--- title: Genesis 9:12 — And God said: 'This is the token of the covenant which I make betwee… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And God said: 'This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: Who acts: God, This, I, living creature. 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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 — God, This, I, living creature — and what happens in the verse to token, covenant, 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. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים זֹ֤את אֽוֹת־הַבְּרִית֙ אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֣י נֹתֵ֗ן בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כָּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתְּכֶ֑ם לְדֹרֹ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃ [And God said: 'This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.229/) ## 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:217 # text = וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים זֹ֤את אֽוֹת־הַבְּרִית֙ אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֣י נֹתֵ֗ן בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כָּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתְּכֶ֑ם לְדֹרֹ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃ # verse = GEN.9.12 1-2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_9:12!1|MId=o010090120011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_9:12!1|MId=o010090120012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010090120021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=GEN_9:12!2|MId=o010090120021|Strong=0430 4 זֹ֤את זֹאת PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 ccomp _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_9:12!3|MId=o010090120031|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 5 אֽוֹת־ אוֹת NOUN _ Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ Gloss=[is].the.sign|Ref=GEN_9:12!4|MId=o010090120041|Strong=0226|SpaceAfter=No 6-7 הַבְּרִית֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_9:12!5|MId=o010090120051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 בְּרִית֙ בְּרִית NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.covenant|Ref=GEN_9:12!5|MId=o010090120052|Strong=1285 8 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_9:12!6|MId=o010090120061|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 9 אֲנִ֣י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=GEN_9:12!7|MId=o010090120071|Strong=0589|Type=personal 10 נֹתֵ֗ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 7 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[am].making|Ref=GEN_9:12!8|MId=o010090120081|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:010090120071;A1:010090120052;|Type=participle_active 11-12 בֵּינִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בֵּינ בֵּין ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=GEN_9:12!9|MId=o010090120091|Strong=0996 12 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=GEN_9:12!9|MId=o010090120092|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 13-15 וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_9:12!10|MId=o010090120101|Strong=2050b 14 בֵ֣ינֵי בֵּין ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=GEN_9:12!10|MId=o010090120102|Strong=0996 15 כֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_9:12!10|MId=o010090120103|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 16-17 וּבֵ֛ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_9:12!11|MId=o010090120111|Strong=2050b 17 בֵ֛ין בֵּין ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=between|Ref=GEN_9:12!11|MId=o010090120112|Strong=0996 18 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 conj _ Gloss=every|Ref=GEN_9:12!12|MId=o010090120121|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 19 נֶ֥פֶשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=creature|Ref=GEN_9:12!13|MId=o010090120131|Strong=5315 20 חַיָּ֖ה חַי ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 amod _ Gloss=living|Ref=GEN_9:12!14|MId=o010090120141|Strong=2416a|Type=adjective 21 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=GEN_9:12!15|MId=o010090120151|Strong=0834|Type=relative 22-23 אִתְּכֶ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 אִתּ אֵת ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=[is].with|Ref=GEN_9:12!16|MId=o010090120161|Strong=0854 23 ְכֶ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_9:12!16|MId=o010090120162|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 24-25 לְדֹרֹ֖ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=GEN_9:12!17|MId=o010090120171|Strong=3807a 25 דֹרֹ֖ת דּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 obl _ Gloss=generations|Ref=GEN_9:12!17|MId=o010090120172|Strong=1755 26 עוֹלָֽם עוֹלָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.perpetuity|Ref=GEN_9:12!18|MId=o010090120181|Strong=5769|SpaceAfter=No 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=GEN_9:12!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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֱלֹהִים *God* | | | | | נֹתֵן *\[am\] making* | participle active · qal | אֲנִי *I* | בְּרִית *the covenant* | | | 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} וַאֲמַר יְיָ דָּא אָת קְיָם דִּי אֲנָא יָהֵב בֵּין מֵימְרִי וּבֵינֵכוֹן וּבֵין כָּל נַפְשָׁא חַיְתָא דִּי עִמְּכוֹן לְדָרֵי עַלְמָא 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 God said: 'This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.229/) **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:217`. - ← previous: [Genesis 9:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.11/) - next →: [Genesis 9:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.13/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/9/)