--- title: Esther 5:2 — And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the co… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. Who acts: king, Esther, golden sceptre. 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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 — king, Esther, golden sceptre — and what happens in the verse to Esther, court, favour, sight, golden sceptre, hand, 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. וַיְהִי֩ כִרְא֨וֹת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה עֹמֶ֙דֶת֙ בֶּֽחָצֵ֔ר נָשְׂאָ֥ה חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיּ֨וֹשֶׁט הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶת־שַׁרְבִ֤יט הַזָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַתִּקְרַ֣ב אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַתִּגַּ֖ע בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הַשַּׁרְבִֽיט׃ס [And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.81/) [So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.82/) ## 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:78 # text = וַיְהִי֩ כִרְא֨וֹת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה עֹמֶ֙דֶת֙ בֶּֽחָצֵ֔ר נָשְׂאָ֥ה חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיּ֨וֹשֶׁט הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶת־שַׁרְבִ֤יט הַזָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַתִּקְרַ֣ב אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַתִּגַּ֖ע בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הַשַּׁרְבִֽיט׃ס # verse = EST.5.2 1-2 וַיְהִי֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:2!1|MId=o170050020011|Strong=2050b 2 יְהִי֩ הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=EST_5:2!1|MId=o170050020012|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 כִרְא֨וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 כִ כְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=just|Ref=EST_5:2!2|MId=o170050020021|Strong=3509a 4 רְא֨וֹת רָאָה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 advcl _ Gloss=as.saw|Ref=EST_5:2!2|MId=o170050020022|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:170050020032;A1:170050020071;|Type=infinitive_construct 5-6 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:2!3|MId=o170050020031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 מֶּ֜לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_5:2!3|MId=o170050020032|Strong=4428 7 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_5:2!4|MId=o170050020041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 8 אֶסְתֵּ֣ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 11 nsubj _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_5:2!5|MId=o170050020051|Strong=0635 9-10 הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:2!6|MId=o170050020061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 מַּלְכָּ֗ה מַלְכָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 appos _ Gloss=queen|Ref=EST_5:2!6|MId=o170050020062|Strong=4436 11 עֹמֶ֙דֶת֙ עָמַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 4 obj _ Gloss=standing|Ref=EST_5:2!7|MId=o170050020071|Strong=5975|Frame=A0:170050020051;|Type=participle_active 12-14 בֶּֽחָצֵ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בֶּֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_5:2!8|MId=o170050020081|Strong=0871a 13 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:2!8|MId=o170050020081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 חָצֵ֔ר חָצֵר NOUN _ Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=court|Ref=EST_5:2!8|MId=o170050020082|Strong=2691 15 נָשְׂאָ֥ה נָשָׂא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=she.bore|Ref=EST_5:2!9|MId=o170050020091|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:170050020051;A1:170050020101;|Type=qatal 16 חֵ֖ן חֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=favor|Ref=EST_5:2!10|MId=o170050020101|Strong=2580 17-19 בְּעֵינָ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_5:2!11|MId=o170050020111|Strong=0871a 18 עֵינָ֑י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 15 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=EST_5:2!11|MId=o170050020112|Strong=5869 19 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EST_5:2!11|MId=o170050020113|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 20-21 וַיּ֨וֹשֶׁט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:2!12|MId=o170050020121|Strong=2050b 21 יּ֨וֹשֶׁט יָשַׁט VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he.held.out|Ref=EST_5:2!12|MId=o170050020122|Strong=3447|Frame=AA:170050020132;A0:170050020161;|Type=wayyiqtol 22-23 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:2!13|MId=o170050020131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 מֶּ֜לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_5:2!13|MId=o170050020132|Strong=4428 24-25 לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_5:2!14|MId=o170050020141|Strong=3807a 25 אֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 21 obl _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_5:2!14|MId=o170050020142|Strong=0635 26 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_5:2!15|MId=o170050020151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 27 שַׁרְבִ֤יט שַׁרְבִיט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obj _ Gloss=the.scepter|Ref=EST_5:2!16|MId=o170050020161|Strong=8275 28-29 הַזָּהָב֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EST_5:2!17|MId=o170050020171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 זָּהָב֙ זָהָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=gold|Ref=EST_5:2!17|MId=o170050020172|Strong=2091 30 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 32 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=EST_5:2!18|MId=o170050020181|Strong=0834|Type=relative 31-33 בְּיָד֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=[was].in|Ref=EST_5:2!19|MId=o170050020191|Strong=0871a 32 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 27 acl:relcl _ Gloss=hand|Ref=EST_5:2!19|MId=o170050020192|Strong=3027 33 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EST_5:2!19|MId=o170050020193|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 34-35 וַתִּקְרַ֣ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 35 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:2!20|MId=o170050020201|Strong=2050b 35 תִּקְרַ֣ב קָרַב VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.drew.near|Ref=EST_5:2!20|MId=o170050020202|Strong=7126|Frame=A0:170050020211;|Type=wayyiqtol 36 אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 35 nsubj _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_5:2!21|MId=o170050020211|Strong=0635 37-38 וַתִּגַּ֖ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:2!22|MId=o170050020221|Strong=2050b 38 תִּגַּ֖ע נָגַע VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.touched|Ref=EST_5:2!22|MId=o170050020222|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:170050020211;|Type=wayyiqtol 39-40 בְּרֹ֥אשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 40 case _ Gloss=(in).the|Ref=EST_5:2!23|MId=o170050020231|Strong=0871a 40 רֹ֥אשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 38 obl _ Gloss=top|Ref=EST_5:2!23|MId=o170050020232|Strong=7218 41-42 הַשַּׁרְבִֽיט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 42 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_5:2!24|MId=o170050020241|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 42 שַּׁרְבִֽיט שַׁרְבִיט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 40 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.scepter|Ref=EST_5:2!24|MId=o170050020242|Strong=8275 43 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 42 punct _ Ref=EST_5:2!24|SpaceAfter=No 44 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 42 punct _ Ref=EST_5:2!24 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | רְאוֹת *as saw* | infinitive construct · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | עֹמֶדֶת *standing* | | | | עֹמֶדֶת *standing* | participle active · qal | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | | | | | נָשְׂאָה *she bore* | qatal · qal | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | חֵן *favor* | | | | יּוֹשֶׁט *he held out* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | שַׁרְבִיט *the scepter* | | | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | תִּקְרַב *she drew near* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֶסְתֵּר *Esther* | | | | | תִּגַּע *she touched* | wayyiqtol · 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} וַהֲוָה כַּד חֲזָא מַלְכָּא יַת אֶסְתֵּר מַלְכְּתָא קַיְמָא כַּד נְסִיסָא בְּדָרְתָא וְתַרְתֵּין עֵינָהָא זָלְגָן דִמְעִין וּמִסְתַּכְּלָא כְּלַפֵּי שְׁמַיָא מִן יַד אַטְעִינַת רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינוֹי וְאוֹשִׁיט מַלְכָּא לְאֶסְתֵּר יַת תִּגְדָא דְדַהֲבָא דַהֲוָה נָקֵט בִּידֵיהּ וּקְרִיבַת אֶסְתֵּר וּמְטָת לִידָא וַאֲחִידַת בְּרֵישָׁא דְתִגְדָא: 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 it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.81/) 2. [So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.82/) **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:78`. - ← previous: [Esther 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.1/) - next →: [Esther 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.3/) - ↑ back to [Esther 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/5/)