4 אָֽמַר־ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=did.he.say|Ref=GEN_20:5!3|MId=o010200050031|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010200050021;A1:010200050051;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 5-6 לִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 ל לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_20:5!4|MId=o010200050041|Strong=3807a 6 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_20:5!4|MId=o010200050042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 7-8 אֲחֹ֣תִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 אֲחֹ֣ת אָחוֹת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ Gloss=sister|Ref=GEN_20:5!5|MId=o010200050051|Strong=0269 8 ִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].my|Ref=GEN_20:5!5|MId=o010200050052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 9 הִ֔וא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ Gloss=she|Ref=GEN_20:5!6|MId=o010200050061|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 10-11 וְהִֽיא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_20:5!7|MId=o010200050071|Strong=2050b 11 הִֽיא־ הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ Gloss=she|Ref=GEN_20:5!7|MId=o010200050072|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 12 גַם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 13 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=GEN_20:5!8|MId=o010200050081|Strong=1571|SpaceAfter=No 13 הִ֥וא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 appos _ Gloss=she|Ref=GEN_20:5!9|MId=o010200050091|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 14 אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 4 conj _ Gloss=she.said|Ref=GEN_20:5!10|MId=o010200050101|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010200050072;A1:010200050111;|Type=qatal 15-16 אָחִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אָח אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ Gloss=brother|Ref=GEN_20:5!11|MId=o010200050111|Strong=0251 16 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].my|Ref=GEN_20:5!11|MId=o010200050112|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 17 ה֑וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=GEN_20:5!12|MId=o010200050121|Strong=1931|Type=personal 18-19 בְּתָם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_20:5!13|MId=o010200050131|Strong=0871a 19 תָם־ תֹּם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=the.integrity|Ref=GEN_20:5!13|MId=o010200050132|Strong=8537 20-21 לְבָבִ֛י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְבָב לֵבָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.heart|Ref=GEN_20:5!14|MId=o010200050141|Strong=3824 21 ִ֛י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_20:5!14|MId=o010200050142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 22-24 וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_20:5!15|MId=o010200050151|Strong=2050b 23 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_20:5!15|MId=o010200050152|Strong=0871a 24 נִקְיֹ֥ן נִקָּיוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 conj _ Gloss=the.innocence|Ref=GEN_20:5!15|MId=o010200050153|Strong=5356 25-26 כַּפַּ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 כַּפּ כַּף NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.palms|Ref=GEN_20:5!16|MId=o010200050161|Strong=3709 26 ַ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_20:5!16|MId=o010200050162|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 27 עָשִׂ֥יתִי עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 14 ccomp _ Gloss=I.have.done|Ref=GEN_20:5!17|MId=o010200050171|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010200040012;A1:010200050181;|Type=qatal 28 זֹֽאת זֹאת PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_20:5!18|MId=o010200050181|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=GEN_20:5!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · neg | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** אָֽמַר־ *did he say* | qatal · qal | הוּא *he* | אֲחֹת *sister* | | | | אָֽמְרָה *she said* | qatal · qal | הִֽיא־ *she* | אָח *brother* | | | | עָשִׂיתִי *I have done* | qatal · qal | | זֹֽאת *this* | | | 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} הֲלָא הוּא אֲמַר לִי אֲחָתִי הִיא וְהִיא אַף הִיא אֲמָרַת אָחִי הוּא בְּקַשִּׁיטוּת לִבִּי וּבְזַכָּאוּת יָדַי עֲבָדִית דָּא 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. [Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.525/) 2. [In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.526/) **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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