--- title: Genesis 22:17 — that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multip… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; Who acts: I, sand, seed. 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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 — I, sand, seed — and what happens in the verse to thee, blessing, seed, gate, 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. כִּֽי־בָרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ֗ וְהַרְבָּ֨ה אַרְבֶּ֤ה אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְכַח֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ם וְיִרַ֣שׁ זַרְעֲךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שַׁ֥עַר אֹיְבָֽיו׃ [that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.593/) ## 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:564 # text = כִּֽי־בָרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ֗ וְהַרְבָּ֨ה אַרְבֶּ֤ה אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְכַח֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־שְׂפַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ם וְיִרַ֣שׁ זַרְעֲךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שַׁ֥עַר אֹיְבָֽיו׃ # verse = GEN.22.17 1 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=GEN_22:17!1|MId=o010220170011|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 2 בָרֵ֣ךְ בָּרַךְ VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 3 obl:npmod _ Gloss=surely.(bless)|Ref=GEN_22:17!2|MId=o010220170021|Strong=1288|Type=infinitive_absolute 3-4 אֲבָרֶכְךָ֗ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֲבָרֶכ בָּרַךְ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I|Ref=GEN_22:17!3|MId=o010220170031|Strong=1288|Frame=A0:010220160051;A1:010220170032;|Type=yiqtol 4 ְךָ֗ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ Gloss=will.bless.you|Ref=GEN_22:17!3|MId=o010220170032|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 5-6 וְהַרְבָּ֨ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_22:17!4|MId=o010220170041|Strong=2050b 6 הַרְבָּ֨ה רָבָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 7 obl:npmod _ Gloss=greatly.(increase)|Ref=GEN_22:17!4|MId=o010220170042|Strong=7235|Type=infinitive_absolute 7 אַרְבֶּ֤ה רָבָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 3 conj _ Gloss=I.will.increase|Ref=GEN_22:17!5|MId=o010220170051|Strong=7235|Frame=AA:010220160051;A0:010220170071;|Type=yiqtol 8 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_22:17!6|MId=o010220170061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 9-10 זַרְעֲךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 זַרְע זֶרַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=offspring|Ref=GEN_22:17!7|MId=o010220170071|Strong=2233 10 ֲךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_22:17!7|MId=o010220170072|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11-12 כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=GEN_22:17!8|MId=o010220170081|Strong=3509a 12 כוֹכְבֵ֣י כּוֹכָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 obl _ Gloss=the.stars|Ref=GEN_22:17!8|MId=o010220170082|Strong=3556 13-14 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_22:17!9|MId=o010220170091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 שָּׁמַ֔יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.heavens|Ref=GEN_22:17!9|MId=o010220170092|Strong=8064 15-18 וְכַח֕וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_22:17!10|MId=o010220170101|Strong=2050b 16 כַ כְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=GEN_22:17!10|MId=o010220170102|Strong=3509a 17 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_22:17!10|MId=o010220170102ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 ח֕וֹל חוֹל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 conj _ Gloss=sand|Ref=GEN_22:17!10|MId=o010220170103|Strong=2344 19 אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_22:17!11|MId=o010220170111|Strong=0834|Type=relative 20 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=[is].on|Ref=GEN_22:17!12|MId=o010220170121|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 21 שְׂפַ֣ת שָׂפָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 acl:relcl _ Gloss=the.shore|Ref=GEN_22:17!13|MId=o010220170131|Strong=8193 22-23 הַיָּ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_22:17!14|MId=o010220170141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 יָּ֑ם יָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.sea|Ref=GEN_22:17!14|MId=o010220170142|Strong=3220 24-25 וְיִרַ֣שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_22:17!15|MId=o010220170151|Strong=2050b 25 יִרַ֣שׁ יָרַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=it.will.take.possession.of|Ref=GEN_22:17!15|MId=o010220170152|Strong=3423|Frame=A0:010220170161;A1:010220170181;|Type=yiqtol 26-27 זַרְעֲךָ֔ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 זַרְע זֶרַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Gloss=offspring|Ref=GEN_22:17!16|MId=o010220170161|Strong=2233 27 ֲךָ֔ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_22:17!16|MId=o010220170162|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 28 אֵ֖ת אֵת ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_22:17!17|MId=o010220170171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 29 שַׁ֥עַר שַׁעַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obj _ Gloss=the.gate|Ref=GEN_22:17!18|MId=o010220170181|Strong=8179 30-31 אֹיְבָֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 אֹיְבָֽי אָיַב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=its.enemies|Ref=GEN_22:17!19|MId=o010220170191|Strong=0341|Type=participle_active 31 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_22:17!19|MId=o010220170192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=GEN_22:17!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֲבָרֶכ *I* | yiqtol · piel | | ְךָ *will bless you* | | | | אַרְבֶּה *I will increase* | yiqtol · hiphil | זַרְע *offspring* | | | | | יִרַשׁ *it will take possession of* | yiqtol · qal | זַרְע *offspring* | שַׁעַר *the gate* | | | 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} אֲרֵי בָרָכָא אֲבָרְכִנָּךְ וְאַסְגָּאָה אַסְגֵּי יָת בְּנָיךְ כְּכוֹכְבֵי שְׁמַיָּא וּכְחָלָא דִּי עַל כֵּיף יַמָּא וְיִרְתוּן בְּנָיךְ יָת קִרְוֵי סַנְאֵיהוֹן 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. [that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.593/) **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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