--- title: Nehemiah 1:5 — and said: 'I beseech Thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and said: 'I beseech Thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awful God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments; Who acts: I, great God, LORD. Nehemiah 1:5 in Hebrew 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/NEH.1.5/) [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/) / [Nehemiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/) / [chapter 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/1/) / 1:5 # Nehemiah 1:5 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** I, great God, LORD · **What happens:** say, beseech, keep, love, command · **To what, where:** Thee, covenant, LORD, commandments · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Nehemiah 1:5 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 — I, great God, LORD — and what happens in the verse to Thee, covenant, LORD, commandments, 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. וָאֹמַ֗ר אָֽנָּ֤א יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם הָאֵ֥ל הַגָּד֖וֹל וְהַנּוֹרָ֑א שֹׁמֵ֤ר הַבְּרִית֙ וָחֶ֔סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָֽיו׃ [and said: 'I beseech Thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awful God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.5/) ## 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:4 # text = וָאֹמַ֗ר אָֽנָּ֤א יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם הָאֵ֥ל הַגָּד֖וֹל וְהַנּוֹרָ֑א שֹׁמֵ֤ר הַבְּרִית֙ וָחֶ֔סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָֽיו׃ # verse = NEH.1.5 1-2 וָאֹמַ֗ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:5!1|MId=o160010050011|Strong=2050b 2 אֹמַ֗ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.said|Ref=NEH_1:5!1|MId=o160010050012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 אָֽנָּ֤א אָנָּא INTJ _ _ 2 ccomp _ Gloss=please!|Ref=NEH_1:5!2|MId=o160010050021|Strong=0577|Type=exhortation 4 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 3 parataxis _ Gloss=O.Yahweh|Ref=NEH_1:5!3|MId=o160010050031|Strong=3068 5 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 appos _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=NEH_1:5!4|MId=o160010050041|Strong=0430 6-7 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NEH_1:5!5|MId=o160010050051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 שָּׁמַ֔יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.heavens|Ref=NEH_1:5!5|MId=o160010050052|Strong=8064 8-9 הָאֵ֥ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_1:5!6|MId=o160010050061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 אֵ֥ל אֵל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=NEH_1:5!6|MId=o160010050062|Strong=0410 10-11 הַגָּד֖וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_1:5!7|MId=o160010050071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 גָּד֖וֹל גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=NEH_1:5!7|MId=o160010050072|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 12-14 וְהַנּוֹרָ֑א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:5!8|MId=o160010050081|Strong=2050b 13 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_1:5!8|MId=o160010050082|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 נּוֹרָ֑א יָרֵא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing 11 conj _ Gloss=awesome|Ref=NEH_1:5!8|MId=o160010050083|Strong=3372|Frame=A1:160010050062;|Type=participle_active 15 שֹׁמֵ֤ר שָׁמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 9 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[who].keeps|Ref=NEH_1:5!9|MId=o160010050091|Strong=8104|Frame=A0:160010050062;A1:160010050102;160010050112;|Type=participle_active 16-17 הַבְּרִית֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_1:5!10|MId=o160010050101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 בְּרִית֙ בְּרִית NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=covenant|Ref=NEH_1:5!10|MId=o160010050102|Strong=1285 18-19 וָחֶ֔סֶד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:5!11|MId=o160010050111|Strong=2050b 19 חֶ֔סֶד חֶסֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 conj _ Gloss=covenant.loyalty|Ref=NEH_1:5!11|MId=o160010050112|Strong=2617 20-22 לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_1:5!12|MId=o160010050121|Strong=3807a 21 אֹהֲבָ֖י אָהֵב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 15 xcomp _ Gloss=[those|Ref=NEH_1:5!12|MId=o160010050122|Strong=0157|Frame=A1:160010050123;|Type=participle_active 22 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=who].love.him|Ref=NEH_1:5!12|MId=o160010050123|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 23-25 וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:5!13|MId=o160010050131|Strong=2050b 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_1:5!13|MId=o160010050132|Strong=3807a 25 שֹׁמְרֵ֥י שָׁמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 21 conj _ Gloss=[those.who].keep|Ref=NEH_1:5!13|MId=o160010050133|Strong=8104|Frame=A1:160010050141;|Type=participle_active 26-27 מִצְוֺתָֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 מִצְוֺתָֽי מִצְוָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=commandments|Ref=NEH_1:5!14|MId=o160010050141|Strong=4687 27 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=(of).his|Ref=NEH_1:5!14|MId=o160010050142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=NEH_1:5!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֹמַר *I said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | נּוֹרָא *awesome* | participle active · niphal | | אֵל *God* | | | | שֹׁמֵר *\[who\] keeps* | participle active · qal | אֵל *God* | בְּרִית *covenant* + חֶסֶד *covenant loyalty* | | | | אֹהֲבָי *\[those* | participle active · qal | | ו *who\] love him* | | | | שֹׁמְרֵי *\[those who\] keep* | participle active · qal | | מִצְוֺתָֽי *commandments* | | | 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. [and said: 'I beseech Thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awful God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.5/) **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:4`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.4/) - next →: [Nehemiah 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.6/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/1/)