--- title: Genesis 23:6 — 'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: 'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.' Who acts: you, thou, none. 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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 — you, thou, none — and what happens in the verse to us, mighty prince, dead, choice, sepulchre, thee, 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. שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ ׀ אֲדֹנִ֗י נְשִׂ֨יא אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ בְּמִבְחַ֣ר קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ קְבֹ֖ר אֶת־מֵתֶ֑ךָ אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ אֶת־קִבְר֛וֹ לֹֽא־יִכְלֶ֥ה מִמְּךָ֖ מִקְּבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃ ['Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.606/) ## 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:577 # text = שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ ׀ אֲדֹנִ֗י נְשִׂ֨יא אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ בְּמִבְחַ֣ר קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ קְבֹ֖ר אֶת־מֵתֶ֑ךָ אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ אֶת־קִבְר֛וֹ לֹֽא־יִכְלֶ֥ה מִמְּךָ֖ מִקְּבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃ # verse = GEN.23.6 1-2 שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 שְׁמָע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=listen|Ref=GEN_23:6!1|MId=o010230060011|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010230060021;A1:010230060012;|Type=imperative 2 ֵ֣נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ Gloss=to.us|Ref=GEN_23:6!1|MId=o010230060012|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=GEN_23:6!1 4-5 אֲדֹנִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 אֲדֹנ אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=my.lord|Ref=GEN_23:6!2|MId=o010230060021|Strong=0113 5 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_23:6!2|MId=o010230060022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 6 נְשִׂ֨יא נָשִׂיא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=[are].a.prince|Ref=GEN_23:6!3|MId=o010230060031|Strong=5387 7 אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.God|Ref=GEN_23:6!4|MId=o010230060041|Strong=0430 8 אַתָּה֙ אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_23:6!5|MId=o010230060051|Strong=0859|Type=personal 9-11 בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=GEN_23:6!6|MId=o010230060061|Strong=0871a 10 תוֹכ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_23:6!6|MId=o010230060062|Strong=8432 11 ֵ֔נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=us|Ref=GEN_23:6!6|MId=o010230060063|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 12-13 בְּמִבְחַ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_23:6!7|MId=o010230060071|Strong=0871a 13 מִבְחַ֣ר מִבְחָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=the.choicest|Ref=GEN_23:6!7|MId=o010230060072|Strong=4005 14-15 קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 קְבָרֵ֔י קֶבֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=our.burial.sites|Ref=GEN_23:6!8|MId=o010230060081|Strong=6913 15 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=GEN_23:6!8|MId=o010230060082|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 16 קְבֹ֖ר קָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 parataxis _ Gloss=bury|Ref=GEN_23:6!9|MId=o010230060091|Strong=6912|Frame=A0:010230060021;A1:010230060111;|Type=imperative 17 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_23:6!10|MId=o010230060101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 18-19 מֵתֶ֑ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 מֵת מוּת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 16 obj _ Gloss=dead|Ref=GEN_23:6!11|MId=o010230060111|Strong=4191|Type=participle_active 19 ֶ֑ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_23:6!11|MId=o010230060112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 20 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ Gloss=anyone|Ref=GEN_23:6!12|MId=o010230060121|Strong=0376 21-22 מִמֶּ֔נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_23:6!13|MId=o010230060131|Strong=4480 22 ֶ֔נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ Gloss=us|Ref=GEN_23:6!13|MId=o010230060132|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 23 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_23:6!14|MId=o010230060141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 קִבְר֛וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 קִבְר קֶבֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obj _ Gloss=site|Ref=GEN_23:6!15|MId=o010230060151|Strong=6913 25 ֛וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his.burial|Ref=GEN_23:6!15|MId=o010230060152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_23:6!16|MId=o010230060161|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 27 יִכְלֶ֥ה כָּלָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=he.will.withhold|Ref=GEN_23:6!17|MId=o010230060171|Strong=3607|Frame=A0:010230060121;A1:010230060151;|Type=yiqtol 28-29 מִמְּךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 מִמּ מִן ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_23:6!18|MId=o010230060181|Strong=4480 29 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_23:6!18|MId=o010230060182|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 30-31 מִקְּבֹ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_23:6!19|MId=o010230060191|Strong=4480 31 קְּבֹ֥ר קָבַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 27 advcl _ Gloss=burying|Ref=GEN_23:6!19|MId=o010230060192|Strong=6912|Frame=A0:010230060021;A1:010230060201;|Type=infinitive_construct 32-33 מֵתֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 מֵת מוּת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 31 obj _ Gloss=dead|Ref=GEN_23:6!20|MId=o010230060201|Strong=4191|Type=participle_active 33 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_23:6!20|MId=o010230060202|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=GEN_23:6!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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* | ֵנוּ *to us* | | | | קְבֹר *bury* | imperative · qal | אֲדֹנ *my lord* | מֵת *dead* | | | | **not** יִכְלֶה *he will withhold* | yiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *anyone* | קִבְר *site* | | | | קְּבֹר *burying* | infinitive construct · 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} קַבֵּל מִנָּנָא רִבּוֹנָנָא רַב קֳדָם יְיָ אַתְּ בֵּינָנָא בִּשְׁפַר קִבְרָנָא קְבַר יָת מִיתָךְ אֱנַשׁ מִנָּנָא יָת קִבְרֵהּ לָא יִמְנַע מִנָּךְ מִלְמִקְבַּר 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. ['Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.606/) **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:577`. - ← previous: [Genesis 23:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.5/) - next →: [Genesis 23:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.7/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/23/)