Nehemiah 8:4 נְחֶמְיָה

Who acts: Ezra, ears, Mattithiah · What happens: stand, make · To what, where: pulpit, right hand

This is Nehemiah 8:4 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). 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 — Ezra, ears, Mattithiah — and what happens in the verse to pulpit, right hand, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 13 chapters of Nehemiah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֞ד עֶזְרָ֣א הַסֹּפֵ֗ר עַֽל־מִגְדַּל־עֵץ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ לַדָּבָר֒ וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד אֶצְל֡וֹ מַתִּתְיָ֡ה וְשֶׁ֡מַע וַ֠עֲנָיָה וְאוּרִיָּ֧ה וְחִלְקִיָּ֛ה וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה עַל־יְמִינ֑וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹ פְּ֠דָיָה וּמִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל וּמַלְכִּיָּ֛ה וְחָשֻׁ֥ם וְחַשְׁבַּדָּ֖נָה זְכַרְיָ֥ה מְשֻׁלָּֽם׃פ

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

The 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.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation	gloss
1	וַֽ	וְ	CCONJ	_	2 יַּעֲמֹ֞ד	cc	and
2	יַּעֲמֹ֞ד	עָמַד	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	root	root	he stood
3	עֶזְרָ֣א	עֶזְרָא	PROPN	_	2 יַּעֲמֹ֞ד	nsubj	Ezra
4	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	5 סֹּפֵ֗ר	det	the
5	סֹּפֵ֗ר	סֹפֵר	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	3 עֶזְרָ֣א	appos	scribe
6	עַֽל־	עַל	ADP	_	7 מִגְדַּל־	case	on
7	מִגְדַּל־	מִגְדָּל	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 יַּעֲמֹ֞ד	obl	a high platform
8	עֵץ֮	עֵץ	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	7 מִגְדַּל־	compound:smixut	of wood
9	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	10 עָשׂ֣וּ	mark	which
10	עָשׂ֣וּ	עָשָׂה	VERB	Gender=Com HebBinyan=QAL Number=Plur Person=3	7 מִגְדַּל־	acl:relcl	people had made
11	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	13 דָּבָר֒	case	for
12	ה	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	13 דָּבָר֒	det	the
13	דָּבָר֒	דָּבָר	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	10 עָשׂ֣וּ	obl	matter
14	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	15 יַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד	cc	and
15	יַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד	עָמַד	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	2 יַּעֲמֹ֞ד	conj	he stood
16	אֶצְל	אֵצֶל	ADP	_	17 ֡וֹ	case	beside
17	֡וֹ	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 יַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד	obl	him
18	מַתִּתְיָ֡ה	מַתִּתְיָה	PROPN	_	15 יַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד	nsubj	Mattithiah
19	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	20 שֶׁ֡מַע	cc	and
20	שֶׁ֡מַע	שֶׁמַע	PROPN	_	18 מַתִּתְיָ֡ה	conj	Shema
21	וַ֠	וְ	CCONJ	_	22 עֲנָיָה	cc	and
22	עֲנָיָה	עֲנָיָה	PROPN	_	18 מַתִּתְיָ֡ה	conj	Anaiah
23	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	24 אוּרִיָּ֧ה	cc	and
24	אוּרִיָּ֧ה	אוּרִיָּה	PROPN	_	18 מַתִּתְיָ֡ה	conj	Uriah
25	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	26 חִלְקִיָּ֛ה	cc	and
26	חִלְקִיָּ֛ה	חִלְקִיָּה	PROPN	_	18 מַתִּתְיָ֡ה	conj	Hilkiah
27	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	28 מַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה	cc	and
28	מַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה	מַעֲשֵׂיָה	PROPN	_	18 מַתִּתְיָ֡ה	conj	Maaseiah
29	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	30 יְמִינ	case	on
30	יְמִינ	יָמִין	NOUN	Gender=Fem Number=Sing	15 יַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד	obl	hand
31	֑וֹ	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 יְמִינ	nmod:poss	his right
32	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	34 שְּׂמֹאל	cc	and [were]
33	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	34 שְּׂמֹאל	case	from
34	שְּׂמֹאל	שְׂמֹאל	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	2 יַּעֲמֹ֞ד	conj	left
35	֗וֹ	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 שְּׂמֹאל	nmod:poss	his
36	פְּ֠דָיָה	פְּדָיָה	PROPN	_	34 שְּׂמֹאל	nsubj	Pedaiah
37	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	38 מִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל	cc	and
38	מִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל	מִישָׁאֵל	PROPN	_	36 פְּ֠דָיָה	conj	Mishael
39	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	40 מַלְכִּיָּ֛ה	cc	and
40	מַלְכִּיָּ֛ה	מַלְכִּיָּה	PROPN	_	36 פְּ֠דָיָה	conj	Malkijah
41	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	42 חָשֻׁ֥ם	cc	and
42	חָשֻׁ֥ם	חָשֻׁם	PROPN	_	36 פְּ֠דָיָה	conj	Hashum
43	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	44 חַשְׁבַּדָּ֖נָה	cc	and
44	חַשְׁבַּדָּ֖נָה	חַשְׁבַּדָּנָה	PROPN	_	36 פְּ֠דָיָה	conj	Hashbaddanah
45	זְכַרְיָ֥ה	זְכַרְיָה	PROPN	_	36 פְּ֠דָיָה	conj	Zechariah
46	מְשֻׁלָּֽם	מְשֻׁלָּם	PROPN	_	36 פְּ֠דָיָה	conj	Meshullam
47	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	46 מְשֻׁלָּֽם	punct
48	פ	פ	PUNCT	_	46 מְשֻׁלָּֽם	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: narrate
voice: narrator
speech: narration
negation: no

verb	form · stem	who (A0)	what, whom (A1)
יַּעֲמֹד he stood	wayyiqtol · qal	עֶזְרָא Ezra
עָשׂוּ people had made	qatal · qal		מִגְדַּל־ a high platform
יַּֽעֲמֹד he stood	wayyiqtol · qal	מַתִּתְיָה Mattithiah + שֶׁמַע Shema + עֲנָיָה Anaiah + אוּרִיָּה Uriah + חִלְקִיָּה Hilkiah + מַעֲשֵׂיָה Maaseiah

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.

English, JPS 1917

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.

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. Tree, glosses and frames: MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew, CC 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:NEH:199.

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