--- title: Genesis 37:14 — And he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethre… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. Who acts: Joseph, flock. 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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 — Joseph, flock — and what happens in the verse to Shechem, word, me, vale, 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. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ לֶךְ־נָ֨א רְאֵ֜ה אֶת־שְׁל֤וֹם אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם הַצֹּ֔אן וַהֲשִׁבֵ֖נִי דָּבָ֑ר וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֙הוּ֙ מֵעֵ֣מֶק חֶבְר֔וֹן וַיָּבֹ֖א שְׁכֶֽמָה׃ [And he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1190/) ## 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:1097 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ לֶךְ־נָ֨א רְאֵ֜ה אֶת־שְׁל֤וֹם אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם הַצֹּ֔אן וַהֲשִׁבֵ֖נִי דָּבָ֑ר וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֙הוּ֙ מֵעֵ֣מֶק חֶבְר֔וֹן וַיָּבֹ֖א שְׁכֶֽמָה׃ # verse = GEN.37.14 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:14!1|MId=o010370140011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_37:14!1|MId=o010370140012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010370130021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 ל֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_37:14!2|MId=o010370140021|Strong=3807a 4 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_37:14!2|MId=o010370140022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5 לֶךְ־ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=go|Ref=GEN_37:14!3|MId=o010370140031|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:010370130041;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 6 נָ֨א נָא INTJ _ _ 5 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=GEN_37:14!4|MId=o010370140041|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 7 רְאֵ֜ה רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 5 parataxis _ Gloss=see|Ref=GEN_37:14!5|MId=o010370140051|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:010370130041;A1:010370140071;010370140101;|Type=imperative 8 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_37:14!6|MId=o010370140061|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 9 שְׁל֤וֹם שָׁלוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=the.welfare|Ref=GEN_37:14!7|MId=o010370140071|Strong=7965 10-11 אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 אַחֶ֙י אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.brothers|Ref=GEN_37:14!8|MId=o010370140081|Strong=0251 11 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_37:14!8|MId=o010370140082|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 12-13 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:14!9|MId=o010370140091|Strong=2050b 13 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_37:14!9|MId=o010370140092|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 14 שְׁל֣וֹם שָׁלוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 conj _ Gloss=the.welfare|Ref=GEN_37:14!10|MId=o010370140101|Strong=7965 15-16 הַצֹּ֔אן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_37:14!11|MId=o010370140111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 צֹּ֔אן צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.flock|Ref=GEN_37:14!11|MId=o010370140112|Strong=6629 17-19 וַהֲשִׁבֵ֖נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:14!12|MId=o010370140121|Strong=2050b 18 הֲשִׁב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 5 conj _ Gloss=bring|Ref=GEN_37:14!12|MId=o010370140122|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:010370130041;A0:010370140123;A1:010370140131;|Type=imperative 19 ֵ֖נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=to.me|Ref=GEN_37:14!12|MId=o010370140123|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 20 דָּבָ֑ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ Gloss=word|Ref=GEN_37:14!13|MId=o010370140131|Strong=1697 21-23 וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֙הוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:14!14|MId=o010370140141|Strong=2050b 22 יִּשְׁלָח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=GEN_37:14!14|MId=o010370140142|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:010370130021;A1:010370140143;|Type=wayyiqtol 23 ֵ֙הוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ Gloss=sent.him|Ref=GEN_37:14!14|MId=o010370140143|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 24-25 מֵעֵ֣מֶק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_37:14!15|MId=o010370140151|Strong=4480 25 עֵ֣מֶק עֵמֶק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=the.valley|Ref=GEN_37:14!15|MId=o010370140152|Strong=6010 26 חֶבְר֔וֹן חֶבְרוֹן PROPN _ _ 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Hebron|Ref=GEN_37:14!16|MId=o010370140161|Strong=2275 27-28 וַיָּבֹ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:14!17|MId=o010370140171|Strong=2050b 28 יָּבֹ֖א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.came|Ref=GEN_37:14!17|MId=o010370140172|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:010370130041;|Type=wayyiqtol 29-30 שְׁכֶֽמָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 שְׁכֶֽמ שְׁכֶם PROPN _ _ 28 obl _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_37:14!18|MId=o010370140181|Strong=7927a 30 ָה ה X _ _ 29 nmod _ Gloss=Shechem|Ref=GEN_37:14!18|MId=o010370140182|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=GEN_37:14!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - hedged: yes (נָא) - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | לֶךְ־ *go* | imperative · qal | | | | | | רְאֵה *see* | imperative · qal | | שְׁלוֹם *the welfare* + שְׁלוֹם *the welfare* | | | | הֲשִׁב *bring* | imperative · hiphil | ֵנִי *to me* | דָּבָר *word* | | | | יִּשְׁלָח *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | | ֵהוּ *sent him* | | | | יָּבֹא *he came* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | 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} וַאֲמַר לֵהּ אִיזֵל כְּעַן חֲזֵי יָת שְׁלָמָא דְאָחוּךְ וְיָת שְׁלָמָא דְעָנָא וַאֲתֶבְנִי פִּתְגָמָא וְשַׁלְחֵהּ מִמֵישַׁר חֶבְרוֹן וַאֲתָא לִשְׁכֶם 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. [And he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1190/) **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:1097`. - ← previous: [Genesis 37:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.13/) - next →: [Genesis 37:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.15/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/37/)