--- title: Genesis 34:12 — Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.' Who acts: you, I, ye. Genesis 34:12 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Genesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/) / [chapter 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/34/) / 34:12 # Genesis 34:12 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** you, I, ye · **What happens:** not ask, give, accord, say · **To what, where:** much dowry, me, damsel · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 34:12 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 — you, I, ye — and what happens in the verse to much dowry, me, damsel, 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. הַרְבּ֨וּ עָלַ֤י מְאֹד֙ מֹ֣הַר וּמַתָּ֔ן וְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר תֹּאמְר֖וּ אֵלָ֑י וּתְנוּ־לִ֥י אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ [Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1067/) ## 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:992 # text = הַרְבּ֨וּ עָלַ֤י מְאֹד֙ מֹ֣הַר וּמַתָּ֔ן וְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר תֹּאמְר֖וּ אֵלָ֑י וּתְנוּ־לִ֥י אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ # verse = GEN.34.12 1 הַרְבּ֨וּ רָבָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=increase|Ref=GEN_34:12!1|MId=o010340120011|Strong=7235|Frame=AA:010340110041;010340110061;A0:010340120041;010340120052;|Type=imperative 2-3 עָלַ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 עָל עַל ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_34:12!2|MId=o010340120021|Strong=5921 3 ַ֤י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_34:12!2|MId=o010340120022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 4 מְאֹד֙ מְאֹד ADV _ _ 1 advmod _ Gloss=exceedingly|Ref=GEN_34:12!3|MId=o010340120031|Strong=3966 5 מֹ֣הַר מֹהַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 obj _ Gloss=a.bride-price|Ref=GEN_34:12!4|MId=o010340120041|Strong=4119 6-7 וּמַתָּ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_34:12!5|MId=o010340120051|Strong=2050b 7 מַתָּ֔ן מַתָּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 conj _ Gloss=a.gift|Ref=GEN_34:12!5|MId=o010340120052|Strong=4976 8-9 וְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_34:12!6|MId=o010340120061|Strong=2050b 9 אֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 1 conj _ Gloss=I.will.give.[it]|Ref=GEN_34:12!6|MId=o010340120062|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:010340110021;A1:010340120041;010340120052;|Type=cohortative 10-11 כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 9 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=GEN_34:12!7|MId=o010340120071|Strong=3509a 11 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=GEN_34:12!7|MId=o010340120072|Strong=0834|Type=relative 12 תֹּאמְר֖וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 10 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.will.say|Ref=GEN_34:12!8|MId=o010340120081|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010340110041;010340110061;|Type=yiqtol 13-14 אֵלָ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 אֵל אֶל ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_34:12!9|MId=o010340120091|Strong=0413 14 ָ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_34:12!9|MId=o010340120092|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 15-16 וּתְנוּ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_34:12!10|MId=o010340120101|Strong=2050b 16 תְנוּ־ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 conj _ Gloss=give|Ref=GEN_34:12!10|MId=o010340120102|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:010340110041;010340110061;A1:010340120132;|Type=imperative 17-18 לִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 ל לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_34:12!11|MId=o010340120111|Strong=3807a 18 ִ֥י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_34:12!11|MId=o010340120112|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 19 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_34:12!12|MId=o010340120121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 20-21 הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הַֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_34:12!13|MId=o010340120131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 נַּעֲרָ֖ נַעֲרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 obj _ Gloss=girl|Ref=GEN_34:12!13|MId=o010340120132|Strong=5291 22-23 לְאִשָּֽׁה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_34:12!14|MId=o010340120141|Strong=3807a 23 אִשָּֽׁה אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=a.wife|Ref=GEN_34:12!14|MId=o010340120142|Strong=0802 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=GEN_34:12!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הַרְבּוּ *increase* | imperative · hiphil | מֹהַר *a bride-price* + מַתָּן *a gift* | | | | | אֶתְּנָה *I will give \[it\]* | cohortative · qal | | מֹהַר *a bride-price* + מַתָּן *a gift* | | | | תֹּאמְרוּ *you will say* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | תְנוּ־ *give* | imperative · qal | | נַּעֲרָ *girl* | | | 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} אַסְגוּ עָלַי לַחֲדָא מוֹהֲרִין וּמַתְּנָן וְאֶתֵּן כְּמָא דִּי תֵימְרוּן לִי וְהָבוּ לִי יָת עוּלֶמְתָּא:לאִנְתּוּ 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. [Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1067/) **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:992`. - ← previous: [Genesis 34:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.11/) - next →: [Genesis 34:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.13/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/34/)