--- title: Genesis 23:16 — And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. Who acts: Abraham, children. 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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 — Abraham, children — and what happens in the verse to silver, Ephron, hearing, 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. וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָהָם֮ אֶל־עֶפְרוֹן֒ וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל אַבְרָהָם֙ לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן אֶת־הַכֶּ֕סֶף אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּאָזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑ת אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שֶׁ֣קֶל כֶּ֔סֶף עֹבֵ֖ר לַסֹּחֵֽר׃ [And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.616/) ## 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:587 # text = וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָהָם֮ אֶל־עֶפְרוֹן֒ וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל אַבְרָהָם֙ לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן אֶת־הַכֶּ֕סֶף אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּאָזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑ת אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שֶׁ֣קֶל כֶּ֔סֶף עֹבֵ֖ר לַסֹּחֵֽר׃ # verse = GEN.23.16 1-2 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_23:16!1|MId=o010230160011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּשְׁמַ֣ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.listened|Ref=GEN_23:16!1|MId=o010230160012|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010230160021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אַבְרָהָם֮ אַבְרָהָם PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Abraham|Ref=GEN_23:16!2|MId=o010230160021|Strong=0085 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_23:16!3|MId=o010230160031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5 עֶפְרוֹן֒ עֶפְרוֹן PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Ephron|Ref=GEN_23:16!4|MId=o010230160041|Strong=6085 6-7 וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_23:16!5|MId=o010230160051|Strong=2050b 7 יִּשְׁקֹ֤ל שָׁקַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.weighed.out|Ref=GEN_23:16!5|MId=o010230160052|Strong=8254|Frame=A0:010230160061;A1:010230160092;|Type=wayyiqtol 8 אַבְרָהָם֙ אַבְרָהָם PROPN _ _ 7 nsubj _ Gloss=Abraham|Ref=GEN_23:16!6|MId=o010230160061|Strong=0085 9-10 לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_23:16!7|MId=o010230160071|Strong=3807a 10 עֶפְרֹ֔ן עֶפְרוֹן PROPN _ _ 7 obl _ Gloss=Ephron|Ref=GEN_23:16!7|MId=o010230160072|Strong=6085 11 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_23:16!8|MId=o010230160081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 הַכֶּ֕סֶף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_23:16!9|MId=o010230160091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 כֶּ֕סֶף כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=money|Ref=GEN_23:16!9|MId=o010230160092|Strong=3701 14 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 15 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_23:16!10|MId=o010230160101|Strong=0834|Type=relative 15 דִּבֶּ֖ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 13 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.had.spoken|Ref=GEN_23:16!11|MId=o010230160111|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:010230160072;A1:010230160092;|Type=qatal 16-17 בְּאָזְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_23:16!12|MId=o010230160121|Strong=0871a 17 אָזְנֵ֣י אֹזֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Dual 15 obl _ Gloss=the.ears|Ref=GEN_23:16!12|MId=o010230160122|Strong=0241 18 בְנֵי־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.people|Ref=GEN_23:16!13|MId=o010230160131|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 19 חֵ֑ת חֵת PROPN _ _ 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Heth|Ref=GEN_23:16!14|MId=o010230160141|Strong=2845 20 אַרְבַּ֤ע אַרְבַּע NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 nummod _ Gloss=four|Ref=GEN_23:16!15|MId=o010230160151|Strong=0702|Type=cardinal_number 21 מֵאוֹת֙ מֵאָה NUM _ Number=Plur 20 flat _ Gloss=hundred(s)|Ref=GEN_23:16!16|MId=o010230160161|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number 22 שֶׁ֣קֶל שֶׁקֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 appos _ Gloss=shekel[s]|Ref=GEN_23:16!17|MId=o010230160171|Strong=8255 23 כֶּ֔סֶף כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.silver|Ref=GEN_23:16!18|MId=o010230160181|Strong=3701 24 עֹבֵ֖ר עָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 22 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[which].passes.along|Ref=GEN_23:16!19|MId=o010230160191|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:010230160171;|Type=participle_active 25-27 לַסֹּחֵֽר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_23:16!20|MId=o010230160201|Strong=3807a 26 ה הַ SCONJ _ _ 27 mark _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_23:16!20|MId=o010230160201ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 סֹּחֵֽר סָחַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 24 advcl _ Gloss=trader|Ref=GEN_23:16!20|MId=o010230160202|Strong=5503|Type=participle_active 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=GEN_23:16!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּשְׁמַע *he listened* | wayyiqtol · qal | אַבְרָהָם *Abraham* | | | | | יִּשְׁקֹל *he weighed out* | wayyiqtol · qal | אַבְרָהָם *Abraham* | כֶּסֶף *money* | | | | דִּבֶּר *he had spoken* | qatal · piel | עֶפְרֹן *Ephron* | כֶּסֶף *money* | | | | עֹבֵר *\[which\] passes along* | participle active · qal | שֶׁקֶל *shekel\[s\]* | | | | 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} וְקַבֵּל אַבְרָהָם מִן עֶפְרוֹן וּתְקַל אַבְרָהָם לְעֶפְרוֹן יָת כַּסְפָּא דְּמַלֵּיל קֳדָם בְּנֵי חִתָּאָה אַרְבַּע מְאָה סִלְעִין דִּכְסַף מִתְקַבֵּל סְחוֹרָא (נ''י דְּמִתְקַבֵּל סְחוֹרָתָא) בְּכָל מְדִינְתָּא 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 Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.616/) **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:587`. - ← previous: [Genesis 23:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.15/) - next →: [Genesis 23:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.17/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/23/)