--- title: Genesis 21:12 — And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight beca… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee. Who acts: God, thing, Sarah, thy. 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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 — God, thing, Sarah, thy — and what happens in the verse to thing, sight, all, seed, thee, Isaac, 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. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֗ם אַל־יֵרַ֤ע בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ עַל־הַנַּ֣עַר וְעַל־אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֹּאמַ֥ר אֵלֶ֛יךָ שָׂרָ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלָ֑הּ כִּ֣י בְיִצְחָ֔ק יִקָּרֵ֥א לְךָ֖ זָֽרַע׃ [And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.553/) ## 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:525 # text = וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֗ם אַל־יֵרַ֤ע בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ עַל־הַנַּ֣עַר וְעַל־אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֹּאמַ֥ר אֵלֶ֛יךָ שָׂרָ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלָ֑הּ כִּ֣י בְיִצְחָ֔ק יִקָּרֵ֥א לְךָ֖ זָֽרַע׃ # verse = GEN.21.12 1-2 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_21:12!1|MId=o010210120011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_21:12!1|MId=o010210120012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010210120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=GEN_21:12!2|MId=o010210120021|Strong=0430 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_21:12!3|MId=o010210120031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 אַבְרָהָ֗ם אַבְרָהָם PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Abraham|Ref=GEN_21:12!4|MId=o010210120041|Strong=0085 6 אַל־ אַל ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_21:12!5|MId=o010210120051|Strong=0408|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 7 יֵרַ֤ע רָעַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=let.it.be.displeasing|Ref=GEN_21:12!6|MId=o010210120061|Strong=7489|Frame=A0:010210110022;|Type=jussive 8-10 בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_21:12!7|MId=o010210120071|Strong=0871a 9 עֵינֶ֙י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 7 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=GEN_21:12!7|MId=o010210120072|Strong=5869 10 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_21:12!7|MId=o010210120073|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_21:12!8|MId=o010210120081|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 הַנַּ֣עַר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_21:12!9|MId=o010210120091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 נַּ֣עַר נַעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=lad|Ref=GEN_21:12!9|MId=o010210120092|Strong=5288 14-15 וְעַל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_21:12!10|MId=o010210120101|Strong=2050b 15 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_21:12!10|MId=o010210120102|Strong=5921 16-17 אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 אֲמָת אָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 conj _ Gloss=woman|Ref=GEN_21:12!11|MId=o010210120111|Strong=0519 17 ֶ֔ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your.slave|Ref=GEN_21:12!11|MId=o010210120112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 18 כֹּל֩ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 dislocated _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_21:12!12|MId=o010210120121|Strong=3605 19 אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 20 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=GEN_21:12!13|MId=o010210120131|Strong=0834|Type=relative 20 תֹּאמַ֥ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 18 acl:relcl _ Gloss=she.says|Ref=GEN_21:12!14|MId=o010210120141|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010210120161;A1:010210120121;|Type=yiqtol 21-22 אֵלֶ֛יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 אֵלֶ֛י אֶל ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_21:12!15|MId=o010210120151|Strong=0413 22 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_21:12!15|MId=o010210120152|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 23 שָׂרָ֖ה שָׂרָה PROPN _ _ 20 nsubj _ Gloss=Sarah|Ref=GEN_21:12!16|MId=o010210120161|Strong=8283 24 שְׁמַ֣ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 7 parataxis _ Gloss=listen|Ref=GEN_21:12!17|MId=o010210120171|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010210120041;|Type=imperative 25-27 בְּקֹלָ֑הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_21:12!18|MId=o010210120181|Strong=0871a 26 קֹל קוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=voice|Ref=GEN_21:12!18|MId=o010210120182|Strong=6963 27 ָ֑הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=GEN_21:12!18|MId=o010210120183|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 28 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 31 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_21:12!19|MId=o010210120191|Strong=3588 29-30 בְיִצְחָ֔ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_21:12!20|MId=o010210120201|Strong=0871a 30 יִצְחָ֔ק יִצְחָק PROPN _ _ 31 obl _ Gloss=Isaac|Ref=GEN_21:12!20|MId=o010210120202|Strong=3327 31 יִקָּרֵ֥א קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 7 advcl _ Gloss=it.will.be.named|Ref=GEN_21:12!21|MId=o010210120211|Strong=7121|Frame=A1:010210120231;|Type=yiqtol 32-33 לְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 ל לְ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_21:12!22|MId=o010210120221|Strong=3807a 33 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_21:12!22|MId=o010210120222|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 34 זָֽרַע זֶרַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ Gloss=offspring|Ref=GEN_21:12!23|MId=o010210120231|Strong=2233|SpaceAfter=No 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=GEN_21:12!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | אֱלֹהִים *God* | | | | | **not** יֵרַע *let it be displeasing* | jussive · qal | | | | | | תֹּאמַר *she says* | yiqtol · qal | שָׂרָה *Sarah* | כֹּל *all* | | | | שְׁמַע *listen* | imperative · qal | אַבְרָהָם *Abraham* | | | | | יִקָּרֵא *it will be named* | yiqtol · niphal | | זָֽרַע *offspring* | | | 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 לְאַבְרָהָם לָא יַבְאֵשׁ בְּעֵינָיךְ עַל עוּלֵימָא וְעַל אַמְתָךְ כֹּל דִּי תֵימַר לָךְ שָׂרָה קַבֵּל מִנַּהּ אֲרֵי בְיִצְחָק יִתְקְרוּן לָךְ בְּנִין 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 God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.553/) **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:525`. - ← previous: [Genesis 21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.11/) - next →: [Genesis 21:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.13/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/21/)