--- title: Ezra 5:11 — And thus they returned us answer, saying: We are the servants of the… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: And thus they returned us answer, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished. Who acts: walls, We, great king. 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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 — walls, We, great king — and what happens in the verse to answer, us, servants, house, 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. וּכְנֵ֥מָא פִתְגָמָ֖א הֲתִיב֣וּנָא לְמֵמַ֑ר אֲנַ֣חְנָא הִמּ֡וֹ עַבְדוֹהִי֩ דִֽי־אֱלָ֨הּ שְׁמַיָּ֜א וְאַרְעָ֗א וּבָנַ֤יִן בַּיְתָא֙ דִּֽי־הֲוָ֨א בְנֵ֜ה מִקַּדְמַ֤ת דְּנָה֙ שְׁנִ֣ין שַׂגִּיאָ֔ן וּמֶ֤לֶךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ רַ֔ב בְּנָ֖הִי וְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּ׃ [And thus they returned us answer, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.130/) ## 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:27 # text = וּכְנֵ֥מָא פִתְגָמָ֖א הֲתִיב֣וּנָא לְמֵמַ֑ר אֲנַ֣חְנָא הִמּ֡וֹ עַבְדוֹהִי֩ דִֽי־אֱלָ֨הּ שְׁמַיָּ֜א וְאַרְעָ֗א וּבָנַ֤יִן בַּיְתָא֙ דִּֽי־הֲוָ֨א בְנֵ֜ה מִקַּדְמַ֤ת דְּנָה֙ שְׁנִ֣ין שַׂגִּיאָ֔ן וּמֶ֤לֶךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ רַ֔ב בְּנָ֖הִי וְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּ׃ # verse = EZR.5.11 1-2 וּכְנֵ֥מָא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:11!1|MId=o150050110011|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 2 כְנֵ֥מָא כְּנֵמָא ADV _ _ 5 advmod _ Gloss=as.follows|Ref=EZR_5:11!1|MId=o150050110012|Strong=3660|Lang=arc 3-4 פִתְגָמָ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 פִתְגָמ פִּתְגָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_5:11!2|MId=o150050110021|Strong=6600|Lang=arc 4 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=word|Ref=EZR_5:11!2|MId=o150050110022|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 5-6 הֲתִיב֣וּנָא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הֲתִיב֣וּ תּוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HAPHEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they|Ref=EZR_5:11!3|MId=o150050110031|Strong=8421|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050090032;A1:150050110021;A2:150050110032;|Type=qatal 6 נָא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ Gloss=sent.back.to.us|Ref=EZR_5:11!3|MId=o150050110032|Strong=4996b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 7-8 לְמֵמַ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לְ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 10 mark _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_5:11!4|MId=o150050110041|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 8 מֵמַ֑ר אֲמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=PEAL 7 fixed _ Gloss=say|Ref=EZR_5:11!4|MId=o150050110042|Strong=0560|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050090032;|Type=infinitive_construct 9 אֲנַ֣חְנָא אֲנַחְנָא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ Gloss=we|Ref=EZR_5:11!5|MId=o150050110051|Strong=0586|Lang=arc|Type=personal 10 הִמּ֡וֹ הִמּוֹ PRON _ PronType=Prs 5 advcl _ Gloss=they|Ref=EZR_5:11!6|MId=o150050110061|Strong=1994|Lang=arc|Type=affirmation 11-12 עַבְדוֹהִי֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 עַבְדוֹ עֲבַד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 appos _ Gloss=[are].his|Ref=EZR_5:11!7|MId=o150050110071|Strong=5649|Lang=arc 12 הִי֩ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=servants|Ref=EZR_5:11!7|MId=o150050110072|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 13 דִֽי־ דִּי SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=(diy).of|Ref=EZR_5:11!8|MId=o150050110081|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 14 אֱלָ֨הּ אֱלָהּ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 acl:relcl _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=EZR_5:11!9|MId=o150050110091|Strong=0426|Lang=arc 15-16 שְׁמַיָּ֜א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 שְׁמַיּ שָׁמַיִן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZR_5:11!10|MId=o150050110101|Strong=8065|Lang=arc 16 ָ֜א א DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the.heavens|Ref=EZR_5:11!10|MId=o150050110102|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 17-19 וְאַרְעָ֗א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:11!11|MId=o150050110111|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 18 אַרְע אֲרַע NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 conj _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_5:11!11|MId=o150050110112|Strong=0772|Lang=arc 19 ָ֗א א DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=earth|Ref=EZR_5:11!11|MId=o150050110113|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 20-21 וּבָנַ֤יִן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:11!12|MId=o150050110121|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 