--- title: Esther 2:9 — And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her ointments, with her portions, and the seven maidens, who were meet to be given her out of the king's house; and he advanced her and her maidens to the best place in the house of the women. 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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 — maiden, Esther, seven maidens — and what happens in the verse to Esther, kindness, ointments, maiden, house, best place, 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. וַתִּיטַ֨ב הַנַּעֲרָ֣ה בְעֵינָיו֮ וַתִּשָּׂ֣א חֶ֣סֶד לְפָנָיו֒ וַ֠יְבַהֵל אֶת־תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ וְאֶת־מָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ לָתֵ֣ת לָ֔הּ וְאֵת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע הַנְּעָר֔וֹת הָרְאֻי֥וֹת לָֽתֶת־לָ֖הּ מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ וְאֶת־נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָ לְט֖וֹב בֵּ֥ית הַנָּשִֽׁים׃ [And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her ointments, with her portions, and the seven maidens, who were meet to be given her out of the king's house; and he advanced her and her maidens to the best place in the house of the women.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.31/) ## 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:30 # text = וַתִּיטַ֨ב הַנַּעֲרָ֣ה בְעֵינָיו֮ וַתִּשָּׂ֣א חֶ֣סֶד לְפָנָיו֒ וַ֠יְבַהֵל אֶת־תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ וְאֶת־מָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ לָתֵ֣ת לָ֔הּ וְאֵת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע הַנְּעָר֔וֹת הָרְאֻי֥וֹת לָֽתֶת־לָ֖הּ מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ וְאֶת־נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָ לְט֖וֹב בֵּ֥ית הַנָּשִֽׁים׃ # verse = EST.2.9 1-2 וַתִּיטַ֨ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:9!1|MId=o170020090011|Strong=2050b 2 תִּיטַ֨ב יָטַב VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=she.was.good|Ref=EST_2:9!1|MId=o170020090012|Strong=3190|Frame=A0:170020090022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הַנַּעֲרָ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the.young|Ref=EST_2:9!2|MId=o170020090021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 נַּעֲרָ֣ה נַעֲרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=woman|Ref=EST_2:9!2|MId=o170020090022|Strong=5291 5-7 בְעֵינָיו֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_2:9!3|MId=o170020090031|Strong=0871a 6 עֵינָי עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 2 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=EST_2:9!3|MId=o170020090032|Strong=5869 7 ו֮ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EST_2:9!3|MId=o170020090033|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 8-9 וַתִּשָּׂ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:9!4|MId=o170020090041|Strong=2050b 9 תִּשָּׂ֣א נָשָׂא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.bore|Ref=EST_2:9!4|MId=o170020090042|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:170020090022;A1:170020090051;|Type=wayyiqtol 10 חֶ֣סֶד חֶסֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obj _ Gloss=favor|Ref=EST_2:9!5|MId=o170020090051|Strong=2617 11-13 לְפָנָיו֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=EST_2:9!6|MId=o170020090061|Strong=3807a 12 פָנָי פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 9 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=EST_2:9!6|MId=o170020090062|Strong=6440 13 ו֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=him|Ref=EST_2:9!6|MId=o170020090063|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 14-15 וַ֠יְבַהֵל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ֠ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:9!7|MId=o170020090071|Strong=2050b 15 יְבַהֵל בָּהַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.hastened|Ref=EST_2:9!7|MId=o170020090072|Strong=0926|Frame=A0:170020080221;|Type=wayyiqtol 16 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_2:9!8|MId=o170020090081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 תַּמְרוּקֶ֤י תַּמְרוּק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 obj _ Gloss=cleansings|Ref=EST_2:9!9|MId=o170020090091|Strong=8562 18 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_2:9!9|MId=o170020090092|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 19-20 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:9!10|MId=o170020090101|Strong=2050b 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_2:9!10|MId=o170020090102|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 21-22 מָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 מָנוֹת מָנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 17 conj _ Gloss=portions|Ref=EST_2:9!11|MId=o170020090111|Strong=4490 22 ֶ֙הָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_2:9!11|MId=o170020090112|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 23-24 לָתֵ֣ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_2:9!12|MId=o170020090121|Strong=3807a 24 תֵ֣ת נָתַן VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 advcl _ Gloss=give|Ref=EST_2:9!12|MId=o170020090122|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:170020080221;A1:170020090091;170020090111;|Type=infinitive_construct 25-26 לָ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 ל לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_2:9!13|MId=o170020090131|Strong=3807a 26 ָ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_2:9!13|MId=o170020090132|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 27-28 וְאֵת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 35 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:9!14|MId=o170020090141|Strong=2050b 28 אֵת֙ אֵת ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_2:9!14|MId=o170020090142|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 29 שֶׁ֣בַע שֶׁבַע NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 31 nummod _ Gloss=seven|Ref=EST_2:9!15|MId=o170020090151|Strong=7651|Type=cardinal_number 30-31 הַנְּעָר֔וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 31 det _ Gloss=the.servant|Ref=EST_2:9!16|MId=o170020090161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 