--- title: Genesis 23:8 — And he spoke with them, saying: 'If it be your mind that I should bu… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he spoke with them, saying: 'If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, Who acts: Abraham, I, my. Genesis 23:8 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.23.8/) [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/) / 23:8 # Genesis 23:8 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** Abraham, I, my · **What happens:** speak, say, be, bury, hear, entreat · **To what, where:** mind, dead, sight, me, Ephron · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 23:8 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 — Abraham, I, my — and what happens in the verse to mind, dead, sight, me, Ephron, 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. וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י שְׁמָע֕וּנִי וּפִגְעוּ־לִ֖י בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן־צֹֽחַר׃ [And he spoke with them, saying: 'If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.608/) ## 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:579 # text = וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י שְׁמָע֕וּנִי וּפִגְעוּ־לִ֖י בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן־צֹֽחַר׃ # verse = GEN.23.8 1-2 וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_23:8!1|MId=o010230080011|Strong=2050b 2 יְדַבֵּ֥ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.spoke|Ref=GEN_23:8!1|MId=o010230080012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:010230070021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אִתָּ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אִתּ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=GEN_23:8!2|MId=o010230080021|Strong=0854 4 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=GEN_23:8!2|MId=o010230080022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 5-6 לֵאמֹ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 21 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=GEN_23:8!3|MId=o010230080031|Strong=3807a 6 אמֹ֑ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 5 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_23:8!3|MId=o010230080032|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010230070021;|Type=infinitive_construct 7 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=GEN_23:8!4|MId=o010230080041|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 8 יֵ֣שׁ יֵשׁ ADV _ _ 21 advcl _ Gloss=(there)|Ref=GEN_23:8!5|MId=o010230080051|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative 9 אֶֽת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=[is].with|Ref=GEN_23:8!6|MId=o010230080061|Strong=0854|SpaceAfter=No 10-11 נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=desire|Ref=GEN_23:8!7|MId=o010230080071|Strong=5315 11 ְכֶ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_23:8!7|MId=o010230080072|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 12-13 לִקְבֹּ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_23:8!8|MId=o010230080081|Strong=3807a 13 קְבֹּ֤ר קָבַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 nsubj _ Gloss=bury|Ref=GEN_23:8!8|MId=o010230080082|Strong=6912|Frame=A0:010230070021;A1:010230080101;|Type=infinitive_construct 14 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_23:8!9|MId=o010230080091|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 מֵתִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 מֵת מוּת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=dead|Ref=GEN_23:8!10|MId=o010230080101|Strong=4191|Type=participle_active 16 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_23:8!10|MId=o010230080102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 17-20 מִלְּפָנַ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_23:8!11|MId=o010230080111|Strong=4480 18 לְּ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=GEN_23:8!11|MId=o010230080112|Strong=3807a 19 פָנ פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 13 obl _ Gloss=face|Ref=GEN_23:8!11|MId=o010230080113|Strong=6440 20 ַ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_23:8!11|MId=o010230080114|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 21-22 שְׁמָע֕וּנִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 שְׁמָע֕וּ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=listen|Ref=GEN_23:8!12|MId=o010230080121|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010230070042;A1:010230080122;|Type=imperative 22 נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=to.me|Ref=GEN_23:8!12|MId=o010230080122|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 23-24 וּפִגְעוּ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_23:8!13|MId=o010230080131|Strong=2050b 24 פִגְעוּ־ פָּגַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 21 conj _ Gloss=entreat|Ref=GEN_23:8!13|MId=o010230080132|Strong=6293|Frame=A0:010230070042;|Type=imperative 25-26 לִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 ל לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_23:8!14|MId=o010230080141|Strong=3807a 26 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_23:8!14|MId=o010230080142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 27-28 בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=GEN_23:8!15|MId=o010230080151|Strong=0871a 28 עֶפְר֥וֹן עֶפְרוֹן PROPN _ _ 24 obl _ Gloss=Ephron|Ref=GEN_23:8!15|MId=o010230080152|Strong=6085 29 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=GEN_23:8!16|MId=o010230080161|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 30 צֹֽחַר צֹחַר PROPN _ _ 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Zohar|Ref=GEN_23:8!17|MId=o010230080171|Strong=6714|SpaceAfter=No 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=GEN_23:8!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְדַבֵּר *he spoke* | wayyiqtol · piel | | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | קְבֹּר *bury* | infinitive construct · qal | | מֵת *dead* | | | | שְׁמָעוּ *listen* | imperative · qal | | נִי *to me* | | | | פִגְעוּ־ *entreat* | imperative · qal | | | | | 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} וּמַלֵּל עִמְּהוֹן לְמֵימָר אִם אִית רַעֲוָא בְנַפְשְׁכוֹן לְמִקְבַּר יָת מִיתִי מִן קֳדָמַי קַבִּילוּ מִנִּי וּבְעוּ לִי מִן עֶפְרוֹן בַּר צוֹחַר 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 he spoke with them, saying: 'If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.608/) **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:579`. - ← previous: [Genesis 23:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.7/) - next →: [Genesis 23:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.9/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/23/)