--- title: Esther 8:5 — And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.5/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/8/) / 8:5 # Esther 8:5 אֶסְתֵּר **Who acts:** Haman, sceptre, I, thing, king, Jews · **What happens:** say, please, find, seem, be, let · **To what, where:** king, favour, sight, eyes, sceptre, letters · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Esther 8:5 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 — Haman, sceptre, I, thing, king, Jews — and what happens in the verse to king, favour, sight, eyes, sceptre, letters, 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. וַ֠תֹּאמֶר אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ ט֜וֹב וְאִם־מָצָ֧אתִי חֵ֣ן לְפָנָ֗יו וְכָשֵׁ֤ר הַדָּבָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְטוֹבָ֥ה אֲנִ֖י בְּעֵינָ֑יו יִכָּתֵ֞ב לְהָשִׁ֣יב אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֗ים מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת הָמָ֤ן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֙תָא֙ הָאֲגָגִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּתַ֗ב לְאַבֵּד֙ אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּכָל־מְדִינ֥וֹת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.132/) ## 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:119 # text = וַ֠תֹּאמֶר אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ ט֜וֹב וְאִם־מָצָ֧אתִי חֵ֣ן לְפָנָ֗יו וְכָשֵׁ֤ר הַדָּבָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְטוֹבָ֥ה אֲנִ֖י בְּעֵינָ֑יו יִכָּתֵ֞ב לְהָשִׁ֣יב אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֗ים מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת הָמָ֤ן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֙תָא֙ הָאֲגָגִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּתַ֗ב לְאַבֵּד֙ אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּכָל־מְדִינ֥וֹת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ # verse = EST.8.5 1-2 וַ֠תֹּאמֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ֠ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_8:5!1|MId=o170080050011|Strong=2050b 2 תֹּאמֶר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=she.said|Ref=EST_8:5!1|MId=o170080050012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:170080040081;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EST_8:5!2|MId=o170080050021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 4 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=[is].on|Ref=EST_8:5!3|MId=o170080050031|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 5-6 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:5!4|MId=o170080050041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 מֶּ֨לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_8:5!4|MId=o170080050042|Strong=4428 7 ט֜וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ Gloss=good|Ref=EST_8:5!5|MId=o170080050051|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 8-9 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_8:5!6|MId=o170080050061|Strong=2050b 9 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EST_8:5!6|MId=o170080050062|Strong=0518 10 מָצָ֧אתִי מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 7 conj _ Gloss=I.have.found|Ref=EST_8:5!7|MId=o170080050071|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:170080040081;A1:170080050081;|Type=qatal 11 חֵ֣ן חֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obj _ Gloss=favor|Ref=EST_8:5!8|MId=o170080050081|Strong=2580 12-14 לְפָנָ֗יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=EST_8:5!9|MId=o170080050091|Strong=3807a 13 פָנָ֗י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 10 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=EST_8:5!9|MId=o170080050092|Strong=6440 14 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=him|Ref=EST_8:5!9|MId=o170080050093|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 15-16 וְכָשֵׁ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_8:5!10|MId=o170080050101|Strong=2050b 16 כָשֵׁ֤ר כָּשֵׁר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 conj _ Gloss=it.is.proper|Ref=EST_8:5!10|MId=o170080050102|Strong=3787|Frame=A0:170080050112;|Type=qatal 17-18 הַדָּבָר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:5!11|MId=o170080050111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 דָּבָר֙ דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Gloss=matter|Ref=EST_8:5!11|MId=o170080050112|Strong=1697 19-20 לִפְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=EST_8:5!12|MId=o170080050121|Strong=3807a 20 פְנֵ֣י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 16 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=EST_8:5!12|MId=o170080050122|Strong=6440 21-22 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:5!13|MId=o170080050131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=king|Ref=EST_8:5!13|MId=o170080050132|Strong=4428 23-24 וְטוֹבָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and.