--- title: Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: C… · Aramaic, tree and pragmatics description: In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cub --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.3/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/6/) / 6:3 # Ezra 6:3 עֶזְרָא **Who acts:** Cyrus, house, treasures, foundations · **What happens:** make, let, build, offer, lay · **To what, where:** decree, house, sacrifices, foundations This is Ezra 6:3 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 — Cyrus, house, treasures, foundations — and what happens in the verse to decree, house, sacrifices, foundations, 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. בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֤א בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי־דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין׃ [In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.139/) ## 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:36 # text = בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֤א בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי־דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין׃ # verse = EZR.6.3 1-2 בִּשְׁנַ֨ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZR_6:3!1|MId=o150060030011|Strong=0871b|Lang=arc 2 שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=year|Ref=EZR_6:3!1|MId=o150060030012|Strong=8140|Lang=arc 3 חֲדָ֜ה חַד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=EZR_6:3!2|MId=o150060030021|Strong=2298|Lang=arc|Type=cardinal_number 4-5 לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=EZR_6:3!3|MId=o150060030031|Strong=3807b|Lang=arc 5 כ֣וֹרֶשׁ כּוֹרֶשׁ PROPN _ _ 2 nmod _ Gloss=Cyrus|Ref=EZR_6:3!3|MId=o150060030032|Strong=3567|Lang=arc 6-7 מַלְכָּ֗א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 appos _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_6:3!4|MId=o150060030041|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 7 ָ֗א א DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=EZR_6:3!4|MId=o150060030042|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 8 כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ כּוֹרֶשׁ PROPN _ _ 11 nsubj _ Gloss=Cyrus|Ref=EZR_6:3!5|MId=o150060030051|Strong=3567|Lang=arc 9-10 מַלְכָּא֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 מַלְכּ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 appos _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_6:3!6|MId=o150060030061|Strong=4430|Lang=arc 10 ָא֮ א DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=king|Ref=EZR_6:3!6|MId=o150060030062|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 11 שָׂ֣ם שׂים VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.made|Ref=EZR_6:3!7|MId=o150060030071|Strong=7761|Lang=arc|Frame=A0:150060030051;A1:150060030081;|Type=qatal 12 טְעֵם֒ טְעֵם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obj _ Gloss=a.decree|Ref=EZR_6:3!8|MId=o150060030081|Strong=2942|Lang=arc 13 בֵּית־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 dislocated _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EZR_6:3!9|MId=o150060030091|Strong=1005|Lang=arc|SpaceAfter=No 14-15 אֱלָהָ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 אֱלָה אֱלָהּ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EZR_6:3!10|MId=o150060030101|Strong=0426|Lang=arc 15 ָ֤א א DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=God|Ref=EZR_6:3!10|MId=o150060030102|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 16-17 בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 בִֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=EZR_6:3!11|MId=o150060030111|Strong=0871b|Lang=arc 17 ירוּשְׁלֶם֙ יְרוּשְׁלֵם PROPN _ _ 13 nmod _ Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=EZR_6:3!11|MId=o150060030112|Strong=3390|Lang=arc 18-19 בַּיְתָ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בַּיְת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_6:3!12|MId=o150060030121|Strong=1005|Lang=arc 19 ָ֣א א DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=house|Ref=EZR_6:3!12|MId=o150060030122|Strong=0001b|Lang=arc|Type=definite_article 20 יִתְבְּנֵ֔א בְּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPEEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 11 parataxis _ Gloss=let.it.be.built|Ref=EZR_6:3!13|MId=o150060030131|Strong=1124|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:150060030121;|Type=yiqtol 21 אֲתַר֙ אֲתַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=a.place|Ref=EZR_6:3!14|MId=o150060030141|Strong=0870|Lang=arc 22 דִּֽי־ דִּי SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=EZR_6:3!15|MId=o150060030151|Strong=1768|Lang=arc|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 23 דָבְחִ֣ין דְּבַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PEAL|Number=Plur 21 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[they.were].sacrificing|Ref=EZR_6:3!16|MId=o150060030161|Strong=1684|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:150060030171;|Type=participle_active 24 דִּבְחִ֔ין דְּבַח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 obj _ Gloss=sacrifices|Ref=EZR_6:3!17|MId=o150060030171|Strong=1685|Lang=arc 25-27 וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_6:3!18|MId=o150060030181|Strong=2050d|Lang=arc 26 אֻשּׁ֖וֹ אֹשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ Gloss=foundations|Ref=EZR_6:3!18|MId=o150060030182|Strong=0787|Lang=arc 27 הִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=EZR_6:3!18|MId=o150060030183|Strong=1958b|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 28 מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין סְבַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=SAPHEL|Number=Plur 11 conj _ Gloss=[be].retained|Ref=EZR_6:3!19|MId=o150060030191|Strong=5446|Lang=arc|Frame=A1:150060030182;|Type=participle_passive 29-30 רוּמֵהּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 רוּמ רוּם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ Gloss=height|Ref=EZR_6:3!20|MId=o150060030201|Strong=7314|Lang=arc 30 ֵהּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=EZR_6:3!20|MId=o150060030202|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 31 אַמִּ֣ין אַמָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 11 parataxis _ Gloss=cubits|Ref=EZR_6:3!21|MId=o150060030211|Strong=0521|Lang=arc 32 שִׁתִּ֔ין שִׁתִּין NUM _ Number=Sing 31 nummod _ Gloss=sixty|Ref=EZR_6:3!22|MId=o150060030221|Strong=8361|Lang=arc|Type=cardinal_number 33-34 פְּתָיֵ֖הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 פְּתָי פְּתָי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ Gloss=width|Ref=EZR_6:3!23|MId=o150060030231|Strong=6613|Lang=arc 34 ֵ֖הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=EZR_6:3!23|MId=o150060030232|Strong=1886h|Lang=arc|Type=pronominal 35 אַמִּ֥ין אַמָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 11 parataxis _ Gloss=cubits|Ref=EZR_6:3!24|MId=o150060030241|Strong=0521|Lang=arc 36 שִׁתִּֽין שִׁתִּין NUM _ Number=Sing 35 nummod _ Gloss=sixty|Ref=EZR_6:3!25|MId=o150060030251|Strong=8361|Lang=arc|Type=cardinal_number|SpaceAfter=No 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=EZR_6:3!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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שָׂם *he made* | qatal · peal | כּוֹרֶשׁ *Cyrus* | טְעֵם *a decree* | | | | יִתְבְּנֵא *let it be built* | yiqtol · hithpeel | | בַּיְת *the* | | | | דָבְחִין *\[they were\] sacrificing* | participle active · peal | | דִּבְחִין *sacrifices* | | | | מְסֽוֹבְלִין *\[be\] retained* | participle passive · saphel | | אֻשּׁוֹ *foundations* | | | 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. [In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.139/) **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:36`. - ← previous: [Ezra 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.2/) - next →: [Ezra 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.4/) - ↑ back to [Ezra 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR/6/)