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title: Genesis 32:33 — (32-33) Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: (32-33) Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein. Who acts: children, Jacob. Genesis 32:33 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum 
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# Genesis 32:33 בְּרֵאשִׁית

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**Who acts:** children, Jacob · **What happens:** not eat, be, touch · **To what, where:** sinew, hollow

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This is Genesis 32:33 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 — children, Jacob — and what happens in the verse to sinew, hollow, 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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עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יֹאכְל֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־גִּ֣יד הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־כַּ֣ף הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י נָגַע֙ בְּכַף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּגִ֖יד הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃

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[(32-33) Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1032/)

## 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:960
# text = עַל־כֵּ֡ן לֹֽא־יֹאכְל֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־גִּ֣יד הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־כַּ֣ף הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י נָגַע֙ בְּכַף־יֶ֣רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּגִ֖יד הַנָּשֶֽׁה׃
# verse = GEN.32.33
1	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	Gloss=therefore|Ref=GEN_32:33!1|MId=o010320330011|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
2	כֵּ֡ן	כֵּן	ADV	_	_	0	root	_	Gloss=|Ref=GEN_32:33!2|MId=o010320330021|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative
3	לֹֽא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_32:33!3|MId=o010320330031|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No
4	יֹאכְל֨וּ	אָכַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.eat|Ref=GEN_32:33!4|MId=o010320330041|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:010320330051;A1:010320330081;|Type=yiqtol
5	בְנֵֽי־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.people|Ref=GEN_32:33!5|MId=o010320330051|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
6	יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל	יִשְׂרָאֵל	PROPN	_	_	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=GEN_32:33!6|MId=o010320330061|Strong=3478
7	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_32:33!7|MId=o010320330071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
8	גִּ֣יד	גִּיד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	obj	_	Gloss=the.tendon|Ref=GEN_32:33!8|MId=o010320330081|Strong=1517
9-10	הַנָּשֶׁ֗ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_32:33!9|MId=o010320330091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	נָּשֶׁ֗ה	נָשֶׁה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.hip.nerve|Ref=GEN_32:33!9|MId=o010320330092|Strong=5384
11	אֲשֶׁר֙	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	13	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_32:33!10|MId=o010320330101|Strong=0834|Type=relative
12	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	Gloss=[is].on|Ref=GEN_32:33!11|MId=o010320330111|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
13	כַּ֣ף	כַּף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	8	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=the.socket|Ref=GEN_32:33!12|MId=o010320330121|Strong=3709
14-15	הַיָּרֵ֔ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_32:33!13|MId=o010320330131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	יָּרֵ֔ךְ	יָרֵךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	13	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.thigh|Ref=GEN_32:33!13|MId=o010320330132|Strong=3409
16	עַ֖ד	עַד	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=GEN_32:33!14|MId=o010320330141|Strong=5704
17-18	הַיּ֣וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	18	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_32:33!15|MId=o010320330151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
18	יּ֣וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	4	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=GEN_32:33!15|MId=o010320330152|Strong=3117
19-20	הַזֶּ֑ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_32:33!16|MId=o010320330161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	זֶּ֑ה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_32:33!16|MId=o010320330162|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
21	כִּ֤י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	22	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_32:33!17|MId=o010320330171|Strong=3588
22	נָגַע֙	נָגַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	advcl	_	Gloss=he.touched|Ref=GEN_32:33!18|MId=o010320330181|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:010320250051;|Type=qatal
23-24	בְּכַף־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=(in).the|Ref=GEN_32:33!19|MId=o010320330191|Strong=0871a
24	כַף־	כַּף	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	22	obl	_	Gloss=socket|Ref=GEN_32:33!19|MId=o010320330192|Strong=3709
25	יֶ֣רֶךְ	יָרֵךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	24	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.the.thigh|Ref=GEN_32:33!20|MId=o010320330201|Strong=3409
26	יַעֲקֹ֔ב	יַעֲקֹב	PROPN	_	_	25	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Jacob|Ref=GEN_32:33!21|MId=o010320330211|Strong=3290
27-28	בְּגִ֖יד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=(in).the|Ref=GEN_32:33!22|MId=o010320330221|Strong=0871a
28	גִ֖יד	גִּיד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	22	obl	_	Gloss=tendon|Ref=GEN_32:33!22|MId=o010320330222|Strong=1517
29-30	הַנָּשֶֽׁה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	30	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_32:33!23|MId=o010320330231|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
30	נָּשֶֽׁה	נָשֶׁה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	28	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.hip.nerve|Ref=GEN_32:33!23|MId=o010320330232|Strong=5384
31	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	30	punct	_	Ref=GEN_32:33!23
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **not** יֹאכְלוּ *they eat* | yiqtol · qal | בְנֵֽי־ *the people* | גִּיד *the tendon* |  |  |
| נָגַע *he touched* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |

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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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עַל כֵן לָא יֵיכְלוּן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת גִּידָא דְנַשְׁיָא דִּי עַל פְּתֵי יַרְכָּא עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין אֲרֵי קְרֵיב בִּפְתֵי יַרְכָּא דְיַעֲקֹב בְּגִידָא דְנַשְׁיָא

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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. [(32-33) Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1032/)

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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:960`.

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