--- title: Esther 9:26 — Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur. There… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them, 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 pur, letter, 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. עַל־כֵּ֡ן קָֽרְאוּ֩ לַיָּמִ֨ים הָאֵ֤לֶּה פוּרִים֙ עַל־שֵׁ֣ם הַפּ֔וּר עַל־כֵּ֕ן עַל־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֖י הָאִגֶּ֣רֶת הַזֹּ֑את וּמָֽה־רָא֣וּ עַל־כָּ֔כָה וּמָ֥ה הִגִּ֖יעַ אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ [Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.172/) [Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.173/) ## 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:157 # text = עַל־כֵּ֡ן קָֽרְאוּ֩ לַיָּמִ֨ים הָאֵ֤לֶּה פוּרִים֙ עַל־שֵׁ֣ם הַפּ֔וּר עַל־כֵּ֕ן עַל־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֖י הָאִגֶּ֣רֶת הַזֹּ֑את וּמָֽה־רָא֣וּ עַל־כָּ֔כָה וּמָ֥ה הִגִּ֖יעַ אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ # verse = EST.9.26 1 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=EST_9:26!1|MId=o170090260011|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 2 כֵּ֡ן כֵּן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=|Ref=EST_9:26!2|MId=o170090260021|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative 3 קָֽרְאוּ֩ קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=people.called|Ref=EST_9:26!3|MId=o170090260031|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:170090250132;A1:170090260061;|Type=qatal 4-6 לַיָּמִ֨ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=EST_9:26!4|MId=o170090260041|Strong=3807a 5 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EST_9:26!4|MId=o170090260041ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 יָּמִ֨ים יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 obl _ Gloss=days|Ref=EST_9:26!4|MId=o170090260042|Strong=3117 7-8 הָאֵ֤לֶּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EST_9:26!5|MId=o170090260051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אֵ֤לֶּה אֵלֶּה DET _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ Gloss=these|Ref=EST_9:26!5|MId=o170090260052|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 9 פוּרִים֙ פּוּר PROPN _ _ 3 obj _ Gloss=Purim|Ref=EST_9:26!6|MId=o170090260061|Strong=6332 10 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_9:26!7|MId=o170090260071|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 11 שֵׁ֣ם שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 obl _ Gloss=the.name|Ref=EST_9:26!8|MId=o170090260081|Strong=8034 12-13 הַפּ֔וּר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_9:26!9|MId=o170090260091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 פּ֔וּר פּוּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.Pur|Ref=EST_9:26!9|MId=o170090260092|Strong=6332 14 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=EST_9:26!10|MId=o170090260101|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 15 כֵּ֕ן כֵּן ADV _ _ 2 conj _ Gloss=|Ref=EST_9:26!11|MId=o170090260111|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative 16 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_9:26!12|MId=o170090260121|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 17 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ Gloss=all|Ref=EST_9:26!13|MId=o170090260131|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 18 דִּבְרֵ֖י דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.words|Ref=EST_9:26!14|MId=o170090260141|Strong=1697 19-20 הָאִגֶּ֣רֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=EST_9:26!15|MId=o170090260151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 אִגֶּ֣רֶת אִגֶּרֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.letter|Ref=EST_9:26!15|MId=o170090260152|Strong=0107 21-22 הַזֹּ֑את _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EST_9:26!16|MId=o170090260161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 זֹּ֑את זֹאת DET _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=EST_9:26!16|MId=o170090260162|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 23-24 וּמָֽה־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_9:26!17|MId=o170090260171|Strong=2050b 24 מָֽה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 17 conj _ Gloss=whatever|Ref=EST_9:26!17|MId=o170090260172|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 25 רָא֣וּ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 24 acl _ Gloss=they.had.seen|Ref=EST_9:26!18|MId=o170090260181|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:170090250132;A1:170090260172;|Type=qatal 26 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=EST_9:26!19|MId=o170090260191|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 27 כָּ֔כָה כָּכָה ADV _ _ 25 obl _ Gloss=thus|Ref=EST_9:26!20|MId=o170090260201|Strong=3602 28-29 וּמָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EST_9:26!21|MId=o170090260211|Strong=2050b 29 מָ֥ה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 24 conj _ Gloss=whatever|Ref=EST_9:26!21|MId=o170090260212|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 30 הִגִּ֖יעַ נָגַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 29 acl _ Gloss=it.had.happened|Ref=EST_9:26!22|MId=o170090260221|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:170090260212;|Type=qatal 31-32 אֲלֵיהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EST_9:26!23|MId=o170090260231|Strong=0413 32 הֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=EST_9:26!23|MId=o170090260232|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=EST_9:26!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | קָֽרְאוּ *people called* | qatal · qal | | פוּרִים *Purim* | | | | רָאוּ *they had seen* | qatal · qal | | מָֽה־ *whatever* | | | | הִגִּיעַ *it had happened* | qatal · hiphil | מָה *whatever* | | | | 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} בְּגִין כֵּן קָרוּ לְיוֹמַיָא הָאִלֵין פּוּרַיָא עַל שׁוּם פַּיְסָא בְּגִין כֵּן נָטְרִין לֵיהּ זְמַן שַׁתָּא בְּשַׁתָּא בְּגִין כֵּן דִיפַרְסְמוּן יוֹמֵי נִסַיָא וּפִתְגָמֵי מְגִלְתָּא הָדָא לְאִשְׁתְּמָעָא לְכָל עַמָא בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֶהֱוֵיהוֹן יָדְעִין מָה חֲזוּ לְמִקְבַּע יוֹמֵי פּוּרַיָא הָאִלֵין בְּגִין כֵּן דְאִתְעֲבֵיד בְּהוֹן נִסָא לְמָרְדְכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר וְיֵדְעוּן פּוּרְקָנָא דִמְטַת לְהוֹן: 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. [Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.172/) 2. [Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.173/) **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:157`. - ← previous: [Esther 9:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.25/) - next →: [Esther 9:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.27/) - ↑ back to [Esther 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST/9/)