--- title: Genesis 26:18 — And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. Who acts: Isaac, wells, Philistines, father. 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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 — Isaac, wells, Philistines, father, Abraham — and what happens in the verse to wells, names, 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. וַיָּ֨שָׁב יִצְחָ֜ק וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר ׀ אֶת־בְּאֵרֹ֣ת הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ בִּימֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֔יו וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֣וֹת אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיִּקְרָ֤א לָהֶן֙ שֵׁמ֔וֹת כַּשֵּׁמֹ֕ת אֲשֶׁר־קָרָ֥א לָהֶ֖ן אָבִֽיו׃ [And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.751/) ## 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:710 # text = וַיָּ֨שָׁב יִצְחָ֜ק וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר ׀ אֶת־בְּאֵרֹ֣ת הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ בִּימֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֔יו וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֣וֹת אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיִּקְרָ֤א לָהֶן֙ שֵׁמ֔וֹת כַּשֵּׁמֹ֕ת אֲשֶׁר־קָרָ֥א לָהֶ֖ן אָבִֽיו׃ # verse = GEN.26.18 1-2 וַיָּ֨שָׁב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:18!1|MId=o010260180011|Strong=2050b 2 יָּ֨שָׁב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.returned|Ref=GEN_26:18!1|MId=o010260180012|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:010260180021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יִצְחָ֜ק יִצְחָק PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Isaac|Ref=GEN_26:18!2|MId=o010260180021|Strong=3327 4-5 וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:18!3|MId=o010260180031|Strong=2050b 5 יַּחְפֹּ֣ר חָפַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.dug|Ref=GEN_26:18!3|MId=o010260180032|Strong=2658|Frame=A0:010260180021;A1:010260180051;|Type=wayyiqtol 6 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 5 punct _ Ref=GEN_26:18!3 7 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_26:18!4|MId=o010260180041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 8 בְּאֵרֹ֣ת בְּאֵר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 5 obj _ Gloss=the.wells|Ref=GEN_26:18!5|MId=o010260180051|Strong=0875 9-10 הַמַּ֗יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=GEN_26:18!6|MId=o010260180061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 מַּ֗יִם מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=water|Ref=GEN_26:18!6|MId=o010260180062|Strong=4325 11 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_26:18!7|MId=o010260180071|Strong=0834|Type=relative 12 חָֽפְרוּ֙ חָפַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 8 acl:relcl _ Gloss=people.had.dug|Ref=GEN_26:18!8|MId=o010260180081|Strong=2658|Frame=A0:010260150051;A1:010260180051;|Type=qatal 13-14 בִּימֵי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_26:18!9|MId=o010260180091|Strong=0871a 14 ימֵי֙ יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 obl _ Gloss=the.days|Ref=GEN_26:18!9|MId=o010260180092|Strong=3117 15 אַבְרָהָ֣ם אַבְרָהָם PROPN _ _ 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Abraham|Ref=GEN_26:18!10|MId=o010260180101|Strong=0085 16-17 אָבִ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 אָבִ֔י אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 appos _ Gloss=father|Ref=GEN_26:18!11|MId=o010260180111|Strong=0001 17 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_26:18!11|MId=o010260180112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 18-20 וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:18!12|MId=o010260180121|Strong=2050b 19 יְסַתְּמ֣וּ סָתַם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they|Ref=GEN_26:18!12|MId=o010260180122|Strong=5640|Frame=A1:010260180123;A0:010260180131;|Type=wayyiqtol 20 ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=had.stopped.them.up|Ref=GEN_26:18!12|MId=o010260180123|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 21 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְּלִשְׁתִּי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ Gloss=[the].Philistines|Ref=GEN_26:18!13|MId=o010260180131|Strong=6430|Type=gentilic 22 אַחֲרֵ֖י אַחַר ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=after|Ref=GEN_26:18!14|MId=o010260180141|Strong=0310 23 מ֣וֹת מָוֶת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=the.death|Ref=GEN_26:18!15|MId=o010260180151|Strong=4194 24 אַבְרָהָ֑ם אַבְרָהָם PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Abraham|Ref=GEN_26:18!16|MId=o010260180161|Strong=0085 25-26 וַיִּקְרָ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:18!17|MId=o010260180171|Strong=2050b 26 יִּקְרָ֤א קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.called|Ref=GEN_26:18!17|MId=o010260180172|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:010260180021;A1:010260180191;|Type=wayyiqtol 27-28 לָהֶן֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 ל לְ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=GEN_26:18!18|MId=o010260180181|Strong=3807a 28 ָהֶן֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=GEN_26:18!18|MId=o010260180182|Strong=2004|Type=pronominal 29 שֵׁמ֔וֹת שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 obj _ Gloss=names|Ref=GEN_26:18!19|MId=o010260180191|Strong=8034 30-32 כַּשֵּׁמֹ֕ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=GEN_26:18!20|MId=o010260180201|Strong=3509a 31 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_26:18!20|MId=o010260180201ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 שֵּׁמֹ֕ת שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 obl _ Gloss=names|Ref=GEN_26:18!20|MId=o010260180202|Strong=8034 33 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 34 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_26:18!21|MId=o010260180211|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 34 קָרָ֥א קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 32 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.had.called|Ref=GEN_26:18!22|MId=o010260180221|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:010260180241;A1:010260180203;|Type=qatal 35-36 לָהֶ֖ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 ל לְ ADP _ _ 36 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=GEN_26:18!23|MId=o010260180231|Strong=3807a 36 ָהֶ֖ן הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=GEN_26:18!23|MId=o010260180232|Strong=2004|Type=pronominal 37-38 אָבִֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 אָבִֽי אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ Gloss=father|Ref=GEN_26:18!24|MId=o010260180241|Strong=0001 38 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_26:18!24|MId=o010260180242|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 39 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 38 punct _ Ref=GEN_26:18!24 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָּשָׁב *he returned* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִצְחָק *Isaac* | | | | | יַּחְפֹּר *he dug* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִצְחָק *Isaac* | בְּאֵרֹת *the wells* | | | | חָֽפְרוּ *people had dug* | qatal · qal | | בְּאֵרֹת *the wells* | | | | יְסַתְּמוּ *they* | wayyiqtol · piel | פְּלִשְׁתִּים *\[the\] Philistines* | ם *had stopped them up* | | | | יִּקְרָא *he called* | wayyiqtol · qal | יִצְחָק *Isaac* | שֵׁמוֹת *names* | | | | קָרָא *he had called* | qatal · qal | אָבִֽי *father* | | | | 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} וְתָב יִצְחָק וְחָפַר יָת בֵּירֵי דְמַיָּא דִּי חֲפָרוּ בְּיוֹמֵי אַבְרָהָם אֲבוּהִי וְטַּמּוֹנוּן פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי בָּתַר דְּמִית אַבְרָהָם וּקְרָא לְהֵן שְׁמָהָן כִּשְׁמָהָן דִּי הֲוָה קָרֵי לְהֵן אֲבוּהִי 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 Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.751/) **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:710`. - ← previous: [Genesis 26:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.17/) - next →: [Genesis 26:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.19/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/26/)