--- title: Genesis 28:14 — And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt sprea… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Who acts: seed, thou. 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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 — seed, thou — and what happens in the verse to families, 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. וְהָיָ֤ה זַרְעֲךָ֙ כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ יָ֥מָּה וָקֵ֖דְמָה וְצָפֹ֣נָה וָנֶ֑גְבָּה וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּ בְךָ֛ כָּל־מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָ֖ה וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ [And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.840/) [And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.841/) ## 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:787 # text = וְהָיָ֤ה זַרְעֲךָ֙ כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ יָ֥מָּה וָקֵ֖דְמָה וְצָפֹ֣נָה וָנֶ֑גְבָּה וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּ בְךָ֛ כָּל־מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָ֖ה וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ # verse = GEN.28.14 1-2 וְהָיָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_28:14!1|MId=o010280140011|Strong=2050b 2 הָיָ֤ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=GEN_28:14!1|MId=o010280140012|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010280140021;|Type=weqatal 3-4 זַרְעֲךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 זַרְע זֶרַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=offspring|Ref=GEN_28:14!2|MId=o010280140021|Strong=2233 4 ֲךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_28:14!2|MId=o010280140022|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 5-6 כַּעֲפַ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=GEN_28:14!3|MId=o010280140031|Strong=3509a 6 עֲפַ֣ר עָפָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=the.dust|Ref=GEN_28:14!3|MId=o010280140032|Strong=6083 7-8 הָאָ֔רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_28:14!4|MId=o010280140041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אָ֔רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.earth|Ref=GEN_28:14!4|MId=o010280140042|Strong=0776 9-10 וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_28:14!5|MId=o010280140051|Strong=2050b 10 פָרַצְתָּ֛ פָּרַץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 6 conj _ Gloss=you.will.spread.out|Ref=GEN_28:14!5|MId=o010280140052|Strong=6555|Frame=A0:010280100021;|Type=weqatal 11-12 יָ֥מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 יָ֥מּ יָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 advmod _ Gloss=westward|Ref=GEN_28:14!6|MId=o010280140061|Strong=3220 12 ָה ה X _ _ 11 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_28:14!6|MId=o010280140062|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 13-15 וָקֵ֖דְמָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_28:14!7|MId=o010280140071|Strong=2050b 14 קֵ֖דְמ קֵדֶם ADV _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 advmod _ Gloss=eastward|Ref=GEN_28:14!7|MId=o010280140072|Strong=6924a 15 ָה ה X _ _ 14 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_28:14!7|MId=o010280140073|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 16-18 וְצָפֹ֣נָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_28:14!8|MId=o010280140081|Strong=2050b 17 צָפֹ֣נ צָפוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=northward|Ref=GEN_28:14!8|MId=o010280140082|Strong=6828 18 ָה ה X _ _ 17 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_28:14!8|MId=o010280140083|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 19-21 וָנֶ֑גְבָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_28:14!9|MId=o010280140091|Strong=2050b 20 נֶ֑גְבּ נֶגֶב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=southward|Ref=GEN_28:14!9|MId=o010280140092|Strong=5045 21 ָה ה X _ _ 20 nmod _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_28:14!9|MId=o010280140093|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 22-23 וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_28:14!10|MId=o010280140101|Strong=2050b 23 נִבְרֲכ֥וּ בָּרַךְ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=they.will.be.blessed|Ref=GEN_28:14!10|MId=o010280140102|Strong=1288|Frame=A1:010280140131;|Type=qatal 24-25 בְךָ֛ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=GEN_28:14!11|MId=o010280140111|Strong=0871a 25 ְךָ֛ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_28:14!11|MId=o010280140112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 26 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_28:14!12|MId=o010280140121|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 27 מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת מִשְׁפָּחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.clans|Ref=GEN_28:14!13|MId=o010280140131|Strong=4940 28-29 הָאֲדָמָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_28:14!14|MId=o010280140141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 אֲדָמָ֖ה אֲדָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.earth|Ref=GEN_28:14!14|MId=o010280140142|Strong=0127 30-33 וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 32 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_28:14!15|MId=o010280140151|Strong=2050b 31 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=GEN_28:14!15|MId=o010280140152|Strong=0871a 32 זַרְע זֶרַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 conj _ Gloss=offspring|Ref=GEN_28:14!15|MId=o010280140153|Strong=2233 33 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_28:14!15|MId=o010280140154|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=GEN_28:14!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הָיָה *it will be* | weqatal · qal | זַרְע *offspring* | | | | | פָרַצְתָּ *you will spread out* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | נִבְרֲכוּ *they will be blessed* | qatal · niphal | | מִשְׁפְּחֹת *the clans* | | | 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} וִיהוֹן בְּנָיךְ סַגִּיאִין כְּעַפְרָא דְאַרְעָא וְתִתְקֵף לְמַעַרְבָא וּלְמַדִינְחָא וּלְצִפּוּנָא וּלְדָרוֹמָא וְיִתְבָּרְכוּן בְּדִילָךְ כָּל זַרְעֲיַת אַרְעָא וּבְדִיל בְּנָיךְ 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 thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.840/) 2. [And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.841/) **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). 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