--- title: Nehemiah 4:9 — And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto u… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. Who acts: rest, enemies, God, we. 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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 — rest, enemies, God, we — and what happens in the verse to rest, counsel, nought, all, wall, 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. וַיְהִ֞י כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְע֤וּ אוֹיְבֵ֙ינוּ֙ כִּי־נ֣וֹדַֽעלָ֔נוּ וַיָּ֥פֶר הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־עֲצָתָ֑ם וַנָּ֤שָׁב כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ [And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.91/) ## 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:77 # text = וַיְהִ֞י כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְע֤וּ אוֹיְבֵ֙ינוּ֙ כִּי־נ֣וֹדַֽעלָ֔נוּ וַיָּ֥פֶר הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־עֲצָתָ֑ם וַנָּ֤שָׁב כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ # verse = NEH.4.9 1-2 וַיְהִ֞י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_4:9!1|MId=o160040090011|Strong=2050b 2 יְהִ֞י הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=NEH_4:9!1|MId=o160040090012|Strong=1961|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 כַּֽ כְּ ADP _ _ 2 obl _ Gloss=when|Ref=NEH_4:9!2|MId=o160040090021|Strong=3509a 4 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_4:9!2|MId=o160040090022|Strong=0834|Type=relative 5 שָׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 3 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.heard|Ref=NEH_4:9!3|MId=o160040090031|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:160040090041;A1:160040090061;160040090082;|Type=qatal 6-7 אוֹיְבֵ֙ינוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אוֹיְבֵ֙י אָיַב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ Gloss=enemies|Ref=NEH_4:9!4|MId=o160040090041|Strong=0341|Type=participle_active 7 נוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=NEH_4:9!4|MId=o160040090042|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 8 כִּי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=NEH_4:9!5|MId=o160040090051|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 9-11 נ֣וֹדַֽעלָ֔נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 נ֣וֹדַֽע יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 5 ccomp _ Gloss=it.was.known|Ref=NEH_4:9!6|MId=o160040090061|Strong=3045|Frame=A1:160040090111;|Type=qatal 10 ל לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_4:9!7|MId=o160040090071|Strong=3807a 11 ָ֔נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ Gloss=us|Ref=NEH_4:9!7|MId=o160040090072|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 12-13 וַיָּ֥פֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_4:9!8|MId=o160040090081|Strong=2050b 13 יָּ֥פֶר פָּרַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=he.had.frustrated|Ref=NEH_4:9!8|MId=o160040090082|Strong=6565|Frame=AA:160040090092;A0:160040090111;|Type=wayyiqtol 14-15 הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_4:9!9|MId=o160040090091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=NEH_4:9!9|MId=o160040090092|Strong=0430 16 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_4:9!10|MId=o160040090101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 עֲצָתָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 עֲצָת עֵצָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=purpose|Ref=NEH_4:9!11|MId=o160040090111|Strong=6098 18 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_4:9!11|MId=o160040090112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 19-20 וַנָּ֤שָׁב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_4:9!13|MId=o160040090131|Strong=2050b 20 נָּ֤שָׁב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=we.returned|Ref=NEH_4:9!13|MId=o160040090132|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:160040090142;|Type=wayyiqtol 21-22 כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 כֻּלּ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Gloss=of.us|Ref=NEH_4:9!14|MId=o160040090141|Strong=3605 22 ָ֙נוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=all|Ref=NEH_4:9!14|MId=o160040090142|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 23 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_4:9!15|MId=o160040090151|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַ֣ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_4:9!16|MId=o160040090161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 חוֹמָ֔ה חוֹמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=wall|Ref=NEH_4:9!16|MId=o160040090162|Strong=2346 26 אִ֖ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=each|Ref=NEH_4:9!17|MId=o160040090171|Strong=0376 27 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_4:9!18|MId=o160040090181|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 28-29 מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 מְלַאכְתּ מְלֶאכֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=work|Ref=NEH_4:9!19|MId=o160040090191|Strong=4399 29 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=NEH_4:9!19|MId=o160040090192|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=NEH_4:9!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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שָׁמְעוּ *they heard* | qatal · qal | אוֹיְבֵי *enemies* | נוֹדַֽע *it was known* + יָּפֶר *he had frustrated* | | | | נוֹדַֽע *it was known* | qatal · niphal | | עֲצָת *purpose* | | | | יָּפֶר *he had frustrated* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | עֲצָת *purpose* | | | אֱלֹהִים *God* | | נָּשָׁב *we returned* | wayyiqtol · qal | ָנוּ *all* | | | | 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 it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.91/) **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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