31 נְּעָר֔וֹת נַעֲרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 35 obj _ Gloss=girls|Ref=EST_2:9!16|MId=o170020090162|Strong=5291 32-33 הָרְאֻי֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 הָ הַ SCONJ _ _ 33 mark _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EST_2:9!17|MId=o170020090171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 33 רְאֻי֥וֹת רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 31 acl:relcl _ Gloss=chosen|Ref=EST_2:9!17|MId=o170020090172|Strong=7200|Frame=A1:170020090162;|Type=participle_passive 34-35 לָֽתֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 לָֽ לְ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_2:9!18|MId=o170020090181|Strong=3807a 35 תֶת־ נָתַן VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 24 conj _ Gloss=give|Ref=EST_2:9!18|MId=o170020090182|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:170020080221;A1:170020090162;|Type=infinitive_construct 36-37 לָ֖הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 ל לְ ADP _ _ 37 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_2:9!19|MId=o170020090191|Strong=3807a 37 ָ֖הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_2:9!19|MId=o170020090192|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 38-39 מִבֵּ֣ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 39 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=EST_2:9!20|MId=o170020090201|Strong=4480 39 בֵּ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 35 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EST_2:9!20|MId=o170020090202|Strong=1004 40-41 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 41 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_2:9!21|MId=o170020090211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 41 מֶּ֑לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 39 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=EST_2:9!21|MId=o170020090212|Strong=4428 42-44 וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 43 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:9!22|MId=o170020090221|Strong=2050b 43 יְשַׁנּ שָׁנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=EST_2:9!22|MId=o170020090222|Strong=8138|Frame=A0:170020080221;A1:170020090223;170020090241;|Type=wayyiqtol 44 ֶ֧הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ Gloss=moved.her|Ref=EST_2:9!22|MId=o170020090223|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 45-46 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 47 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_2:9!23|MId=o170020090231|Strong=2050b 46 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 47 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_2:9!23|MId=o170020090232|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 47-48 נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 47 נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛י נַעֲרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 44 conj _ Gloss=girls|Ref=EST_2:9!24|MId=o170020090241|Strong=5291 48 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her.servant|Ref=EST_2:9!24|MId=o170020090242|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 49-50 לְט֖וֹב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 50 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_2:9!25|MId=o170020090251|Strong=3807a 50 ט֖וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 43 obl _ Gloss=the.good.[place]|Ref=EST_2:9!25|MId=o170020090252|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 51 בֵּ֥ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 50 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.house|Ref=EST_2:9!26|MId=o170020090261|Strong=1004 52-53 הַנָּשִֽׁים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 52 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 53 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_2:9!27|MId=o170020090271|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 53 נָּשִֽׁים אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 51 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.women|Ref=EST_2:9!27|MId=o170020090272|Strong=0802 54 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 53 punct _ Ref=EST_2:9!27 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּיטַב *she was good* | wayyiqtol · qal | נַּעֲרָה *woman* | | | | | תִּשָּׂא *she bore* | wayyiqtol · qal | נַּעֲרָה *woman* | חֶסֶד *favor* | | | | יְבַהֵל *he hastened* | wayyiqtol · piel | | | | | | תֵת *give* | infinitive construct · qal | | תַּמְרוּקֶי *cleansings* + מָנוֹת *portions* | | | | רְאֻיוֹת *chosen* | participle passive · qal | | נְּעָרוֹת *girls* | | | | תֶת־ *give* | infinitive construct · qal | | נְּעָרוֹת *girls* | | | | יְשַׁנּ *he* | wayyiqtol · piel | | ֶהָ *moved her* + נַעֲרוֹתֶי *girls* | | | 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} וּשְׁפֶרֶת עוּלֵמְתָּא בְעֵינוֹי וְאִטְעַנַת חִסְדָא קֳדָמוֹי וּפַקֵיד לְאִתְבְּהָלָא יַת סַמְתָּר רְבוּתְהָא וְיַת מַתְּנָתָהָא הַמְנִיכִין וּלְבוּשֵׁי מַלְכוּתָא לְמֶהֱוֵי יְהִיבִין לָהּ וְיַת שְׁבַע עוּלֵימָתָא לְשַׁמָשׁוּתָא שְׁבַע יוֹמָא דְשַׁבְּתָא חוֹלְתָא הֲוָת מְשַׁמְשָׁא קַדְמָאָה בְּחַד בְּשַׁבְּתָּא רוֹקְעִיתָא בִּתְרֵין בְּשַׁבְּתָּא גְנוּנֵיתָא בִּתְלַת בְּשַׁבְּתָּא נְהוֹרִיתָא בְּאַרְבַּע בְּשַׁבְּתָּא רוֹחֲשִׁיתָא בַּחֲמֵשׁ בְּשַׁבְּתָּא חוּרְפִיתָא בְּשִׁתָּא בְּשַׁבְּתָּא רְגוֹעִיתָא בְּיוֹמָא דְשַׁבְּתָּא כּוּלְהֵן צַדִיקָתָא וְחַזְיָן לְמִתַּן לָהּ מֵיכְלָא וּמִשְׁתְּיָא עַל יְדֵיהֶן מִן בֵּיתָא דְמַלְכוּתָא וְשַׁנֵי יָתָהּ וְיַת עוּלֵמָתָהָא לְאוֹטָבָא לְהוֹן וּלְפַנָקוּתְהוֹן בְּבֵית נְשַׁיָא: 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 the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her ointments, with her portions, and the seven maidens, who were meet to be given her out of the king's house; and he advanced her and her maidens to the best place in the house of the women.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.31/) **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:30`. - ← previous: [Esther 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.8/) - next →: [Esther 2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.10/) - ↑ back to [Esther 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/2/)