--- title: Genesis 44:7 — And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing. Who acts: men, lord, it. Genesis 44:7 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.44.7/) [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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/44/) / 44:7 # Genesis 44:7 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** men, lord, it · **What happens:** say, speak, be, do · **To what, where:** such words, servants, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 44:7 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 — men, lord, it — and what happens in the verse to such words, servants, thing, 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. וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו לָ֚מָּה יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲדֹנִ֔י כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה חָלִ֙ילָה֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ מֵעֲשׂ֖וֹת כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ [And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1444/) [Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1445/) ## 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:1331 # text = וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו לָ֚מָּה יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲדֹנִ֔י כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה חָלִ֙ילָה֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ מֵעֲשׂ֖וֹת כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ # verse = GEN.44.7 1-2 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_44:7!1|MId=o010440070011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְר֣וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=GEN_44:7!1|MId=o010440070012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010440030033;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 אֵלָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵלָ֔י אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_44:7!2|MId=o010440070021|Strong=0413 4 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_44:7!2|MId=o010440070022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 5-6 לָ֚מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לָ֚ לָמָה ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_44:7!3|MId=o010440070031|Strong=3807a 6 מָּה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 7 obl _ Gloss=why?|Ref=GEN_44:7!3|MId=o010440070032|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 7 יְדַבֵּ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=does.he.speak|Ref=GEN_44:7!4|MId=o010440070041|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:010440070051;|Type=yiqtol 8-9 אֲדֹנִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 אֲדֹנ אָדוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Gloss=master|Ref=GEN_44:7!5|MId=o010440070051|Strong=0113 9 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_44:7!5|MId=o010440070052|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 10-12 כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=GEN_44:7!6|MId=o010440070061|Strong=3509a 11 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_44:7!6|MId=o010440070061ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 דְּבָרִ֖ים דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 obl _ Gloss=the.words|Ref=GEN_44:7!6|MId=o010440070062|Strong=1697 13-14 הָאֵ֑לֶּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_44:7!7|MId=o010440070071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 אֵ֑לֶּה אֵלֶּה DET _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ Gloss=these|Ref=GEN_44:7!7|MId=o010440070072|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 15-16 חָלִ֙ילָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 חָלִ֙יל חָלִילָה INTJ _ _ 16 discourse _ Gloss=far|Ref=GEN_44:7!8|MId=o010440070081|Strong=2486|Type=interjection 16 ָה֙ ה X _ _ 7 ccomp _ Gloss=be.it|Ref=GEN_44:7!8|MId=o010440070082|Strong=1886c|Type=paragogic_he 17-19 לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_44:7!9|MId=o010440070091|Strong=3807a 18 עֲבָדֶ֔י עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 obl _ Gloss=servants|Ref=GEN_44:7!9|MId=o010440070092|Strong=5650 19 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_44:7!9|MId=o010440070093|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 20-21 מֵעֲשׂ֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_44:7!10|MId=o010440070101|Strong=4480 21 עֲשׂ֖וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 16 advcl _ Gloss=doing|Ref=GEN_44:7!10|MId=o010440070102|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010440070092;|Type=infinitive_construct 22-24 כַּדָּבָ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=GEN_44:7!11|MId=o010440070111|Strong=3509a 23 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_44:7!11|MId=o010440070111ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 דָּבָ֥ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=the.manner|Ref=GEN_44:7!11|MId=o010440070112|Strong=1697 25-26 הַזֶּֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_44:7!12|MId=o010440070121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 זֶּֽה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_44:7!12|MId=o010440070122|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=GEN_44:7!12 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | יְדַבֵּר *does he speak* | yiqtol · piel | אֲדֹנ *master* | | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *doing* | infinitive construct · qal | עֲבָדֶי *servants* | | | | 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} וַאֲמָרוּ לֵהּ לְמָה יְמַלֵּל רִבּוֹנִי כְּפִתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין חַס לְעַבְדָּיךְ מִלְּמֶעְבַּד כְּפִתְגָּמָא הָדֵין 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 they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1444/) 2. [Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1445/) **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:1331`. - ← previous: [Genesis 44:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.6/) - next →: [Genesis 44:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.8/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/44/)