--- title: Genesis 48:17 — And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. Who acts: Joseph, father, hand. 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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 — Joseph, father, hand — and what happens in the verse to right hand, head, father, hand, 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. וַיַּ֣רְא יוֹסֵ֗ף כִּי־יָשִׁ֨ית אָבִ֧יו יַד־יְמִינ֛וֹ עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ אֶפְרַ֖יִם וַיֵּ֣רַע בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְ יַד־אָבִ֗יו לְהָסִ֥יר אֹתָ֛הּ מֵעַ֥ל רֹאשׁ־אֶפְרַ֖יִם עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ [And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1593/) ## 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:1468 # text = וַיַּ֣רְא יוֹסֵ֗ף כִּי־יָשִׁ֨ית אָבִ֧יו יַד־יְמִינ֛וֹ עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ אֶפְרַ֖יִם וַיֵּ֣רַע בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְ יַד־אָבִ֗יו לְהָסִ֥יר אֹתָ֛הּ מֵעַ֥ל רֹאשׁ־אֶפְרַ֖יִם עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ # verse = GEN.48.17 1-2 וַיַּ֣רְא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_48:17!1|MId=o010480170011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּ֣רְא רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.saw|Ref=GEN_48:17!1|MId=o010480170012|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:010480170021;A1:010480170041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יוֹסֵ֗ף יוֹסֵף PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Joseph|Ref=GEN_48:17!2|MId=o010480170021|Strong=3130 4 כִּי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=GEN_48:17!3|MId=o010480170031|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 5 יָשִׁ֨ית שִׁית VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=he.will.put|Ref=GEN_48:17!4|MId=o010480170041|Strong=7896|Frame=A0:010480170051;A1:010480170061;|Type=yiqtol 6-7 אָבִ֧יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אָבִ֧י אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Gloss=father|Ref=GEN_48:17!5|MId=o010480170051|Strong=0001 7 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_48:17!5|MId=o010480170052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 8 יַד־ יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 5 obj _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=GEN_48:17!6|MId=o010480170061|Strong=3027|SpaceAfter=No 9-10 יְמִינ֛וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 יְמִינ יָמִין NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.right.side|Ref=GEN_48:17!7|MId=o010480170071|Strong=3225 10 ֛וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_48:17!7|MId=o010480170072|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 11 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_48:17!8|MId=o010480170081|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 12 רֹ֥אשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 obl _ Gloss=the.head|Ref=GEN_48:17!9|MId=o010480170091|Strong=7218 13 אֶפְרַ֖יִם אֶפְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Ephraim|Ref=GEN_48:17!10|MId=o010480170101|Strong=0669 14-15 וַיֵּ֣רַע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_48:17!11|MId=o010480170111|Strong=2050b 15 יֵּ֣רַע רָעַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.was.displeasing|Ref=GEN_48:17!11|MId=o010480170112|Strong=7489|Frame=A0:010480170041;|Type=wayyiqtol 16-18 בְּעֵינָ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=GEN_48:17!12|MId=o010480170121|Strong=0871a 17 עֵינָ֑י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 15 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=GEN_48:17!12|MId=o010480170122|Strong=5869 18 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_48:17!12|MId=o010480170123|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 19-20 וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_48:17!13|MId=o010480170131|Strong=2050b 20 יִּתְמֹ֣ךְ תָּמַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.grasped|Ref=GEN_48:17!13|MId=o010480170132|Strong=8551|Frame=A0:010480170021;A1:010480170141;|Type=wayyiqtol 21 יַד־ יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 20 obj _ Gloss=the.hand|Ref=GEN_48:17!14|MId=o010480170141|Strong=3027|SpaceAfter=No 22-23 אָבִ֗יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 אָבִ֗י אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.father|Ref=GEN_48:17!15|MId=o010480170151|Strong=0001 23 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_48:17!15|MId=o010480170152|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 24-25 לְהָסִ֥יר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_48:17!16|MId=o010480170161|Strong=3807a 25 הָסִ֥יר סוּר VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 20 advcl _ Gloss=remove|Ref=GEN_48:17!16|MId=o010480170162|Strong=5493|Frame=AA:010480170021;A0:010480170172;|Type=infinitive_construct 26-27 אֹתָ֛הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=|Ref=GEN_48:17!17|MId=o010480170171|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 27 ָ֛הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ Gloss=it|Ref=GEN_48:17!17|MId=o010480170172|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 28-29 מֵעַ֥ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_48:17!18|MId=o010480170181|Strong=4480 29 עַ֥ל עַל ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_48:17!18|MId=o010480170182|Strong=5921 30 רֹאשׁ־ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=the.head|Ref=GEN_48:17!19|MId=o010480170191|Strong=7218|SpaceAfter=No 31 אֶפְרַ֖יִם אֶפְרַיִם PROPN _ _ 30 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Ephraim|Ref=GEN_48:17!20|MId=o010480170201|Strong=0669 32 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_48:17!21|MId=o010480170211|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 33 רֹ֥אשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 30 conj _ Gloss=the.head|Ref=GEN_48:17!22|MId=o010480170221|Strong=7218 34 מְנַשֶּֽׁה מְנַשֶּׁה PROPN _ _ 33 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Manasseh|Ref=GEN_48:17!23|MId=o010480170231|Strong=4519|SpaceAfter=No 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=GEN_48:17!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּרְא *he saw* | wayyiqtol · qal | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | יָשִׁית *he will put* | | | | יָשִׁית *he will put* | yiqtol · qal | אָבִי *father* | יַד־ *the hand* | | | | יֵּרַע *it was displeasing* | wayyiqtol · qal | יָשִׁית *he will put* | | | | | יִּתְמֹךְ *he grasped* | wayyiqtol · qal | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | יַד־ *the hand* | | | | הָסִיר *remove* | infinitive construct · hiphil | ָהּ *it* | | | יוֹסֵף *Joseph* | 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} וַחֲזָא יוֹסֵף אֲרֵי שַׁוִּי אָבוּהִי יַד יְמִינֵהּ עַל רֵישָׁא דְאֶפְרַיִם וּבְאֵישׁ בְּעֵינוֹהִי וְסָעֵד יְדָא דְאָבוּהִי לְאַעֲדָאָה יָתַהּ מֵעַל רֵישָׁא דְאֶפְרַיִם לְאַנָחוּתַהּ עַל רֵישָׁא דִמְנַשֶּׁה 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 when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1593/) **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:1468`. - ← previous: [Genesis 48:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.48.16/) - next →: [Genesis 48:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.48.18/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/48/)