--- title: Esther 2:16 — So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. Who acts: tenth month. Esther 2:16 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, the Targum, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.16/) [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/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Esther](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/2/) / 2:16 # Esther 2:16 אֶסְתֵּר **Who acts:** tenth month · **What happens:** take, be · **To what, where:** Esther, house, month This is Esther 2:16 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 — tenth month — and what happens in the verse to Esther, house, month, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of the Targum 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 10 chapters of Esther on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מַלְכוּת֔וֹ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ טֵבֵ֑ת בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁ֖בַע לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃ [So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.39/) ## 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:EST:37 # text = וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מַלְכוּת֔וֹ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ טֵבֵ֑ת בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁ֖בַע לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃ # verse = EST.2.16 1-2 וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:16!1|MId=o170020160011|Strong=2050b 2 תִּלָּקַ֨ח לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=she.was.taken|Ref=EST_2:16!1|MId=o170020160012|Strong=3947|Frame=A1:170020160021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_2:16!2|MId=o170020160021|Strong=0635 4 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_2:16!3|MId=o170020160031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 5-6 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_2:16!4|MId=o170020160041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 מֶּ֤לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_2:16!4|MId=o170020160042|Strong=4428 7 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ PROPN _ _ 6 appos _ Gloss=Ahasuerus|Ref=EST_2:16!5|MId=o170020160051|Strong=0325 8 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=EST_2:16!6|MId=o170020160061|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 9 בֵּ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EST_2:16!7|MId=o170020160071|Strong=1004 10-11 מַלְכוּת֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 מַלְכוּת מַלְכוּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.royalty|Ref=EST_2:16!8|MId=o170020160081|Strong=4438 11 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EST_2:16!8|MId=o170020160082|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 12-14 בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_2:16!9|MId=o170020160091|Strong=0871a 13 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_2:16!9|MId=o170020160091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 חֹ֥דֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=month|Ref=EST_2:16!9|MId=o170020160092|Strong=2320 15-16 הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EST_2:16!10|MId=o170020160101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 עֲשִׂירִ֖י עֲשִׂירִי NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 nummod _ Gloss=tenth|Ref=EST_2:16!10|MId=o170020160102|Strong=6224|Type=ordinal_number 17 הוּא־ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ Gloss=that|Ref=EST_2:16!11|MId=o170020160111|Strong=1931|Type=personal|SpaceAfter=No 18 חֹ֣דֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 acl _ Gloss=[is].the.month|Ref=EST_2:16!12|MId=o170020160121|Strong=2320 19 טֵבֵ֑ת טֵבֶת PROPN _ _ 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Tebeth|Ref=EST_2:16!13|MId=o170020160131|Strong=2887 20-21 בִּשְׁנַת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_2:16!14|MId=o170020160141|Strong=0871a 21 שְׁנַת־ שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 conj _ Gloss=year|Ref=EST_2:16!14|MId=o170020160142|Strong=8141 22 שֶׁ֖בַע שֶׁבַע NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 nummod _ Gloss=seven|Ref=EST_2:16!15|MId=o170020160151|Strong=7651|Type=cardinal_number 23-25 לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_2:16!16|MId=o170020160161|Strong=3807a 24 מַלְכוּת מַלְכוּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 nmod _ Gloss=reign|Ref=EST_2:16!16|MId=o170020160162|Strong=4438 25 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EST_2:16!16|MId=o170020160163|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=EST_2:16!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּלָּקַח *she was taken* | wayyiqtol · niphal | | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | | | 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. ## The Targum {#onkelos} וְאִדְבָּרַת אֶסְתֵּר לְוַת מַלְכָּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ לְאִתְּתָא וְאָעֵל יָתָהּ לְבֵית אִדְרוֹן בֵּית מַלְכוּתֵיהּ בְּיַרְחָא עֲשִׂירָאָה הוּא יַרְחָא דְטֵבֵת בְּשַׁתָּא שְׁבִיעֲתָא לְמַלְכוּתֵיהּ: 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. [So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.39/) **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:EST:37`. - ← previous: [Esther 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.15/) - next →: [Esther 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.17/) - ↑ back to [Esther 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/2/)