--- title: Genesis 37:17 — And the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard them say: Le… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothan.' And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. Who acts: man, I, us, Joseph. Genesis 37:17 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.37.17/) [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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/37/) / 37:17 # Genesis 37:17 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** man, I, us, Joseph · **What happens:** say, depart, hear, let, go, find · **To what, where:** brethren, us, Dothan · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 37:17 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 — man, I, us, Joseph — and what happens in the verse to brethren, us, Dothan, 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. וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָאִישׁ֙ נָסְע֣וּ מִזֶּ֔ה כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֹֽמְרִ֔ים נֵלְכָ֖ה דֹּתָ֑יְנָה וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ יוֹסֵף֙ אַחַ֣ר אֶחָ֔יו וַיִּמְצָאֵ֖ם בְּדֹתָֽן׃ [And the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothan.' And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1195/) ## 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:1100 # text = וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָאִישׁ֙ נָסְע֣וּ מִזֶּ֔ה כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֹֽמְרִ֔ים נֵלְכָ֖ה דֹּתָ֑יְנָה וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ יוֹסֵף֙ אַחַ֣ר אֶחָ֔יו וַיִּמְצָאֵ֖ם בְּדֹתָֽן׃ # verse = GEN.37.17 1-2 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:17!1|MId=o010370170011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_37:17!1|MId=o010370170012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010370170022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הָאִישׁ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_37:17!2|MId=o010370170021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 אִישׁ֙ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=man|Ref=GEN_37:17!2|MId=o010370170022|Strong=0376 5 נָסְע֣וּ נָסַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=they.have.set.out|Ref=GEN_37:17!3|MId=o010370170031|Strong=5265|Frame=A0:010370160031;|Type=qatal 6-7 מִזֶּ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_37:17!4|MId=o010370170041|Strong=4480 7 זֶּ֔ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ Gloss=here|Ref=GEN_37:17!4|MId=o010370170042|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 8 כִּ֤י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_37:17!5|MId=o010370170051|Strong=3588 9 שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 5 advcl _ Gloss=I.heard.[them]|Ref=GEN_37:17!6|MId=o010370170061|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010370170022;A1:010370170071;|Type=qatal 10 אֹֽמְרִ֔ים אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 9 ccomp _ Gloss=saying|Ref=GEN_37:17!7|MId=o010370170071|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010370160031;A1:010370170081;|Type=participle_active 11 נֵלְכָ֖ה הלך VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 10 ccomp _ Gloss=let.us.go|Ref=GEN_37:17!8|MId=o010370170081|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:010370160031;|Type=cohortative 12-13 דֹּתָ֑יְנָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 דֹּתָ֑יְנ דֹּתָן PROPN _ _ 11 obl _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_37:17!9|MId=o010370170091|Strong=1886 13 ָה ה X _ _ 12 nmod _ Gloss=Dothan|Ref=GEN_37:17!9|MId=o010370170092|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 14-15 וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:17!10|MId=o010370170101|Strong=2050b 15 יֵּ֤לֶךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.went|Ref=GEN_37:17!10|MId=o010370170102|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:010370170111;|Type=wayyiqtol 16 יוֹסֵף֙ יוֹסֵף PROPN _ _ 15 nsubj _ Gloss=Joseph|Ref=GEN_37:17!11|MId=o010370170111|Strong=3130 17 אַחַ֣ר אַחַר ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=after|Ref=GEN_37:17!12|MId=o010370170121|Strong=0310 18-19 אֶחָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 אֶחָ֔י אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 obl _ Gloss=brothers|Ref=GEN_37:17!13|MId=o010370170131|Strong=0251 19 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_37:17!13|MId=o010370170132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 20-22 וַיִּמְצָאֵ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:17!14|MId=o010370170141|Strong=2050b 21 יִּמְצָא מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=GEN_37:17!14|MId=o010370170142|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:010370170111;A1:010370170143;|Type=wayyiqtol 22 ֵ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=found.them|Ref=GEN_37:17!14|MId=o010370170143|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 23-24 בְּדֹתָֽן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=GEN_37:17!15|MId=o010370170151|Strong=0871a 24 דֹתָֽן דֹּתָן PROPN _ _ 21 obl _ Gloss=Dothan|Ref=GEN_37:17!15|MId=o010370170152|Strong=1886 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=GEN_37:17!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - 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 | אִישׁ *man* | | | | | נָסְעוּ *they have set out* | qatal · qal | | | | | | שָׁמַעְתִּי *I heard \[them\]* | qatal · qal | אִישׁ *man* | אֹֽמְרִים *saying* | | | | אֹֽמְרִים *saying* | participle active · qal | | נֵלְכָה *let us go* | | | | נֵלְכָה *let us go* | cohortative · qal | | | | | | יֵּלֶךְ *he went* | wayyiqtol · qal | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | | | | | יִּמְצָא *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | ֵם *found them* | | | 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 גַּבְרָא נְטָלוּ מִכָּא אֲרֵי שְׁמָעִית דְּאָמְרִין נֵיזֵל לְדֹתָן וַאֲזַל יוֹסֵף בָּתַר אֲחוֹהִי וְאַשְׁכְּחִנּוּן בְּדֹתָן 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 the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothan.' And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1195/) **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). 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