--- title: Nehemiah 2:6 — And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how l… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?' So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. Who acts: king, queen, journey, thou. 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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 — king, queen, journey, thou, I, thy — and what happens in the verse to king, me, 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. וַיֹּאמֶר֩ לִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל ׀ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶצְל֗וֹ עַד־מָתַ֛י יִהְיֶ֥ה מַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ וּמָתַ֣י תָּשׁ֑וּב וַיִּיטַ֤ב לִפְנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה ל֖וֹ זְמָֽן׃ [And the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?' So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.18/) ## 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:16 # text = וַיֹּאמֶר֩ לִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל ׀ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶצְל֗וֹ עַד־מָתַ֛י יִהְיֶ֥ה מַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ וּמָתַ֣י תָּשׁ֑וּב וַיִּיטַ֤ב לִפְנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה ל֖וֹ זְמָֽן׃ # verse = NEH.2.6 1-2 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:6!1|MId=o160020060011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמֶר֩ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=NEH_2:6!1|MId=o160020060012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160020060032;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 לִ֨י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 ל לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:6!2|MId=o160020060021|Strong=3807a 4 ִ֨י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=NEH_2:6!2|MId=o160020060022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 5-6 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:6!3|MId=o160020060031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 מֶּ֜לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=king|Ref=NEH_2:6!3|MId=o160020060032|Strong=4428 7-9 וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:6!4|MId=o160020060041|Strong=2050b 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:6!4|MId=o160020060042|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 שֵּׁגַ֣ל שֵׁגָל NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ Gloss=queen-consort|Ref=NEH_2:6!4|MId=o160020060043|Strong=7694 10 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 9 punct _ Ref=NEH_2:6!4 11 יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=[was].sitting|Ref=NEH_2:6!5|MId=o160020060051|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:160020060043;|Type=participle_active 12-13 אֶצְל֗וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 אֶצְל אֵצֶל ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=beside|Ref=NEH_2:6!6|MId=o160020060061|Strong=0681 13 ֗וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=NEH_2:6!6|MId=o160020060062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 14 עַד־ עַד ADP _ _ 2 parataxis _ Gloss=until|Ref=NEH_2:6!7|MId=o160020060071|Strong=5704|SpaceAfter=No 15 מָתַ֛י מָתַי PART _ _ 14 advmod _ Gloss=when?|Ref=NEH_2:6!8|MId=o160020060081|Strong=4970|Type=interrogative 16 יִהְיֶ֥ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 cop _ Gloss=will.it.be|Ref=NEH_2:6!9|MId=o160020060091|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:160020060101;|Type=yiqtol 17-18 מַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 מַֽהֲלָכ מַהֲלָךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Gloss=journey|Ref=NEH_2:6!10|MId=o160020060101|Strong=4109 18 ֲךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_2:6!10|MId=o160020060102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 19-20 וּמָתַ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:6!11|MId=o160020060111|Strong=2050b 20 מָתַ֣י מָתַי PART _ _ 21 advmod _ Gloss=when?|Ref=NEH_2:6!11|MId=o160020060112|Strong=4970|Type=interrogative 21 תָּשׁ֑וּב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=will.you.return|Ref=NEH_2:6!12|MId=o160020060121|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=yiqtol 22-23 וַיִּיטַ֤ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:6!13|MId=o160020060131|Strong=2050b 23 יִּיטַ֤ב יָטַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.was.good|Ref=NEH_2:6!13|MId=o160020060132|Strong=3190|Frame=A0:;|Type=wayyiqtol 24-25 לִפְנֵֽי־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=NEH_2:6!14|MId=o160020060141|Strong=3807a 25 פְנֵֽי־ פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 23 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_2:6!14|MId=o160020060142|Strong=6440 26-27 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:6!15|MId=o160020060151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 compound:smixut _ Gloss=king|Ref=NEH_2:6!15|MId=o160020060152|Strong=4428 28-30 וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:6!16|MId=o160020060161|Strong=2050b 29 יִּשְׁלָח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=NEH_2:6!16|MId=o160020060162|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:160020060152;A1:160020060163;|Type=wayyiqtol 30 ֵ֔נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ Gloss=sent.me|Ref=NEH_2:6!16|MId=o160020060163|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 31-33 וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 וָֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 32 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:6!17|MId=o160020060171|Strong=2050b 32 אֶתְּנ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_2:6!17|MId=o160020060172|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:160010010021;A1:160020060191;|Type=wayyiqtol 33 ָ֥ה ה X _ _ 32 nmod _ Gloss=gave|Ref=NEH_2:6!17|MId=o160020060173|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 34-35 ל֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 ל לְ ADP _ _ 35 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:6!18|MId=o160020060181|Strong=3807a 35 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=NEH_2:6!18|MId=o160020060182|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 36 זְמָֽן זְמָן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 32 obj _ Gloss=an.appointed.time|Ref=NEH_2:6!19|MId=o160020060191|Strong=2165|SpaceAfter=No 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=NEH_2:6!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | | | | | יוֹשֶׁבֶת *\[was\] sitting* | participle active · qal | שֵּׁגַל *queen-consort* | | | | | יִהְיֶה *will it be* | yiqtol · qal | מַֽהֲלָכ *journey* | | | | | תָּשׁוּב *will you return* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִּיטַב *it was good* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִּשְׁלָח *he* | wayyiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | ֵנִי *sent me* | | | | אֶתְּנ *I* | wayyiqtol · qal | | זְמָֽן *an appointed time* | | | 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 the king said unto me, the queen also sitting by him: 'For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?' So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.18/) **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:16`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.5/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.7/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/2/)