--- title: Genesis 39:8 — But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand; Who acts: Joseph, master. Genesis 39:8 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.39.8/) [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/) / 39:8 # Genesis 39:8 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** Joseph, master · **What happens:** refuse, say, have, not know, be, put · **To what, where:** me, house, all, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 39:8 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 — Joseph, master — and what happens in the verse to me, house, all, hand, 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. וַיְמָאֵ֓ן ׀ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת אֲדֹנָ֔יו הֵ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֔י לֹא־יָדַ֥ע אִתִּ֖י מַה־בַּבָּ֑יִת וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יֶשׁ־ל֖וֹ נָתַ֥ן בְּיָדִֽי׃ [But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1257/) ## 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:1157 # text = וַיְמָאֵ֓ן ׀ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת אֲדֹנָ֔יו הֵ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֔י לֹא־יָדַ֥ע אִתִּ֖י מַה־בַּבָּ֑יִת וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יֶשׁ־ל֖וֹ נָתַ֥ן בְּיָדִֽי׃ # verse = GEN.39.8 1-2 וַיְמָאֵ֓ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_39:8!1|MId=o010390080011|Strong=2050b 2 יְמָאֵ֓ן מָאֵן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.refused|Ref=GEN_39:8!1|MId=o010390080012|Strong=3985|Frame=A0:010390070111;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 2 punct _ Ref=GEN_39:8!1 4-5 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_39:8!2|MId=o010390080021|Strong=2050b 5 יֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_39:8!2|MId=o010390080022|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010390070111;|Type=wayyiqtol 6 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_39:8!3|MId=o010390080031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 7 אֵ֣שֶׁת אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 obl _ Gloss=the.wife|Ref=GEN_39:8!4|MId=o010390080041|Strong=0802 8-9 אֲדֹנָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 אֲדֹנָ֔י אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.master(s)|Ref=GEN_39:8!5|MId=o010390080051|Strong=0113 9 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_39:8!5|MId=o010390080052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10 הֵ֣ן הֵן INTJ _ _ 14 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=GEN_39:8!6|MId=o010390080061|Strong=2005|Type=demonstrative 11-12 אֲדֹנִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 אֲדֹנ אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Gloss=lord|Ref=GEN_39:8!7|MId=o010390080071|Strong=0113 12 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_39:8!7|MId=o010390080072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 13 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 14 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_39:8!8|MId=o010390080081|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 14 יָדַ֥ע יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 ccomp _ Gloss=he.knows|Ref=GEN_39:8!9|MId=o010390080091|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:010390080071;A1:010390080102;|Type=qatal 15-16 אִתִּ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 אִתּ אֵת ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=GEN_39:8!10|MId=o010390080101|Strong=0854 16 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 ccomp _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_39:8!10|MId=o010390080102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 17 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=GEN_39:8!11|MId=o010390080111|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 18-20 בַּבָּ֑יִת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=[is].in|Ref=GEN_39:8!12|MId=o010390080121|Strong=0871a 19 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_39:8!12|MId=o010390080121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 בָּ֑יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=house|Ref=GEN_39:8!12|MId=o010390080122|Strong=1004 21-22 וְכֹ֥ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_39:8!13|MId=o010390080131|Strong=2050b 22 כֹ֥ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_39:8!13|MId=o010390080132|Strong=3605 23 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=GEN_39:8!14|MId=o010390080141|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 24 יֶשׁ־ יֵשׁ ADV _ _ 22 acl:relcl _ Gloss=there.[belongs]|Ref=GEN_39:8!15|MId=o010390080151|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 ל֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 ל לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_39:8!16|MId=o010390080161|Strong=3807a 26 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_39:8!16|MId=o010390080162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 27 נָתַ֥ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 conj _ Gloss=he.has.given|Ref=GEN_39:8!17|MId=o010390080171|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:010390080071;A1:010390080132;|Type=qatal 28-30 בְּיָדִֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_39:8!18|MId=o010390080181|Strong=0871a 29 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=hand|Ref=GEN_39:8!18|MId=o010390080182|Strong=3027 30 ִֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_39:8!18|MId=o010390080183|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=GEN_39:8!18 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְמָאֵן *he refused* | wayyiqtol · piel | | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | **not** יָדַע *he knows* | qatal · qal | אֲדֹנ *lord* | ִי *me* | | | | נָתַן *he has given* | qatal · qal | אֲדֹנ *lord* | כֹל *all* | | | 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} וְסָרֵיב וַאֲמַר לְוַת אִתַּת רִבּוֹנֵהּ הָא רִבּוֹנִי לָא יְדַע עִמִּי מָה דִּבְבֵיתָא וְכֹל דִּי אִית לֵהּ מְסַר בִּידִי 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. [But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1257/) **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:1157`. - ← previous: [Genesis 39:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.7/) - next →: [Genesis 39:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.9/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/39/)