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title: Genesis 30:41 — And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did concei… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; Who acts: flock, stronger, Jacob, rods. Genesis 30:41 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 an
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# Genesis 30:41 בְּרֵאשִׁית

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**Who acts:** flock, stronger, Jacob, rods · **What happens:** come, pass, conceive, lay · **To what, where:** rods, eyes

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This is Genesis 30:41 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 — flock, stronger, Jacob, rods — and what happens in the verse to rods, eyes, 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.

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וְהָיָ֗ה בְּכָל־יַחֵם֮ הַצֹּ֣אן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒ וְשָׂ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֧ב אֶת־הַמַּקְל֛וֹת לְעֵינֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃

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[And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.931/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:871
# text = וְהָיָ֗ה בְּכָל־יַחֵם֮ הַצֹּ֣אן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒ וְשָׂ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֧ב אֶת־הַמַּקְל֛וֹת לְעֵינֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃
# verse = GEN.30.41
1-2	וְהָיָ֗ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	4	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_30:41!1|MId=o010300410011|Strong=2050b
2	הָיָ֗ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	cop	_	Gloss=it.was|Ref=GEN_30:41!1|MId=o010300410012|Strong=1961|Type=qatal
3-4	בְּכָל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_30:41!2|MId=o010300410021|Strong=0871a
4	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_30:41!2|MId=o010300410022|Strong=3605
5	יַחֵם֮	יָחַם	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	4	acl	_	Gloss=the.being.in.heat|Ref=GEN_30:41!3|MId=o010300410031|Strong=3179|Frame=A0:010300410042;|Type=infinitive_construct
6-7	הַצֹּ֣אן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	7	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_30:41!4|MId=o010300410041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
7	צֹּ֣אן	צֹאן	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.sheep|Ref=GEN_30:41!4|MId=o010300410042|Strong=6629
8-9	הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	הַ	הַ	SCONJ	_	_	9	mark	_	Gloss=(the).vigorous|Ref=GEN_30:41!5|MId=o010300410051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
9	מְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒	קָשַׁר	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PUAL|Number=Plur	7	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=[female]|Ref=GEN_30:41!5|MId=o010300410052|Strong=7194|Frame=A1:010300410042;|Type=participle_passive
10-11	וְשָׂ֨ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_30:41!6|MId=o010300410061|Strong=2050b
11	שָׂ֨ם	שׂים	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	4	conj	_	Gloss=he.put.out|Ref=GEN_30:41!6|MId=o010300410062|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:010300410071;A1:010300410092;|Type=qatal
12	יַעֲקֹ֧ב	יַעֲקֹב	PROPN	_	_	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=Jacob|Ref=GEN_30:41!7|MId=o010300410071|Strong=3290
13	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_30:41!8|MId=o010300410081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
14-15	הַמַּקְל֛וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_30:41!9|MId=o010300410091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	מַּקְל֛וֹת	מַקֵּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	obj	_	Gloss=branches|Ref=GEN_30:41!9|MId=o010300410092|Strong=4731
16-17	לְעֵינֵ֥י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_30:41!10|MId=o010300410101|Strong=3807a
17	עֵינֵ֥י	עַיִן	NOUN	_	Number=Dual	11	obl	_	Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=GEN_30:41!10|MId=o010300410102|Strong=5869
18-19	הַצֹּ֖אן	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	19	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_30:41!11|MId=o010300410111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
19	צֹּ֖אן	צֹאן	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	17	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.sheep|Ref=GEN_30:41!11|MId=o010300410112|Strong=6629
20-22	בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	בָּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_30:41!12|MId=o010300410121|Strong=0871a
21	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	22	det	_	Gloss=the.drinking|Ref=GEN_30:41!12|MId=o010300410121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
22	רֳהָטִ֑ים	רַהַט	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	11	obl	_	Gloss=troughs|Ref=GEN_30:41!12|MId=o010300410122|Strong=7298
23-25	לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=it|Ref=GEN_30:41!13|MId=o010300410131|Strong=3807a
24	יַחְמ	יָחַם	VERB	_	HebBinyan=PIEL	11	advcl	_	Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_30:41!13|MId=o010300410132|Strong=3179|Frame=A0:010300410133;|Type=infinitive_construct
25	ֵ֖נָּה	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=be.in.heat|Ref=GEN_30:41!13|MId=o010300410133|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
26-28	בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
26	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=at|Ref=GEN_30:41!14|MId=o010300410141|Strong=0871a
27	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_30:41!14|MId=o010300410141ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	מַּקְלֽוֹת	מַקֵּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	24	obl	_	Gloss=branches|Ref=GEN_30:41!14|MId=o010300410142|Strong=4731
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=GEN_30:41!14
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יַחֵם *the being in heat* | infinitive construct · piel | צֹּאן *the sheep* |  |  |  |
| מְקֻשָּׁרוֹת *\[female\]* | participle passive · pual |  | צֹּאן *the sheep* |  |  |
| שָׂם *he put out* | qatal · qal | יַעֲקֹב *Jacob* | מַּקְלוֹת *branches* |  |  |
| יַחְמ *to* | infinitive construct · piel | ֵנָּה *be in heat* |  |  |  |

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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}

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וַהֲוֵי בְּכָל עִדַּן דְּמִתְיַחֲמָן עָנָא מְבַכַּרְתָּא וּמְשַׁוִּי יַעֲקֹב יָת חוּטְרַיָּא לְעֵינֵי עָנָא בִּרְהָטַיָּא לְיַחָמוּתְהוֹן בְּחוּטְרַיָּא

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.931/)

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**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:871`.

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