--- title: Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His hear… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. Who acts: LORD, I, imagination, thing. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Genesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/) / [chapter 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/8/) / 8:21 # Genesis 8:21 בְּרֵאשִׁית **Who acts:** LORD, I, imagination, thing · **What happens:** smell, say, not curse, be, smite, live · **To what, where:** sweet savour, heart, ground, youth, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Genesis 8:21 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 — LORD, I, imagination, thing — and what happens in the verse to sweet savour, heart, ground, youth, thing, 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. וַיָּ֣רַח יְהוָה֮ אֶת־רֵ֣יחַ הַנִּיחֹחַ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ לֹֽא־אֹ֠סִף לְקַלֵּ֨ל ע֤וֹד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּעֲב֣וּר הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָאָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִנְּעֻרָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־אֹסִ֥ף ע֛וֹד לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־כָּל־חַ֖י כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ [And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.216/) ## 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:204 # text = וַיָּ֣רַח יְהוָה֮ אֶת־רֵ֣יחַ הַנִּיחֹחַ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ לֹֽא־אֹ֠סִף לְקַלֵּ֨ל ע֤וֹד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּעֲב֣וּר הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָאָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִנְּעֻרָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־אֹסִ֥ף ע֛וֹד לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־כָּל־חַ֖י כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ # verse = GEN.8.21 1-2 וַיָּ֣רַח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_8:21!1|MId=o010080210011|Strong=2050b 2 יָּ֣רַח רוח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.smelled|Ref=GEN_8:21!1|MId=o010080210012|Strong=7306a|Frame=AA:010080210021;A0:010080210041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יְהוָה֮ יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=GEN_8:21!2|MId=o010080210021|Strong=3068 4 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_8:21!3|MId=o010080210031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 5 רֵ֣יחַ רֵיחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=the.odor|Ref=GEN_8:21!4|MId=o010080210041|Strong=7381 6-7 הַנִּיחֹחַ֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=GEN_8:21!5|MId=o010080210051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 נִּיחֹחַ֒ נִיחֹחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=soothing|Ref=GEN_8:21!5|MId=o010080210052|Strong=5207 8-9 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_8:21!6|MId=o010080210061|Strong=2050b 9 יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_8:21!6|MId=o010080210062|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010080210071;|Type=wayyiqtol 10 יְהוָ֜ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 9 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=GEN_8:21!7|MId=o010080210071|Strong=3068 11 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_8:21!8|MId=o010080210081|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 לִבּ֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לִבּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=heart|Ref=GEN_8:21!9|MId=o010080210091|Strong=3820 13 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_8:21!9|MId=o010080210092|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 14 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 15 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_8:21!10|MId=o010080210101|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 15 אֹ֠סִף יָסַף VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 9 ccomp _ Gloss=I.will.repeat|Ref=GEN_8:21!11|MId=o010080210111|Strong=3254|Frame=A0:010080210071;|Type=yiqtol 16-17 לְקַלֵּ֨ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_8:21!12|MId=o010080210121|Strong=3807a 17 קַלֵּ֨ל קָלַל VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 15 xcomp _ Gloss=curse|Ref=GEN_8:21!12|MId=o010080210122|Strong=7043|Frame=A0:010080210071;A1:010080210152;|Type=infinitive_construct 18 ע֤וֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 17 advmod _ Gloss=again|Ref=GEN_8:21!13|MId=o010080210131|Strong=5750 19 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_8:21!14|MId=o010080210141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 20-21 הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_8:21!15|MId=o010080210151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 אֲדָמָה֙ אֲדָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 17 obj _ Gloss=ground|Ref=GEN_8:21!15|MId=o010080210152|Strong=0127 22-23 בַּעֲב֣וּר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=because|Ref=GEN_8:21!16|MId=o010080210161|Strong=0871a 23 עֲב֣וּר עָבוּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_8:21!16|MId=o010080210162|Strong=5668 24-25 הָֽאָדָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_8:21!17|MId=o010080210171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 אָדָ֔ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=humankind|Ref=GEN_8:21!17|MId=o010080210172|Strong=0120 26 כִּ֠י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 31 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_8:21!18|MId=o010080210181|Strong=3588 27 יֵ֣צֶר יֵצֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ Gloss=the.inclination|Ref=GEN_8:21!19|MId=o010080210191|Strong=3336 28 לֵ֧ב לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.heart|Ref=GEN_8:21!20|MId=o010080210201|Strong=3820 29-30 הָאָדָ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=GEN_8:21!21|MId=o010080210211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 אָדָ֛ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=humankind|Ref=GEN_8:21!21|MId=o010080210212|Strong=0120 31 רַ֖ע רַע ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 advcl _ Gloss=[is].evil|Ref=GEN_8:21!22|MId=o010080210221|Strong=7451|Type=adjective 32-34 מִנְּעֻרָ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=since|Ref=GEN_8:21!23|MId=o010080210231|Strong=4480 33 נְּעֻרָ֑י נְעוּרִים NOUN _ Number=Plur 31 obl _ Gloss=youth(s)|Ref=GEN_8:21!23|MId=o010080210232|Strong=5271 34 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=GEN_8:21!23|MId=o010080210233|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 35-36 וְלֹֽא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 37 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_8:21!24|MId=o010080210241|Strong=2050b 36 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 37 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=GEN_8:21!24|MId=o010080210242|Strong=3808|Type=negative 37 אֹסִ֥ף יָסַף VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 15 conj _ Gloss=I.will.repeat|Ref=GEN_8:21!25|MId=o010080210251|Strong=3254|Frame=A0:010080210071;|Type=yiqtol 38 ע֛וֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 37 advmod _ Gloss=again|Ref=GEN_8:21!26|MId=o010080210261|Strong=5750 39-40 לְהַכּ֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 40 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_8:21!27|MId=o010080210271|Strong=3807a 40 הַכּ֥וֹת נָכָה VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 37 xcomp _ Gloss=strike.down|Ref=GEN_8:21!27|MId=o010080210272|Strong=5221|Frame=AA:010080210071;A0:010080210301;|Type=infinitive_construct 41 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 42 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=GEN_8:21!28|MId=o010080210281|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 42 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 40 obj _ Gloss=every|Ref=GEN_8:21!29|MId=o010080210291|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 43 חַ֖י חַי ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 42 compound:smixut _ Gloss=living.[thing]|Ref=GEN_8:21!30|MId=o010080210301|Strong=2416a|Type=adjective 44-45 כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44 כַּֽ כְּ ADP _ _ 37 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=GEN_8:21!31|MId=o010080210311|Strong=3509a 45 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 46 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=GEN_8:21!31|MId=o010080210312|Strong=0834|Type=relative 46 עָשִֽׂיתִי עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 44 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I.have.done|Ref=GEN_8:21!32|MId=o010080210321|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010080210071;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 47 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 46 punct _ Ref=GEN_8:21!32 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָּרַח *he smelled* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | רֵיחַ *the odor* | | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | **not** אֹסִף *I will repeat* | yiqtol · hiphil | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | קַלֵּל *curse* | infinitive construct · piel | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | אֲדָמָה *ground* | | | | **not** אֹסִף *I will repeat* | yiqtol · hiphil | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | הַכּוֹת *strike down* | infinitive construct · hiphil | חַי *living \[thing\]* | | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | עָשִֽׂיתִי *I have done* | qatal · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | 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} וְקַבִּיל יְיָ בְּרַעֲוָא יָת קוּרְבָּנֵהּ וַאֲמַר יְיָ בְּמֵימְרֵהּ לָא אוֹסֵף לְמֵילַט עוֹד יָת אַרְעָא בְּדִיל חוֹבֵי אֱנָשָׁא אֲרֵי יִצְרָא לִבָּא דֶּאֱנָשָׁא בִּישׁ מִזְעִירֵהּ וְלָא אוֹסֵף עוֹד לְמִמְחֵי יָת כָּל דְּחַי כְּמָא דִעַבָדִית 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 the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.216/) **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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