--- title: Nehemiah 3:36 — Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach u… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity; Who acts: you. Nehemiah 3:36 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.3.36/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/3/) / 3:36 # Nehemiah 3:36 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** hear, despise, turn back, give up, spoil · **To what, where:** we, reproach, Jews, land This is Nehemiah 3:36 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 — and what happens in the verse to we, reproach, Jews, land, 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. שְׁמַ֤ע אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ כִּֽי־הָיִ֣ינוּ בוּזָ֔ה וְהָשֵׁ֥ב חֶרְפָּתָ֖ם אֶל־רֹאשָׁ֑ם וּתְנֵ֥ם לְבִזָּ֖ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁבְיָֽה׃ [Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.80/) ## 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:66 # text = שְׁמַ֤ע אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ כִּֽי־הָיִ֣ינוּ בוּזָ֔ה וְהָשֵׁ֥ב חֶרְפָּתָ֖ם אֶל־רֹאשָׁ֑ם וּתְנֵ֥ם לְבִזָּ֖ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁבְיָֽה׃ # verse = NEH.3.36 1 שְׁמַ֤ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=hear|Ref=NEH_3:36!1|MId=o160030360011|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:160030360021;|Type=imperative 2-3 אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 אֱלֹהֵ֙י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ Gloss=our.God|Ref=NEH_3:36!2|MId=o160030360021|Strong=0430 3 נוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ Gloss=O|Ref=NEH_3:36!2|MId=o160030360022|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 4 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NEH_3:36!3|MId=o160030360031|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 5 הָיִ֣ינוּ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 6 cop _ Gloss=we.are|Ref=NEH_3:36!4|MId=o160030360041|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:160010010021;160020160094;160020160104;160020160114;160020160124;160020160133;|Type=qatal 6 בוּזָ֔ה בּוּזָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=contempt|Ref=NEH_3:36!5|MId=o160030360051|Strong=0939 7-8 וְהָשֵׁ֥ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_3:36!6|MId=o160030360061|Strong=2050b 8 הָשֵׁ֥ב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 conj _ Gloss=return|Ref=NEH_3:36!6|MId=o160030360062|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:160030360021;A0:160030360071;|Type=imperative 9-10 חֶרְפָּתָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 חֶרְפָּת חֶרְפָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 obj _ Gloss=reproach|Ref=NEH_3:36!7|MId=o160030360071|Strong=2781 10 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_3:36!7|MId=o160030360072|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 11 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_3:36!8|MId=o160030360081|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 12-13 רֹאשָׁ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 רֹאשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=head|Ref=NEH_3:36!9|MId=o160030360091|Strong=7218 13 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their.own|Ref=NEH_3:36!9|MId=o160030360092|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 14-16 וּתְנֵ֥ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_3:36!10|MId=o160030360101|Strong=2050b 15 תְנ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 1 conj _ Gloss=give|Ref=NEH_3:36!10|MId=o160030360102|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:160030360021;A1:160030360103;|Type=imperative 16 ֵ֥ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_3:36!10|MId=o160030360103|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 17-18 לְבִזָּ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_3:36!11|MId=o160030360111|Strong=3807a 18 בִזָּ֖ה בִּזָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=plunder|Ref=NEH_3:36!11|MId=o160030360112|Strong=0961 19-20 בְּאֶ֥רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_3:36!12|MId=o160030360121|Strong=0871a 20 אֶ֥רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=a.land|Ref=NEH_3:36!12|MId=o160030360122|Strong=0776 21 שִׁבְיָֽה שִׁבְיָה NOUN _ Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.captivity|Ref=NEH_3:36!13|MId=o160030360131|Strong=7633|SpaceAfter=No 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=NEH_3:36!13 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שְׁמַע *hear* | imperative · qal | אֱלֹהֵי *our God* | | | | | הָיִינוּ *we are* | qatal · qal | | | | | | הָשֵׁב *return* | imperative · hiphil | חֶרְפָּת *reproach* | | | אֱלֹהֵי *our God* | | תְנ *give* | imperative · qal | אֱלֹהֵי *our God* | ֵם *them* | | | 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. [Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.80/) **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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