--- title: Genesis 21:26 — And Abimelech said: 'I know not who hath done this thing; neither di… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Abimelech said: 'I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.' Who acts: Abimelech, I, thou. Genesis 21:26 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Genesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/) / [chapter 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/21/) / 21:26 # Genesis 21:26 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** Abimelech, I, thou · **What happens:** say, not know, do, tell, hear · **To what, where:** thing, me · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 21:26 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (The Torah). 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, I, thou — and what happens in the verse to thing, me, 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 אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי מִ֥י עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְגַם־אַתָּ֞ה לֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֗י וְגַ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י לֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בִּלְתִּ֥י הַיּֽוֹם׃ [And Abimelech said: 'I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.567/) ## 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:539 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי מִ֥י עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְגַם־אַתָּ֞ה לֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֗י וְגַ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י לֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בִּלְתִּ֥י הַיּֽוֹם׃ # verse = GEN.21.26 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_21:26!1|MId=o010210260011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_21:26!1|MId=o010210260012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010210260021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Abimelech|Ref=GEN_21:26!2|MId=o010210260021|Strong=0040 4 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 5 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_21:26!3|MId=o010210260031|Strong=3808|Type=negative 5 יָדַ֔עְתִּי יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=I.know|Ref=GEN_21:26!4|MId=o010210260041|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:010210260021;A1:010210260061;|Type=qatal 6 מִ֥י מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=GEN_21:26!5|MId=o010210260051|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative 7 עָשָׂ֖ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 ccomp _ Gloss=has.he.done|Ref=GEN_21:26!6|MId=o010210260061|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010210260051;A1:010210260082;|Type=qatal 8 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_21:26!7|MId=o010210260071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 9-10 הַדָּבָ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_21:26!8|MId=o010210260081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 דָּבָ֣ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=thing|Ref=GEN_21:26!8|MId=o010210260082|Strong=1697 11-12 הַזֶּ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_21:26!9|MId=o010210260091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 זֶּ֑ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_21:26!9|MId=o010210260092|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 13-14 וְגַם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_21:26!10|MId=o010210260101|Strong=2050b 14 גַם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 17 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=GEN_21:26!10|MId=o010210260102|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation 15 אַתָּ֞ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_21:26!11|MId=o010210260111|Strong=0859|Type=personal 16 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 17 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_21:26!12|MId=o010210260121|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 17 הִגַּ֣דְתָּ נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 5 conj _ Gloss=you.told|Ref=GEN_21:26!13|MId=o010210260131|Strong=5046|Frame=AA:010210260111;A0:010210260061;|Type=qatal 18-19 לִּ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_21:26!14|MId=o010210260141|Strong=3807a 19 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_21:26!14|MId=o010210260142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 20-21 וְגַ֧ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_21:26!15|MId=o010210260151|Strong=2050b 21 גַ֧ם גַּם ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=GEN_21:26!15|MId=o010210260152|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation 22 אָנֹכִ֛י אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=GEN_21:26!16|MId=o010210260161|Strong=0595|Type=personal 23 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_21:26!17|MId=o010210260171|Strong=3808|Type=negative 24 שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 5 conj _ Gloss=I.heard|Ref=GEN_21:26!18|MId=o010210260181|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010210260161;A1:010210260061;|Type=qatal 25 בִּלְתִּ֥י בֵּלֶת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=except|Ref=GEN_21:26!19|MId=o010210260191|Strong=1115 26-27 הַיּֽוֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_21:26!20|MId=o010210260201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 יּֽוֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=GEN_21:26!20|MId=o010210260202|Strong=3117 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=GEN_21:26!20 ``` ## 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 | אֲבִימֶלֶךְ *Abimelech* | | | | | **not** יָדַעְתִּי *I know* | qatal · qal | אֲבִימֶלֶךְ *Abimelech* | עָשָׂה *has he done* | | | | עָשָׂה *has he done* | qatal · qal | מִי *who?* | דָּבָר *thing* | | | | **not** הִגַּדְתָּ *you told* | qatal · hiphil | עָשָׂה *has he done* | | | אַתָּה *you* | | **not** שָׁמַעְתִּי *I heard* | qatal · qal | אָנֹכִי *I* | עָשָׂה *has he done* | | | 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 אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לָא יְדָעִית מָאן עֲבַד יָת פִּתְגָּמָא הָדֵין וְאַף אַתְּ לָא חַוֵּיתָ לִּי וְאַף אֲנָא לָא שְׁמָעִית אֱלָּהֵין יוֹמָא דֵין 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 Abimelech said: 'I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.567/) **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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