--- title: Genesis 37:20 — Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.' Who acts: you, us, we, evil beast. 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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 — you, us, we, evil beast, dreamer — and what happens in the verse to us, dreamer, 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. וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ לְכ֣וּ וְנַֽהַרְגֵ֗הוּ וְנַשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד הַבֹּר֔וֹת וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ חַיָּ֥ה רָעָ֖ה אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ וְנִרְאֶ֕ה מַה־יִּהְי֖וּ חֲלֹמֹתָֽיו׃ [Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1198/) ## 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:1103 # text = וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ לְכ֣וּ וְנַֽהַרְגֵ֗הוּ וְנַשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד הַבֹּר֔וֹת וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ חַיָּ֥ה רָעָ֖ה אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ וְנִרְאֶ֕ה מַה־יִּהְי֖וּ חֲלֹמֹתָֽיו׃ # verse = GEN.37.20 1-2 וְעַתָּ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:20!1|MId=o010370200011|Strong=2050b 2 עַתָּ֣ה עַתָּה ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=now|Ref=GEN_37:20!1|MId=o010370200012|Strong=6258 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=GEN_37:20!1 4 לְכ֣וּ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=come|Ref=GEN_37:20!2|MId=o010370200021|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:010370170131;|Type=imperative 5-7 וְנַֽהַרְגֵ֗הוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:20!3|MId=o010370200031|Strong=2050b 6 נַֽהַרְג הָרַג VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=let|Ref=GEN_37:20!3|MId=o010370200032|Strong=2026|Frame=A0:010370170131;A1:010370200033;|Type=cohortative 7 ֵ֗הוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ Gloss=us.kill.him|Ref=GEN_37:20!3|MId=o010370200033|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 8-10 וְנַשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:20!4|MId=o010370200041|Strong=2050b 9 נַשְׁלִכ שָׁלַךְ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=let|Ref=GEN_37:20!4|MId=o010370200042|Strong=7993|Frame=AA:010370170131;A0:010370200043;|Type=cohortative 10 ֵ֙הוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ Gloss=us.throw.him|Ref=GEN_37:20!4|MId=o010370200043|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 11-12 בְּאַחַ֣ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_37:20!5|MId=o010370200051|Strong=0871a 12 אַחַ֣ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=GEN_37:20!5|MId=o010370200052|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 13-14 הַבֹּר֔וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_37:20!6|MId=o010370200061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 בֹּר֔וֹת בּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 obl _ Gloss=the.pits|Ref=GEN_37:20!6|MId=o010370200062|Strong=0953 15-16 וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:20!7|MId=o010370200071|Strong=2050b 16 אָמַ֕רְנוּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=we.will.say|Ref=GEN_37:20!7|MId=o010370200072|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010370170131;|Type=weqatal 17 חַיָּ֥ה חַיָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=an.animal|Ref=GEN_37:20!8|MId=o010370200081|Strong=2416c 18 רָעָ֖ה רַע ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 amod _ Gloss=wild|Ref=GEN_37:20!9|MId=o010370200091|Strong=7451|Type=adjective 19-20 אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 אֲכָלָ֑ת אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 16 ccomp _ Gloss=it|Ref=GEN_37:20!10|MId=o010370200101|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:010370200081;A1:010370200102;|Type=qatal 20 ְהוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=has.eaten.him|Ref=GEN_37:20!10|MId=o010370200102|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 21-22 וְנִרְאֶ֕ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:20!11|MId=o010370200111|Strong=2050b 22 נִרְאֶ֕ה רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 19 conj _ Gloss=we.will.see|Ref=GEN_37:20!11|MId=o010370200112|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:010370170131;A1:010370200131;|Type=yiqtol 23 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 22 ccomp _ Gloss=what?|Ref=GEN_37:20!12|MId=o010370200121|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 24 יִּהְי֖וּ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 23 cop _ Gloss=will.they.be|Ref=GEN_37:20!13|MId=o010370200131|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010370200141;|Type=yiqtol 25-26 חֲלֹמֹתָֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 חֲלֹמֹתָֽי חֲלוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ Gloss=dreams|Ref=GEN_37:20!14|MId=o010370200141|Strong=2472 26 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_37:20!14|MId=o010370200142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=GEN_37:20!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | לְכוּ *come* | imperative · qal | | | | | | נַֽהַרְג *let* | cohortative · qal | | ֵהוּ *us kill him* | | | | נַשְׁלִכ *let* | cohortative · hiphil | ֵהוּ *us throw him* | | | | | אָמַרְנוּ *we will say* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | אֲכָלָת *it* | qatal · qal | חַיָּה *an animal* | ְהוּ *has eaten him* | | | | נִרְאֶה *we will see* | yiqtol · qal | | יִּהְיוּ *will they be* | | | | יִּהְיוּ *will they be* | yiqtol · qal | חֲלֹמֹתָֽי *dreams* | | | | 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} וכְעַן אֱתוֹ וְנִקְטְלִנֵּהּ וְנִרְמִנֵּהּ בַּחֲדָא מִן גֻּבַּיָּא וְנֵימַר חַיְתָא בִישְׁתָא אֲכַלְתֵּהּ וְנֶחֱזֵי מָה יְהוֹן בְּסוֹף חֶלְמוֹהִי 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. [Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1198/) **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:1103`. - ← previous: [Genesis 37:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.19/) - next →: [Genesis 37:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.21/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/37/)