--- title: Ezra 3:8 — Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jeru… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appoi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.8/) [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/) / [Ezra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/) / [chapter 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/3/) / 3:8 # Ezra 3:8 עֶזְרָא **Who acts:** Zerubbabel, offerings, house · **What happens:** begin, come out, appoint, have, come, work · **To what, where:** captivity, Levites, oversight This is Ezra 3:8 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 — Zerubbabel, offerings, house — and what happens in the verse to captivity, Levites, oversight, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand 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 Ezra on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית לְבוֹאָ֞ם אֶל־בֵּ֤ית הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֑י הֵחֵ֡לּוּ זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל בֶּן־שְׁ֠אַלְתִּיאֵל וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָ֜ק וּשְׁאָ֥ר אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם ׀ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֗ם וְכָל־הַבָּאִים֙ מֵהַשְּׁבִ֣י יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה לְנַצֵּ֖חַ עַל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית־יְהוָֽה׃פ [Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.90/) ## 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:EZR:88 # text = וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית לְבוֹאָ֞ם אֶל־בֵּ֤ית הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֑י הֵחֵ֡לּוּ זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל בֶּן־שְׁ֠אַלְתִּיאֵל וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָ֜ק וּשְׁאָ֥ר אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם ׀ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֗ם וְכָל־הַבָּאִים֙ מֵהַשְּׁבִ֣י יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה לְנַצֵּ֖חַ עַל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית־יְהוָֽה׃פ # verse = EZR.3.8 1-4 וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_3:8!1|MId=o150030080011|Strong=2050b 2 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZR_3:8!1|MId=o150030080012|Strong=0871a 3 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_3:8!1|MId=o150030080012ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 שָּׁנָ֣ה שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=year|Ref=EZR_3:8!1|MId=o150030080013|Strong=8141 5-6 הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EZR_3:8!2|MId=o150030080021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 שֵּׁנִ֗ית שֵׁנִי NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 4 nummod _ Gloss=second|Ref=EZR_3:8!2|MId=o150030080022|Strong=8145|Type=ordinal_number 7-9 לְבוֹאָ֞ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZR_3:8!3|MId=o150030080031|Strong=3807a 8 בוֹא בּוֹא VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 4 nmod _ Gloss=coming|Ref=EZR_3:8!3|MId=o150030080032|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:150030080033;|Type=infinitive_construct 9 ָ֞ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ Gloss=their|Ref=EZR_3:8!3|MId=o150030080033|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 10 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_3:8!4|MId=o150030080041|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 11 בֵּ֤ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EZR_3:8!5|MId=o150030080051|Strong=1004 12-13 הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EZR_3:8!6|MId=o150030080061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=EZR_3:8!6|MId=o150030080062|Strong=0430 14-15 לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_3:8!7|MId=o150030080071|Strong=3807a 15 יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם PROPN _ _ 11 nmod _ Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=EZR_3:8!7|MId=o150030080072|Strong=3389 16-18 בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZR_3:8!8|MId=o150030080081|Strong=0871a 17 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_3:8!8|MId=o150030080081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 חֹ֖דֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 conj _ Gloss=month|Ref=EZR_3:8!8|MId=o150030080082|Strong=2320 19-20 הַשֵּׁנִ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=EZR_3:8!9|MId=o150030080091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 שֵּׁנִ֑י שֵׁנִי NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 nummod _ Gloss=second|Ref=EZR_3:8!9|MId=o150030080092|Strong=8145|Type=ordinal_number 21 הֵחֵ֡לּוּ חָלַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.began|Ref=EZR_3:8!10|MId=o150030080101|Strong=2490|Frame=A0:150030080111;150030080142;150030080172;|Type=qatal 22 זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל זְרֻבָּבֶל PROPN _ _ 21 nsubj _ Gloss=Zerubbabel|Ref=EZR_3:8!11|MId=o150030080111|Strong=2216 23 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=EZR_3:8!12|MId=o150030080121|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 24 שְׁ֠אַלְתִּיאֵל שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל PROPN _ _ 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Shealtiel|Ref=EZR_3:8!13|MId=o150030080131|Strong=7597 25-26 וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_3:8!14|MId=o150030080141|Strong=2050b 26 יֵשׁ֨וּעַ יֵשׁוּעַ PROPN _ _ 22 conj _ Gloss=Jeshua|Ref=EZR_3:8!14|MId=o150030080142|Strong=3442 27 בֶּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=EZR_3:8!15|MId=o150030080151|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 28 יֽוֹצָדָ֜ק יוֹצָדָק PROPN _ _ 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Jozadak|Ref=EZR_3:8!16|MId=o150030080161|Strong=3136 29-30 וּשְׁאָ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_3:8!17|MId=o150030080171|Strong=2050b 30 שְׁאָ֥ר שְׁאָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 conj _ Gloss=the.rest|Ref=EZR_3:8!17|MId=o150030080172|Strong=7605 31-32 אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 אֲחֵי אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 30 compound:smixut _ Gloss=their.brothers|Ref=EZR_3:8!18|MId=o150030080181|Strong=0251 32 הֶ֣ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=EZR_3:8!18|MId=o150030080182|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 33 