--- title: Nehemiah 2:10 — And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonit… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. Who acts: Sanballat, Ammonite, man. 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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 — Sanballat, Ammonite, man — and what happens in the verse to Sanballat, welfare, 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. וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע סַנְבַלַּ֣ט הַחֹרֹנִ֗י וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ הָעֶ֣בֶד הָֽעַמֹּנִ֔י וַיֵּ֥רַע לָהֶ֖ם רָעָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א אָדָ֔ם לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ טוֹבָ֖ה לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.23/) ## 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:20 # text = וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע סַנְבַלַּ֣ט הַחֹרֹנִ֗י וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ הָעֶ֣בֶד הָֽעַמֹּנִ֔י וַיֵּ֥רַע לָהֶ֖ם רָעָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א אָדָ֔ם לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ טוֹבָ֖ה לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ # verse = NEH.2.10 1-2 וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:10!1|MId=o160020100011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּשְׁמַ֞ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.heard|Ref=NEH_2:10!1|MId=o160020100012|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:160020100021;160020100042;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 סַנְבַלַּ֣ט סַנְבַלַּט PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Sanballat|Ref=NEH_2:10!2|MId=o160020100021|Strong=5571 4-5 הַחֹרֹנִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:10!3|MId=o160020100031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 חֹרֹנִ֗י חֹרֹנִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 appos _ Gloss=Horonite|Ref=NEH_2:10!3|MId=o160020100032|Strong=2772|Type=gentilic 6-7 וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:10!4|MId=o160020100041|Strong=2050b 7 טֽוֹבִיָּה֙ טֹובִיָּה PROPN _ _ 3 conj _ Gloss=Tobiah|Ref=NEH_2:10!4|MId=o160020100042|Strong=2900 8-9 הָעֶ֣בֶד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:10!5|MId=o160020100051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 עֶ֣בֶד עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 appos _ Gloss=servant|Ref=NEH_2:10!5|MId=o160020100052|Strong=5650 10-11 הָֽעַמֹּנִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 11 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:10!6|MId=o160020100061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 11 עַמֹּנִ֔י עַמּוֹנִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 appos _ Gloss=Ammonite|Ref=NEH_2:10!6|MId=o160020100062|Strong=5984|Type=gentilic 12-13 וַיֵּ֥רַע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:10!7|MId=o160020100071|Strong=2050b 13 יֵּ֥רַע רָעַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.was.displeasing|Ref=NEH_2:10!7|MId=o160020100072|Strong=7489|Frame=A0:160020100121;|Type=wayyiqtol 14-15 לָהֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 ל לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:10!8|MId=o160020100081|Strong=3807a 15 ָהֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_2:10!8|MId=o160020100082|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 16 רָעָ֣ה רָעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 obl _ Gloss=displeasure|Ref=NEH_2:10!9|MId=o160020100091|Strong=7451b 17 גְדֹלָ֑ה גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=NEH_2:10!10|MId=o160020100101|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 18 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=NEH_2:10!11|MId=o160020100111|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 19 בָּ֥א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 13 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.had.come|Ref=NEH_2:10!12|MId=o160020100121|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:160020100131;|Type=qatal 20 אָדָ֔ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=someone|Ref=NEH_2:10!13|MId=o160020100131|Strong=0120 21-22 לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:10!14|MId=o160020100141|Strong=3807a 22 בַקֵּ֥שׁ בָּקַשׁ VERB _ HebBinyan=PIEL 19 advcl _ Gloss=seek|Ref=NEH_2:10!14|MId=o160020100142|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:160020100131;A1:160020100151;|Type=infinitive_construct 23 טוֹבָ֖ה טוֹבָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 obj _ Gloss=good|Ref=NEH_2:10!15|MId=o160020100151|Strong=2896b|Type=adjective 24-25 לִבְנֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=NEH_2:10!16|MId=o160020100161|Strong=3807a 25 בְנֵ֥י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 nmod _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=NEH_2:10!16|MId=o160020100162|Strong=1121 26 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NEH_2:10!17|MId=o160020100171|Strong=3478|SpaceAfter=No 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=NEH_2:10!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּשְׁמַע *he heard* | wayyiqtol · qal | סַנְבַלַּט *Sanballat* + טֽוֹבִיָּה *Tobiah* | | | | | יֵּרַע *it was displeasing* | wayyiqtol · qal | בָּא *he had come* | | | | | בָּא *he had come* | qatal · qal | אָדָם *someone* | | | | | בַקֵּשׁ *seek* | infinitive construct · piel | אָדָם *someone* | טוֹבָה *good* | | | 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 when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.23/) **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:20`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.9/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.11/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/2/)