--- title: Esther 2:20 — Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordeca… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him — Who acts: Esther, Mordecai. Esther 2:20 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, the Targum, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.20/) [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/) / 2:20 # Esther 2:20 אֶסְתֵּר **Who acts:** Esther, Mordecai · **What happens:** not make, not know, charge, do, bring up, command · **To what, where:** kindred, Tebeth, commandment, Mordecai · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Esther 2:20 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 — Esther, Mordecai — and what happens in the verse to kindred, Tebeth, commandment, Mordecai, 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. אֵ֣ין אֶסְתֵּ֗ר מַגֶּ֤דֶת מֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־עַמָּ֔הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מָרְדֳּכָ֑י וְאֶת־מַאֲמַ֤ר מָרְדֳּכַי֙ אֶסְתֵּ֣ר עֹשָׂ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר הָיְתָ֥ה בְאָמְנָ֖ה אִתּֽוֹ׃ס [Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.43/) ## 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:41 # text = אֵ֣ין אֶסְתֵּ֗ר מַגֶּ֤דֶת מֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ֙ וְאֶת־עַמָּ֔הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מָרְדֳּכָ֑י וְאֶת־מַאֲמַ֤ר מָרְדֳּכַי֙ אֶסְתֵּ֣ר עֹשָׂ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר הָיְתָ֥ה בְאָמְנָ֖ה אִתּֽוֹ׃ס # verse = EST.2.20 1 אֵ֣ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EST_2:20!1|MId=o170020200011|Strong=0369|Type=negative 2 אֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 3 nsubj _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_2:20!2|MId=o170020200021|Strong=0635 3 מַגֶּ֤דֶת נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=[was].telling|Ref=EST_2:20!3|MId=o170020200031|Strong=5046|Frame=AA:170020200021;A0:170020200041;170020200061;|Type=participle_active 4-5 מֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 מֽוֹלַדְתּ מוֹלֶדֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 obj _ Gloss=kindred|Ref=EST_2:20!4|MId=o170020200041|Strong=4138 5 ָהּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_2:20!4|MId=o170020200042|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 6-7 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:20!5|MId=o170020200051|Strong=2050b 7 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_2:20!5|MId=o170020200052|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 8-9 עַמָּ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 עַמּ עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 conj _ Gloss=people|Ref=EST_2:20!6|MId=o170020200061|Strong=5971 9 ָ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_2:20!6|MId=o170020200062|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 10-11 כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 3 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=EST_2:20!7|MId=o170020200071|Strong=3509a 11 אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=EST_2:20!7|MId=o170020200072|Strong=0834|Type=relative 12 צִוָּ֥ה צָוָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.had.commanded|Ref=EST_2:20!8|MId=o170020200081|Strong=6680|Frame=A0:170020200101;|Type=qatal 13-14 עָלֶ֖יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 עָלֶ֖י עַל ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_2:20!9|MId=o170020200091|Strong=5921 14 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_2:20!9|MId=o170020200092|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 15 מָרְדֳּכָ֑י מׇרְדֳּכַי PROPN _ _ 12 nsubj _ Gloss=Mordecai|Ref=EST_2:20!10|MId=o170020200101|Strong=4782 16-17 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:20!11|MId=o170020200111|Strong=2050b 17 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_2:20!11|MId=o170020200112|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 18 מַאֲמַ֤ר מַאֲמַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obj _ Gloss=the.command|Ref=EST_2:20!12|MId=o170020200121|Strong=3982 19 מָרְדֳּכַי֙ מׇרְדֳּכַי PROPN _ _ 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Mordecai|Ref=EST_2:20!13|MId=o170020200131|Strong=4782 20 אֶסְתֵּ֣ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 21 nsubj _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_2:20!14|MId=o170020200141|Strong=0635 21 עֹשָׂ֔ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 3 conj _ Gloss=[was].doing|Ref=EST_2:20!15|MId=o170020200151|Strong=6213|Frame=A1:170020200121;A0:170020200141;|Type=participle_active 22-23 כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 21 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=EST_2:20!16|MId=o170020200161|Strong=3509a 23 אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 26 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=EST_2:20!16|MId=o170020200162|Strong=0834|Type=relative 24 הָיְתָ֥ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 26 cop _ Gloss=she.had.been|Ref=EST_2:20!17|MId=o170020200171|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:170020200141;|Type=qatal 25-26 בְאָמְנָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_2:20!18|MId=o170020200181|Strong=0871a 26 אָמְנָ֖ה אׇמְנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 acl:relcl _ Gloss=guardianship|Ref=EST_2:20!18|MId=o170020200182|Strong=0545 27-28 אִתּֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 אִתּ אֵת ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=EST_2:20!19|MId=o170020200191|Strong=0854 28 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ Gloss=him|Ref=EST_2:20!19|MId=o170020200192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=EST_2:20!19|SpaceAfter=No 30 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=EST_2:20!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** מַגֶּדֶת *\[was\] telling* | participle active · hiphil | מֽוֹלַדְתּ *kindred* + עַמּ *people* | | | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | | צִוָּה *he had commanded* | qatal · piel | מָרְדֳּכָי *Mordecai* | | | | | עֹשָׂה *\[was\] doing* | participle active · qal | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | מַאֲמַר *the command* | | | | הָיְתָה *she had been* | qatal · qal | 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} בְּזִמְנָא הֲדָא הֲוָה שָׁאַל לָהּ מַלְכָּא מֵאֵידַן אוּמָא אַתְּ וְלָא הֲוַת אֶסְתֵּר מְחַוְיָא יַלְדוּתָהּ וְיַת עַמָהּ כְּמָא דְפַקֵיד עֲלָה מָרְדְכַי וְיַת מַאֲמַר מָרְדְכַי הֲוַת אֶסְתֵּר עַבְדַת שַׁבַּיָא וּמוֹעֲדַיָא הֲוַת נַטְרַת בְּיוֹמֵי רִיחוּקָהּ הֲוָת מִזְדַהֲרָא תַּבְשִׁילִין וְחַמְרָא דְעַמְמִין נוּכְרָאִין לָא הֲוָת טָעֲמָא וְכָל פִּקוּדַיָא דְאִתְחַיְיבָן בְּהוֹן נְשַׁיָא דְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲוָת נָטְרָא עַל פּוּם מָרְדְכַי הֵיכְמָא דַהֲוַת נְטַרַת כַּד הֲוַת מִתְרַבְיָא עִמֵיהּ: 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. [Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.43/) **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:41`. - ← previous: [Esther 2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.19/) - next →: [Esther 2:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.21/) - ↑ back to [Esther 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/2/)