--- title: Nehemiah 1:6 — let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayes… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee; yea, I a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.6/) [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/) / 1:6 # Nehemiah 1:6 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** eyes, ear, Thou, I, we, servant · **What happens:** let, be, hearken, pray, confess, sin · **To what, where:** ear, prayer, sins, children This is Nehemiah 1:6 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 — eyes, ear, Thou, I, we, servant — and what happens in the verse to ear, prayer, sins, children, 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. תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַשֶּׁ֣בֶת וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ פְתֻוּח֟וֹתלִשְׁמֹ֣עַ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עַבְדְּךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִי֩ מִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל לְפָנֶ֤יךָ הַיּוֹם֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֣אנוּ לָ֔ךְ וַאֲנִ֥י וּבֵית־אָבִ֖י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ [let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and my father's house have sinned.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.6/) ## 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:5 # text = תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַשֶּׁ֣בֶת וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ פְתֻוּח֟וֹתלִשְׁמֹ֣עַ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עַבְדְּךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִי֩ מִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל לְפָנֶ֤יךָ הַיּוֹם֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֣אנוּ לָ֔ךְ וַאֲנִ֥י וּבֵית־אָבִ֖י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ # verse = NEH.1.6 1 תְּהִ֣י הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 cop _ Gloss=let.it.be|Ref=NEH_1:6!1|MId=o160010060011|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:160010060031;|Type=jussive 2 נָ֣א נָא INTJ _ _ 5 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=NEH_1:6!2|MId=o160010060021|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 3-4 אָזְנְךָֽ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אָזְנ אֹזֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Gloss=ear|Ref=NEH_1:6!3|MId=o160010060031|Strong=0241 4 ְךָֽ־ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_1:6!3|MId=o160010060032|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 5 קַשֶּׁ֣בֶת קַשָּׁב ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=attentive|Ref=NEH_1:6!4|MId=o160010060041|Strong=7183|Type=adjective 6-8 וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:6!5|MId=o160010060051|Strong=2050b 7 עֵינֶ֪י עַיִן NOUN _ Number=Dual 5 conj _ Gloss=eyes|Ref=NEH_1:6!5|MId=o160010060052|Strong=5869 8 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_1:6!5|MId=o160010060053|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 9-11 פְתֻוּח֟וֹתלִשְׁמֹ֣עַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 פְתֻוּח֟וֹת פָּתַח VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 7 obj _ Gloss=open|Ref=NEH_1:6!6|MId=o160010060061|Strong=6605|Frame=A1:160010060052;|Type=participle_passive 10 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_1:6!7|MId=o160010060071|Strong=3807a 11 שְׁמֹ֣עַ שָׁמַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 5 parataxis _ Gloss=listen|Ref=NEH_1:6!7|MId=o160010060072|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:160010050031;|Type=infinitive_construct 12 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_1:6!8|MId=o160010060081|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 13 תְּפִלַּ֣ת תְּפִלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=the.prayer|Ref=NEH_1:6!9|MId=o160010060091|Strong=8605 14-15 עַבְדְּךָ֡ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.servant|Ref=NEH_1:6!10|MId=o160010060101|Strong=5650 15 ְךָ֡ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_1:6!10|MId=o160010060102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 16 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 18 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NEH_1:6!11|MId=o160010060111|Strong=0834|Type=relative 17 אָנֹכִי֩ אָנֹכִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_1:6!12|MId=o160010060121|Strong=0595|Type=personal 18 מִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל פָּלַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing 13 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[am].praying|Ref=NEH_1:6!13|MId=o160010060131|Strong=6419|Frame=A0:160010060121;A1:160010060091;|Type=participle_active 19-21 לְפָנֶ֤יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=NEH_1:6!14|MId=o160010060141|Strong=3807a 20 פָנֶ֤י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 18 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_1:6!14|MId=o160010060142|Strong=6440 21 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_1:6!14|MId=o160010060143|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 22-23 הַיּוֹם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=NEH_1:6!15|MId=o160010060151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 יּוֹם֙ יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=NEH_1:6!15|MId=o160010060152|Strong=3117 