--- title: Esther 5:8 — if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request — let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.' Who acts: I, petition, you, king. 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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 — I, petition, you, king, my — and what happens in the verse to favour, sight, king, petition, request, banquet, 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. אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֜ן בְּעֵינֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ט֔וֹב לָתֵת֙ אֶת־שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־בַּקָּשָׁתִ֑י יָב֧וֹא הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְהָמָ֗ן אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם וּמָחָ֥ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּדְבַ֥ר הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request — let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.88/) ## 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:84 # text = אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֜ן בְּעֵינֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ט֔וֹב לָתֵת֙ אֶת־שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־בַּקָּשָׁתִ֑י יָב֧וֹא הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְהָמָ֗ן אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם וּמָחָ֥ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּדְבַ֥ר הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ # verse = EST.5.8 1 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 2 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EST_5:8!1|MId=o170050080011|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 2 מָצָ֨אתִי מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 25 parataxis _ Gloss=I.have.found|Ref=EST_5:8!2|MId=o170050080021|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:170050070021;A1:170050080031;|Type=qatal 3 חֵ֜ן חֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=favor|Ref=EST_5:8!3|MId=o170050080031|Strong=2580 4-5 בְּעֵינֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_5:8!4|MId=o170050080041|Strong=0871a 5 עֵינֵ֣י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 2 obl _ Gloss=the.eyes|Ref=EST_5:8!4|MId=o170050080042|Strong=5869 6-7 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_5:8!5|MId=o170050080051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 מֶּ֗לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=EST_5:8!5|MId=o170050080052|Strong=4428 8-9 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:8!6|MId=o170050080061|Strong=2050b 9 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 13 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EST_5:8!6|MId=o170050080062|Strong=0518 10 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=[is].on|Ref=EST_5:8!7|MId=o170050080071|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:8!8|MId=o170050080081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_5:8!8|MId=o170050080082|Strong=4428 13 ט֔וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=good|Ref=EST_5:8!9|MId=o170050080091|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 14-15 לָתֵת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_5:8!10|MId=o170050080101|Strong=3807a 15 תֵת֙ נָתַן VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 13 nsubj _ Gloss=grant|Ref=EST_5:8!10|MId=o170050080102|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:170050080082;A1:170050080121;|Type=infinitive_construct 16 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_5:8!11|MId=o170050080111|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 שְׁאֵ֣לָת שְׁאֵלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=petition|Ref=EST_5:8!12|MId=o170050080121|Strong=7596 18 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=EST_5:8!12|MId=o170050080122|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 19-21 וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:8!13|MId=o170050080131|Strong=2050b 20 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_5:8!13|MId=o170050080132|Strong=3807a 21 עֲשׂ֖וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 conj _ Gloss=do|Ref=EST_5:8!13|MId=o170050080133|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:170050080082;A1:170050080151;|Type=infinitive_construct 22 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_5:8!14|MId=o170050080141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 23-24 בַּקָּשָׁתִ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 בַּקָּשָׁת בַּקָּשָׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 obj _ Gloss=request|Ref=EST_5:8!15|MId=o170050080151|Strong=1246 24 ִ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=EST_5:8!15|MId=o170050080152|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 25 יָב֧וֹא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=let.him.come|Ref=EST_5:8!16|MId=o170050080161|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:170050080172;170050080182;|Type=yiqtol 26-27 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:8!17|MId=o170050080171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_5:8!17|MId=o170050080172|Strong=4428 28-29 וְהָמָ֗ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:8!18|MId=o170050080181|Strong=2050b 29 הָמָ֗ן הָמָן PROPN _ _ 27 conj _ Gloss=Haman|Ref=EST_5:8!18|MId=o170050080182|Strong=2001 30 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_5:8!19|MId=o170050080191|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 31-32 הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 32 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_5:8!20|MId=o170050080201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 32 מִּשְׁתֶּה֙ מִשְׁתֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=feast|Ref=EST_5:8!20|MId=o170050080202|Strong=4960 33 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 34 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=EST_5:8!21|MId=o170050080211|Strong=0834|Type=relative 34 אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֣ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 32 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I.will.make|Ref=EST_5:8!22|MId=o170050080221|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:170050070021;A1:170050080202;|Type=yiqtol 35-36 לָהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 ל לְ ADP _ _ 36 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EST_5:8!23|MId=o170050080231|Strong=3807a 36 ָהֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=EST_5:8!23|MId=o170050080232|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 37-38 וּמָחָ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 39 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_5:8!24|MId=o170050080241|Strong=2050b 38 מָחָ֥ר מָחָר ADV _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 39 advmod _ Gloss=tomorrow|Ref=EST_5:8!24|MId=o170050080242|Strong=4279 39 אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 25 conj _ Gloss=I.will.do|Ref=EST_5:8!25|MId=o170050080251|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:170050070021;|Type=yiqtol 40-41 כִּדְבַ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 כִּ כְּ ADP _ _ 41 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=EST_5:8!26|MId=o170050080261|Strong=3509a 41 דְבַ֥ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 39 obl _ Gloss=to.the.word|Ref=EST_5:8!26|MId=o170050080262|Strong=1697 42-43 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 43 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_5:8!27|MId=o170050080271|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 43 מֶּֽלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 41 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=EST_5:8!27|MId=o170050080272|Strong=4428 44 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 43 punct _ Ref=EST_5:8!27 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מָצָאתִי *I have found* | qatal · qal | | חֵן *favor* | | | | תֵת *grant* | infinitive construct · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | שְׁאֵלָת *petition* | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | בַּקָּשָׁת *request* | | | | יָבוֹא *let him come* | yiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* + הָמָן *Haman* | | | | | אֶֽעֱשֶׂה *I will make* | yiqtol · qal | | מִּשְׁתֶּה *feast* | | | | אֶֽעֱשֶׂה *I will do* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | 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} אִין אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינֵי מַלְכָּא וְאִין עַל מַלְכָּא יִשְׁפַּר יַת לְמִתַּן יַת שְׁאֵלְתִּי וּלְמֶעְבַּד יַת בָּעוּתִי יֵיעוּל מַלְכָּא וְהָמָן לְמִשְׁתַּיָא דִי אַעֲבֵד לְהוֹן בְּרַמְשָׁא וּלְמָחָר אֲנָא עַבְדָא כְּפִתְגָם גְזֵירַת מַלְכָּא: 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. [if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request — let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.88/) **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:84`. - ← previous: [Esther 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.7/) - next →: [Esther 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.9/) - ↑ back to [Esther 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/5/)