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title: Genesis 45:27 — And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Who acts: brethren, Joseph, spirit. Genesis 45:27 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the prag
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# Genesis 45:27 בְּרֵאשִׁית

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**Who acts:** brethren, Joseph, spirit · **What happens:** tell, say, see, send, carry, revive · **To what, where:** words, Joseph, wagons · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Genesis 45:27 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 — brethren, Joseph, spirit — and what happens in the verse to words, Joseph, wagons, 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.

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וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו אֵ֣ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֤י יוֹסֵף֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֲגָל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח יוֹסֵ֖ף לָשֵׂ֣את אֹת֑וֹ וַתְּחִ֕י ר֖וּחַ יַעֲקֹ֥ב אֲבִיהֶֽם׃

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[And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1501/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:1385
# text = וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו אֵ֣ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֤י יוֹסֵף֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֲגָל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח יוֹסֵ֖ף לָשֵׂ֣את אֹת֑וֹ וַתְּחִ֕י ר֖וּחַ יַעֲקֹ֥ב אֲבִיהֶֽם׃
# verse = GEN.45.27
1-2	וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_45:27!1|MId=o010450270011|Strong=2050b
2	יְדַבְּר֣וּ	דָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.spoke|Ref=GEN_45:27!1|MId=o010450270012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:010450240031;A1:010450270051;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	אֵלָ֗יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	אֵלָ֗י	אֶל	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_45:27!2|MId=o010450270021|Strong=0413
4	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_45:27!2|MId=o010450270022|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
5	אֵ֣ת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_45:27!3|MId=o010450270031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
6	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_45:27!4|MId=o010450270041|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
7	דִּבְרֵ֤י	דָּבָר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	6	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.words|Ref=GEN_45:27!5|MId=o010450270051|Strong=1697
8	יוֹסֵף֙	יוֹסֵף	PROPN	_	_	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Joseph|Ref=GEN_45:27!6|MId=o010450270061|Strong=3130
9	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	10	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_45:27!7|MId=o010450270071|Strong=0834|Type=relative
10	דִּבֶּ֣ר	דָבַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	6	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.had.spoken|Ref=GEN_45:27!8|MId=o010450270081|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:010450270061;A1:010450270051;|Type=qatal
11-12	אֲלֵהֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	אֲל	אֶל	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_45:27!9|MId=o010450270091|Strong=0413
12	ֵהֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=GEN_45:27!9|MId=o010450270092|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
13-14	וַיַּרְא֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_45:27!10|MId=o010450270101|Strong=2050b
14	יַּרְא֙	רָאָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=he.saw|Ref=GEN_45:27!10|MId=o010450270102|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:010450250071;A1:010450270122;|Type=wayyiqtol
15	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_45:27!11|MId=o010450270111|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No
16-17	הָ֣עֲגָל֔וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	הָ֣	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	17	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_45:27!12|MId=o010450270121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	עֲגָל֔וֹת	עֲגָלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	14	obj	_	Gloss=carts|Ref=GEN_45:27!12|MId=o010450270122|Strong=5699
18	אֲשֶׁר־	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	19	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_45:27!13|MId=o010450270131|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No
19	שָׁלַ֥ח	שָׁלַח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	17	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=he.had.sent|Ref=GEN_45:27!14|MId=o010450270141|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:010450270151;A1:010450270122;|Type=qatal
20	יוֹסֵ֖ף	יוֹסֵף	PROPN	_	_	19	nsubj	_	Gloss=Joseph|Ref=GEN_45:27!15|MId=o010450270151|Strong=3130
21-22	לָשֵׂ֣את	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_45:27!16|MId=o010450270161|Strong=3807a
22	שֵׂ֣את	נָשָׂא	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	19	advcl	_	Gloss=carry|Ref=GEN_45:27!16|MId=o010450270162|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:010450270122;A1:010450270172;|Type=infinitive_construct
23-24	אֹת֑וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=GEN_45:27!17|MId=o010450270171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
24	֑וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_45:27!17|MId=o010450270172|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
25-26	וַתְּחִ֕י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_45:27!18|MId=o010450270181|Strong=2050b
26	תְּחִ֕י	חָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.lived|Ref=GEN_45:27!18|MId=o010450270182|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:010450270191;|Type=wayyiqtol
27	ר֖וּחַ	רוּחַ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.spirit|Ref=GEN_45:27!19|MId=o010450270191|Strong=7307
28	יַעֲקֹ֥ב	יַעֲקֹב	PROPN	_	_	27	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Jacob|Ref=GEN_45:27!20|MId=o010450270201|Strong=3290
29-30	אֲבִיהֶֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	אֲבִי	אָב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	28	appos	_	Gloss=father|Ref=GEN_45:27!21|MId=o010450270211|Strong=0001
30	הֶֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=GEN_45:27!21|MId=o010450270212|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
31	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	30	punct	_	Ref=GEN_45:27!21
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יְדַבְּרוּ *they spoke* | wayyiqtol · piel |  | דִּבְרֵי *the words* |  |  |
| דִּבֶּר *he had spoken* | qatal · piel | יוֹסֵף *of Joseph* | דִּבְרֵי *the words* |  |  |
| יַּרְא *he saw* | wayyiqtol · qal |  | עֲגָלוֹת *carts* |  |  |
| שָׁלַח *he had sent* | qatal · qal | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | עֲגָלוֹת *carts* |  |  |
| שֵׂאת *carry* | infinitive construct · qal | עֲגָלוֹת *carts* | וֹ *him* |  |  |
| תְּחִי *it lived* | wayyiqtol · qal | רוּחַ *the spirit* |  |  |  |

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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}

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וּמַלִּילוּ עִמֵּהּ יָת כָּל פִּתְגָּמֵי יוֹסֵף דִּי מַלִּיל עִמְּהוֹן וַחֲזָא יָת עֲגַלָּתָא דִּשְׁלַח יוֹסֵף לְמִטַּל יָתֵהּ וּשְׁרַת רוּחַ נְבוּאָה עַל יַעֲקֹב אֲבוּהוֹן

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1501/)

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**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:1385`.

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