--- title: Genesis 47:4 — And they said unto Pharaoh: 'To sojourn in the land are we come; for… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they said unto Pharaoh: 'To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.' Who acts: servants, we, pasture, famine. 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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 — servants, we, pasture, famine — and what happens in the verse to land, thee, servants, 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 אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה לָג֣וּר בָּאָרֶץ֮ בָּאנוּ֒ כִּי־אֵ֣ין מִרְעֶ֗ה לַצֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְעַתָּ֛ה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָ֥א עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃ [And they said unto Pharaoh: 'To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1541/) [Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1542/) ## 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:1424 # text = וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה לָג֣וּר בָּאָרֶץ֮ בָּאנוּ֒ כִּי־אֵ֣ין מִרְעֶ֗ה לַצֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְעַתָּ֛ה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָ֥א עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃ # verse = GEN.47.4 1-2 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_47:4!1|MId=o010470040011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְר֣וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=GEN_47:4!1|MId=o010470040012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010470030041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_47:4!2|MId=o010470040021|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 4 פַּרְעֹ֗ה פַּרְעֹה PROPN _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=Pharaoh|Ref=GEN_47:4!3|MId=o010470040031|Strong=6547 5-6 לָג֣וּר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_47:4!4|MId=o010470040041|Strong=3807a 6 ג֣וּר גּוּר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 10 advcl _ Gloss=sojourn|Ref=GEN_47:4!4|MId=o010470040042|Strong=1481|Frame=A0:010470030041;|Type=infinitive_construct 7-9 בָּאָרֶץ֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_47:4!5|MId=o010470040051|Strong=0871a 8 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_47:4!5|MId=o010470040051ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 אָרֶץ֮ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=land|Ref=GEN_47:4!5|MId=o010470040052|Strong=0776 10 בָּאנוּ֒ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=we.have.come|Ref=GEN_47:4!6|MId=o010470040061|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:010470030041;|Type=qatal 11 כִּי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_47:4!7|MId=o010470040071|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 12 אֵ֣ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 10 advcl _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=GEN_47:4!8|MId=o010470040081|Strong=0369|Type=negative 13 מִרְעֶ֗ה מִרְעֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=pasture|Ref=GEN_47:4!9|MId=o010470040091|Strong=4829 14-16 לַצֹּאן֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_47:4!10|MId=o010470040101|Strong=3807a 15 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_47:4!10|MId=o010470040101ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 צֹּאן֙ צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=sheep|Ref=GEN_47:4!10|MId=o010470040102|Strong=6629 17 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_47:4!11|MId=o010470040111|Strong=0834|Type=relative 18-20 לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=GEN_47:4!12|MId=o010470040121|Strong=3807a 19 עֲבָדֶ֔י עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 acl:relcl _ Gloss=servants|Ref=GEN_47:4!12|MId=o010470040122|Strong=5650 20 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_47:4!12|MId=o010470040123|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 21 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_47:4!13|MId=o010470040131|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 22 כָבֵ֥ד כָּבֵד ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 advcl _ Gloss=[was].heavy|Ref=GEN_47:4!14|MId=o010470040141|Strong=3515|Type=adjective 23-24 הָרָעָ֖ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_47:4!15|MId=o010470040151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 רָעָ֖ב רָעָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=famine|Ref=GEN_47:4!15|MId=o010470040152|Strong=7458 25-26 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_47:4!16|MId=o010470040161|Strong=0871a 26 אֶ֣רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=GEN_47:4!16|MId=o010470040162|Strong=0776 27 כְּנָ֑עַן כְּנַעַן PROPN _ _ 26 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Canaan|Ref=GEN_47:4!17|MId=o010470040171|Strong=3667 28-29 וְעַתָּ֛ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_47:4!18|MId=o010470040181|Strong=2050b 29 עַתָּ֛ה עַתָּה ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=GEN_47:4!18|MId=o010470040182|Strong=6258 30 יֵֽשְׁבוּ־ יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 10 parataxis _ Gloss=let.them.dwell|Ref=GEN_47:4!19|MId=o010470040191|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:010470040211;|Type=jussive|SpaceAfter=No 31 נָ֥א נָא INTJ _ _ 30 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=GEN_47:4!20|MId=o010470040201|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 32-33 עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 עֲבָדֶ֖י עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ Gloss=servants|Ref=GEN_47:4!21|MId=o010470040211|Strong=5650 33 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_47:4!21|MId=o010470040212|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 34-35 בְּאֶ֥רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_47:4!22|MId=o010470040221|Strong=0871a 35 אֶ֥רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 30 obl _ Gloss=the.land|Ref=GEN_47:4!22|MId=o010470040222|Strong=0776 36 גֹּֽשֶׁן גֹּשֶׁן PROPN _ _ 35 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Goshen|Ref=GEN_47:4!23|MId=o010470040231|Strong=1657|SpaceAfter=No 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=GEN_47:4!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | גוּר *sojourn* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | **not** בָּאנוּ *we have come* | qatal · qal | | | | | | יֵֽשְׁבוּ־ *let them dwell* | jussive · 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 לְוַת פַּרְעֹה לְאִתּוֹתָבָא בְאַרְעָא אֲתֵינָא אֲרֵי לֵית רַעֲיָא לְעָנָא דִּי לְעַבְדָּיךְ אֲרֵי תַקִּיף כַּפְנָא בְּאַרְעָא דִּכְנָעַן וּכְעַן יֵתְבוּן כְּעַן עַבְדָּיךְ בְּאַרְעָא דְגשֶׁן 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 Pharaoh: 'To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1541/) 2. [Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1542/) **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). 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