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=EZR_3:8!18 34-35 הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 35 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_3:8!19|MId=o150030080191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 35 כֹּהֲנִ֣ים כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 30 appos _ Gloss=priests|Ref=EZR_3:8!19|MId=o150030080192|Strong=3548 36-38 וְהַלְוִיִּ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_3:8!20|MId=o150030080201|Strong=2050b 37 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 38 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_3:8!20|MId=o150030080202|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 38 לְוִיִּ֗ם לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 35 conj _ Gloss=Levites|Ref=EZR_3:8!20|MId=o150030080203|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 39-40 וְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 40 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_3:8!21|MId=o150030080211|Strong=2050b 40 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 35 conj _ Gloss=all|Ref=EZR_3:8!21|MId=o150030080212|Strong=3605 41-42 הַבָּאִים֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 42 mark _ Gloss=[those|Ref=EZR_3:8!22|MId=o150030080221|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 42 בָּאִים֙ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 40 compound:smixut _ Gloss=who].had.come|Ref=EZR_3:8!22|MId=o150030080222|Strong=0935|Type=participle_active 43-45 מֵהַשְּׁבִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 45 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=EZR_3:8!23|MId=o150030080231|Strong=4480 44 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 45 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_3:8!23|MId=o150030080232|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 45 שְּׁבִ֣י שְׁבִי NOUN _ Number=Sing 42 obl _ Gloss=captivity|Ref=EZR_3:8!23|MId=o150030080233|Strong=7628 46 יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם PROPN _ _ 42 obl _ Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=EZR_3:8!24|MId=o150030080241|Strong=3389 47-48 וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 47 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 48 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_3:8!25|MId=o150030080251|Strong=2050b 48 יַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ עָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 21 conj _ Gloss=they.appointed|Ref=EZR_3:8!25|MId=o150030080252|Strong=5975|Frame=AA:150030080111;150030080142;150030080172;A0:150030080272;|Type=wayyiqtol 49 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 51 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=EZR_3:8!26|MId=o150030080261|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 50-51 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 51 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_3:8!27|MId=o150030080271|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 51 לְוִיִּ֗ם לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 48 obj _ Gloss=Levites|Ref=EZR_3:8!27|MId=o150030080272|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 52-53 מִבֶּ֨ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 52 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 53 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=EZR_3:8!28|MId=o150030080281|Strong=4480 53 בֶּ֨ן בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 48 obl _ Gloss=a.son|Ref=EZR_3:8!28|MId=o150030080282|Strong=1121 54 עֶשְׂרִ֤ים עֶשְׂרִים NUM _ Number=Plur 55 nummod _ Gloss=of.twenty|Ref=EZR_3:8!29|MId=o150030080291|Strong=6242|Type=cardinal_number 55 שָׁנָה֙ שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 53 compound:smixut _ Gloss=year[s]|Ref=EZR_3:8!30|MId=o150030080301|Strong=8141 56-58 וָמַ֔עְלָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 56 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 57 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_3:8!31|MId=o150030080311|Strong=2050b 57 מַ֔עְל מַעַל ADV _ _ 55 conj _ Gloss=upward|Ref=EZR_3:8!31|MId=o150030080312|Strong=4605 58 ָה ה X _ _ 57 nmod _ Gloss=upwards|Ref=EZR_3:8!31|MId=o150030080313|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 59-60 לְנַצֵּ֖חַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 59 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 60 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_3:8!32|MId=o150030080321|Strong=3807a 60 נַצֵּ֖חַ נָצַח VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 48 advcl _ Gloss=act.as.overseers|Ref=EZR_3:8!32|MId=o150030080322|Strong=5329|Frame=A0:150030080272;|Type=infinitive_construct 61 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 62 case _ Gloss=over|Ref=EZR_3:8!33|MId=o150030080331|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 62 מְלֶ֥אכֶת מְלֶאכֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 60 obl _ Gloss=the.work|Ref=EZR_3:8!34|MId=o150030080341|Strong=4399 63 בֵּית־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 62 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.house|Ref=EZR_3:8!35|MId=o150030080351|Strong=1004|SpaceAfter=No 64 יְהוָֽה יהוה PROPN _ _ 63 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=EZR_3:8!36|MId=o150030080361|Strong=3068|SpaceAfter=No 65 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 64 punct _ Ref=EZR_3:8!36|SpaceAfter=No 66 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 64 punct _ Ref=EZR_3:8!36 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | בוֹא *coming* | infinitive construct · qal | ָם *their* | | | | | הֵחֵלּוּ *they began* | qatal · hiphil | זְרֻבָּבֶל *Zerubbabel* + יֵשׁוּעַ *Jeshua* + שְׁאָר *the rest* | | | | | יַּעֲמִידוּ *they appointed* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | לְוִיִּם *Levites* | | | זְרֻבָּבֶל *Zerubbabel* + יֵשׁוּעַ *Jeshua* + שְׁאָר *the rest* | | נַצֵּחַ *act as overseers* | infinitive construct · piel | לְוִיִּם *Levites* | | | | 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. ## 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. [Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.90/) **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:EZR:88`. - ← previous: [Ezra 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.7/) - next →: [Ezra 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.3.9/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/3/)