--- title: Nehemiah 12:36 — and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Neth… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them; Who acts: Ezra. 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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 — Ezra — and what happens in the verse, 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. וְֽאֶחָ֡יו שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡ה וַעֲזַרְאֵ֡ל מִֽלֲלַ֡י גִּֽלֲלַ֡י מָעַ֞י נְתַנְאֵ֤ל וִֽיהוּדָה֙ חֲנָ֔נִי בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֥יר דָּוִ֖יד אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעֶזְרָ֥א הַסּוֹפֵ֖ר לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ [and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.394/) ## 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:362 # text = וְֽאֶחָ֡יו שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡ה וַעֲזַרְאֵ֡ל מִֽלֲלַ֡י גִּֽלֲלַ֡י מָעַ֞י נְתַנְאֵ֤ל וִֽיהוּדָה֙ חֲנָ֔נִי בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֥יר דָּוִ֖יד אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעֶזְרָ֥א הַסּוֹפֵ֖ר לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ # verse = NEH.12.36 1-3 וְֽאֶחָ֡יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_12:36!1|MId=o160120360011|Strong=2050b 2 אֶחָ֡י אָח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ Gloss=brothers|Ref=NEH_12:36!1|MId=o160120360012|Strong=0251 3 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=NEH_12:36!1|MId=o160120360013|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 4 שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡ה שְׁמַעְיָה PROPN _ _ 2 appos _ Gloss=Shemaiah|Ref=NEH_12:36!2|MId=o160120360021|Strong=8098 5-6 וַעֲזַרְאֵ֡ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_12:36!3|MId=o160120360031|Strong=2050b 6 עֲזַרְאֵ֡ל עֲזַרְאֵל PROPN _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=Azarel|Ref=NEH_12:36!3|MId=o160120360032|Strong=5832 7 מִֽלֲלַ֡י מִלֲלַי PROPN _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=Milalai|Ref=NEH_12:36!4|MId=o160120360041|Strong=4450 8 גִּֽלֲלַ֡י גִּלֲלַי PROPN _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=Gilalai|Ref=NEH_12:36!5|MId=o160120360051|Strong=1562 9 מָעַ֞י מָעַי PROPN _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=Maai|Ref=NEH_12:36!6|MId=o160120360061|Strong=4597 10 נְתַנְאֵ֤ל נְתַנְאֵל PROPN _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=Nethanel|Ref=NEH_12:36!7|MId=o160120360071|Strong=5417 11-12 וִֽיהוּדָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וִֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_12:36!8|MId=o160120360081|Strong=2050b 12 יהוּדָה֙ יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=Judah|Ref=NEH_12:36!8|MId=o160120360082|Strong=3063 13 חֲנָ֔נִי חֲנָנִי PROPN _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=Hanani|Ref=NEH_12:36!9|MId=o160120360091|Strong=2607 14-15 בִּכְלֵי־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=NEH_12:36!10|MId=o160120360101|Strong=0871a 15 כְלֵי־ כְּלִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 0 root _ Gloss=the.instruments|Ref=NEH_12:36!10|MId=o160120360102|Strong=3627 16 שִׁ֥יר שִׁיר NOUN _ Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.(the).song|Ref=NEH_12:36!11|MId=o160120360111|Strong=7892 17 דָּוִ֖יד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.David|Ref=NEH_12:36!12|MId=o160120360121|Strong=1732 18 אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 appos _ Gloss=the.man|Ref=NEH_12:36!13|MId=o160120360131|Strong=0376 19-20 הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 20 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=NEH_12:36!14|MId=o160120360141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 20 אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=NEH_12:36!14|MId=o160120360142|Strong=0430 21-22 וְעֶזְרָ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_12:36!15|MId=o160120360151|Strong=2050b 22 עֶזְרָ֥א עֶזְרָא PROPN _ _ 26 nsubj _ Gloss=Ezra|Ref=NEH_12:36!15|MId=o160120360152|Strong=5830 23-24 הַסּוֹפֵ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_12:36!16|MId=o160120360161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 סּוֹפֵ֖ר סֹפֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 appos _ Gloss=scribe|Ref=NEH_12:36!16|MId=o160120360162|Strong=5608a 25-27 לִפְנֵיהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=[was]|Ref=NEH_12:36!17|MId=o160120360171|Strong=3807a 26 פְנֵי פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 15 conj _ Gloss=before|Ref=NEH_12:36!17|MId=o160120360172|Strong=6440 27 הֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_12:36!17|MId=o160120360173|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=NEH_12:36!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no MACULA marks no verb frame in this verse. ## 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 his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.394/) **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). 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