--- title: Genesis 6:17 — And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to des… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish. Who acts: I, thing, waters. 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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 — I, thing, waters — and what happens in the verse to flood, flesh, breath, heaven, earth, 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. וַאֲנִ֗י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶת־הַמַּבּ֥וּל מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לְשַׁחֵ֣ת כָּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ֙ ר֣וּחַ חַיִּ֔ים מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָ֖רֶץ יִגְוָֽע׃ [And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.166/) ## 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:154 # text = וַאֲנִ֗י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶת־הַמַּבּ֥וּל מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לְשַׁחֵ֣ת כָּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ֙ ר֣וּחַ חַיִּ֔ים מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָ֖רֶץ יִגְוָֽע׃ # verse = GEN.6.17 1-2 וַאֲנִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_6:17!1|MId=o010060170011|Strong=2050b 2 אֲנִ֗י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 dislocated _ Gloss=I|Ref=GEN_6:17!1|MId=o010060170012|Strong=0589|Type=personal 3-4 הִנְנִי֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הִנ הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 5 nsubj _ Gloss=here|Ref=GEN_6:17!2|MId=o010060170021|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 4 ְנִי֩ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=GEN_6:17!2|MId=o010060170022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 5 מֵבִ֨יא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[am].about.to.bring|Ref=GEN_6:17!3|MId=o010060170031|Strong=0935|Frame=AA:010060170022;A0:010060170052;|Type=participle_active 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_6:17!4|MId=o010060170041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 הַמַּבּ֥וּל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_6:17!5|MId=o010060170051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 מַּבּ֥וּל מַבּוּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 obj _ Gloss=flood|Ref=GEN_6:17!5|MId=o010060170052|Strong=3999 9 מַ֙יִם֙ מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=water|Ref=GEN_6:17!6|MId=o010060170061|Strong=4325 10 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_6:17!7|MId=o010060170071|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 הָאָ֔רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_6:17!8|MId=o010060170081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 אָ֔רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 5 obl _ Gloss=earth|Ref=GEN_6:17!8|MId=o010060170082|Strong=0776 13-14 לְשַׁחֵ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_6:17!9|MId=o010060170091|Strong=3807a 14 שַׁחֵ֣ת שָׁחַת VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 5 advcl _ Gloss=destroy|Ref=GEN_6:17!9|MId=o010060170092|Strong=7843|Frame=A0:010060170022;A1:010060170111;|Type=infinitive_construct 15 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_6:17!10|MId=o010060170101|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 16 בָּשָׂ֗ר בָּשָׂר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=flesh|Ref=GEN_6:17!11|MId=o010060170111|Strong=1320 17 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_6:17!12|MId=o010060170121|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 18-19 בּוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=[is].in|Ref=GEN_6:17!13|MId=o010060170131|Strong=0871a 19 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it|Ref=GEN_6:17!13|MId=o010060170132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 20 ר֣וּחַ רוּחַ NOUN _ Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=[the].breath|Ref=GEN_6:17!14|MId=o010060170141|Strong=7307 21 חַיִּ֔ים חַיִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.life|Ref=GEN_6:17!15|MId=o010060170151|Strong=2416 22-23 מִתַּ֖חַת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=GEN_6:17!16|MId=o010060170161|Strong=4480 23 תַּ֖חַת תַּחַת NOUN _ _ 14 obl _ Gloss=under|Ref=GEN_6:17!16|MId=o010060170162|Strong=8478 24-25 הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_6:17!17|MId=o010060170171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 שָּׁמָ֑יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=heavens|Ref=GEN_6:17!17|MId=o010060170172|Strong=8064 26 כֹּ֥ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_6:17!18|MId=o010060170181|Strong=3605 27 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 30 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=GEN_6:17!19|MId=o010060170191|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 28-30 בָּאָ֖רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=[is].on|Ref=GEN_6:17!20|MId=o010060170201|Strong=0871a 29 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_6:17!20|MId=o010060170201ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 אָ֖רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 26 acl:relcl _ Gloss=earth|Ref=GEN_6:17!20|MId=o010060170202|Strong=0776 31 יִגְוָֽע גָּוַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.die|Ref=GEN_6:17!21|MId=o010060170211|Strong=1478|Frame=A0:010060170181;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=GEN_6:17!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מֵבִיא *\[am\] about to bring* | participle active · hiphil | מַּבּוּל *flood* | | | ְנִי *I* | | שַׁחֵת *destroy* | infinitive construct · piel | ְנִי *I* | בָּשָׂר *flesh* | | | | יִגְוָֽע *it will die* | yiqtol · qal | כֹּל *all* | | | | 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} וַאֲנָא הָא אֲנָא מַיְתֵי יָת טוֹפָנָא מַיָּא עַל אַרְעָא לְחַבָּלָא כָּל בִּסְרָא דִּי בֵהּ רוּחָא דְחַיֵּי מִתְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא כֹּל דִּי בְאַרְעָא יְמוּת 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 I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.166/) **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:154`. - ← previous: [Genesis 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.16/) - next →: [Genesis 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.18/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/6/)