Nehemiah 8:9 נְחֶמְיָה

Who acts: Nehemiah, Levites, day, people · What happens: be, teach, say, not mourn, weep, hear · To what, where: Tirshatha, people, words, Law · Speech: someone speaks in this verse

This is Nehemiah 8:9 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 — Nehemiah, Levites, day, people — and what happens in the verse to Tirshatha, people, words, Law, 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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר נְחֶמְיָ֣ה ה֣וּא הַתִּרְשָׁ֡תָא וְעֶזְרָ֣א הַכֹּהֵ֣ן ׀ הַסֹּפֵ֡ר וְהַלְוִיִּם֩ הַמְּבִינִ֨ים אֶת־הָעָ֜ם לְכָל־הָעָ֗ם הַיּ֤וֹם קָדֹֽשׁ־הוּא֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם אַל־תִּֽתְאַבְּל֖וּ וְאַל־תִּבְכּ֑וּ כִּ֤י בוֹכִים֙ כָּל־הָעָ֔ם כְּשָׁמְעָ֖ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַתּוֹרָֽה׃

And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people: 'This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.' For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.

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	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	2 יֹּ֣אמֶר	cc	and
2	יֹּ֣אמֶר	אָמַר	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Sing Person=3	root	root	he said
3	נְחֶמְיָ֣ה	נְחֶמְיָה	PROPN	_	2 יֹּ֣אמֶר	nsubj	Nehemiah
4	ה֣וּא	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 תִּרְשָׁ֡תָא	nsubj	he
5	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	6 תִּרְשָׁ֡תָא	det	[was] the
6	תִּרְשָׁ֡תָא	תִּרְשָׁתָא	ADJ	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	3 נְחֶמְיָ֣ה	acl	governor
7	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	8 עֶזְרָ֣א	cc	and
8	עֶזְרָ֣א	עֶזְרָא	PROPN	_	3 נְחֶמְיָ֣ה	conj	Ezra
9	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	10 כֹּהֵ֣ן	det	the
10	כֹּהֵ֣ן	כֹּהֵן	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	8 עֶזְרָ֣א	appos	priest
11	׀	׀	PUNCT	_	10 כֹּהֵ֣ן	punct
12	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	13 סֹּפֵ֡ר	det	the
13	סֹּפֵ֡ר	סֹפֵר	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	8 עֶזְרָ֣א	appos	scribe
14	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	16 לְוִיִּם֩	cc	and
15	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	16 לְוִיִּם֩	det	the
16	לְוִיִּם֩	לֵוִי	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Plur	3 נְחֶמְיָ֣ה	conj	Levites
17	הַ	הַ	SCONJ	_	18 מְּבִינִ֨ים	mark	[who
18	מְּבִינִ֨ים	בִּין	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=HIPHIL Number=Plur	16 לְוִיִּם֩	acl:relcl	were] causing to understand
19	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	21 עָ֜ם	case	(et)
20	הָ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	21 עָ֜ם	det	the
21	עָ֜ם	עַם	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	18 מְּבִינִ֨ים	obj	people
22	לְ	לְ	ADP	_	23 כָל־	case	to
23	כָל־	כֹּל	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	2 יֹּ֣אמֶר	obl	all
24	הָ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	25 עָ֗ם	det	the
25	עָ֗ם	עַם	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	23 כָל־	compound:smixut	people
26	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	27 יּ֤וֹם	det	this
27	יּ֤וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	28 קָדֹֽשׁ־	dislocated	day
28	קָדֹֽשׁ־	קָדוֹשׁ	ADJ	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	2 יֹּ֣אמֶר	ccomp	[is] holy
29	הוּא֙	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 קָדֹֽשׁ־	nsubj	it
30	לַ	לְ	ADP	_	31 יהוָ֣ה	case	to
31	יהוָ֣ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	28 קָדֹֽשׁ־	obl	Yahweh
32	אֱלֹהֵי	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Plur	31 יהוָ֣ה	appos	God
33	כֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 אֱלֹהֵי	nmod:poss	your
34	אַל־	אַל	ADV	_	35 תִּֽתְאַבְּל֖וּ	advmod	do not
35	תִּֽתְאַבְּל֖וּ	אָבַל	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=HITHPAEL Number=Plur Person=2	28 קָדֹֽשׁ־	parataxis	mourn
36	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	38 תִּבְכּ֑וּ	cc	and
37	אַל־	אַל	ADV	_	38 תִּבְכּ֑וּ	advmod	do not
38	תִּבְכּ֑וּ	בָּכָה	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Plur Person=2	28 קָדֹֽשׁ־	conj	weep
39	כִּ֤י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	40 בוֹכִים֙	mark	(dm)
40	בוֹכִים֙	בָּכָה	VERB	Gender=Masc HebBinyan=QAL Number=Plur	28 קָדֹֽשׁ־	advcl	[were] weeping
41	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	40 בוֹכִים֙	nsubj	all
42	הָ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	43 עָ֔ם	det	the
43	עָ֔ם	עַם	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Sing	41 כָּל־	compound:smixut	people
44	כְּ	כְּ	ADP	_	45 שָׁמְע	case	just
45	שָׁמְע	שָׁמַע	VERB	HebBinyan=QAL	40 בוֹכִים֙	advcl	as
46	ָ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	Gender=Masc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 שָׁמְע	nsubj	they heard
47	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	48 דִּבְרֵ֥י	case	(et)
48	דִּבְרֵ֥י	דָּבָר	NOUN	Gender=Masc Number=Plur	45 שָׁמְע	obj	the words
49	הַ	הַ	DET	PronType=Art	50 תּוֹרָֽה	det	of
50	תּוֹרָֽה	תּוֹרָה	NOUN	Gender=Fem Number=Sing	48 דִּבְרֵ֥י	compound:smixut	the law
51	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	50 תּוֹרָֽה	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: request
voice: character
speech: a frame and its quote
negation: yes
the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

verb	form · stem	who (A0)	what, whom (A1)	who makes it happen (AA)
יֹּאמֶר he said	wayyiqtol · qal	נְחֶמְיָה Nehemiah + עֶזְרָא Ezra + לְוִיִּם Levites
מְּבִינִים were] causing to understand	participle active · hiphil	עָם people		לְוִיִּם Levites
not תִּֽתְאַבְּלוּ mourn	jussive · hithpael	עָם people
not תִּבְכּוּ weep	jussive · qal	עָם people
בוֹכִים [were] weeping	participle active · qal	עָם people
שָׁמְע as	infinitive construct · qal	ָם they heard	דִּבְרֵי the words

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 Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people: 'This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.' For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.

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:204.

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