[am]|Ref=EST_8:5!14|MId=o170080050141|Strong=2050b 24 טוֹבָ֥ה טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 conj _ Gloss=good|Ref=EST_8:5!14|MId=o170080050142|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 25 אֲנִ֖י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=EST_8:5!15|MId=o170080050151|Strong=0589|Type=personal 26-28 בְּעֵינָ֑יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_8:5!16|MId=o170080050161|Strong=0871a 27 עֵינָ֑י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 24 obl _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=EST_8:5!16|MId=o170080050162|Strong=5869 28 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EST_8:5!16|MId=o170080050163|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 29 יִכָּתֵ֞ב כָּתַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=let.it.be.written|Ref=EST_8:5!17|MId=o170080050171|Strong=3789|Type=jussive 30-31 לְהָשִׁ֣יב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_8:5!18|MId=o170080050181|Strong=3807a 31 הָשִׁ֣יב שׁוּב VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 29 advcl _ Gloss=revoke|Ref=EST_8:5!18|MId=o170080050182|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:;A1:170080050202;|Type=infinitive_construct 32 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 34 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_8:5!19|MId=o170080050191|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 33-34 הַסְּפָרִ֗ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:5!20|MId=o170080050201|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 סְּפָרִ֗ים סֵפֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 31 obj _ Gloss=letters|Ref=EST_8:5!20|MId=o170080050202|Strong=5612 35 מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 34 appos _ Gloss=the.plan|Ref=EST_8:5!21|MId=o170080050211|Strong=4284 36 הָמָ֤ן הָמָן PROPN _ _ 35 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Haman|Ref=EST_8:5!22|MId=o170080050221|Strong=2001 37 בֶּֽן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 36 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=EST_8:5!23|MId=o170080050231|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 38 הַמְּדָ֙תָא֙ הַמְּדָתָא PROPN _ _ 37 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Hammedatha|Ref=EST_8:5!24|MId=o170080050241|Strong=4099a 39-40 הָאֲגָגִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 40 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:5!25|MId=o170080050251|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 40 אֲגָגִ֔י אֲגָגִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 36 appos _ Gloss=Agagite|Ref=EST_8:5!25|MId=o170080050252|Strong=0091|Type=gentilic 41 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 42 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=EST_8:5!26|MId=o170080050261|Strong=0834|Type=relative 42 כָּתַ֗ב כָּתַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 35 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.wrote|Ref=EST_8:5!27|MId=o170080050271|Strong=3789|Frame=A0:170080050221;A1:170080050211;|Type=qatal 43-44 לְאַבֵּד֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 44 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_8:5!28|MId=o170080050281|Strong=3807a 44 אַבֵּד֙ אָבַד VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 42 advcl _ Gloss=destroy|Ref=EST_8:5!28|MId=o170080050282|Strong=0006|Frame=A0:170080050221;A1:170080050302;|Type=infinitive_construct 45 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 47 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_8:5!29|MId=o170080050291|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 46-47 הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 46 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 47 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_8:5!30|MId=o170080050301|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 47 יְּהוּדִ֔ים יְהוּדִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 44 obj _ Gloss=Jews|Ref=EST_8:5!30|MId=o170080050302|Strong=3064|Type=gentilic 48 אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 50 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=EST_8:5!31|MId=o170080050311|Strong=0834|Type=relative 49-50 בְּכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 50 case _ Gloss=[are].in|Ref=EST_8:5!32|MId=o170080050321|Strong=0871a 50 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 47 acl:relcl _ Gloss=all|Ref=EST_8:5!32|MId=o170080050322|Strong=3605 51 מְדִינ֥וֹת מְדִינָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 50 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.provinces|Ref=EST_8:5!33|MId=o170080050331|Strong=4082 52-53 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 52 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 53 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_8:5!34|MId=o170080050341|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 53 מֶּֽלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 51 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.king|Ref=EST_8:5!34|MId=o170080050342|Strong=4428 54 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 53 punct _ Ref=EST_8:5!34 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תֹּאמֶר *she said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | מָצָאתִי *I have found* | qatal · qal | | חֵן *favor* | | | | כָשֵׁר *it is proper* | qatal · qal | דָּבָר *matter* | | | | | הָשִׁיב *revoke* | infinitive construct · hiphil | | סְּפָרִים *letters* | | | | כָּתַב *he wrote* | qatal · qal | הָמָן *of Haman* | מַחֲשֶׁבֶת *the plan* | | | | אַבֵּד *destroy* | infinitive construct · piel | הָמָן *of Haman* | יְּהוּדִים *Jews* | | | 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} וַאֲמָרַת אִין עַל מַלְכָּא שַׁפִּיר וְאִין אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין קֳדָמוֹהִי וְתַקִין פִּתְגָמָא קֳדָם מַלְכָּא וְטָבְתָא אֲנָא קֳדָמוֹי בְּעֵינוֹי יַפְקֵד מַלְכָּא וְיָשִׂים טְעֵם לְמִכְתַּב לְמֶהֱוֵי תַיְבִין פִּטְקַיָא זִמְיוֹנֵי דְהָמָן בַּר הַמְדָתָא דְמִן יִחוּס אֲגַג דִי כָּתַב לְהוֹבָדָא יַת כָּל יְהוּדָאִין דִי בְּכָל פִּלְכֵי 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. [And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.132/) **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:119`. - ← previous: [Esther 8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.4/) - next →: [Esther 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.6/) - ↑ back to [Esther 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/8/)