--- title: Nehemiah 2:7 — Moreover I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, let letters b… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Moreover I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah; Who acts: I, journey, letters, me. Nehemiah 2:7 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.2.7/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/2/) / 2:7 # Nehemiah 2:7 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** I, journey, letters, me · **What happens:** say, please, let, give, pass through, come · **To what, where:** king, letters, me, governors · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Nehemiah 2:7 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 — I, journey, letters, me — and what happens in the verse to king, letters, me, governors, 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. וָאוֹמַר֮ לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב אִגְּרוֹת֙ יִתְּנוּ־לִ֔י עַֽל־פַּחֲו֖וֹת עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲבִיר֔וּנִי עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־אָב֖וֹא אֶל־יְהוּדָֽה׃ [Moreover I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.19/) ## 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:17 # text = וָאוֹמַר֮ לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב אִגְּרוֹת֙ יִתְּנוּ־לִ֔י עַֽל־פַּחֲו֖וֹת עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲבִיר֔וּנִי עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־אָב֖וֹא אֶל־יְהוּדָֽה׃ # verse = NEH.2.7 1-2 וָאוֹמַר֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_2:7!1|MId=o160020070011|Strong=2050b 2 אוֹמַר֮ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.said|Ref=NEH_2:7!1|MId=o160020070012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-5 לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:7!2|MId=o160020070021|Strong=3807a 4 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:7!2|MId=o160020070021ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 מֶּלֶךְ֒ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=NEH_2:7!2|MId=o160020070022|Strong=4428 6 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=NEH_2:7!3|MId=o160020070031|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 7 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=[is].on|Ref=NEH_2:7!4|MId=o160020070041|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_2:7!5|MId=o160020070051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=king|Ref=NEH_2:7!5|MId=o160020070052|Strong=4428 10 ט֔וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 advcl _ Gloss=good|Ref=NEH_2:7!6|MId=o160020070061|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 11 אִגְּרוֹת֙ אִגֶּרֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 12 obj _ Gloss=letters|Ref=NEH_2:7!7|MId=o160020070071|Strong=0107 12 יִתְּנוּ־ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 ccomp _ Gloss=let.people.give|Ref=NEH_2:7!8|MId=o160020070081|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:160020070052;A1:160020070071;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 לִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 ל לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:7!9|MId=o160020070091|Strong=3807a 14 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=NEH_2:7!9|MId=o160020070092|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 15 עַֽל־ עַל ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:7!10|MId=o160020070101|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 16 פַּחֲו֖וֹת פֶּחָה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 obl _ Gloss=the.governors|Ref=NEH_2:7!11|MId=o160020070111|Strong=6346 17 עֵ֣בֶר עֵבֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.other.side|Ref=NEH_2:7!12|MId=o160020070121|Strong=5676 18-19 הַנָּהָ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NEH_2:7!13|MId=o160020070131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 נָּהָ֑ר נָהָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.River|Ref=NEH_2:7!13|MId=o160020070132|Strong=5104 20 אֲשֶׁר֙ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=NEH_2:7!14|MId=o160020070141|Strong=0834|Type=relative 21-22 יַעֲבִיר֔וּנִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 יַעֲבִיר֔וּ עָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 16 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they|Ref=NEH_2:7!15|MId=o160020070151|Strong=5674|Frame=AA:160020070111;A0:160020070152;|Type=yiqtol 22 נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=will.allow.me.to.pass.through|Ref=NEH_2:7!15|MId=o160020070152|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 23 עַ֥ד עַד ADP _ _ 21 parataxis _ Gloss=until|Ref=NEH_2:7!16|MId=o160020070161|Strong=5704 24 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 25 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=NEH_2:7!17|MId=o160020070171|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 25 אָב֖וֹא בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 23 parataxis _ Gloss=I.will.come|Ref=NEH_2:7!18|MId=o160020070181|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=yiqtol 26 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_2:7!19|MId=o160020070191|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 27 יְהוּדָֽה יְהוּדָה PROPN _ _ 25 obl _ Gloss=Judah|Ref=NEH_2:7!20|MId=o160020070201|Strong=3063|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=NEH_2:7!20 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אוֹמַר *I said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִתְּנוּ־ *let people give* | yiqtol · qal | מֶּלֶךְ *king* | אִגְּרוֹת *letters* | | | | יַעֲבִירוּ *they* | yiqtol · hiphil | נִי *will allow me to pass through* | | | פַּחֲווֹת *the governors* | | אָבוֹא *I will come* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | 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. [Moreover I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.19/) **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:17`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.6/) - next →: [Nehemiah 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.8/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/2/)