--- title: Genesis 29:8 — And they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.' Who acts: cattle, we. Genesis 29:8 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Genesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/) / [chapter 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/29/) / 29:8 # Genesis 29:8 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** cattle, we · **What happens:** say, gather, roll, water · **To what, where:** flocks, stone, mouth, sheep · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 29:8 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (The Torah). 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 — cattle, we — and what happens in the verse to flocks, stone, mouth, sheep, 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. וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ לֹ֣א נוּכַל֒ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ כָּל־הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔ים וְגָֽלֲלוּ֙ אֶת־הָאֶ֔בֶן מֵעַ֖ל פִּ֣י הַבְּאֵ֑ר וְהִשְׁקִ֖ינוּ הַצֹּֽאן׃ [And they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.858/) ## 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:803 # text = וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ לֹ֣א נוּכַל֒ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ כָּל־הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔ים וְגָֽלֲלוּ֙ אֶת־הָאֶ֔בֶן מֵעַ֖ל פִּ֣י הַבְּאֵ֑ר וְהִשְׁקִ֖ינוּ הַצֹּֽאן׃ # verse = GEN.29.8 1-2 וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:8!1|MId=o010290080011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְרוּ֮ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=GEN_29:8!1|MId=o010290080012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010290040022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_29:8!2|MId=o010290080021|Strong=3808|Type=negative 4 נוּכַל֒ יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=we.are.able|Ref=GEN_29:8!3|MId=o010290080031|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:010290040022;|Type=yiqtol 5 עַ֣ד עַד ADP _ _ 4 parataxis _ Gloss=until|Ref=GEN_29:8!4|MId=o010290080041|Strong=5704 6 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=GEN_29:8!5|MId=o010290080051|Strong=0834|Type=relative 7 יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ אָסַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 5 parataxis _ Gloss=they.will.be.gathered|Ref=GEN_29:8!6|MId=o010290080061|Strong=0622|Frame=A1:010290080082;|Type=yiqtol 8 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_29:8!7|MId=o010290080071|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 9-10 הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הָ֣ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_29:8!8|MId=o010290080081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 עֲדָרִ֔ים עֵדֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=flocks|Ref=GEN_29:8!8|MId=o010290080082|Strong=5739 11-12 וְגָֽלֲלוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:8!9|MId=o010290080091|Strong=2050b 12 גָֽלֲלוּ֙ גָּלַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 7 conj _ Gloss=people.will.roll|Ref=GEN_29:8!9|MId=o010290080092|Strong=1556|Frame=A0:;A1:010290080112;|Type=weqatal 13 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_29:8!10|MId=o010290080101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 14-15 הָאֶ֔בֶן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_29:8!11|MId=o010290080111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 אֶ֔בֶן אֶבֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 12 obj _ Gloss=stone|Ref=GEN_29:8!11|MId=o010290080112|Strong=0068 16-17 מֵעַ֖ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_29:8!12|MId=o010290080121|Strong=4480 17 עַ֖ל עַל ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=GEN_29:8!12|MId=o010290080122|Strong=5921 18 פִּ֣י פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=the.mouth|Ref=GEN_29:8!13|MId=o010290080131|Strong=6310 19-20 הַבְּאֵ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_29:8!14|MId=o010290080141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 בְּאֵ֑ר בְּאֵר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.well|Ref=GEN_29:8!14|MId=o010290080142|Strong=0875 21-22 וְהִשְׁקִ֖ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_29:8!15|MId=o010290080151|Strong=2050b 22 הִשְׁקִ֖ינוּ שָׁקָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=1 4 conj _ Gloss=we.will.water|Ref=GEN_29:8!15|MId=o010290080152|Strong=8248|Frame=AA:010290040022;A0:010290080162;|Type=weqatal 23-24 הַצֹּֽאן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_29:8!16|MId=o010290080161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 צֹּֽאן צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 22 obj _ Gloss=sheep|Ref=GEN_29:8!16|MId=o010290080162|Strong=6629 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=GEN_29:8!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - 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 | | | | | | **not** נוּכַל *we are able* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יֵאָֽסְפוּ *they will be gathered* | yiqtol · niphal | | עֲדָרִים *flocks* | | | | גָֽלֲלוּ *people will roll* | weqatal · qal | | אֶבֶן *stone* | | | | הִשְׁקִינוּ *we will water* | weqatal · hiphil | צֹּֽאן *sheep* | | | | 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 לָא נִכּוּל עַד דִי יִתְכַּנְשִׁין כָּל עֲדָרַיָּא וִיגַנְדְרוּן יָת אַבְנָא מֵעַל פוּמָא דְבֵירָא וְנַשְׁקֵי עָנָא 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 cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.858/) **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:803`. - ← previous: [Genesis 29:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.7/) - next →: [Genesis 29:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.9/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/29/)