--- title: Genesis 26:28 — And they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we s… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; Who acts: servants, We, LORD, oath. 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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 — servants, We, LORD, oath, us — and what happens in the verse to us, covenant, 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. וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ רָא֣וֹ רָאִינוּ֮ כִּֽי־הָיָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה ׀ עִמָּךְ֒ וַנֹּ֗אמֶר תְּהִ֨י נָ֥א אָלָ֛ה בֵּינוֹתֵ֖ינוּ בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ וְנִכְרְתָ֥ה בְרִ֖ית עִמָּֽךְ׃ [And they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.764/) ## 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:720 # text = וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ רָא֣וֹ רָאִינוּ֮ כִּֽי־הָיָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה ׀ עִמָּךְ֒ וַנֹּ֗אמֶר תְּהִ֨י נָ֥א אָלָ֛ה בֵּינוֹתֵ֖ינוּ בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ וְנִכְרְתָ֥ה בְרִ֖ית עִמָּֽךְ׃ # verse = GEN.26.28 1-2 וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:28!1|MId=o010260280011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְר֗וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=GEN_26:28!1|MId=o010260280012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010260260012;010260260052;010260260072;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 רָא֣וֹ רָאָה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 4 obl:npmod _ Gloss=clearly.(see)|Ref=GEN_26:28!2|MId=o010260280021|Strong=7200|Type=infinitive_absolute 4 רָאִינוּ֮ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=we.have.seen|Ref=GEN_26:28!3|MId=o010260280031|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:010260260012;010260260052;010260260072;A1:010260280051;|Type=qatal 5 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=GEN_26:28!4|MId=o010260280041|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 6 הָיָ֣ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 cop _ Gloss=he.has.been|Ref=GEN_26:28!5|MId=o010260280051|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010260280061;|Type=qatal 7 יְהוָ֣ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 10 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=GEN_26:28!6|MId=o010260280061|Strong=3068 8 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 7 punct _ Ref=GEN_26:28!6 9-10 עִמָּךְ֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 עִמּ עִם ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=GEN_26:28!7|MId=o010260280071|Strong=5973 10 ָךְ֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 ccomp _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_26:28!7|MId=o010260280072|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 11-12 וַנֹּ֗אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:28!8|MId=o010260280081|Strong=2050b 12 נֹּ֗אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=we.said|Ref=GEN_26:28!8|MId=o010260280082|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010260260012;010260260052;010260260072;|Type=wayyiqtol 13 תְּהִ֨י הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 17 cop _ Gloss=let.it.be|Ref=GEN_26:28!9|MId=o010260280091|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010260280111;|Type=jussive 14 נָ֥א נָא INTJ _ _ 17 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=GEN_26:28!10|MId=o010260280101|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 15 אָלָ֛ה אָלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ Gloss=an.oath|Ref=GEN_26:28!11|MId=o010260280111|Strong=0423 16-17 בֵּינוֹתֵ֖ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בֵּינוֹתֵ֖י בֵּין ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=GEN_26:28!12|MId=o010260280121|Strong=0996 17 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 ccomp _ Gloss=us|Ref=GEN_26:28!12|MId=o010260280122|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 18-19 בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בֵּינֵ֣י בֵּין ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=GEN_26:28!13|MId=o010260280131|Strong=0996 19 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ Gloss=us|Ref=GEN_26:28!13|MId=o010260280132|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 20-22 וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:28!14|MId=o010260280141|Strong=2050b 21 בֵינ בֵּין ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=GEN_26:28!14|MId=o010260280142|Strong=0996 22 ֶ֑ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_26:28!14|MId=o010260280143|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 23-24 וְנִכְרְתָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:28!15|MId=o010260280151|Strong=2050b 24 נִכְרְתָ֥ה כָּרַת VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 17 conj _ Gloss=let.us.make|Ref=GEN_26:28!15|MId=o010260280152|Strong=3772|Frame=A0:010260260012;010260260052;010260260072;A1:010260280161;|Type=cohortative 25 בְרִ֖ית בְּרִית NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 24 obj _ Gloss=a.covenant|Ref=GEN_26:28!16|MId=o010260280161|Strong=1285 26-27 עִמָּֽךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 עִמּ עִם ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=GEN_26:28!17|MId=o010260280171|Strong=5973 27 ָֽךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_26:28!17|MId=o010260280172|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=GEN_26:28!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | רָאִינוּ *we have seen* | qatal · qal | | הָיָה *he has been* | | | | הָיָה *he has been* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | נֹּאמֶר *we said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | תְּהִי *let it be* | jussive · qal | אָלָה *an oath* | | | | | נִכְרְתָה *let us make* | cohortative · qal | | בְרִית *a covenant* | | | 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} וַאֲמָרוּ מֶחֱזָא חֲזֵינָא אֲרֵי הֲוָה מֵימְרָא דַּיְיָ בִּסַעְדָּךְ וַאֲמַרְנָא תִּתְקַיַּם כְּעַן מוֹמָתָא דִּהֲוָה בֵין אֲבָהָתָנָא בֵּינָנָא וּבֵינָךְ וְנִגְזַר קְיָם עִמָּךְ 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 they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.764/) **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:720`. - ← previous: [Genesis 26:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.27/) - next →: [Genesis 26:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.29/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/26/)