--- title: Genesis 37:32 — and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said: 'This have we found. Know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.' Who acts: children, we, you, coat. Genesis 37:32 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.37.32/) [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/) / 37:32 # Genesis 37:32 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** children, we, you, coat · **What happens:** send, bring, say, find, know, be · **To what, where:** coat, father, This · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 37:32 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 — children, we, you, coat — and what happens in the verse to coat, father, This, 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. וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֞וּ אֶת־כְּתֹ֣נֶת הַפַּסִּ֗ים וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶל־אֲבִיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ זֹ֣את מָצָ֑אנוּ הַכֶּר־נָ֗א הַכְּתֹ֧נֶת בִּנְךָ֛ הִ֖וא אִם־לֹֽא׃ [and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said: 'This have we found.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1211/) [Know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1212/) ## 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:1115 # text = וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֞וּ אֶת־כְּתֹ֣נֶת הַפַּסִּ֗ים וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶל־אֲבִיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ זֹ֣את מָצָ֑אנוּ הַכֶּר־נָ֗א הַכְּתֹ֧נֶת בִּנְךָ֛ הִ֖וא אִם־לֹֽא׃ # verse = GEN.37.32 1-2 וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֞וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:32!1|MId=o010370320011|Strong=2050b 2 יְשַׁלְּח֞וּ שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.sent|Ref=GEN_37:32!1|MId=o010370320012|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:010370300031;A1:010370320031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_37:32!2|MId=o010370320021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4 כְּתֹ֣נֶת כֻּתֹּנֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=the.long.garment|Ref=GEN_37:32!3|MId=o010370320031|Strong=3801 5-6 הַפַּסִּ֗ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_37:32!4|MId=o010370320041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 פַּסִּ֗ים פַּס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.palms.and.soles|Ref=GEN_37:32!4|MId=o010370320042|Strong=6446 7-8 וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:32!5|MId=o010370320051|Strong=2050b 8 יָּבִ֙יאוּ֙ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.brought.[it]|Ref=GEN_37:32!5|MId=o010370320052|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:010370300031;A0:010370320031;|Type=wayyiqtol 9 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_37:32!6|MId=o010370320061|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 10-11 אֲבִיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 אֲבִי אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=father|Ref=GEN_37:32!7|MId=o010370320071|Strong=0001 11 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=GEN_37:32!7|MId=o010370320072|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 12-13 וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:32!8|MId=o010370320081|Strong=2050b 13 יֹּאמְר֖וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=GEN_37:32!8|MId=o010370320082|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010370300031;|Type=wayyiqtol 14 זֹ֣את זֹאת PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_37:32!9|MId=o010370320091|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 15 מָצָ֑אנוּ מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 13 ccomp _ Gloss=we.have.found|Ref=GEN_37:32!10|MId=o010370320101|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:010370300031;A1:010370320091;|Type=qatal 16 הַכֶּר־ נָכַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 15 parataxis _ Gloss=investigate|Ref=GEN_37:32!11|MId=o010370320111|Strong=5234|Frame=AA:010370320071;A0:010370320031;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 17 נָ֗א נָא INTJ _ _ 16 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=GEN_37:32!12|MId=o010370320121|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 18-19 הַכְּתֹ֧נֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הֲ PART _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=the.long|Ref=GEN_37:32!13|MId=o010370320131|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 19 כְּתֹ֧נֶת כֻּתֹּנֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ Gloss=garment?|Ref=GEN_37:32!13|MId=o010370320132|Strong=3801 20-21 בִּנְךָ֛ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בִּנ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.son|Ref=GEN_37:32!14|MId=o010370320141|Strong=1121 21 ְךָ֛ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_37:32!14|MId=o010370320142|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 22 הִ֖וא הִיא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ Gloss=[is].it|Ref=GEN_37:32!15|MId=o010370320151|Strong=1931a|Type=personal 23 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=or?|Ref=GEN_37:32!16|MId=o010370320161|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 24 לֹֽא לֹא ADV _ _ 19 parataxis _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_37:32!17|MId=o010370320171|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=GEN_37:32!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְשַׁלְּחוּ *they sent* | wayyiqtol · piel | | כְּתֹנֶת *the long garment* | | | | יָּבִיאוּ *they brought \[it\]* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | כְּתֹנֶת *the long garment* | | | | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | מָצָאנוּ *we have found* | qatal · qal | | זֹאת *this* | | | | הַכֶּר־ *investigate* | imperative · hiphil | כְּתֹנֶת *the long garment* | | | אֲבִי *father* | 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} וְשַׁלָּחוּ יָת כִּתּוּנָא דְפַסֵּי וְאַיְתִיוּ לְוַת אֲבוּהוֹן וַאֲמָרוּ דָא אַשְׁכַּחְנָא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע כְּעַן הֲכִתּוּנָא דִבְרָךְ הִיא אִם לָא 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 they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said: 'This have we found.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1211/) 2. [Know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1212/) **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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