--- title: Esther 8:1 — On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews'… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. Who acts: king, Mordecai, Esther. 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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, Mordecai, Esther — and what happens in the verse to house, 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. בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא נָתַ֞ן הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית הָמָ֖ן צֹרֵ֣ר הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י בָּ֚א לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־הִגִּ֥ידָה אֶסְתֵּ֖ר מַ֥ה הוּא־לָֽהּ׃ [On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.125/) [And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.126/) ## 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:115 # text = בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא נָתַ֞ן הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית הָמָ֖ן צֹרֵ֣ר הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י בָּ֚א לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־הִגִּ֥ידָה אֶסְתֵּ֖ר מַ֥ה הוּא־לָֽהּ׃ # verse = EST.8.1 1-3 בַּיּ֣וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_8:1!1|MId=o170080010011|Strong=0871a 2 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:1!1|MId=o170080010011ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 יּ֣וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=EST_8:1!1|MId=o170080010012|Strong=3117 4-5 הַה֗וּא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EST_8:1!2|MId=o170080010021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 ה֗וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 det _ Gloss=that|Ref=EST_8:1!2|MId=o170080010022|Strong=1931|Type=personal 6 נָתַ֞ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.gave|Ref=EST_8:1!3|MId=o170080010031|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:170080010042;A1:170080010091;|Type=qatal 7-8 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:1!4|MId=o170080010041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 מֶּ֤לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_8:1!4|MId=o170080010042|Strong=4428 9 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ PROPN _ _ 8 appos _ Gloss=Ahasuerus|Ref=EST_8:1!5|MId=o170080010051|Strong=0325 10-11 לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_8:1!6|MId=o170080010061|Strong=3807a 11 אֶסְתֵּ֣ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 6 obl _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_8:1!6|MId=o170080010062|Strong=0635 12-13 הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:1!7|MId=o170080010071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 מַּלְכָּ֔ה מַלְכָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 appos _ Gloss=queen|Ref=EST_8:1!7|MId=o170080010072|Strong=4436 14 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_8:1!8|MId=o170080010081|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 15 בֵּ֥ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obj _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EST_8:1!9|MId=o170080010091|Strong=1004 16 הָמָ֖ן הָמָן PROPN _ _ 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Haman|Ref=EST_8:1!10|MId=o170080010101|Strong=2001 17 צֹרֵ֣ר צָרַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 16 appos _ Gloss=the.harasser|Ref=EST_8:1!11|MId=o170080010111|Strong=6887a|Frame=A0:170080010101;A1:170080010132;|Type=participle_active 18-19 הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_8:1!13|MId=o170080010131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 יְּהוּדִ֑ים יְהוּדִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.Jews|Ref=EST_8:1!13|MId=o170080010132|Strong=3064|Type=gentilic 20-21 וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_8:1!14|MId=o170080010141|Strong=2050b 21 מָרְדֳּכַ֗י מׇרְדֳּכַי PROPN _ _ 22 nsubj _ Gloss=Mordecai|Ref=EST_8:1!14|MId=o170080010142|Strong=4782 22 בָּ֚א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=he.came|Ref=EST_8:1!15|MId=o170080010151|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:170080010142;|Type=qatal 23-24 לִפְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=EST_8:1!16|MId=o170080010161|Strong=3807a 24 פְנֵ֣י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 22 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=EST_8:1!16|MId=o170080010162|Strong=6440 25-26 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:1!17|MId=o170080010171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_8:1!17|MId=o170080010172|Strong=4428 27 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 28 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=EST_8:1!18|MId=o170080010181|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 28 הִגִּ֥ידָה נָגַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 advcl _ Gloss=she.had.told|Ref=EST_8:1!19|MId=o170080010191|Strong=5046|Frame=AA:170080010201;A0:170080010211;|Type=qatal 29 אֶסְתֵּ֖ר אֶסְתֵּר PROPN _ _ 28 nsubj _ Gloss=Esther|Ref=EST_8:1!20|MId=o170080010201|Strong=0635 30 מַ֥ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 28 ccomp _ Gloss=what?|Ref=EST_8:1!21|MId=o170080010211|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 31 הוּא־ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ Gloss=[was].he|Ref=EST_8:1!22|MId=o170080010221|Strong=1931|Type=personal|SpaceAfter=No 32-33 לָֽהּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 ל לְ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_8:1!23|MId=o170080010231|Strong=3807a 33 ָֽהּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ Gloss=her|Ref=EST_8:1!23|MId=o170080010232|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 34 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 33 punct _ Ref=EST_8:1!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נָתַן *he gave* | qatal · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | בֵּית *the house* | | | | צֹרֵר *the harasser* | participle active · qal | הָמָן *of Haman* | יְּהוּדִים *the Jews* | | | | בָּא *he came* | qatal · qal | מָרְדֳּכַי *Mordecai* | | | | | הִגִּידָה *she had told* | qatal · hiphil | מַה *what?* | | | 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} בְיוֹמָא הַהוּא מָסַר מַלְכָּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ לְאֶסְתֵּר מַלְכְּתָא יַת בֵּיתָא דְהָמָן מְעִיק יְהוּדָאֵי וְיַת אֱנָשֵׁי בֵיתֵיהּ וְיַת כָּל עָתְרֵיהּ וּמָרְדְכַי עַל קֳדָם מַלְכָּא אֲרוּם חֲוִיאַת לֵיהּ אֶסְתֵּר מָן הוּא לָהּ: 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. [On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.125/) 2. [And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.126/) **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:115`. - ← previous: [Esther 7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.10/) - next →: [Esther 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.2/) - ↑ back to [Esther 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/8/)