--- title: Genesis 26:8 — And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimel… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. Who acts: place, Isaac, Abimelech king. 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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 — place, Isaac, Abimelech king — and what happens in the verse to window, 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. וַיְהִ֗י כִּ֣י אָֽרְכוּ־ל֥וֹ שָׁם֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בְּעַ֖ד הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה יִצְחָק֙ מְצַחֵ֔ק אֵ֖ת רִבְקָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ [And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.741/) ## 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:700 # text = וַיְהִ֗י כִּ֣י אָֽרְכוּ־ל֥וֹ שָׁם֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בְּעַ֖ד הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה יִצְחָק֙ מְצַחֵ֔ק אֵ֖ת רִבְקָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ # verse = GEN.26.8 1-2 וַיְהִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:8!1|MId=o010260080011|Strong=2050b 2 יְהִ֗י הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=GEN_26:8!1|MId=o010260080012|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol 3 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 4 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_26:8!2|MId=o010260080021|Strong=3588 4 אָֽרְכוּ־ אָרַךְ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=they.had.become.long|Ref=GEN_26:8!3|MId=o010260080031|Strong=0748|Frame=A0:010260080062;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 5-6 ל֥וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 ל לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_26:8!4|MId=o010260080041|Strong=3807a 6 ֥וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_26:8!4|MId=o010260080042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7 שָׁם֙ שָׁם ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=there|Ref=GEN_26:8!5|MId=o010260080051|Strong=8033 8-9 הַיָּמִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_26:8!6|MId=o010260080061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 יָּמִ֔ים יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ Gloss=days|Ref=GEN_26:8!6|MId=o010260080062|Strong=3117 10-11 וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:8!7|MId=o010260080071|Strong=2050b 11 יַּשְׁקֵ֗ף שָׁקַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.looked.down|Ref=GEN_26:8!7|MId=o010260080072|Strong=8259|Frame=A0:010260080081;|Type=wayyiqtol 12 אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ PROPN _ _ 11 nsubj _ Gloss=Abimelech|Ref=GEN_26:8!8|MId=o010260080081|Strong=0040 13 מֶ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 appos _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=GEN_26:8!9|MId=o010260080091|Strong=4428 14 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְּלִשְׁתִּי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.[the].Philistines|Ref=GEN_26:8!10|MId=o010260080101|Strong=6430|Type=gentilic 15 בְּעַ֖ד בַּעַד ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=through|Ref=GEN_26:8!11|MId=o010260080111|Strong=1157 16-17 הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_26:8!12|MId=o010260080121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 חַלּ֑וֹן חַלּוֹן NOUN _ Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=window|Ref=GEN_26:8!12|MId=o010260080122|Strong=2474 18-19 וַיַּ֗רְא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:8!13|MId=o010260080131|Strong=2050b 19 יַּ֗רְא רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.saw|Ref=GEN_26:8!13|MId=o010260080132|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:010260080081;|Type=wayyiqtol 20-21 וְהִנֵּ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_26:8!14|MId=o010260080141|Strong=2050b 21 הִנֵּ֤ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 23 discourse _ Gloss=there!|Ref=GEN_26:8!14|MId=o010260080142|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 22 יִצְחָק֙ יִצְחָק PROPN _ _ 23 nsubj _ Gloss=Isaac|Ref=GEN_26:8!15|MId=o010260080151|Strong=3327 23 מְצַחֵ֔ק צָחַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=[was].playing|Ref=GEN_26:8!16|MId=o010260080161|Strong=6711|Frame=A0:010260080151;|Type=participle_active 24 אֵ֖ת אֵת ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=GEN_26:8!17|MId=o010260080171|Strong=0854 25 רִבְקָ֥ה רִבְקָה PROPN _ _ 23 obl _ Gloss=Rebekah|Ref=GEN_26:8!18|MId=o010260080181|Strong=7259 26-27 אִשְׁתּֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 אִשְׁתּ אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 appos _ Gloss=wife|Ref=GEN_26:8!19|MId=o010260080191|Strong=0802 27 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_26:8!19|MId=o010260080192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=GEN_26:8!19 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אָֽרְכוּ־ *they had become long* | qatal · qal | יָּמִים *days* | | | | | יַּשְׁקֵף *he looked down* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | אֲבִימֶלֶךְ *Abimelech* | | | | | יַּרְא *he saw* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֲבִימֶלֶךְ *Abimelech* | | | | | מְצַחֵק *\[was\] playing* | participle active · piel | יִצְחָק *Isaac* | | | | 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} וַהֲוָה כַּד סְגִיאוּ לֵהּ תַּמָּן יוֹמַיָּא וְאִסְתְּכִי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מַלְכָּא דִּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי מִן חֲרַכָּא וַחֲזָא וְהָא יִצְחָק מְחַיִּיךְ עִם רִבְקָה אִתְּתֵהּ 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 it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.741/) **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:700`. - ← previous: [Genesis 26:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.7/) - next →: [Genesis 26:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.9/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/26/)