21 בָנַ֤יִן בְּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 5 conj _ Gloss=[we.are].building|Ref=EZR_5:11!12|MId=o150050110122|Strong=1124|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050090032;A1:150050110131;|Type=participle_active 22-23 בַּיְתָא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 בַּיְת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 obj _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_5:11!13|MId=o150050110131|Strong=1005|Lang=arc 23 ָא֙ א DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=house|Ref=EZR_5:11!13|MId=o150050110132|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 24 דִּֽי־ דִּי SCONJ _ _ 25 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=EZR_5:11!14|MId=o150050110141|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 25 הֲוָ֨א הוה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 22 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=EZR_5:11!15|MId=o150050110151|Strong=1934|Lang=arc|Type=qatal 26 בְנֵ֜ה בְּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing 25 dep _ Gloss=built|Ref=EZR_5:11!16|MId=o150050110161|Strong=1124|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:150050110131;|Type=participle_passive 27-28 מִקַּדְמַ֤ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=EZR_5:11!17|MId=o150050110171|Strong=4481|Lang=arc 28 קַּדְמַ֤ת קַדְמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=the.former.time|Ref=EZR_5:11!17|MId=o150050110172|Strong=6928|Lang=arc 29 דְּנָה֙ דְּנָה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ Gloss=of.this|Ref=EZR_5:11!18|MId=o150050110181|Strong=1836|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 30 שְׁנִ֣ין שְׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=years|Ref=EZR_5:11!19|MId=o150050110191|Strong=8140|Lang=arc 31 שַׂגִּיאָ֔ן שַׂגִּיא ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 30 amod _ Gloss=many|Ref=EZR_5:11!20|MId=o150050110201|Strong=7690|Lang=arc|Type=adjective 32-33 וּמֶ֤לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 37 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:11!21|MId=o150050110211|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 33 מֶ֤לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ Gloss=a.king|Ref=EZR_5:11!21|MId=o150050110212|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 34-35 לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZR_5:11!22|MId=o150050110221|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 35 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 33 nmod _ Gloss=Israel|Ref=EZR_5:11!22|MId=o150050110222|Strong=3479|Lang=arc 36 רַ֔ב רַב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 33 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=EZR_5:11!23|MId=o150050110231|Strong=7229|Lang=arc|Type=adjective 37-38 בְּנָ֖הִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 בְּנ בְּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=EZR_5:11!24|MId=o150050110241|Strong=1124|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050110212;A1:150050110242;|Type=qatal 38 ָ֖הִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ Gloss=built.it|Ref=EZR_5:11!24|MId=o150050110242|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 39-41 וְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 40 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:11!25|MId=o150050110251|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 40 שַׁכְלְל כְּלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=SHAPHEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=EZR_5:11!25|MId=o150050110252|Strong=3635|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050110212;A1:150050110253;|Type=qatal 41 ֵֽהּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ Gloss=finished.it|Ref=EZR_5:11!25|MId=o150050110253|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 42 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 41 punct _ Ref=EZR_5:11!25 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הֲתִיבוּ *they* | qatal · haphel | | פִתְגָמ *the* | נָא *sent back to us* | | | מֵמַר *say* | infinitive construct · peal | | | | | | בָנַיִן *\[we are\] building* | participle active · peal | | בַּיְת *the* | | | | בְנֵה *built* | participle passive · peal | | בַּיְת *the* | | | | בְּנ *he* | qatal · peal | מֶלֶךְ *a king* | ָהִי *built it* | | | | שַׁכְלְל *he* | qatal · shaphel | מֶלֶךְ *a king* | ֵֽהּ *finished it* | | | 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. [And thus they returned us answer, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.130/) **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:27`. - ← previous: [Ezra 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.10/) - next →: [Ezra 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.12/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/5/)