--- title: Genesis 32:12 — (32-12) Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: (32-12) Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. Who acts: you, I, Esau. 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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 — you, I, Esau — and what happens in the verse to me, hand, Thee, Esau, 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. הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו כִּֽי־יָרֵ֤א אָנֹכִי֙ אֹת֔וֹ פֶּן־יָב֣וֹא וְהִכַּ֔נִי אֵ֖ם עַל־בָּנִֽים׃ [(32-12) Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1011/) ## 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:939 # text = הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו כִּֽי־יָרֵ֤א אָנֹכִי֙ אֹת֔וֹ פֶּן־יָב֣וֹא וְהִכַּ֔נִי אֵ֖ם עַל־בָּנִֽים׃ # verse = GEN.32.12 1-2 הַצִּילֵ֥נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הַצִּיל נָצַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=deliver|Ref=GEN_32:12!1|MId=o010320120011|Strong=5337|Frame=AA:010320100031;A0:010320120012;|Type=imperative 2 ֵ֥נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_32:12!1|MId=o010320120012|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 3 נָ֛א נָא INTJ _ _ 1 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=GEN_32:12!2|MId=o010320120021|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 4-5 מִיַּ֥ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_32:12!3|MId=o010320120031|Strong=4480 5 יַּ֥ד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 1 obl _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=GEN_32:12!3|MId=o010320120032|Strong=3027 6-7 אָחִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אָח אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.brother|Ref=GEN_32:12!4|MId=o010320120041|Strong=0251 7 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_32:12!4|MId=o010320120042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 8-9 מִיַּ֣ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_32:12!5|MId=o010320120051|Strong=4480 9 יַּ֣ד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 5 nmod _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=GEN_32:12!5|MId=o010320120052|Strong=3027 10 עֵשָׂ֑ו עֵשָׂו PROPN _ _ 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Esau|Ref=GEN_32:12!6|MId=o010320120061|Strong=6215 11 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_32:12!7|MId=o010320120071|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 12 יָרֵ֤א יָרֵא ADJ _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 1 advcl _ Gloss=[am].fearing|Ref=GEN_32:12!8|MId=o010320120081|Strong=3373|Type=participle_active 13 אָנֹכִי֙ אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=GEN_32:12!9|MId=o010320120091|Strong=0595|Type=personal 14-15 אֹת֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_32:12!10|MId=o010320120101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 15 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_32:12!10|MId=o010320120102|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 16 פֶּן־ פֶּן SCONJ _ _ 17 mark _ Gloss=lest|Ref=GEN_32:12!11|MId=o010320120111|Strong=6435|SpaceAfter=No 17 יָב֣וֹא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 advcl _ Gloss=he.should.come|Ref=GEN_32:12!12|MId=o010320120121|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:010320120041;|Type=yiqtol 18-20 וְהִכַּ֔נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_32:12!13|MId=o010320120131|Strong=2050b 19 הִכּ נָכָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 17 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=GEN_32:12!13|MId=o010320120132|Strong=5221|Frame=AA:010320120041;A0:010320120133;|Type=weqatal 20 ַ֔נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=will.attack.me|Ref=GEN_32:12!13|MId=o010320120133|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 21 אֵ֖ם אֵם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ Gloss=mother|Ref=GEN_32:12!14|MId=o010320120141|Strong=0517 22 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=GEN_32:12!15|MId=o010320120151|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 23 בָּנִֽים בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 21 nmod _ Gloss=children|Ref=GEN_32:12!16|MId=o010320120161|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=GEN_32:12!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no - hedged: yes (נָא) | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הַצִּיל *deliver* | imperative · hiphil | ֵנִי *me* | | | | | יָבוֹא *he should come* | yiqtol · qal | אָח *my brother* | | | | | הִכּ *he* | weqatal · hiphil | ַנִי *will attack me* | | | אָח *my brother* | 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} שֵׁזַבְנִי כְעַן מִידָא דְאָחִי מִידָא דְעֵשָׁו אֲרֵי דַחֵל אֲנָא מִנֵּהּ דִּילְמָא יֵיתֵי וְיִמְחִנַּנִי אִמָּא עַל בְּנַיָּא 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. [(32-12) Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1011/) **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:939`. - ← previous: [Genesis 32:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.11/) - next →: [Genesis 32:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.13/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/32/)