--- title: Genesis 41:55 — And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pha… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.' Who acts: people, Pharaoh, land. 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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 — people, Pharaoh, land — and what happens in the verse to land, Pharaoh, you, 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. וַתִּרְעַב֙ כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּצְעַ֥ק הָעָ֛ם אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה לַלָּ֑חֶם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֤ה לְכָל־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְכ֣וּ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמַ֥ר לָכֶ֖ם תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃ [And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1357/) ## 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:1250 # text = וַתִּרְעַב֙ כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּצְעַ֥ק הָעָ֛ם אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה לַלָּ֑חֶם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֤ה לְכָל־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְכ֣וּ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמַ֥ר לָכֶ֖ם תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃ # verse = GEN.41.55 1-2 וַתִּרְעַב֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_41:55!1|MId=o010410550011|Strong=2050b 2 תִּרְעַב֙ רָעֵב VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was.hungry|Ref=GEN_41:55!1|MId=o010410550012|Strong=7456|Frame=A0:010410550031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_41:55!2|MId=o010410550021|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 4 אֶ֣רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=GEN_41:55!3|MId=o010410550031|Strong=0776 5 מִצְרַ֔יִם מִצְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 4 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Egypt|Ref=GEN_41:55!4|MId=o010410550041|Strong=4714 6-7 וַיִּצְעַ֥ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_41:55!5|MId=o010410550051|Strong=2050b 7 יִּצְעַ֥ק צָעַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.cried.out|Ref=GEN_41:55!5|MId=o010410550052|Strong=6817|Frame=A0:010410550062;|Type=wayyiqtol 8-9 הָעָ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_41:55!6|MId=o010410550061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 עָ֛ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=people|Ref=GEN_41:55!6|MId=o010410550062|Strong=5971 10 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_41:55!7|MId=o010410550071|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 11 פַּרְעֹ֖ה פַּרְעֹה PROPN _ _ 7 obl _ Gloss=Pharaoh|Ref=GEN_41:55!8|MId=o010410550081|Strong=6547 12-14 לַלָּ֑חֶם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_41:55!9|MId=o010410550091|Strong=3807a 13 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_41:55!9|MId=o010410550091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 לָּ֑חֶם לֶחֶם NOUN _ Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=food|Ref=GEN_41:55!9|MId=o010410550092|Strong=3899 15-16 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_41:55!10|MId=o010410550101|Strong=2050b 16 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_41:55!10|MId=o010410550102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010410550111;|Type=wayyiqtol 17 פַּרְעֹ֤ה פַּרְעֹה PROPN _ _ 16 nsubj _ Gloss=Pharaoh|Ref=GEN_41:55!11|MId=o010410550111|Strong=6547 18-19 לְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_41:55!12|MId=o010410550121|Strong=3807a 19 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_41:55!12|MId=o010410550122|Strong=3605 20 מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ מִצְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=Egypt|Ref=GEN_41:55!13|MId=o010410550131|Strong=4714 21 לְכ֣וּ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 16 ccomp _ Gloss=go|Ref=GEN_41:55!14|MId=o010410550141|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:010410550131;|Type=imperative 22 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_41:55!15|MId=o010410550151|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 23 יוֹסֵ֔ף יוֹסֵף PROPN _ _ 21 obl _ Gloss=Joseph|Ref=GEN_41:55!16|MId=o010410550161|Strong=3130 24 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 25 mark _ Gloss=[that].which|Ref=GEN_41:55!17|MId=o010410550171|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 25 יֹאמַ֥ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 28 obj _ Gloss=he.will.say|Ref=GEN_41:55!18|MId=o010410550181|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010410550161;|Type=yiqtol 26-27 לָכֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 ל לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_41:55!19|MId=o010410550191|Strong=3807a 27 ָכֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_41:55!19|MId=o010410550192|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 28 תַּעֲשֽׂוּ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 21 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.do|Ref=GEN_41:55!20|MId=o010410550201|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010410550131;A1:010410550181;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=GEN_41:55!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּרְעַב *it was hungry* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֶרֶץ *the land* | | | | | יִּצְעַק *it cried out* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָם *people* | | | | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | פַּרְעֹה *Pharaoh* | | | | | לְכוּ *go* | imperative · qal | מִצְרַיִם *Egypt* | | | | | יֹאמַר *he will say* | yiqtol · qal | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | | | | | תַּעֲשֽׂוּ *you will do* | yiqtol · qal | מִצְרַיִם *Egypt* | יֹאמַר *he will say* | | | 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} וּכְפָנַת כָּל אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם וּצְוַח עַמָּא קֳדָם לְפַרְעֹה עַל לַחְמָא וַאֲמַר פַּרְעֹה לְכָל מִצְרָאֵי אִיזִילוּ לְוַת יוֹסֵף דִּי יֵימַר לְכוֹן תַּעְבְּדוּן 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 when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1357/) **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:1250`. - ← previous: [Genesis 41:54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.54/) - next →: [Genesis 41:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.56/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/41/)