--- title: Genesis 48:15 — And he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The God before whom my fathers Abr… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath been my shepherd all my life long unto this day, Who acts: Israel, fathers, God. 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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 — Israel, fathers, God — and what happens in the verse to Joseph, shepherd, 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. וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֖ף וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הָֽאֱלֹהִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ הִתְהַלְּכ֨וּ אֲבֹתַ֤י לְפָנָיו֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם וְיִצְחָ֔ק הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ הָרֹעֶ֣ה אֹתִ֔י מֵעוֹדִ֖י עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ [And he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1591/) ## 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:1466 # text = וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֖ף וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הָֽאֱלֹהִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ הִתְהַלְּכ֨וּ אֲבֹתַ֤י לְפָנָיו֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם וְיִצְחָ֔ק הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ הָרֹעֶ֣ה אֹתִ֔י מֵעוֹדִ֖י עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ # verse = GEN.48.15 1-2 וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_48:15!1|MId=o010480150011|Strong=2050b 2 יְבָ֥רֶךְ בָּרַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.blessed|Ref=GEN_48:15!1|MId=o010480150012|Strong=1288|Frame=A0:010480140021;A1:010480150031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_48:15!2|MId=o010480150021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4 יוֹסֵ֖ף יוֹסֵף PROPN _ _ 2 obj _ Gloss=Joseph|Ref=GEN_48:15!3|MId=o010480150031|Strong=3130 5-6 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_48:15!4|MId=o010480150041|Strong=2050b 6 יֹּאמַ֑ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_48:15!4|MId=o010480150042|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010480140021;|Type=wayyiqtol 7-8 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֡ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_48:15!5|MId=o010480150051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אֱלֹהִ֡ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 ccomp _ Gloss=God|Ref=GEN_48:15!5|MId=o010480150052|Strong=0430 9 אֲשֶׁר֩ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=whom|Ref=GEN_48:15!6|MId=o010480150061|Strong=0834|Type=relative 10 הִתְהַלְּכ֨וּ הָלַךְ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 8 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.walked.about|Ref=GEN_48:15!7|MId=o010480150071|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:010480150081;|Type=qatal 11-12 אֲבֹתַ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 אֲבֹת אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ Gloss=fathers|Ref=GEN_48:15!8|MId=o010480150081|Strong=0001 12 ַ֤י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_48:15!8|MId=o010480150082|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 13-15 לְפָנָיו֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=GEN_48:15!9|MId=o010480150091|Strong=3807a 14 פָנָי פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 10 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_48:15!9|MId=o010480150092|Strong=6440 15 ו֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=him|Ref=GEN_48:15!9|MId=o010480150093|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 16 אַבְרָהָ֣ם אַבְרָהָם PROPN _ _ 11 appos _ Gloss=Abraham|Ref=GEN_48:15!10|MId=o010480150101|Strong=0085 17-18 וְיִצְחָ֔ק _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_48:15!11|MId=o010480150111|Strong=2050b 18 יִצְחָ֔ק יִצְחָק PROPN _ _ 16 conj _ Gloss=Isaac|Ref=GEN_48:15!11|MId=o010480150112|Strong=3327 19-20 הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_48:15!12|MId=o010480150121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=GEN_48:15!12|MId=o010480150122|Strong=0430 21-22 הָרֹעֶ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הָ הַ SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=[who]|Ref=GEN_48:15!13|MId=o010480150131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 רֹעֶ֣ה רָעָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 20 acl:relcl _ Gloss=shepherded|Ref=GEN_48:15!13|MId=o010480150132|Strong=7473|Frame=A0:010480150122;A1:010480150142;|Type=participle_active 23-24 אֹתִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_48:15!14|MId=o010480150141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 24 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_48:15!14|MId=o010480150142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 25-27 מֵעוֹדִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_48:15!15|MId=o010480150151|Strong=4480 26 עוֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 22 obl _ Gloss=my|Ref=GEN_48:15!15|MId=o010480150152|Strong=5750 27 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=duration|Ref=GEN_48:15!15|MId=o010480150153|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 28 עַד־ עַד ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=until|Ref=GEN_48:15!16|MId=o010480150161|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No 29-30 הַיּ֥וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_48:15!17|MId=o010480150171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 יּ֥וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 conj _ Gloss=day|Ref=GEN_48:15!17|MId=o010480150172|Strong=3117 31-32 הַזֶּֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_48:15!18|MId=o010480150181|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 זֶּֽה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_48:15!18|MId=o010480150182|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=GEN_48:15!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְבָרֶךְ *he blessed* | wayyiqtol · piel | | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | | | | יֹּאמַר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | הִתְהַלְּכוּ *they walked about* | qatal · hithpael | אֲבֹת *fathers* | | | | | רֹעֶה *shepherded* | participle active · qal | אֱלֹהִים *God* | ִי *me* | | | 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} וּבְרִיךְ יָת יוֹסֵף וַאֲמָר יְיָ דִי פְלָחוּ אֲבָהָתַי קֳדָמוֹהִי אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק יְיָ דְזַן יָתִי מִדְאִיתָנִי עַד יוֹמָא 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 he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1591/) **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:1466`. - ← previous: [Genesis 48:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.48.14/) - next →: [Genesis 48:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.48.16/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/48/)