--- title: Genesis 39:17 — And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me. Who acts: wife, thou, Hebrew servant. Genesis 39:17 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.39.17/) [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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/39/) / 39:17 # Genesis 39:17 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** wife, thou, Hebrew servant · **What happens:** speak, accord, say, bring, come in, mock · **To what, where:** Hebrew servant, me · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 39:17 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 — wife, thou, Hebrew servant — and what happens in the verse to Hebrew servant, me, 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. וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו כַּדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּֽא־אֵלַ֞י הָעֶ֧בֶד הָֽעִבְרִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־הֵבֵ֥אתָ לָּ֖נוּ לְצַ֥חֶק בִּֽי׃ [And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1267/) ## 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:1166 # text = וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו כַּדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּֽא־אֵלַ֞י הָעֶ֧בֶד הָֽעִבְרִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־הֵבֵ֥אתָ לָּ֖נוּ לְצַ֥חֶק בִּֽי׃ # verse = GEN.39.17 1-2 וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_39:17!1|MId=o010390170011|Strong=2050b 2 תְּדַבֵּ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=she.spoke|Ref=GEN_39:17!1|MId=o010390170012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:010390080041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֵלָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵלָ֔י אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_39:17!2|MId=o010390170021|Strong=0413 4 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_39:17!2|MId=o010390170022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5-7 כַּדְּבָרִ֥ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=GEN_39:17!3|MId=o010390170031|Strong=3509a 6 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_39:17!3|MId=o010390170031ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 דְּבָרִ֥ים דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=the.words|Ref=GEN_39:17!3|MId=o010390170032|Strong=1697 8-9 הָאֵ֖לֶּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_39:17!4|MId=o010390170041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 אֵ֖לֶּה אֵלֶּה DET _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ Gloss=these|Ref=GEN_39:17!4|MId=o010390170042|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 10-11 לֵאמֹ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=GEN_39:17!5|MId=o010390170051|Strong=3807a 11 אמֹ֑ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 10 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_39:17!5|MId=o010390170052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010390080041;|Type=infinitive_construct 12 בָּֽא־ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=he.came|Ref=GEN_39:17!6|MId=o010390170061|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:010390170082;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 אֵלַ֞י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 אֵל אֶל ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_39:17!7|MId=o010390170071|Strong=0413 14 ַ֞י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_39:17!7|MId=o010390170072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 15-16 הָעֶ֧בֶד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_39:17!8|MId=o010390170081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 עֶ֧בֶד עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=servant|Ref=GEN_39:17!8|MId=o010390170082|Strong=5650 17-18 הָֽעִבְרִ֛י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_39:17!9|MId=o010390170091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 עִבְרִ֛י עִבְרִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 appos _ Gloss=Hebrew|Ref=GEN_39:17!9|MId=o010390170092|Strong=5680|Type=gentilic 19 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 20 mark _ Gloss=whom|Ref=GEN_39:17!10|MId=o010390170101|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 20 הֵבֵ֥אתָ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 16 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.brought|Ref=GEN_39:17!11|MId=o010390170111|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:010390160061;A0:010390170082;|Type=qatal 21-22 לָּ֖נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_39:17!12|MId=o010390170121|Strong=3807a 22 ָ֖נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=GEN_39:17!12|MId=o010390170122|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 23-24 לְצַ֥חֶק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_39:17!13|MId=o010390170131|Strong=3807a 24 צַ֥חֶק צָחַק VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 12 advcl _ Gloss=mock|Ref=GEN_39:17!13|MId=o010390170132|Strong=6711|Frame=A0:010390170082;|Type=infinitive_construct 25-26 בִּֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=GEN_39:17!14|MId=o010390170141|Strong=0871a 26 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_39:17!14|MId=o010390170142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=GEN_39:17!14 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תְּדַבֵּר *she spoke* | wayyiqtol · piel | | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | בָּֽא־ *he came* | qatal · qal | עֶבֶד *servant* | | | | | הֵבֵאתָ *you brought* | qatal · hiphil | עֶבֶד *servant* | | | | | צַחֶק *mock* | infinitive construct · piel | עֶבֶד *servant* | | | | 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} וּמַלֵּילַת עִמֵּהּ כְּפִתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין לְמֵימָר עַל לְוָתִי עַבְדָּא עִבְרָאָה דִּי אַיְתֵיתָא לָנָא לְחַיָּכָא בִי 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 she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1267/) **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:1166`. - ← previous: [Genesis 39:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.16/) - next →: [Genesis 39:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.18/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/39/)