--- title: Genesis 42:2 — And he said: 'Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.' Who acts: corn, I, you, we. Genesis 42:2 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.42.2/) [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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/42/) / 42:2 # Genesis 42:2 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** corn, I, you, we · **What happens:** say, hear, get down, buy, live, not die · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 42:2 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 — corn, I, you, we — and what happens in the verse to 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. וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רְדוּ־שָׁ֙מָּה֙ וְשִׁבְרוּ־לָ֣נוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְנִחְיֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א נָמֽוּת׃ [And he said: 'Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1361/) [Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1362/) ## 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:1254 # text = וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רְדוּ־שָׁ֙מָּה֙ וְשִׁבְרוּ־לָ֣נוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְנִחְיֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א נָמֽוּת׃ # verse = GEN.42.2 1-2 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_42:2!1|MId=o010420020011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֕אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_42:2!1|MId=o010420020012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010420010081;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 הִנֵּ֣ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 4 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=GEN_42:2!2|MId=o010420020021|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 4 שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=I.have.heard|Ref=GEN_42:2!3|MId=o010420020031|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:010420010081;A1:010420020051;|Type=qatal 5 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=GEN_42:2!4|MId=o010420020041|Strong=3588 6 יֶשׁ־ יֵשׁ ADV _ _ 4 ccomp _ Gloss=there.[is]|Ref=GEN_42:2!5|MId=o010420020051|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative|SpaceAfter=No 7 שֶׁ֖בֶר שֶׁבֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=grain|Ref=GEN_42:2!6|MId=o010420020061|Strong=7668 8-9 בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_42:2!7|MId=o010420020071|Strong=0871a 9 מִצְרָ֑יִם מִצְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 6 obl _ Gloss=Egypt|Ref=GEN_42:2!7|MId=o010420020072|Strong=4714 10 רְדוּ־ יָרַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 4 parataxis _ Gloss=go.down|Ref=GEN_42:2!8|MId=o010420020081|Strong=3381|Frame=A0:010420010092;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 שָׁ֙מָּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 שָׁ֙מּ שָׁם ADV _ _ 10 advmod _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_42:2!9|MId=o010420020091|Strong=8033 12 ָה֙ ה X _ _ 11 nmod _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=GEN_42:2!9|MId=o010420020092|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 13-14 וְשִׁבְרוּ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_42:2!10|MId=o010420020101|Strong=2050b 14 שִׁבְרוּ־ שָׁבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 4 conj _ Gloss=buy.grain|Ref=GEN_42:2!10|MId=o010420020102|Strong=7666|Frame=A0:010420010092;A1:010420020061;|Type=imperative 15-16 לָ֣נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 ל לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_42:2!11|MId=o010420020111|Strong=3807a 16 ָ֣נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=GEN_42:2!11|MId=o010420020112|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 17-18 מִשָּׁ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_42:2!12|MId=o010420020121|Strong=4480 18 שָּׁ֔ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 14 obl _ Gloss=there|Ref=GEN_42:2!12|MId=o010420020122|Strong=8033 19-20 וְנִחְיֶ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=GEN_42:2!13|MId=o010420020131|Strong=2050b 20 נִחְיֶ֖ה חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 4 conj _ Gloss=that.we.may.live|Ref=GEN_42:2!13|MId=o010420020132|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:010420010081;010420010092;|Type=yiqtol 21-22 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_42:2!14|MId=o010420020141|Strong=2050b 22 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_42:2!14|MId=o010420020142|Strong=3808|Type=negative 23 נָמֽוּת מוּת VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 20 conj _ Gloss=we.will.die|Ref=GEN_42:2!15|MId=o010420020151|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:010420010081;010420010092;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=GEN_42:2!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | שָׁמַעְתִּי *I have heard* | qatal · qal | | יֶשׁ־ *there \[is\]* | | | | רְדוּ־ *go down* | imperative · qal | | | | | | שִׁבְרוּ־ *buy grain* | imperative · qal | | שֶׁבֶר *grain* | | | | נִחְיֶה *that we may live* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | **not** נָמֽוּת *we will die* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | 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} וַאֲמַר הָא שְׁמָעִית אָמְרִין אֲרֵי אִית עִיבוּרָא מִזְדַּבַּן בְּמִצְרָיִם חוּתוּ תַמָּן וּזְבוּנוּ לָנָא מִּתַּמָּן וְנֵחֵי וְלָא נְמוּת 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 he said: 'Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1361/) 2. [Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1362/) **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:1254`. - ← previous: [Genesis 42:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.1/) - next →: [Genesis 42:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.3/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/42/)