--- title: Ezra 5:16 — Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the hous… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed. Who acts: same Sheshbazzar, house, temple. 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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 — same Sheshbazzar, house, temple — and what happens in the verse to foundations, Jerusalem, building, temple, 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. אֱדַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר דֵּ֔ךְ אֲתָ֗א יְהַ֧ב אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א דִּי־בֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּמִן־אֱדַ֧יִן וְעַד־כְּעַ֛ן מִתְבְּנֵ֖א וְלָ֥א שְׁלִֽם׃ [Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.135/) ## 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:32 # text = אֱדַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר דֵּ֔ךְ אֲתָ֗א יְהַ֧ב אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א דִּי־בֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּמִן־אֱדַ֧יִן וְעַד־כְּעַ֛ן מִתְבְּנֵ֖א וְלָ֥א שְׁלִֽם׃ # verse = EZR.5.16 1 אֱדַ֙יִן֙ אֱדַיִן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=then|Ref=EZR_5:16!1|MId=o150050160011|Strong=0116|Lang=arc 2 שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר PROPN _ _ 4 nsubj _ Gloss=Sheshbazzar|Ref=EZR_5:16!2|MId=o150050160021|Strong=8340|Lang=arc 3 דֵּ֔ךְ דֵּךְ DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=EZR_5:16!3|MId=o150050160031|Strong=1791|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 4 אֲתָ֗א אֲתָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=he.came|Ref=EZR_5:16!4|MId=o150050160041|Strong=0858|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050160021;|Type=qatal 5 יְהַ֧ב יְהַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=he.laid|Ref=EZR_5:16!5|MId=o150050160051|Strong=3052|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050160021;A1:150050160061;|Type=qatal 6-7 אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אֻשַּׁיּ אֹשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 obj _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_5:16!6|MId=o150050160061|Strong=0787|Lang=arc 7 ָ֛א א DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=foundations|Ref=EZR_5:16!6|MId=o150050160062|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 8 דִּי־ דִּי SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=(diy).of|Ref=EZR_5:16!7|MId=o150050160071|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 9 בֵ֥ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 acl:relcl _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EZR_5:16!8|MId=o150050160081|Strong=1005|Lang=arc 10-11 אֱלָהָ֖א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 אֱלָה אֱלָהּ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EZR_5:16!9|MId=o150050160091|Strong=0426|Lang=arc 11 ָ֖א א DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=God|Ref=EZR_5:16!9|MId=o150050160092|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 12 דִּ֣י דִּי SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=EZR_5:16!10|MId=o150050160101|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative 13-14 בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 בִ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=[is].in|Ref=EZR_5:16!11|MId=o150050160111|Strong=0871b|Lang=arc 14 ירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם יְרוּשְׁלֵם PROPN _ _ 9 acl:relcl _ Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=EZR_5:16!11|MId=o150050160112|Strong=3390|Lang=arc 15-16 וּמִן־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:16!12|MId=o150050160121|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 16 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=EZR_5:16!12|MId=o150050160122|Strong=4481|Lang=arc 17 אֱדַ֧יִן אֱדַיִן ADV _ _ 21 obl _ Gloss=then|Ref=EZR_5:16!13|MId=o150050160131|Strong=0116|Lang=arc 18-19 וְעַד־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:16!14|MId=o150050160141|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 19 עַד־ עַד ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=until|Ref=EZR_5:16!14|MId=o150050160142|Strong=5705|Lang=arc 20 כְּעַ֛ן כְּעַן ADV _ _ 17 conj _ Gloss=now|Ref=EZR_5:16!15|MId=o150050160151|Strong=3705|Lang=arc 21 מִתְבְּנֵ֖א בְּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPEEL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=[it.is].being.built|Ref=EZR_5:16!16|MId=o150050160161|Strong=1124|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:150050160081;|Type=participle_active 22-23 וְלָ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:16!17|MId=o150050160171|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 23 לָ֥א לָא ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EZR_5:16!17|MId=o150050160172|Strong=3809|Lang=arc|Type=negative 24 שְׁלִֽם שְׁלֵם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEIL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=[it.is].finished|Ref=EZR_5:16!18|MId=o150050160181|Strong=8000|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:150050160081;|Type=participle_passive|SpaceAfter=No 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=EZR_5:16!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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֲתָא *he came* | qatal · peal | שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר *Sheshbazzar* | | | | | יְהַב *he laid* | qatal · peal | שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר *Sheshbazzar* | אֻשַּׁיּ *the* | | | | מִתְבְּנֵא *\[it is\] being built* | participle active · hithpeel | | בֵית *the house* | | | | שְׁלִֽם *\[it is\] finished* | participle passive · peil | | בֵית *the house* | | | 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. [Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.135/) **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:32`. - ← previous: [Ezra 5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.15/) - next →: [Ezra 5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.17/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/5/)