--- title: Nehemiah 1:8 — Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy serva… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal treacherously, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples; Who acts: you, I, Thou, ye. Nehemiah 1:8 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.1.8/) [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/) / 1:8 # Nehemiah 1:8 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** you, I, Thou, ye · **What happens:** remember, beseech, command, say, deal, scatter · **To what, where:** word, Thee, you · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Nehemiah 1:8 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 — you, I, Thou, ye — and what happens in the verse to word, Thee, you, 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. זְכָר־נָא֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֛יתָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֥ה עַבְדְּךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר אַתֶּ֣ם תִּמְעָ֔לוּ אֲנִ֕י אָפִ֥יץ אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַמִּֽים׃ [Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal treacherously, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.8/) ## 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:7 # text = זְכָר־נָא֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֛יתָ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֥ה עַבְדְּךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר אַתֶּ֣ם תִּמְעָ֔לוּ אֲנִ֕י אָפִ֥יץ אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַמִּֽים׃ # verse = NEH.1.8 1 זְכָר־ זָכַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=remember|Ref=NEH_1:8!1|MId=o160010080011|Strong=2142|Frame=A0:160010050031;A1:160010080042;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No 2 נָא֙ נָא INTJ _ _ 1 discourse _ Gloss=please|Ref=NEH_1:8!2|MId=o160010080021|Strong=4994|Type=exhortation 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_1:8!3|MId=o160010080031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 הַדָּבָ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_1:8!4|MId=o160010080041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 דָּבָ֔ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 obj _ Gloss=word|Ref=NEH_1:8!4|MId=o160010080042|Strong=1697 6 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NEH_1:8!5|MId=o160010080051|Strong=0834|Type=relative 7 צִוִּ֛יתָ צָוָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 5 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.commanded|Ref=NEH_1:8!6|MId=o160010080061|Strong=6680|Frame=A0:160010050031;A2:160010080081;A1:160010080042;|Type=qatal 8 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_1:8!7|MId=o160010080071|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 9 מֹשֶׁ֥ה מֹשֶׁה PROPN _ _ 7 obj _ Gloss=Moses|Ref=NEH_1:8!8|MId=o160010080081|Strong=4872 10-11 עַבְדְּךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 appos _ Gloss=servant|Ref=NEH_1:8!9|MId=o160010080091|Strong=5650 11 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_1:8!9|MId=o160010080092|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 12-13 לֵאמֹ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 15 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=NEH_1:8!10|MId=o160010080101|Strong=3807a 13 אמֹ֑ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 12 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_1:8!10|MId=o160010080102|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160010050031;|Type=infinitive_construct 14 אַתֶּ֣ם אַתֶּם PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_1:8!11|MId=o160010080111|Strong=0859a|Type=personal 15 תִּמְעָ֔לוּ מָעַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 advcl _ Gloss=you.will.act.unfaithfully|Ref=NEH_1:8!12|MId=o160010080121|Strong=4603|Frame=A0:160010080111;|Type=yiqtol 16 אֲנִ֕י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_1:8!13|MId=o160010080131|Strong=0589|Type=personal 17 אָפִ֥יץ פּוּץ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=I.will.scatter|Ref=NEH_1:8!14|MId=o160010080141|Strong=6327|Frame=AA:160010080131;A0:160010080152;|Type=yiqtol 18-19 אֶתְכֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 אֶת אֵת ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_1:8!15|MId=o160010080151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 19 ְכֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_1:8!15|MId=o160010080152|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 20-22 בָּעַמִּֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בָּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=among|Ref=NEH_1:8!16|MId=o160010080161|Strong=0871a 21 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_1:8!16|MId=o160010080161ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 עַמִּֽים עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 obl _ Gloss=peoples|Ref=NEH_1:8!16|MId=o160010080162|Strong=5971 23 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=NEH_1:8!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - indirect: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | זְכָר־ *remember* | imperative · qal | | דָּבָר *word* | | | | צִוִּיתָ *you commanded* | qatal · piel | | דָּבָר *word* | מֹשֶׁה *Moses* | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | תִּמְעָלוּ *you will act unfaithfully* | yiqtol · qal | אַתֶּם *you* | | | | | אָפִיץ *I will scatter* | yiqtol · hiphil | ְכֶם *you* | | | אֲנִי *I* | 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. [Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal treacherously, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.8/) **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:7`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.7/) - next →: [Nehemiah 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.9/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/1/)