--- title: Nehemiah 1:2 — that Hanani, one of my brethren, came out of Judah, he and certain m… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: that Hanani, one of my brethren, came out of Judah, he and certain men; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. Who acts: Hanani, I, Jews. 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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 — Hanani, I, Jews — and what happens in the verse to Judah, men, that, 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 13 chapters of Nehemiah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיָּבֹ֨א חֲנָ֜נִי אֶחָ֧ד מֵאַחַ֛י ה֥וּא וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים מִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞ם עַל־הַיְּהוּדִ֧ים הַפְּלֵיטָ֛ה אֲשֶֽׁר־נִשְׁאֲר֥וּ מִן־הַשֶּׁ֖בִי וְעַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [that Hanani, one of my brethren, came out of Judah, he and certain men; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.2/) ## The tree {#tree} 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:NEH:1 # text = וַיָּבֹ֨א חֲנָ֜נִי אֶחָ֧ד מֵאַחַ֛י ה֥וּא וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים מִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞ם עַל־הַיְּהוּדִ֧ים הַפְּלֵיטָ֛ה אֲשֶֽׁר־נִשְׁאֲר֥וּ מִן־הַשֶּׁ֖בִי וְעַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ # verse = NEH.1.2 1-2 וַיָּבֹ֨א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:2!1|MId=o160010020011|Strong=2050b 2 יָּבֹ֨א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.came|Ref=NEH_1:2!1|MId=o160010020012|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:160010020021;160010020062;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 חֲנָ֜נִי חֲנָנִי PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Hanani|Ref=NEH_1:2!2|MId=o160010020021|Strong=2607 4 אֶחָ֧ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 appos _ Gloss=one|Ref=NEH_1:2!3|MId=o160010020031|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 5-7 מֵאַחַ֛י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=NEH_1:2!4|MId=o160010020041|Strong=4480 6 אַח אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 nmod _ Gloss=brothers|Ref=NEH_1:2!4|MId=o160010020042|Strong=0251 7 ַ֛י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=NEH_1:2!4|MId=o160010020043|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 8 ה֥וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ Gloss=he|Ref=NEH_1:2!5|MId=o160010020051|Strong=1931|Type=personal 9-10 וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:2!6|MId=o160010020061|Strong=2050b 10 אֲנָשִׁ֖ים אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 conj _ Gloss=people|Ref=NEH_1:2!6|MId=o160010020062|Strong=0376 11-12 מִֽיהוּדָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 מִֽ מִן ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NEH_1:2!7|MId=o160010020071|Strong=4480 12 יהוּדָ֑ה יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 10 nmod _ Gloss=Judah|Ref=NEH_1:2!7|MId=o160010020072|Strong=3063 13-15 וָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:2!8|MId=o160010020081|Strong=2050b 14 אֶשְׁאָל שָׁאַל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_1:2!8|MId=o160010020082|Strong=7592|Frame=A0:160010010021;A1:160010020083;|Type=wayyiqtol 15 ֵ֞ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ Gloss=asked.them|Ref=NEH_1:2!8|MId=o160010020083|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 16 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NEH_1:2!9|MId=o160010020091|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 הַיְּהוּדִ֧ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 18 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_1:2!10|MId=o160010020101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 יְּהוּדִ֧ים יְהוּדִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 14 obl _ Gloss=Jews|Ref=NEH_1:2!10|MId=o160010020102|Strong=3064|Type=gentilic 19-20 הַפְּלֵיטָ֛ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=the.escaped|Ref=NEH_1:2!11|MId=o160010020111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 פְּלֵיטָ֛ה פְּלֵיטָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 appos _ Gloss=remnant|Ref=NEH_1:2!11|MId=o160010020112|Strong=6413 21 אֲשֶֽׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 22 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=NEH_1:2!12|MId=o160010020121|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 22 נִשְׁאֲר֥וּ שָׁאַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 20 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.remained|Ref=NEH_1:2!13|MId=o160010020131|Strong=7604|Frame=A1:160010020112;|Type=qatal 23 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NEH_1:2!14|MId=o160010020141|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 הַשֶּׁ֖בִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_1:2!15|MId=o160010020151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 שֶּׁ֖בִי שְׁבִי NOUN _ Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=captivity|Ref=NEH_1:2!15|MId=o160010020152|Strong=7628 26-27 וְעַל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:2!16|MId=o160010020161|Strong=2050b 27 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NEH_1:2!16|MId=o160010020162|Strong=5921 28 יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם PROPN _ _ 18 conj _ Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=NEH_1:2!17|MId=o160010020171|Strong=3389|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=NEH_1:2!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: speech with no frame - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָּבֹא *he came* | wayyiqtol · qal | חֲנָנִי *Hanani* + אֲנָשִׁים *people* | | | | | אֶשְׁאָל *I* | wayyiqtol · qal | | ֵם *asked them* | | | | נִשְׁאֲרוּ *they remained* | qatal · niphal | | פְּלֵיטָה *remnant* | | | 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. [that Hanani, one of my brethren, came out of Judah, he and certain men; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.2/) **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:NEH:1`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.1/) - next →: [Nehemiah 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.3/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/1/)