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title: Genesis 47:26 — And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's. Who acts: Joseph, Pharaoh, land. Genesis 47:26 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of ever
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# Genesis 47:26 בְּרֵאשִׁית

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**Who acts:** Joseph, Pharaoh, land · **What happens:** make, have, not become · **To what, where:** favour, fifth

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This is Genesis 47:26 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 — Joseph, Pharaoh, land — and what happens in the verse to favour, fifth, 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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וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֣הּ יוֹסֵ֡ף לְחֹק֩ עַד־הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְפַרְעֹ֖ה לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ רַ֞ק אַדְמַ֤ת הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְבַדָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הָיְתָ֖ה לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

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[And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1569/)

## 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:1446
# text = וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֣הּ יוֹסֵ֡ף לְחֹק֩ עַד־הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְפַרְעֹ֖ה לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ רַ֞ק אַדְמַ֤ת הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְבַדָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הָיְתָ֖ה לְפַרְעֹֽה׃
# verse = GEN.47.26
1-2	וַיָּ֣שֶׂם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_47:26!1|MId=o010470260011|Strong=2050b
2	יָּ֣שֶׂם	שׂים	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.established|Ref=GEN_47:26!1|MId=o010470260012|Strong=7760|Frame=A1:010470260022;A0:010470260031;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	אֹתָ֣הּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	אֹת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=GEN_47:26!2|MId=o010470260021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
4	ָ֣הּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	Gloss=it|Ref=GEN_47:26!2|MId=o010470260022|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
5	יוֹסֵ֡ף	יוֹסֵף	PROPN	_	_	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=Joseph|Ref=GEN_47:26!3|MId=o010470260031|Strong=3130
6-7	לְחֹק֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_47:26!4|MId=o010470260041|Strong=3807a
7	חֹק֩	חֹק	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=a.statute|Ref=GEN_47:26!4|MId=o010470260042|Strong=2706
8	עַד־	עַד	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=until|Ref=GEN_47:26!5|MId=o010470260051|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No
9-10	הַיּ֨וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_47:26!6|MId=o010470260061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	יּ֨וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=GEN_47:26!6|MId=o010470260062|Strong=3117
11-12	הַזֶּ֜ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	12	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_47:26!7|MId=o010470260071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
12	זֶּ֜ה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_47:26!7|MId=o010470260072|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
13	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_47:26!8|MId=o010470260081|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
14	אַדְמַ֥ת	אֲדָמָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=the.land|Ref=GEN_47:26!9|MId=o010470260091|Strong=0127
15	מִצְרַ֛יִם	מִצְרַיִם	PROPN	_	_	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Egypt|Ref=GEN_47:26!10|MId=o010470260101|Strong=4714
16-17	לְפַרְעֹ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=GEN_47:26!11|MId=o010470260111|Strong=3807a
17	פַרְעֹ֖ה	פַּרְעֹה	PROPN	_	_	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=Pharaoh|Ref=GEN_47:26!11|MId=o010470260112|Strong=6547
18-20	לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_47:26!12|MId=o010470260121|Strong=3807a
19	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=the.fifth|Ref=GEN_47:26!12|MId=o010470260121ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	חֹ֑מֶשׁ	חֹמֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	obl	_	Gloss=part|Ref=GEN_47:26!12|MId=o010470260122|Strong=2569
21	רַ֞ק	רַק	ADV	_	_	22	advmod	_	Gloss=only|Ref=GEN_47:26!13|MId=o010470260131|Strong=7535|Type=affirmation
22	אַדְמַ֤ת	אֲדָמָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.land|Ref=GEN_47:26!14|MId=o010470260141|Strong=0127
23-24	הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_47:26!15|MId=o010470260151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	כֹּֽהֲנִים֙	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	22	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.priests|Ref=GEN_47:26!15|MId=o010470260152|Strong=3548
25-27	לְבַדָּ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	Gloss=theirs|Ref=GEN_47:26!16|MId=o010470260161|Strong=3807a
26	בַדּ	בַּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	Gloss=|Ref=GEN_47:26!16|MId=o010470260162|Strong=0905
27	ָ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=alone|Ref=GEN_47:26!16|MId=o010470260163|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
28	לֹ֥א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	31	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_47:26!17|MId=o010470260171|Strong=3808|Type=negative
29	הָיְתָ֖ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	31	cop	_	Gloss=it.belonged|Ref=GEN_47:26!18|MId=o010470260181|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:010470260141;|Type=qatal
30-31	לְפַרְעֹֽה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
30	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	_	31	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_47:26!19|MId=o010470260191|Strong=3807a
31	פַרְעֹֽה	פַּרְעֹה	PROPN	_	_	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=Pharaoh|Ref=GEN_47:26!19|MId=o010470260192|Strong=6547
32	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	31	punct	_	Ref=GEN_47:26!19
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יָּשֶׂם *he established* | wayyiqtol · qal | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | ָהּ *it* |  |  |
| הָיְתָה *it belonged* | qatal · qal | אַדְמַת *the land* |  |  |  |

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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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וְשַׁוִּי יָתַהּ יוֹסֵף לִגְזֵרָא עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין עַל אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם דִּיהוֹן יָהֲבִין חַד מִן חַמְשָׁא לְפַרְעֹה לְחוֹד אַרְעָא דְכֻמָּרַיָּא בִּלְחוֹדֵיהוֹן לָא הֲוַת לְפַרְעֹה

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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 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1569/)

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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:1446`.

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