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title: Genesis 31:32 — With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.' — For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. — Who acts: thou, God, brethren, Jacob. Genesis 31:32 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917
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# Genesis 31:32 בְּרֵאשִׁית

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**Who acts:** thou, God, brethren, Jacob, Rachel · **What happens:** find, not live, discern, be, take, not know · **To what, where:** gods, thine, force, thee, brethren · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Genesis 31:32 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 — thou, God, brethren, Jacob, Rachel — and what happens in the verse to gods, thine, force, thee, brethren, 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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עִ֠ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֣א אֶת־אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶה֒ נֶ֣גֶד אַחֵ֧ינוּ הַֽכֶּר־לְךָ֛ מָ֥ה עִמָּדִ֖י וְקַֽח־לָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֣ע יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֥י רָחֵ֖ל גְּנָבָֽתַם׃

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[With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.' — For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.969/)

## 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:905
# text = עִ֠ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֣א אֶת־אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶה֒ נֶ֣גֶד אַחֵ֧ינוּ הַֽכֶּר־לְךָ֛ מָ֥ה עִמָּדִ֖י וְקַֽח־לָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֣ע יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֥י רָחֵ֖ל גְּנָבָֽתַם׃
# verse = GEN.31.32
1	עִ֠ם	עִם	ADP	_	_	8	dislocated	_	Gloss=with|Ref=GEN_31:32!1|MId=o010310320011|Strong=5973
2	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	3	mark	_	Gloss=[anyone].whom|Ref=GEN_31:32!2|MId=o010310320021|Strong=0834|Type=relative
3	תִּמְצָ֣א	מָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	1	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=you.will.find|Ref=GEN_31:32!3|MId=o010310320031|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:010310310042;A1:010310320051;|Type=yiqtol
4	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_31:32!4|MId=o010310320041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
5-6	אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	אֱלֹהֶי	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	obj	_	Gloss=gods|Ref=GEN_31:32!5|MId=o010310320051|Strong=0430
6	ךָ֮	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_31:32!5|MId=o010310320052|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
7	לֹ֣א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	8	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_31:32!6|MId=o010310320061|Strong=3808|Type=negative
8	יִֽחְיֶה֒	חָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.will.live|Ref=GEN_31:32!7|MId=o010310320071|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:010310320031;|Type=yiqtol
9	נֶ֣גֶד	נֶגֶד	NOUN	_	_	12	obl	_	Gloss=before|Ref=GEN_31:32!8|MId=o010310320081|Strong=5048
10-11	אַחֵ֧ינוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	אַחֵ֧י	אָח	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	9	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=relatives|Ref=GEN_31:32!9|MId=o010310320091|Strong=0251
11	נוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=our|Ref=GEN_31:32!9|MId=o010310320092|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal
12	הַֽכֶּר־	נָכַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2	8	parataxis	_	Gloss=investigate|Ref=GEN_31:32!10|MId=o010310320101|Strong=5234|Frame=AA:010310310042;A0:010310320132;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No
13-14	לְךָ֛	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_31:32!11|MId=o010310320111|Strong=3807a
14	ְךָ֛	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	Gloss=yourself|Ref=GEN_31:32!11|MId=o010310320112|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
15	מָ֥ה	מָה	PRON	_	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	Gloss=what?|Ref=GEN_31:32!12|MId=o010310320121|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative
16-17	עִמָּדִ֖י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	עִמָּד	עִמָּד	NOUN	_	_	12	ccomp	_	Gloss=[is].with|Ref=GEN_31:32!13|MId=o010310320131|Strong=5978
17	ִ֖י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_31:32!13|MId=o010310320132|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
18-19	וְקַֽח־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_31:32!14|MId=o010310320141|Strong=2050b
19	קַֽח־	לָקַח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	8	conj	_	Gloss=take.[it]|Ref=GEN_31:32!14|MId=o010310320142|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:010310310042;A1:010310320121;|Type=imperative
20-21	לָ֑ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_31:32!15|MId=o010310320151|Strong=3807a
21	ָ֑ךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	Gloss=yourself|Ref=GEN_31:32!15|MId=o010310320152|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
22-23	וְלֹֽא־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_31:32!16|MId=o010310320161|Strong=2050b
23	לֹֽא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	24	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_31:32!16|MId=o010310320162|Strong=3808|Type=negative
24	יָדַ֣ע	יָדַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	8	conj	_	Gloss=he.knew|Ref=GEN_31:32!17|MId=o010310320171|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:010310320181;A1:010310320211;|Type=qatal
25	יַעֲקֹ֔ב	יַעֲקֹב	PROPN	_	_	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=Jacob|Ref=GEN_31:32!18|MId=o010310320181|Strong=3290
26	כִּ֥י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	28	mark	_	Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=GEN_31:32!19|MId=o010310320191|Strong=3588
27	רָחֵ֖ל	רָחֵל	PROPN	_	_	28	nsubj	_	Gloss=Rachel|Ref=GEN_31:32!20|MId=o010310320201|Strong=7354
28-29	גְּנָבָֽתַם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	גְּנָבָֽת	גָּנַב	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	24	ccomp	_	Gloss=she|Ref=GEN_31:32!21|MId=o010310320211|Strong=1589|Frame=A0:010310320201;A1:010310320212;|Type=qatal
29	ַם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	Gloss=had.stolen.them|Ref=GEN_31:32!21|MId=o010310320212|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
30	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	29	punct	_	Ref=GEN_31:32!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| תִּמְצָא *you will find* | yiqtol · qal |  | אֱלֹהֶי *gods* |  |  |
| **not** יִֽחְיֶה *he will live* | yiqtol · qal | תִּמְצָא *you will find* |  |  |  |
| הַֽכֶּר־ *investigate* | imperative · hiphil | ִי *me* |  |  |  |
| קַֽח־ *take \[it\]* | imperative · qal |  | מָה *what?* |  |  |
| **not** יָדַע *he knew* | qatal · qal | יַעֲקֹב *Jacob* | גְּנָבָֽת *she* |  |  |
| גְּנָבָֽת *she* | qatal · qal | רָחֵל *Rachel* | ַם *had stolen them* |  |  |

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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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עִם (נ''י אֲתַר) דִּי תַשְׁכַּח יָת דַּחַלְתָּךְ לָא יִתְקַיַּם קֳדָם אֲחָנָא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע לָךְ מָה דְעִמִּי וְסַב לָךְ וְלָא יְדַע יַעֲקֹב אֲרֵי רָחֵל נְסִיבָתְהוֹן

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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. [With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.' — For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.969/)

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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:905`.

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