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title: Genesis 34:5 — Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came. Who acts: Jacob, sons, cattle. Genesis 34:5 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Genesis 34:5 בְּרֵאשִׁית

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**Who acts:** Jacob, sons, cattle · **What happens:** hear, defile, be, hold, come, pacify · **To what, where:** Dinah, field, peace · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Genesis 34:5 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 — Jacob, sons, cattle — and what happens in the verse to Dinah, field, peace, 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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וְיַעֲקֹ֣ב שָׁמַ֗ע כִּ֤י טִמֵּא֙ אֶת־דִּינָ֣ה בִתּ֔וֹ וּבָנָ֛יו הָי֥וּ אֶת־מִקְנֵ֖הוּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ יַעֲקֹ֖ב עַד־בֹּאָֽם׃

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[Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1059/)

## 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:985
# text = וְיַעֲקֹ֣ב שָׁמַ֗ע כִּ֤י טִמֵּא֙ אֶת־דִּינָ֣ה בִתּ֔וֹ וּבָנָ֛יו הָי֥וּ אֶת־מִקְנֵ֖הוּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ יַעֲקֹ֖ב עַד־בֹּאָֽם׃
# verse = GEN.34.5
1-2	וְיַעֲקֹ֣ב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_34:5!1|MId=o010340050011|Strong=2050b
2	יַעֲקֹ֣ב	יַעֲקֹב	PROPN	_	_	3	nsubj	_	Gloss=Jacob|Ref=GEN_34:5!1|MId=o010340050012|Strong=3290
3	שָׁמַ֗ע	שָׁמַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.heard|Ref=GEN_34:5!2|MId=o010340050021|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010340050012;A1:010340050041;|Type=qatal
4	כִּ֤י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	5	mark	_	Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=GEN_34:5!3|MId=o010340050031|Strong=3588
5	טִמֵּא֙	טָמֵא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	ccomp	_	Gloss=he.had.defiled|Ref=GEN_34:5!4|MId=o010340050041|Strong=2930|Frame=A0:010340040021;A1:010340050061;|Type=qatal
6	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_34:5!5|MId=o010340050051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
7	דִּינָ֣ה	דִּינָה	PROPN	_	_	5	obj	_	Gloss=Dinah|Ref=GEN_34:5!6|MId=o010340050061|Strong=1783
8-9	בִתּ֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	בִתּ	בַּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	7	appos	_	Gloss=daughter|Ref=GEN_34:5!7|MId=o010340050071|Strong=1323
9	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_34:5!7|MId=o010340050072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
10-12	וּבָנָ֛יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	15	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_34:5!8|MId=o010340050081|Strong=2050b
11	בָנָ֛י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=sons|Ref=GEN_34:5!8|MId=o010340050082|Strong=1121
12	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_34:5!8|MId=o010340050083|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
13	הָי֥וּ	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	15	cop	_	Gloss=they.were|Ref=GEN_34:5!9|MId=o010340050091|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010340050082;|Type=qatal
14	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=GEN_34:5!10|MId=o010340050101|Strong=0854|SpaceAfter=No
15-16	מִקְנֵ֖הוּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	מִקְנ	מִקְנֶה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	conj	_	Gloss=livestock|Ref=GEN_34:5!11|MId=o010340050111|Strong=4735
16	ֵ֖הוּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_34:5!11|MId=o010340050112|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal
17-19	בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_34:5!12|MId=o010340050121|Strong=0871a
18	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	19	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_34:5!12|MId=o010340050121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
19	שָּׂדֶ֑ה	שָׂדֶה	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	obl	_	Gloss=field|Ref=GEN_34:5!12|MId=o010340050122|Strong=7704
20-21	וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_34:5!13|MId=o010340050131|Strong=2050b
21	הֶחֱרִ֥שׁ	חָרֵשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	3	conj	_	Gloss=he.kept.silent|Ref=GEN_34:5!13|MId=o010340050132|Strong=2790a|Frame=A0:010340050141;|Type=qatal
22	יַעֲקֹ֖ב	יַעֲקֹב	PROPN	_	_	21	nsubj	_	Gloss=Jacob|Ref=GEN_34:5!14|MId=o010340050141|Strong=3290
23	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=GEN_34:5!15|MId=o010340050151|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No
24-25	בֹּאָֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	בֹּא	בּוֹא	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	21	advcl	_	Gloss=came|Ref=GEN_34:5!16|MId=o010340050161|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:010340050162;|Type=infinitive_construct
25	ָֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=GEN_34:5!16|MId=o010340050162|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
26	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	25	punct	_	Ref=GEN_34:5!16
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| שָׁמַע *he heard* | qatal · qal | יַעֲקֹב *Jacob* | טִמֵּא *he had defiled* |  |  |
| טִמֵּא *he had defiled* | qatal · piel |  | דִּינָה *Dinah* |  |  |
| הָיוּ *they were* | qatal · qal | בָנָי *sons* |  |  |  |
| הֶחֱרִשׁ *he kept silent* | qatal · hiphil | יַעֲקֹב *Jacob* |  |  |  |
| בֹּא *came* | infinitive construct · qal | ָֽם *they* |  |  |  |

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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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וְיַעֲקֹב שְׁמַע אֲרֵי סָאֵיב יָת דִּינָה בְרַתֵּהּ וּבְנוֹהִי הֲווֹ עִם גֵּיתוֹהִי בְּחַקְלָא וְשָׁתִיק יַעֲקֹב עַד מֵיתֵיהוֹן

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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. [Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1059/)

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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:985`.

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