--- title: Genesis 29:13 — And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his siste… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. Who acts: Laban, Jacob. 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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 — Laban, Jacob — and what happens in the verse to well, tidings, Jacob, house, things, Laban, 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. וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ לָבָ֜ן אֶת־שֵׁ֣מַע ׀ יַעֲקֹ֣ב בֶּן־אֲחֹת֗וֹ וַיָּ֤רָץ לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ וַיְחַבֶּק־לוֹ֙ וַיְנַשֶּׁק־ל֔וֹ וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־בֵּית֑וֹ וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר לְלָבָ֔ן אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ [And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.863/) [And he told Laban all these things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.864/) ## 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:808 # text = וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ לָבָ֜ן אֶת־שֵׁ֣מַע ׀ יַעֲקֹ֣ב בֶּן־אֲחֹת֗וֹ וַיָּ֤רָץ לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ וַיְחַבֶּק־לוֹ֙ וַיְנַשֶּׁק־ל֔וֹ וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־בֵּית֑וֹ וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר לְלָבָ֔ן אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ # verse = GEN.29.13 1-2 וַיְהִי֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:13!1|MId=o010290130011|Strong=2050b 2 יְהִי֩ הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=GEN_29:13!1|MId=o010290130012|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 כִ כְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=just|Ref=GEN_29:13!2|MId=o010290130021|Strong=3509a 4 שְׁמֹ֨עַ שָׁמַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 advcl _ Gloss=as.heard|Ref=GEN_29:13!2|MId=o010290130022|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010290130031;A1:010290130051;|Type=infinitive_construct 5 לָבָ֜ן לָבָן PROPN _ _ 4 nsubj _ Gloss=Laban|Ref=GEN_29:13!3|MId=o010290130031|Strong=3837 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_29:13!4|MId=o010290130041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 7 שֵׁ֣מַע שֵׁמַע NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obj _ Gloss=the.report|Ref=GEN_29:13!5|MId=o010290130051|Strong=8088 8 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 7 punct _ Ref=GEN_29:13!5 9 יַעֲקֹ֣ב יַעֲקֹב PROPN _ _ 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Jacob|Ref=GEN_29:13!6|MId=o010290130061|Strong=3290 10 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=GEN_29:13!7|MId=o010290130071|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 אֲחֹת֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 אֲחֹת אָחוֹת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.sister|Ref=GEN_29:13!8|MId=o010290130081|Strong=0269 12 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_29:13!8|MId=o010290130082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 13-14 וַיָּ֤רָץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:13!9|MId=o010290130091|Strong=2050b 14 יָּ֤רָץ רוּץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.ran|Ref=GEN_29:13!9|MId=o010290130092|Strong=7323|Frame=A0:010290130031;|Type=wayyiqtol 15-17 לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_29:13!10|MId=o010290130101|Strong=3807a 16 קְרָאת קרא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 14 advcl _ Gloss=meet|Ref=GEN_29:13!10|MId=o010290130102|Strong=7122|Frame=A0:010290130031;A1:010290130103;|Type=infinitive_construct 17 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_29:13!10|MId=o010290130103|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 18-19 וַיְחַבֶּק־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:13!11|MId=o010290130111|Strong=2050b 19 יְחַבֶּק־ חָבַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.embraced|Ref=GEN_29:13!11|MId=o010290130112|Strong=2263|Frame=A0:010290130031;|Type=wayyiqtol 20-21 לוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 ל לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=GEN_29:13!12|MId=o010290130121|Strong=3807a 21 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_29:13!12|MId=o010290130122|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 22-23 וַיְנַשֶּׁק־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:13!13|MId=o010290130131|Strong=2050b 23 יְנַשֶּׁק־ נָשַׁק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.kissed|Ref=GEN_29:13!13|MId=o010290130132|Strong=5401|Frame=A0:010290130031;|Type=wayyiqtol 24-25 ל֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 ל לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=GEN_29:13!14|MId=o010290130141|Strong=3807a 25 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_29:13!14|MId=o010290130142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26-28 וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:13!15|MId=o010290130151|Strong=2050b 27 יְבִיא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=GEN_29:13!15|MId=o010290130152|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:010290130031;A0:010290130153;|Type=wayyiqtol 28 ֵ֖הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ Gloss=brought.him|Ref=GEN_29:13!15|MId=o010290130153|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 29 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_29:13!16|MId=o010290130161|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 30-31 בֵּית֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 בֵּית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=house|Ref=GEN_29:13!17|MId=o010290130171|Strong=1004 31 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_29:13!17|MId=o010290130172|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 32-33 וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 33 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:13!18|MId=o010290130181|Strong=2050b 33 יְסַפֵּ֣ר סָפַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.recounted|Ref=GEN_29:13!18|MId=o010290130182|Strong=5608|Frame=A0:010290130061;A1:010290130222;|Type=wayyiqtol 34-35 לְלָבָ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_29:13!19|MId=o010290130191|Strong=3807a 35 לָבָ֔ן לָבָן PROPN _ _ 33 obl _ Gloss=Laban|Ref=GEN_29:13!19|MId=o010290130192|Strong=3837 36 אֵ֥ת אֵת ADP _ _ 37 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_29:13!20|MId=o010290130201|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 37 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 33 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_29:13!21|MId=o010290130211|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 38-39 הַדְּבָרִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 39 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_29:13!22|MId=o010290130221|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 39 דְּבָרִ֖ים דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 37 compound:smixut _ Gloss=things|Ref=GEN_29:13!22|MId=o010290130222|Strong=1697 40-41 הָאֵֽלֶּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 41 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_29:13!23|MId=o010290130231|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 41 אֵֽלֶּה אֵלֶּה DET _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ Gloss=these|Ref=GEN_29:13!23|MId=o010290130232|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 42 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 41 punct _ Ref=GEN_29:13!23 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שְׁמֹעַ *as heard* | infinitive construct · qal | לָבָן *Laban* | שֵׁמַע *the report* | | | | יָּרָץ *he ran* | wayyiqtol · qal | לָבָן *Laban* | | | | | קְרָאת *meet* | infinitive construct · qal | לָבָן *Laban* | וֹ *him* | | | | יְחַבֶּק־ *he embraced* | wayyiqtol · piel | לָבָן *Laban* | | | | | יְנַשֶּׁק־ *he kissed* | wayyiqtol · piel | לָבָן *Laban* | | | | | יְבִיא *he* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | ֵהוּ *brought him* | | | לָבָן *Laban* | | יְסַפֵּר *he recounted* | wayyiqtol · piel | יַעֲקֹב *of Jacob* | דְּבָרִים *things* | | | 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 שְׁמַע לָבָן יָת שֵׁמַע יַעֲקֹב בַּר אֲחָתֵהּ וּרְהַט לְקַדָמוּתֵהּ וְגַפֵּף לֵהּ וְנַשִׁיק לֵהּ וְאַעֲלֵהּ לְבֵיתֵהּ וְאִשְׁתָּעִי לְלָבָן יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין 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 Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.863/) 2. [And he told Laban all these things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.864/) **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:808`. - ← previous: [Genesis 29:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.12/) - next →: [Genesis 29:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.14/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/29/)