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title: Ezra 9:2 — For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands; yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been first in this faithlessness.' Who acts: princes, holy seed, hand. Ezra 9:2 in Hebrew with its depen
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# Ezra 9:2 עֶזְרָא

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**Who acts:** princes, holy seed, hand · **What happens:** take, mingle, be · **To what, where:** princes, faithlessness

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This is Ezra 9:2 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — princes, holy seed, hand — and what happens in the verse to princes, faithlessness, 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.

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כִּֽי־נָשְׂא֣וּ מִבְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם לָהֶם֙ וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙ זֶ֣רַע הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ בְּעַמֵּ֖י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת וְיַ֧ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים הָֽיְתָ֛ה בַּמַּ֥עַל הַזֶּ֖ה רִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ס

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[For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands; yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been first in this faithlessness.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.227/)

## The tree {#tree}

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Right to left, as the Hebrew 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:EZR:155
# text = כִּֽי־נָשְׂא֣וּ מִבְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם לָהֶם֙ וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙ זֶ֣רַע הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ בְּעַמֵּ֖י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת וְיַ֧ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים הָֽיְתָ֛ה בַּמַּ֥עַל הַזֶּ֖ה רִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ס
# verse = EZR.9.2
1	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	2	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=EZR_9:2!1|MId=o150090020011|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
2	נָשְׂא֣וּ	נָשָׂא	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.have.taken|Ref=EZR_9:2!2|MId=o150090020021|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:150090010092;150090010113;150090010123;|Type=qatal
3-5	מִבְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=some|Ref=EZR_9:2!3|MId=o150090020031|Strong=4480
4	בְּנֹֽתֵי	בַּת	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	obl	_	Gloss=of|Ref=EZR_9:2!3|MId=o150090020032|Strong=1323
5	הֶ֗ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their.daughters|Ref=EZR_9:2!3|MId=o150090020033|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
6-7	לָהֶם֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
6	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=EZR_9:2!4|MId=o150090020041|Strong=3807a
7	ָהֶם֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=themselves|Ref=EZR_9:2!4|MId=o150090020042|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
8-11	וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_9:2!5|MId=o150090020051|Strong=2050b
9	לִ	לְ	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=EZR_9:2!5|MId=o150090020052|Strong=3807a
10	בְנֵי	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	7	conj	_	Gloss=sons|Ref=EZR_9:2!5|MId=o150090020053|Strong=1121
11	הֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=their|Ref=EZR_9:2!5|MId=o150090020054|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
12-13	וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_9:2!6|MId=o150090020061|Strong=2050b
13	הִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙	עָרַב	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.have.mixed.themselves|Ref=EZR_9:2!6|MId=o150090020062|Strong=6148a|Frame=A1:150090020071;|Type=qatal
14	זֶ֣רַע	זֶרַע	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.offspring|Ref=EZR_9:2!7|MId=o150090020071|Strong=2233
15-16	הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=EZR_9:2!8|MId=o150090020081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	קֹּ֔דֶשׁ	קֹדֶשׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=holiness|Ref=EZR_9:2!8|MId=o150090020082|Strong=6944
17-18	בְּעַמֵּ֖י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=EZR_9:2!9|MId=o150090020091|Strong=0871a
18	עַמֵּ֖י	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	13	obl	_	Gloss=the.peoples|Ref=EZR_9:2!9|MId=o150090020092|Strong=5971
19-20	הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=EZR_9:2!10|MId=o150090020101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	אֲרָצ֑וֹת	אֶרֶץ	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.lands|Ref=EZR_9:2!10|MId=o150090020102|Strong=0776
21-22	וְיַ֧ד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	34	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_9:2!11|MId=o150090020111|Strong=2050b
22	יַ֧ד	יָד	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.hand|Ref=EZR_9:2!11|MId=o150090020112|Strong=3027
23-24	הַשָּׂרִ֣ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=EZR_9:2!12|MId=o150090020121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	שָּׂרִ֣ים	שַׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	22	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.leaders|Ref=EZR_9:2!12|MId=o150090020122|Strong=8269
25-27	וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	27	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=EZR_9:2!13|MId=o150090020131|Strong=2050b
26	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	27	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_9:2!13|MId=o150090020132|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
27	סְּגָנִ֗ים	סָגָן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	24	conj	_	Gloss=officials|Ref=EZR_9:2!13|MId=o150090020133|Strong=5461
28	הָֽיְתָ֛ה	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	34	cop	_	Gloss=it.has.been|Ref=EZR_9:2!14|MId=o150090020141|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:150090020112;|Type=qatal
29-31	בַּמַּ֥עַל	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
29	בַּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	31	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=EZR_9:2!15|MId=o150090020151|Strong=0871a
30	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	31	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=EZR_9:2!15|MId=o150090020151ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
31	מַּ֥עַל	מַעַל	NOUN	_	_	34	obl	_	Gloss=unfaithfulness|Ref=EZR_9:2!15|MId=o150090020152|Strong=4604
32-33	הַזֶּ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
32	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	33	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=EZR_9:2!16|MId=o150090020161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
33	זֶּ֖ה	זֶה	DET	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=EZR_9:2!16|MId=o150090020162|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative
34	רִאשׁוֹנָֽה	רִאשׁוֹן	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	conj	_	Gloss=first|Ref=EZR_9:2!17|MId=o150090020171|Strong=7223|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No
35	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	34	punct	_	Ref=EZR_9:2!17|SpaceAfter=No
36	ס	ס	PUNCT	_	_	34	punct	_	Ref=EZR_9:2!17
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| נָשְׂאוּ *they have taken* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| הִתְעָֽרְבוּ *they have mixed themselves* | qatal · hithpael |  | זֶרַע *the offspring* |  |  |
| הָֽיְתָה *it has been* | qatal · qal | יַד *the hand* |  |  |  |

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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}

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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.

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1. [For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands; yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been first in this faithlessness.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.227/)

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**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:EZR:155`.

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