--- title: Ezra 4:16 — We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.' Who acts: We, thou. Ezra 4:16 in Biblical Aramaic with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.16/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/4/) / 4:16 # Ezra 4:16 עֶזְרָא **Who acts:** We, thou · **What happens:** announce, build, finish, have · **To what, where:** king, city, walls, portion · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Ezra 4:16 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). The page gives the verse in Biblical Aramaic as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Aramaic — and its pragmatics: who acts — We, thou — and what happens in the verse to king, city, walls, portion, 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. מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין אֲנַ֙חְנָה֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן לָקֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה חֲלָק֙ בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔א לָ֥א אִיתַ֖י לָֽךְ׃פ [We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.111/) ## The tree {#tree} This verse is in Biblical Aramaic, as the book has it here; its tree is MACULA's Aramaic tree. Right to left, as it 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-arc:EZR:8 # text = מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין אֲנַ֙חְנָה֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן לָקֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה חֲלָק֙ בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔א לָ֥א אִיתַ֖י לָֽךְ׃פ # verse = EZR.4.16 1 מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין יְדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HAPHEL|Number=Plur 0 root _ Gloss=[are].making.known|Ref=EZR_4:16!1|MId=o150040160011|Strong=3046|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150040160021;A1:150040160171;|Type=participle_active 2 אֲנַ֙חְנָה֙ אֲנַחְנָא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ Gloss=we|Ref=EZR_4:16!2|MId=o150040160021|Strong=0586|Lang=arc|Type=personal 3-5 לְמַלְכָּ֔א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_4:16!3|MId=o150040160031|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc|Type=direct_object_marker 4 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_4:16!3|MId=o150040160032|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 5 ָ֔א א DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=EZR_4:16!3|MId=o150040160033|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 6 דִּ֠י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=(diy).that|Ref=EZR_4:16!4|MId=o150040160041|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative 7 הֵ֣ן הֵן SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=EZR_4:16!5|MId=o150040160051|Strong=2006|Lang=arc 8-9 קִרְיְתָ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 קִרְיְת קִרְיָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_4:16!6|MId=o150040160061|Strong=7149|Lang=arc 9 ָ֥א א DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=city|Ref=EZR_4:16!6|MId=o150040160062|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 10 דָךְ֙ דֵּךְ DET _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=EZR_4:16!7|MId=o150040160071|Strong=1791|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 11 תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א בְּנָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HITHPEEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it.will.be.built|Ref=EZR_4:16!8|MId=o150040160081|Strong=1124|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:150040160061;|Type=yiqtol 12-14 וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_4:16!9|MId=o150040160091|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 13 שׁוּרַיּ שׁוּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_4:16!9|MId=o150040160092|Strong=7792|Lang=arc 14 ָ֖ה ה DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=walls|Ref=EZR_4:16!9|MId=o150040160093|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 15 יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן כלל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HISHTAPHEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 11 conj _ Gloss=they.will.be.finished|Ref=EZR_4:16!10|MId=o150040160101|Strong=3635|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:150040160092;|Type=yiqtol 16-17 לָקֳבֵ֣ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=EZR_4:16!11|MId=o150040160111|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 17 קֳבֵ֣ל קֳבֵל NOUN _ _ 25 obl _ Gloss=before|Ref=EZR_4:16!11|MId=o150040160112|Strong=6903|Lang=arc 18 דְּנָ֔ה דְּנָה DET _ PronType=Dem 17 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=EZR_4:16!12|MId=o150040160121|Strong=1836|Lang=arc 19 חֲלָק֙ חֲלָק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Gloss=possession|Ref=EZR_4:16!13|MId=o150040160131|Strong=2508|Lang=arc 20-21 בַּעֲבַ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZR_4:16!14|MId=o150040160141|Strong=0871b|Lang=arc 21 עֲבַ֣ר עֲבַר PROPN _ _ 19 nmod _ Gloss=the.region.beyond|Ref=EZR_4:16!14|MId=o150040160142|Strong=5675|Lang=arc 22-23 נַהֲרָ֔א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 נַהֲר נְהַר PROPN _ _ 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_4:16!15|MId=o150040160151|Strong=5103|Lang=arc 23 ָ֔א א DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=river|Ref=EZR_4:16!15|MId=o150040160152|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 24 לָ֥א לָא ADV _ _ 25 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EZR_4:16!16|MId=o150040160161|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 25 אִיתַ֖י אִיתַי NOUN _ _ 11 parataxis _ Gloss=there|Ref=EZR_4:16!17|MId=o150040160171|Strong=0383|Lang=arc|Type=affirmation 26-27 לָֽךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 ל לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=[will|Ref=EZR_4:16!18|MId=o150040160181|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 27 ָֽךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ Gloss=be].to.you|Ref=EZR_4:16!18|MId=o150040160182|Strong=3509e|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=EZR_4:16!18|SpaceAfter=No 29 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=EZR_4:16!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מְהוֹדְעִין *\[are\] making known* | participle active · haphel | אֲנַחְנָה *we* | אִיתַי *there* | | | | תִּתְבְּנֵא *it will be built* | yiqtol · hithpeel | | קִרְיְת *the* | | | | יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְלוּן *they will be finished* | yiqtol · hishtaphel | | שׁוּרַיּ *the* | | | 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. [We announce to the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.111/) **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-arc:EZR:8`. - ← previous: [Ezra 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.15/) - next →: [Ezra 4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.17/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/4/)