--- title: Genesis 4:17 — And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he bu… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch. Who acts: Cain, wife. Genesis 4:17 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.4.17/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/4/) / 4:17 # Genesis 4:17 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** Cain, wife · **What happens:** know, conceive, bear, build, call, name · **To what, where:** wife, Enoch, city, name, son · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 4:17 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 — Cain, wife — and what happens in the verse to wife, Enoch, city, name, son, 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. וַיֵּ֤דַע קַ֙יִן֙ אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד אֶת־חֲנ֑וֹךְ וַֽיְהִי֙ בֹּ֣נֶה עִ֔יר וַיִּקְרָא֙ שֵׁ֣ם הָעִ֔יר כְּשֵׁ֖ם בְּנ֥וֹ חֲנֽוֹךְ׃ [And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.106/) ## 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:96 # text = וַיֵּ֤דַע קַ֙יִן֙ אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד אֶת־חֲנ֑וֹךְ וַֽיְהִי֙ בֹּ֣נֶה עִ֔יר וַיִּקְרָא֙ שֵׁ֣ם הָעִ֔יר כְּשֵׁ֖ם בְּנ֥וֹ חֲנֽוֹךְ׃ # verse = GEN.4.17 1-2 וַיֵּ֤דַע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_4:17!1|MId=o010040170011|Strong=2050b 2 יֵּ֤דַע יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.knew|Ref=GEN_4:17!1|MId=o010040170012|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:010040170021;A1:010040170041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 קַ֙יִן֙ קַיִן PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Cain|Ref=GEN_4:17!2|MId=o010040170021|Strong=7014 4 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_4:17!3|MId=o010040170031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 5-6 אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 אִשְׁתּ אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=wife|Ref=GEN_4:17!4|MId=o010040170041|Strong=0802 6 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_4:17!4|MId=o010040170042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7-8 וַתַּ֖הַר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_4:17!5|MId=o010040170051|Strong=2050b 8 תַּ֖הַר הָרָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.conceived|Ref=GEN_4:17!5|MId=o010040170052|Strong=2029|Frame=A0:010040170041;|Type=wayyiqtol 9-10 וַתֵּ֣לֶד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_4:17!6|MId=o010040170061|Strong=2050b 10 תֵּ֣לֶד יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.bore|Ref=GEN_4:17!6|MId=o010040170062|Strong=3205|Frame=A0:010040170041;A1:010040170081;|Type=wayyiqtol 11 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_4:17!7|MId=o010040170071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 12 חֲנ֑וֹךְ חֲנוֹךְ PROPN _ _ 10 obj _ Gloss=Enoch|Ref=GEN_4:17!8|MId=o010040170081|Strong=2585 13-14 וַֽיְהִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_4:17!9|MId=o010040170091|Strong=2050b 14 יְהִי֙ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 15 cop _ Gloss=he.was|Ref=GEN_4:17!9|MId=o010040170092|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010040170021;|Type=wayyiqtol 15 בֹּ֣נֶה בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=building|Ref=GEN_4:17!10|MId=o010040170101|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:010040170021;A1:010040170111;|Type=participle_active 16 עִ֔יר עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=a.city|Ref=GEN_4:17!11|MId=o010040170111|Strong=5892 17-18 וַיִּקְרָא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_4:17!12|MId=o010040170121|Strong=2050b 18 יִּקְרָא֙ קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.called|Ref=GEN_4:17!12|MId=o010040170122|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:010040170021;A1:010040170131;|Type=wayyiqtol 19 שֵׁ֣ם שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=the.name|Ref=GEN_4:17!13|MId=o010040170131|Strong=8034 20-21 הָעִ֔יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_4:17!14|MId=o010040170141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 עִ֔יר עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.city|Ref=GEN_4:17!14|MId=o010040170142|Strong=5892 22-23 כְּשֵׁ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=GEN_4:17!15|MId=o010040170151|Strong=3509a 23 שֵׁ֖ם שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=to.the.name|Ref=GEN_4:17!15|MId=o010040170152|Strong=8034 24-25 בְּנ֥וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 בְּנ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.son|Ref=GEN_4:17!16|MId=o010040170161|Strong=1121 25 ֥וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_4:17!16|MId=o010040170162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26 חֲנֽוֹךְ חֲנוֹךְ PROPN _ _ 18 xcomp _ Gloss=Enoch|Ref=GEN_4:17!17|MId=o010040170171|Strong=2585a|SpaceAfter=No 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=GEN_4:17!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֵּדַע *he knew* | wayyiqtol · qal | קַיִן *Cain* | אִשְׁתּ *wife* | | | | תַּהַר *she conceived* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִשְׁתּ *wife* | | | | | תֵּלֶד *she bore* | wayyiqtol · qal | אִשְׁתּ *wife* | חֲנוֹךְ *Enoch* | | | | יְהִי *he was* | wayyiqtol · qal | קַיִן *Cain* | | | | | בֹּנֶה *building* | participle active · qal | קַיִן *Cain* | עִיר *a city* | | | | יִּקְרָא *he called* | wayyiqtol · qal | קַיִן *Cain* | שֵׁם *the name* | | | 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} וִידַע קַיִן יָת אִתְּתֵהּ וְעַדִּיאַת וִילֵידַת יָת חֲנוֹךְ וַהֲוָה בָּנֵי קַרְתָּא וּקְרָא שְׁמָא דְקַרְתָּא כְּשׁוּם בְּרֵהּ חֲנוֹךְ 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 Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.106/) **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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