24 יוֹמָ֣ם יוֹמָם ADV _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=by.day|Ref=NEH_1:6!16|MId=o160010060161|Strong=3119 25-26 וָלַ֔יְלָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:6!17|MId=o160010060171|Strong=2050b 26 לַ֔יְלָה לַיְלָה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 conj _ Gloss=night|Ref=NEH_1:6!17|MId=o160010060172|Strong=3915 27 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NEH_1:6!18|MId=o160010060181|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 28 בְּנֵ֥י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 obl _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=NEH_1:6!19|MId=o160010060191|Strong=1121 29 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NEH_1:6!20|MId=o160010060201|Strong=3478 30-31 עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 עֲבָדֶ֑י עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 28 appos _ Gloss=servants|Ref=NEH_1:6!21|MId=o160010060211|Strong=5650 31 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_1:6!21|MId=o160010060212|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 32-33 וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 33 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:6!22|MId=o160010060221|Strong=2050b 33 מִתְוַדֶּ֗ה יָדָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing 18 conj _ Gloss=[I.am].confessing|Ref=NEH_1:6!22|MId=o160010060222|Strong=3034|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=participle_active 34 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NEH_1:6!23|MId=o160010060231|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 35 חַטֹּ֤אות חַטָּאת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 33 obl _ Gloss=the.sins|Ref=NEH_1:6!24|MId=o160010060241|Strong=2403 36 בְּנֵֽי־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 35 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.people|Ref=NEH_1:6!25|MId=o160010060251|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 37 יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 36 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NEH_1:6!26|MId=o160010060261|Strong=3478 38 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 39 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NEH_1:6!27|MId=o160010060271|Strong=0834|Type=relative 39 חָטָ֣אנוּ חָטָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 35 acl:relcl _ Gloss=we.have.sinned|Ref=NEH_1:6!28|MId=o160010060281|Strong=2398|Frame=A0:160010010021;160010060251;A1:160010060241;|Type=qatal 40-41 לָ֔ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 ל לְ ADP _ _ 41 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_1:6!29|MId=o160010060291|Strong=3807a 41 ָ֔ךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_1:6!29|MId=o160010060292|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 42-43 וַאֲנִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 48 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:6!30|MId=o160010060301|Strong=2050b 43 אֲנִ֥י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_1:6!30|MId=o160010060302|Strong=0589|Type=personal 44-45 וּבֵית־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 45 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_1:6!31|MId=o160010060311|Strong=2050b 45 בֵית־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 43 conj _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=NEH_1:6!31|MId=o160010060312|Strong=1004 46-47 אָבִ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 46 אָב אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 45 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.father|Ref=NEH_1:6!32|MId=o160010060321|Strong=0001 47 ִ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=NEH_1:6!32|MId=o160010060322|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 48 חָטָֽאנוּ חָטָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 39 conj _ Gloss=we.have.sinned|Ref=NEH_1:6!33|MId=o160010060331|Strong=2398|Frame=A0:160010060302;160010060312;A1:160010060241;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 49 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 48 punct _ Ref=NEH_1:6!33 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no - hedged: yes (נָא) | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תְּהִי *let it be* | jussive · qal | אָזְנ *ear* | | | | | פְתֻוּחוֹת *open* | participle passive · qal | | עֵינֶי *eyes* | | | | שְׁמֹעַ *listen* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | מִתְפַּלֵּל *\[am\] praying* | participle active · hithpael | אָנֹכִי *I* | תְּפִלַּת *the prayer* | | | | מִתְוַדֶּה *\[I am\] confessing* | participle active · hithpael | | | | | | חָטָאנוּ *we have sinned* | qatal · qal | בְּנֵֽי־ *of the people* | חַטֹּאות *the sins* | | | | חָטָֽאנוּ *we have sinned* | qatal · qal | אֲנִי *I* + בֵית־ *the house* | חַטֹּאות *the sins* | | | 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. [let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and my father's house have sinned.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.6/) **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:5`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.5/) - next →: [Nehemiah 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.7/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/1/)