--- title: Genesis 37:8 — And his brethren said to him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or s… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And his brethren said to him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?' And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. Who acts: brethren, thou, Joseph. 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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 — brethren, thou, Joseph — and what happens in the verse to Joseph, dominion, 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. וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ אֶחָ֔יו הֲמָלֹ֤ךְ תִּמְלֹךְ֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ אִם־מָשׁ֥וֹל תִּמְשֹׁ֖ל בָּ֑נוּ וַיּוֹסִ֤פוּ עוֹד֙ שְׂנֹ֣א אֹת֔וֹ עַל־חֲלֹמֹתָ֖יו וְעַל־דְּבָרָֽיו׃ [And his brethren said to him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?' And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1183/) ## 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:1091 # text = וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ אֶחָ֔יו הֲמָלֹ֤ךְ תִּמְלֹךְ֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ אִם־מָשׁ֥וֹל תִּמְשֹׁ֖ל בָּ֑נוּ וַיּוֹסִ֤פוּ עוֹד֙ שְׂנֹ֣א אֹת֔וֹ עַל־חֲלֹמֹתָ֖יו וְעַל־דְּבָרָֽיו׃ # verse = GEN.37.8 1-2 וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:8!1|MId=o010370080011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֤אמְרוּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=GEN_37:8!1|MId=o010370080012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010370080031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 לוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_37:8!2|MId=o010370080021|Strong=3807a 4 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_37:8!2|MId=o010370080022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5-6 אֶחָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 אֶחָ֔י אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=brothers|Ref=GEN_37:8!3|MId=o010370080031|Strong=0251 6 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_37:8!3|MId=o010370080032|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7-8 הֲמָלֹ֤ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 9 advmod _ Gloss=really|Ref=GEN_37:8!4|MId=o010370080041|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 8 מָלֹ֤ךְ מָלַךְ VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 9 obl:npmod _ Gloss=(reign)?|Ref=GEN_37:8!4|MId=o010370080042|Strong=4427|Type=infinitive_absolute 9 תִּמְלֹךְ֙ מָלַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 ccomp _ Gloss=will.you.reign|Ref=GEN_37:8!5|MId=o010370080051|Strong=4427|Frame=A0:010370050021;|Type=yiqtol 10-11 עָלֵ֔ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 עָלֵ֔י עַל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=GEN_37:8!6|MId=o010370080061|Strong=5921 11 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=GEN_37:8!6|MId=o010370080062|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 12 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=or?|Ref=GEN_37:8!7|MId=o010370080071|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 13 מָשׁ֥וֹל מָשַׁל VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 14 obl:npmod _ Gloss=really.(rule)|Ref=GEN_37:8!8|MId=o010370080081|Strong=4910|Type=infinitive_absolute 14 תִּמְשֹׁ֖ל מָשַׁל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 9 parataxis _ Gloss=will.you.rule|Ref=GEN_37:8!9|MId=o010370080091|Strong=4910|Frame=A0:010370050021;|Type=yiqtol 15-16 בָּ֑נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=GEN_37:8!10|MId=o010370080101|Strong=0871a 16 ָ֑נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=GEN_37:8!10|MId=o010370080102|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 17-18 וַיּוֹסִ֤פוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:8!11|MId=o010370080111|Strong=2050b 18 יּוֹסִ֤פוּ יָסַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.increased|Ref=GEN_37:8!11|MId=o010370080112|Strong=3254|Frame=AA:010370080031;A0:010370080131;|Type=wayyiqtol 19 עוֹד֙ עוֹד ADV _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=again|Ref=GEN_37:8!12|MId=o010370080121|Strong=5750 20 שְׂנֹ֣א שָׂנֵא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 18 ccomp _ Gloss=to.hate|Ref=GEN_37:8!13|MId=o010370080131|Strong=8130|Frame=A0:010370080031;A1:010370080142;|Type=infinitive_construct 21-22 אֹת֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_37:8!14|MId=o010370080141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 22 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_37:8!14|MId=o010370080142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 23 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_37:8!15|MId=o010370080151|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 חֲלֹמֹתָ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 חֲלֹמֹתָ֖י חֲלוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 obl _ Gloss=dreams|Ref=GEN_37:8!16|MId=o010370080161|Strong=2472 25 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_37:8!16|MId=o010370080162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26-27 וְעַל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_37:8!17|MId=o010370080171|Strong=2050b 27 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_37:8!17|MId=o010370080172|Strong=5921 28-29 דְּבָרָֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 דְּבָרָֽי דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 conj _ Gloss=words|Ref=GEN_37:8!18|MId=o010370080181|Strong=1697 29 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_37:8!18|MId=o010370080182|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=GEN_37:8!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - indirect: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֶחָי *brothers* | | | | | תִּמְלֹךְ *will you reign* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | תִּמְשֹׁל *will you rule* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יּוֹסִפוּ *they increased* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | שְׂנֹא *to hate* | | | אֶחָי *brothers* | | שְׂנֹא *to hate* | infinitive construct · qal | אֶחָי *brothers* | וֹ *him* | | | 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} וַאֲמָרוּ לֵהּ אֲחוֹהִי הֲמַלְכוּ אַתְּ מְדַמֵּי לְמִמְלַךְ עָלָנָא אוֹ שׁוּלְטָּן אַתְּ סְבִיר לְמִשְׁלַט בָּנָא וְאוֹסִיפוּ עוֹד סְנוֹ יָתֵהּ עַל חֶלְמוֹהִי וְעַל פִּתְגָמוֹהִי 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 his brethren said to him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?' And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1183/) **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:1091`. - ← previous: [Genesis 37:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.7/) - next →: [Genesis 37:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.9/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/37/)