--- title: Esther 5:3 — Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for what… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given thee.' Who acts: king, thy. Esther 5:3 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.5.3/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/5/) / 5:3 # Esther 5:3 אֶסְתֵּר **Who acts:** king, thy · **What happens:** say, give, request · **To what, where:** request · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Esther 5:3 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 — king, thy — and what happens in the verse to request, 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. וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה־לָּ֖ךְ אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽן לָֽךְ׃ [Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.83/) ## 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:79 # text = וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה־לָּ֖ךְ אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽן לָֽךְ׃ # verse = EST.5.3 1-2 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:3!1|MId=o170050030011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=EST_5:3!1|MId=o170050030012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:170050030032;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 לָהּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_5:3!2|MId=o170050030021|Strong=3807a 4 ָהּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_5:3!2|MId=o170050030022|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 5-6 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:3!3|MId=o170050030031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_5:3!3|MId=o170050030032|Strong=4428 7 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=EST_5:3!4|MId=o170050030041|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 לָּ֖ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=[is].to|Ref=EST_5:3!5|MId=o170050030051|Strong=3807a 9 ָ֖ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 ccomp _ Gloss=you|Ref=EST_5:3!5|MId=o170050030052|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 10 אֶסְתֵּ֣ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 9 parataxis _ Gloss=O.Esther|Ref=EST_5:3!6|MId=o170050030061|Strong=0635 11-12 הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:3!7|MId=o170050030071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 מַּלְכָּ֑ה מַלְכָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 appos _ Gloss=queen|Ref=EST_5:3!7|MId=o170050030072|Strong=4436 13-14 וּמַה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:3!8|MId=o170050030081|Strong=2050b 14 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 9 conj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=EST_5:3!8|MId=o170050030082|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 15-16 בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בַּקָּשָׁת בַּקָּשָׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Gloss=request|Ref=EST_5:3!9|MId=o170050030091|Strong=1246 16 ֵ֛ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=[is].your|Ref=EST_5:3!9|MId=o170050030092|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 17 עַד־ עַד ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=up.to|Ref=EST_5:3!10|MId=o170050030101|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No 18 חֲצִ֥י חֲצִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 dislocated _ Gloss=(the).half|Ref=EST_5:3!11|MId=o170050030111|Strong=2677 19-20 הַמַּלְכ֖וּת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_5:3!12|MId=o170050030121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 מַּלְכ֖וּת מַלְכוּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.kingdom|Ref=EST_5:3!12|MId=o170050030122|Strong=4438 21-22 וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:3!13|MId=o170050030131|Strong=2050b 22 יִנָּ֥תֵֽן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.be.given|Ref=EST_5:3!13|MId=o170050030132|Strong=5414|Frame=A1:170050030091;|Type=jussive 23-24 לָֽךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 ל לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_5:3!14|MId=o170050030141|Strong=3807a 24 ָֽךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=EST_5:3!14|MId=o170050030142|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=EST_5:3!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | יִנָּתֵֽן *it will be given* | jussive · niphal | | בַּקָּשָׁת *request* | | | 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} וַאֲמַר לָהּ מַלְכָּא מַה צְרוֹךְ אִית לִיךְ אֶסְתֵּר מַלְכְּתָא וּמַה בָּעוּתִיךְ אֲפִילוּ אִם אַנְתְּ בָּעַיָא לְפַלְגוּת מַלְכוּתִי אֶתְּנִינָהּ לִיךְ לְחוֹד לְמִבְנֵי בֵית מוּקְדְשָׁא דְאִיהוּ קָאֵם בִּתְחוּם פַּלְגוּת מַלְכוּתִי לָא אֶתֵּן לִיךְ דְהֵכְדֵין קַיְמִית בִּשְׁבוּעָה לְגֶשֶׁם עַרְבָאָה וְסַנְבַלַט חוֹרוֹנָאָה וְטוּבִיָה עַבְדָא עַמוֹנָאָה דְלָא לְמִשְׁבַּק לְמִבְנֵי יָתֵיהּ דְדָחֵל אֲנָא מִן יְהוּדָאֵי דִלְמָא יִמְרְדוּן בִּי הֲדָא בְעוּתָא לָא אַעְבֵּד לִיךְ מִלְתָא אַחְרִיתִּי דִי אַנְתְּ בָּעֲיָא מִנִי אֶגְזוֹר וְתִתְעֲבֵד בִּבְהִילוּ וּרְעוּתִיךְ אִתְיְהַב לִיךְ: 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. [Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.83/) **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:79`. - ← previous: [Esther 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.2/) - next →: [Esther 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.4/) - ↑ back to [Esther 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/5/)