--- title: Ezra 5:9 — Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus: Who gave you a… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? Who acts: we. Ezra 5:9 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.5.9/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/5/) / 5:9 # Ezra 5:9 עֶזְרָא **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** ask, say, give, build, finish · **To what, where:** elders, decree, you, house, wall · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Ezra 5:9 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 — and what happens in the verse to elders, decree, you, house, wall, 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. אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙ לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑םמַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃ [Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.128/) ## 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:25 # text = אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙ לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑םמַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃ # verse = EZR.5.9 1 אֱדַ֗יִן אֱדַיִן ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=then|Ref=EZR_5:9!1|MId=o150050090011|Strong=0116|Lang=arc 2 שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙ שְׁאֵל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=we.asked|Ref=EZR_5:9!2|MId=o150050090021|Strong=7593|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050060051;150050060092;150050060102;|Type=qatal 3-5 לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_5:9!3|MId=o150050090031|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 4 שָׂבַיּ שָׂב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_5:9!3|MId=o150050090032|Strong=7868|Lang=arc 5 ָ֣א א DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=elders|Ref=EZR_5:9!3|MId=o150050090033|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 6 אִלֵּ֔ךְ אִלֵּךְ DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ Gloss=these|Ref=EZR_5:9!4|MId=o150050090041|Strong=0479|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 7 כְּנֵ֖מָא כְּנֵמָא ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=as.follows|Ref=EZR_5:9!5|MId=o150050090051|Strong=3660|Lang=arc 8 אֲמַ֣רְנָא אֲמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=we.said|Ref=EZR_5:9!6|MId=o150050090061|Strong=0560|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050060051;150050060092;150050060102;|Type=qatal 9-11 לְּהֹ֑םמַן־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 לּ לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_5:9!7|MId=o150050090071|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 10 ְהֹ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=EZR_5:9!7|MId=o150050090072|Strong=1952a|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 11 מַן־ מָן PRON _ PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=EZR_5:9!8|MId=o150050090081|Strong=4479|Lang=arc|Type=interrogative 12 שָׂ֨ם שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 8 ccomp _ Gloss=did.he.make|Ref=EZR_5:9!9|MId=o150050090091|Strong=7761|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050090081;A1:150050090111;|Type=qatal 13-14 לְכֹ֜ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 ל לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=EZR_5:9!10|MId=o150050090101|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 14 ְכֹ֜ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=EZR_5:9!10|MId=o150050090102|Strong=3561a|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 15 טְעֵ֗ם טְעֵם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obj _ Gloss=a.decree|Ref=EZR_5:9!11|MId=o150050090111|Strong=2942|Lang=arc 16-17 בַּיְתָ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בַּיְת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obj _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_5:9!12|MId=o150050090121|Strong=1005|Lang=arc 17 ָ֤א א DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=house|Ref=EZR_5:9!12|MId=o150050090122|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 18 דְנָה֙ דְּנָה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=EZR_5:9!13|MId=o150050090131|Strong=1836|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 19-20 לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_5:9!14|MId=o150050090141|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 20 מִבְנְיָ֔ה בְּנָה VERB _ HebBinyan=PEAL 12 advcl _ Gloss=build|Ref=EZR_5:9!14|MId=o150050090142|Strong=1124|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050090032;A1:150050090121;|Type=infinitive_construct 21-23 וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_5:9!15|MId=o150050090151|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 22 אֻשַּׁרְנ אשׁרן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 26 obj _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_5:9!15|MId=o150050090152|Strong=0846|Lang=arc 23 ָ֥א א DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=structure|Ref=EZR_5:9!15|MId=o150050090153|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 24 דְנָ֖ה דְּנָה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=EZR_5:9!16|MId=o150050090161|Strong=1836|Lang=arc|Type=demonstrative 25-26 לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=EZR_5:9!17|MId=o150050090171|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 26 שַׁכְלָלָֽה כְּלַל VERB _ HebBinyan=SHAPHEL 20 conj _ Gloss=finish|Ref=EZR_5:9!17|MId=o150050090172|Strong=3635|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150050090032;A1:150050090152;|Type=infinitive_construct 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=EZR_5:9!17 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שְׁאֵלְנָא *we asked* | qatal · peal | | | | | | אֲמַרְנָא *we said* | qatal · peal | | | | | | שָׂם *did he make* | qatal · peal | מַן־ *who?* | טְעֵם *a decree* | | | | מִבְנְיָה *build* | infinitive construct · peal | שָׂבַיּ *the* | בַּיְת *the* | | | | שַׁכְלָלָֽה *finish* | infinitive construct · shaphel | שָׂבַיּ *the* | אֻשַּׁרְנ *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. [Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.128/) **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). 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