--- title: Esther 9:15 — And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand. Who acts: Jews. 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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 — Jews — and what happens in the verse to Shushan, Jews, hundred men, hand, spoil, 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. וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים אֲשֶׁר־בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן גַּ֠ם בְּי֣וֹם אַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֔ר וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁלְח֖וּ אֶת־יָדָֽם׃ [And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.161/) ## 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:146 # text = וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים אֲשֶׁר־בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן גַּ֠ם בְּי֣וֹם אַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֔ר וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁלְח֖וּ אֶת־יָדָֽם׃ # verse = EST.9.15 1-2 וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_9:15!1|MId=o170090150011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ קָהַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.assembled|Ref=EST_9:15!1|MId=o170090150012|Strong=6950|Frame=A0:170090150032;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_9:15!3|MId=o170090150031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 יְּהוּדִ֣ים יְהוּדִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Jews|Ref=EST_9:15!3|MId=o170090150032|Strong=3064|Type=gentilic 5 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=EST_9:15!4|MId=o170090150041|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 6-7 בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=[were].in|Ref=EST_9:15!5|MId=o170090150051|Strong=0871a 7 שׁוּשָׁ֗ן שׁוּשַׁן PROPN _ _ 4 acl:relcl _ Gloss=Susa|Ref=EST_9:15!5|MId=o170090150052|Strong=7800 8 גַּ֠ם גַּם ADV _ _ 10 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=EST_9:15!6|MId=o170090150061|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation 9-10 בְּי֣וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_9:15!7|MId=o170090150071|Strong=0871a 10 י֣וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=EST_9:15!7|MId=o170090150072|Strong=3117 11 אַרְבָּעָ֤ה אַרְבַּע NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 nummod _ Gloss=four-|Ref=EST_9:15!8|MId=o170090150081|Strong=0702|Type=cardinal_number 12 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָׂר NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 flat _ Gloss=teen|Ref=EST_9:15!9|MId=o170090150091|Strong=6240|Type=cardinal_number 13-14 לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_9:15!10|MId=o170090150101|Strong=3807a 14 חֹ֣דֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 nmod _ Gloss=the.month|Ref=EST_9:15!10|MId=o170090150102|Strong=2320 15 אֲדָ֔ר אֲדָר PROPN _ _ 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Adar|Ref=EST_9:15!11|MId=o170090150111|Strong=0143 16-17 וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_9:15!12|MId=o170090150121|Strong=2050b 17 יַּֽהַרְג֣וּ הָרַג VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.killed|Ref=EST_9:15!12|MId=o170090150122|Strong=2026|Frame=A0:170090150032;A1:170090150161;|Type=wayyiqtol 18-19 בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EST_9:15!13|MId=o170090150131|Strong=0871a 19 שׁוּשָׁ֔ן שׁוּשַׁן PROPN _ _ 17 obl _ Gloss=Susa|Ref=EST_9:15!13|MId=o170090150132|Strong=7800 20 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁלֹשׁ NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 nummod _ Gloss=three|Ref=EST_9:15!14|MId=o170090150141|Strong=7969|Type=cardinal_number 21 מֵא֖וֹת מֵאָה NUM _ Number=Plur 20 flat _ Gloss=hundred(s)|Ref=EST_9:15!15|MId=o170090150151|Strong=3967|Type=cardinal_number 22 אִ֑ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 obj _ Gloss=man|Ref=EST_9:15!16|MId=o170090150161|Strong=0376 23-26 וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_9:15!17|MId=o170090150171|Strong=2050b 24 בַ֨ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_9:15!17|MId=o170090150172|Strong=0871a 25 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_9:15!17|MId=o170090150172ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 בִּזָּ֔ה בִּזָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 28 obl _ Gloss=plunder|Ref=EST_9:15!17|MId=o170090150173|Strong=0961 27 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 28 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EST_9:15!18|MId=o170090150181|Strong=3808|Type=negative 28 שָׁלְח֖וּ שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.stretched.out|Ref=EST_9:15!19|MId=o170090150191|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:170090150032;A1:170090150211;|Type=qatal 29 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EST_9:15!20|MId=o170090150201|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 30-31 יָדָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 28 obj _ Gloss=hand|Ref=EST_9:15!21|MId=o170090150211|Strong=3027 31 ָֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=EST_9:15!21|MId=o170090150212|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 32 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 31 punct _ Ref=EST_9:15!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּֽקָּהֲלוּ *they assembled* | wayyiqtol · niphal | יְּהוּדִים *Jews* | | | | | יַּֽהַרְגוּ *they killed* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְּהוּדִים *Jews* | אִישׁ *man* | | | | **not** שָׁלְחוּ *they stretched out* | qatal · qal | יְּהוּדִים *Jews* | יָד *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} וְאִיתְכַּנָשׁוּ יְהוּדָאִין דִי בְשׁוּשָׁן אוּף בְּיוֹמָא אַרְבַּע עֲסַר לְיֶרַח אֲדָר וּקְטָלוּ בְשׁוּשַׁן תְּלַת מְאָה גוּבְרִין מִדְבֵית עֲמָלֵק וּבַעֲדָאָה לָא אוֹשִׁיטוּ יַת יְדֵיהוֹן: 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 the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.161/) **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:146`. - ← previous: [Esther 9:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.14/) - next →: [Esther 9:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.16/) - ↑ back to [Esther 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/9/)