--- title: Genesis 23:11 — 'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: 'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee; bury thy dead.' Who acts: you, I, cave. Genesis 23:11 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.23.11/) [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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/23/) / 23:11 # Genesis 23:11 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** you, I, cave · **What happens:** hear, give, be, bury · **To what, where:** me, field, thee, cave, presence, dead This is Genesis 23:11 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 — you, I, cave — and what happens in the verse to me, field, thee, cave, presence, dead, 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. לֹֽא־אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי הַשָּׂדֶה֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ לְךָ֣ נְתַתִּ֑יהָ לְעֵינֵ֧י בְנֵי־עַמִּ֛י נְתַתִּ֥יהָ לָּ֖ךְ קְבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃ ['Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee; bury thy dead.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.611/) ## 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:582 # text = לֹֽא־אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי הַשָּׂדֶה֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ לְךָ֣ נְתַתִּ֑יהָ לְעֵינֵ֧י בְנֵי־עַמִּ֛י נְתַתִּ֥יהָ לָּ֖ךְ קְבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃ # verse = GEN.23.11 1 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=no|Ref=GEN_23:11!1|MId=o010230110011|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 2-3 אֲדֹנִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 אֲדֹנ אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 dislocated _ Gloss=my.lord|Ref=GEN_23:11!2|MId=o010230110021|Strong=0113 3 ִ֣י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_23:11!2|MId=o010230110022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 4-5 שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 שְׁמָע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 parataxis _ Gloss=listen|Ref=GEN_23:11!3|MId=o010230110031|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010230110021;A1:010230110032;|Type=imperative 5 ֵ֔נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ Gloss=to.me|Ref=GEN_23:11!3|MId=o010230110032|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 6-7 הַשָּׂדֶה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_23:11!4|MId=o010230110041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 שָּׂדֶה֙ שָׂדֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obj _ Gloss=field|Ref=GEN_23:11!4|MId=o010230110042|Strong=7704 8 נָתַ֣תִּי נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=I.give|Ref=GEN_23:11!5|MId=o010230110051|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:010230100071;A1:010230110042;|Type=qatal 9-10 לָ֔ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 ל לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_23:11!6|MId=o010230110061|Strong=3807a 10 ָ֔ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_23:11!6|MId=o010230110062|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11-13 וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_23:11!7|MId=o010230110071|Strong=2050b 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_23:11!7|MId=o010230110072|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 מְּעָרָ֥ה מְעָרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=cave|Ref=GEN_23:11!7|MId=o010230110073|Strong=4631 14 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_23:11!8|MId=o010230110081|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 בּ֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=[is].in|Ref=GEN_23:11!9|MId=o010230110091|Strong=0871a 16 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it|Ref=GEN_23:11!9|MId=o010230110092|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-18 לְךָ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 ל לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_23:11!10|MId=o010230110101|Strong=3807a 18 ְךָ֣ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_23:11!10|MId=o010230110102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 19-20 נְתַתִּ֑יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 נְתַתִּ֑י נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 8 parataxis _ Gloss=I|Ref=GEN_23:11!11|MId=o010230110111|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:010230100071;A1:010230110112;|Type=qatal 20 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=give.it|Ref=GEN_23:11!11|MId=o010230110112|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 21-22 לְעֵינֵ֧י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_23:11!12|MId=o010230110121|Strong=3807a 22 עֵינֵ֧י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 26 obl _ Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=GEN_23:11!12|MId=o010230110122|Strong=5869 23 בְנֵי־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.sons|Ref=GEN_23:11!13|MId=o010230110131|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 עַמִּ֛י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.people|Ref=GEN_23:11!14|MId=o010230110141|Strong=5971 25 ִ֛י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_23:11!14|MId=o010230110142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 26-27 נְתַתִּ֥יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 נְתַתִּ֥י נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=I|Ref=GEN_23:11!15|MId=o010230110151|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:010230100071;A1:010230110152;|Type=qatal 27 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ Gloss=give.it|Ref=GEN_23:11!15|MId=o010230110152|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 28-29 לָּ֖ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_23:11!16|MId=o010230110161|Strong=3807a 29 ָ֖ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_23:11!16|MId=o010230110162|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 30 קְבֹ֥ר קָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 parataxis _ Gloss=bury|Ref=GEN_23:11!17|MId=o010230110171|Strong=6912|Frame=A0:010230110021;A1:010230110181;|Type=imperative 31-32 מֵתֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 מֵת מוּת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 30 obj _ Gloss=dead|Ref=GEN_23:11!18|MId=o010230110181|Strong=4191|Type=participle_active 32 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_23:11!18|MId=o010230110182|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=GEN_23:11!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שְׁמָע *listen* | imperative · qal | אֲדֹנ *my lord* | ֵנִי *to me* | | | | נָתַתִּי *I give* | qatal · qal | | שָּׂדֶה *field* | | | | נְתַתִּי *I* | qatal · qal | | הָ *give it* | | | | נְתַתִּי *I* | qatal · qal | | הָ *give it* | | | | קְבֹר *bury* | imperative · qal | אֲדֹנ *my lord* | מֵת *dead* | | | 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} לָא רִבּוֹנִי קַבֵּיל מִנִּי חַקְלָא יְהָבִית לָךְ וּמְעַרְתָּא דִּי בֵהּ לָךְ יְהָבִיתַהּ לְעֵינֵי בְנֵי עַמִּי יְהָבִיתַהּ לָךְ קְבַר מִיתָךְ 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. ['Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee; bury thy dead.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.611/) **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:582`. - ← previous: [Genesis 23:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.10/) - next →: [Genesis 23:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.12/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/23/)