--- title: Genesis 31:8 — If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked. Who acts: God, speckled, flock, streaked. 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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 — God, speckled, flock, streaked — and what happens in the verse to wages, flock, 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. אִם־כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֗ר נְקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־הַצֹּ֖אן נְקֻדִּ֑ים וְאִם־כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֗ר עֲקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־הַצֹּ֖אן עֲקֻדִּֽים׃ [If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.941/) ## 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:881 # text = אִם־כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֗ר נְקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־הַצֹּ֖אן נְקֻדִּ֑ים וְאִם־כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֗ר עֲקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־הַצֹּ֖אן עֲקֻדִּֽים׃ # verse = GEN.31.8 1 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=GEN_31:8!1|MId=o010310080011|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 2 כֹּ֣ה כֹּה ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=GEN_31:8!2|MId=o010310080021|Strong=3541 3 יֹאמַ֗ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 advcl _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_31:8!3|MId=o010310080031|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010310070012;A1:010310080051;|Type=yiqtol 4 נְקֻדִּים֙ נָקֹד ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ Gloss=speckled.[ones]|Ref=GEN_31:8!4|MId=o010310080041|Strong=5348|Type=adjective 5 יִהְיֶ֣ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=GEN_31:8!5|MId=o010310080051|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010310080041;|Type=yiqtol 6-7 שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 שְׂכָר שָׂכָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ Gloss=wage[s]|Ref=GEN_31:8!6|MId=o010310080061|Strong=7939 7 ֶ֔ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_31:8!6|MId=o010310080062|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 8-9 וְיָלְד֥וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_31:8!7|MId=o010310080071|Strong=2050b 9 יָלְד֥וּ יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.bore|Ref=GEN_31:8!7|MId=o010310080072|Strong=3205|Frame=A0:010310080092;A1:010310080101;|Type=qatal 10 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_31:8!8|MId=o010310080081|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 הַצֹּ֖אן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_31:8!9|MId=o010310080091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 צֹּ֖אן צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=flock|Ref=GEN_31:8!9|MId=o010310080092|Strong=6629 13 נְקֻדִּ֑ים נָקֹד ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 obj _ Gloss=speckled.[ones]|Ref=GEN_31:8!10|MId=o010310080101|Strong=5348|Type=adjective 14-15 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_31:8!11|MId=o010310080111|Strong=2050b 15 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 17 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=GEN_31:8!11|MId=o010310080112|Strong=0518 16 כֹּ֣ה כֹּה ADV _ _ 17 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=GEN_31:8!12|MId=o010310080121|Strong=3541 17 יֹאמַ֗ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 23 advcl _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_31:8!13|MId=o010310080131|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010310070012;A1:010310080151;|Type=yiqtol 18 עֲקֻדִּים֙ עָקֹד ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ Gloss=striped.[ones]|Ref=GEN_31:8!14|MId=o010310080141|Strong=6124|Type=adjective 19 יִהְיֶ֣ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 20 cop _ Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=GEN_31:8!15|MId=o010310080151|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010310080141;|Type=yiqtol 20-21 שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 שְׂכָר שָׂכָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ Gloss=wage[s]|Ref=GEN_31:8!16|MId=o010310080161|Strong=7939 21 ֶ֔ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_31:8!16|MId=o010310080162|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 22-23 וְיָלְד֥וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_31:8!17|MId=o010310080171|Strong=2050b 23 יָלְד֥וּ יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=they.bore|Ref=GEN_31:8!17|MId=o010310080172|Strong=3205|Frame=A0:010310080192;A1:010310080201;|Type=qatal 24 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_31:8!18|MId=o010310080181|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 הַצֹּ֖אן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_31:8!19|MId=o010310080191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 צֹּ֖אן צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=flock|Ref=GEN_31:8!19|MId=o010310080192|Strong=6629 27 עֲקֻדִּֽים עָקֹד ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 obj _ Gloss=striped.[ones]|Ref=GEN_31:8!20|MId=o010310080201|Strong=6124|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=GEN_31:8!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹאמַר *he said* | yiqtol · qal | | יִהְיֶה *it will be* | | | | יִהְיֶה *it will be* | yiqtol · qal | נְקֻדִּים *speckled \[ones\]* | | | | | יָלְדוּ *they bore* | qatal · qal | צֹּאן *flock* | נְקֻדִּים *speckled \[ones\]* | | | | יֹאמַר *he said* | yiqtol · qal | | יִהְיֶה *it will be* | | | | יִהְיֶה *it will be* | yiqtol · qal | עֲקֻדִּים *striped \[ones\]* | | | | | יָלְדוּ *they bore* | qatal · qal | צֹּאן *flock* | עֲקֻדִּֽים *striped \[ones\]* | | | 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} אִם כְּדֵין הֲוָה אֲמַר נְמוֹרִין יְהֵא אַגְרָךְ וִילִידָן כָּל עָנָא נְמוֹרִין וְאִם כְּדֵין הֲוָה אֲמַר רְגוֹלִין יְהֵא אַגְרָךְ וִילִידָן כָּל עָנָא רְגוֹלִין 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. [If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.941/) **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:881`. - ← previous: [Genesis 31:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.7/) - next →: [Genesis 31:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.9/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/31/)