--- title: Esther 6:2 — And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Ter… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those that kept the door, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. Who acts: book, Mordecai. 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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 — book, Mordecai — and what happens in the verse to book, door, hands, 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. וַיִּמָּצֵ֣א כָת֗וּב אֲשֶׁר֩ הִגִּ֨יד מָרְדֳּכַ֜י עַל־בִּגְתָ֣נָא וָתֶ֗רֶשׁ שְׁנֵי֙ סָרִיסֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖י הַסַּ֑ף אֲשֶׁ֤ר בִּקְשׁוּ֙ לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ יָ֔ד בַּמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ [And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those that kept the door, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.96/) ## 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:92 # text = וַיִּמָּצֵ֣א כָת֗וּב אֲשֶׁר֩ הִגִּ֨יד מָרְדֳּכַ֜י עַל־בִּגְתָ֣נָא וָתֶ֗רֶשׁ שְׁנֵי֙ סָרִיסֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖י הַסַּ֑ף אֲשֶׁ֤ר בִּקְשׁוּ֙ לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ יָ֔ד בַּמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ # verse = EST.6.2 1-2 וַיִּמָּצֵ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_6:2!1|MId=o170060020011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּמָּצֵ֣א מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was.found|Ref=EST_6:2!1|MId=o170060020012|Strong=4672|Frame=A1:170060020041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 כָת֗וּב כָּתַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=recorded|Ref=EST_6:2!2|MId=o170060020021|Strong=3789|Frame=A1:170060020041;|Type=participle_passive 4 אֲשֶׁר֩ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=EST_6:2!3|MId=o170060020031|Strong=0834|Type=relative 5 הִגִּ֨יד נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.had.told|Ref=EST_6:2!4|MId=o170060020041|Strong=5046|Frame=A0:170060020051;|Type=qatal 6 מָרְדֳּכַ֜י מׇרְדֳּכַי PROPN _ _ 5 nsubj _ Gloss=Mordecai|Ref=EST_6:2!5|MId=o170060020051|Strong=4782 7 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_6:2!6|MId=o170060020061|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 8 בִּגְתָ֣נָא בִּגְתָן PROPN _ _ 5 obl _ Gloss=Bigthana|Ref=EST_6:2!7|MId=o170060020071|Strong=0904 9-10 וָתֶ֗רֶשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_6:2!8|MId=o170060020081|Strong=2050b 10 תֶ֗רֶשׁ תֶּרֶשׁ PROPN _ _ 8 conj _ Gloss=Teresh|Ref=EST_6:2!8|MId=o170060020082|Strong=8657 11 שְׁנֵי֙ שְׁנַיִם NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 12 nummod _ Gloss=two|Ref=EST_6:2!9|MId=o170060020091|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number 12 סָרִיסֵ֣י סָרִיס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 appos _ Gloss=of.the.eunuchs|Ref=EST_6:2!10|MId=o170060020101|Strong=5631 13-14 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_6:2!11|MId=o170060020111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=EST_6:2!11|MId=o170060020112|Strong=4428 15-16 מִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_6:2!12|MId=o170060020121|Strong=4480 16 שֹּׁמְרֵ֖י שָׁמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 12 nmod _ Gloss=the.keepers|Ref=EST_6:2!12|MId=o170060020122|Strong=8104|Frame=A1:170060020132;|Type=participle_active 17-18 הַסַּ֑ף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_6:2!13|MId=o170060020131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 סַּ֑ף סַף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.threshold|Ref=EST_6:2!13|MId=o170060020132|Strong=5592 19 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 20 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=EST_6:2!14|MId=o170060020141|Strong=0834|Type=relative 20 בִּקְשׁוּ֙ בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 8 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.had.sought|Ref=EST_6:2!15|MId=o170060020151|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:170060020071;170060020082;|Type=qatal 21-22 לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_6:2!16|MId=o170060020161|Strong=3807a 22 שְׁלֹ֣חַ שָׁלַח VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 20 advcl _ Gloss=stretch.out|Ref=EST_6:2!16|MId=o170060020162|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:170060020071;170060020082;A1:170060020171;|Type=infinitive_construct 23 יָ֔ד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 22 obj _ Gloss=a.hand|Ref=EST_6:2!17|MId=o170060020171|Strong=3027 24-26 בַּמֶּ֖לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_6:2!18|MId=o170060020181|Strong=0871a 25 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_6:2!18|MId=o170060020181ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 מֶּ֖לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_6:2!18|MId=o170060020182|Strong=4428 27 אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ PROPN _ _ 26 appos _ Gloss=Ahasuerus|Ref=EST_6:2!19|MId=o170060020191|Strong=0325|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=EST_6:2!19 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּמָּצֵא *it was found* | wayyiqtol · niphal | | הִגִּיד *he had told* | | | | כָתוּב *recorded* | participle passive · qal | | הִגִּיד *he had told* | | | | הִגִּיד *he had told* | qatal · hiphil | מָרְדֳּכַי *Mordecai* | | | | | שֹּׁמְרֵי *the keepers* | participle active · qal | | סַּף *the threshold* | | | | בִּקְשׁוּ *they had sought* | qatal · piel | בִּגְתָנָא *Bigthana* + תֶרֶשׁ *Teresh* | | | | | שְׁלֹחַ *stretch out* | infinitive construct · qal | בִּגְתָנָא *Bigthana* + תֶרֶשׁ *Teresh* | יָד *a hand* | | | 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} וְאִשְׁתְּכַח כָּתוּב בְּסִפְרָא דִי חַוֵי מָרְדְכַי עַל בִּגְתָנָא וָתֶרֶשׁ תְּרֵין רַבָּנֵי מַלְכָּא דִי נָטְרֵי פַּלְטְרִין דִי בָעוּ לְאוֹשָׁטָא יְדָא לְקַטְלָא יַת מַלְכָּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ בְּבֵית דְמָכֵיהּ: 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 found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those that kept the door, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.96/) **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:92`. - ← previous: [Esther 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.1/) - next →: [Esther 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.3/) - ↑ back to [Esther 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/6/)