--- title: Genesis 42:6 — And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to al… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down to him with their faces to the earth. Who acts: Joseph, land, brethren. 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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 — Joseph, land, brethren — and what happens in the verse to governor, land, Caanan, people, Joseph, 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. וְיוֹסֵ֗ף ה֚וּא הַשַּׁלִּ֣יט עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ ה֥וּא הַמַּשְׁבִּ֖יר לְכָל־עַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֲחֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ל֥וֹ אַפַּ֖יִם אָֽרְצָה׃ [And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1366/) [And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down to him with their faces to the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1367/) ## 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:1258 # text = וְיוֹסֵ֗ף ה֚וּא הַשַּׁלִּ֣יט עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ ה֥וּא הַמַּשְׁבִּ֖יר לְכָל־עַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֲחֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ל֥וֹ אַפַּ֖יִם אָֽרְצָה׃ # verse = GEN.42.6 1-2 וְיוֹסֵ֗ף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_42:6!1|MId=o010420060011|Strong=2050b 2 יוֹסֵ֗ף יוֹסֵף PROPN _ _ 11 dislocated _ Gloss=Joseph|Ref=GEN_42:6!1|MId=o010420060012|Strong=3130 3 ה֚וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=GEN_42:6!2|MId=o010420060021|Strong=1931|Type=personal 4-5 הַשַּׁלִּ֣יט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=[was].the|Ref=GEN_42:6!3|MId=o010420060031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 שַּׁלִּ֣יט שַׁלִּיט ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ Gloss=ruler|Ref=GEN_42:6!3|MId=o010420060032|Strong=7989|Type=adjective 6 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=GEN_42:6!4|MId=o010420060041|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 הָאָ֔רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_42:6!5|MId=o010420060051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אָ֔רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 5 obl _ Gloss=land|Ref=GEN_42:6!5|MId=o010420060052|Strong=0776 9 ה֥וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=GEN_42:6!6|MId=o010420060061|Strong=1931|Type=personal 10-11 הַמַּשְׁבִּ֖יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=[was].the|Ref=GEN_42:6!7|MId=o010420060071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 מַּשְׁבִּ֖יר שָׁבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[one.who].sold.grain|Ref=GEN_42:6!7|MId=o010420060072|Strong=7666|Frame=AA:010420060012;A0:010420030061;|Type=participle_active 12-13 לְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_42:6!8|MId=o010420060081|Strong=3807a 13 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_42:6!8|MId=o010420060082|Strong=3605 14 עַ֣ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=GEN_42:6!9|MId=o010420060091|Strong=5971 15-16 הָאָ֑רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_42:6!10|MId=o010420060101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 אָ֑רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=GEN_42:6!10|MId=o010420060102|Strong=0776 17-18 וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_42:6!11|MId=o010420060111|Strong=2050b 18 יָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 11 conj _ Gloss=they.came|Ref=GEN_42:6!11|MId=o010420060112|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:010420060121;|Type=wayyiqtol 19 אֲחֵ֣י אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ Gloss=the.brothers|Ref=GEN_42:6!12|MId=o010420060121|Strong=0251 20 יוֹסֵ֔ף יוֹסֵף PROPN _ _ 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Joseph|Ref=GEN_42:6!13|MId=o010420060131|Strong=3130 21-22 וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_42:6!14|MId=o010420060141|Strong=2050b 22 יִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ חוה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 11 conj _ Gloss=they.bowed.down|Ref=GEN_42:6!14|MId=o010420060142|Strong=7812a|Frame=A0:010420060121;A1:010420060161;|Type=wayyiqtol 23-24 ל֥וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 ל לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_42:6!15|MId=o010420060151|Strong=3807a 24 ֥וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_42:6!15|MId=o010420060152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 25 אַפַּ֖יִם אַף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 22 obj _ Gloss=face|Ref=GEN_42:6!16|MId=o010420060161|Strong=0639 26-27 אָֽרְצָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 אָֽרְצ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=the.ground|Ref=GEN_42:6!17|MId=o010420060171|Strong=0776 27 ָה ה X _ _ 26 nmod _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_42:6!17|MId=o010420060172|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=GEN_42:6!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מַּשְׁבִּיר *\[one who\] sold grain* | participle active · hiphil | | | | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | | יָּבֹאוּ *they came* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֲחֵי *the brothers* | | | | | יִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ *they bowed down* | wayyiqtol · hithpael | אֲחֵי *the brothers* | אַפַּיִם *face* | | | 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} וְיוֹסֵף הוּא דְּשַׁלִּיט עַל אַרְעָא הוּא דְזַבִּין עִיבוּרָא לְכָל עַמָּא דְאַרְעָא וַאֲתוֹ אֲחֵי יוֹסֵף וּסְגִידוּ לֵהּ עַל אַפֵּיהוֹן עַל אַרְעָא 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 Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1366/) 2. [And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down to him with their faces to the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1367/) **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:1258`. - ← previous: [Genesis 42:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.5/) - next →: [Genesis 42:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.7/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/42/)