--- title: Nehemiah 5:12 — Then said they: 'We will restore them, and will require nothing of t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Then said they: 'We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest.' Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. Who acts: brethren, We, thou, I. 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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 — brethren, We, thou, I — and what happens in the verse to brethren, nothing, priests, oath, 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. וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ נָשִׁ֗יב וּמֵהֶם֙ לֹ֣א נְבַקֵּ֔שׁ כֵּ֣ן נַעֲשֶׂ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אַתָּ֣ה אוֹמֵ֑ר וָאֶקְרָא֙ אֶת־הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ [Then said they: 'We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest.' Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.113/) ## 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:97 # text = וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ נָשִׁ֗יב וּמֵהֶם֙ לֹ֣א נְבַקֵּ֔שׁ כֵּ֣ן נַעֲשֶׂ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אַתָּ֣ה אוֹמֵ֑ר וָאֶקְרָא֙ אֶת־הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ # verse = NEH.5.12 1-2 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_5:12!1|MId=o160050120011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמְר֣וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.said|Ref=NEH_5:12!1|MId=o160050120012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160050070062;160050070082;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 נָשִׁ֗יב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=1 2 ccomp _ Gloss=we.will.return.[it]|Ref=NEH_5:12!2|MId=o160050120021|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:160050070062;160050070082;A0:160050110051;160050110061;160050110071;160050110082;160050110102;160050110113;160050110122;160050110133;|Type=yiqtol 4-6 וּמֵהֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_5:12!3|MId=o160050120031|Strong=2050b 5 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NEH_5:12!3|MId=o160050120032|Strong=4480 6 הֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_5:12!3|MId=o160050120033|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 7 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_5:12!4|MId=o160050120041|Strong=3808|Type=negative 8 נְבַקֵּ֔שׁ בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=1 3 conj _ Gloss=we.will.require.[it]|Ref=NEH_5:12!5|MId=o160050120051|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:160050070062;160050070082;|Type=yiqtol 9 כֵּ֣ן כֵּן ADV _ _ 10 advmod _ Gloss=so|Ref=NEH_5:12!6|MId=o160050120061|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative 10 נַעֲשֶׂ֔ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=1 3 parataxis _ Gloss=we.will.do|Ref=NEH_5:12!7|MId=o160050120071|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:160050070062;160050070082;|Type=yiqtol 11-12 כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 10 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=NEH_5:12!8|MId=o160050120081|Strong=3509a 12 אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=NEH_5:12!8|MId=o160050120082|Strong=0834|Type=relative 13 אַתָּ֣ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_5:12!9|MId=o160050120091|Strong=0859|Type=personal 14 אוֹמֵ֑ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 11 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[are].saying|Ref=NEH_5:12!10|MId=o160050120101|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160050120091;|Type=participle_active 15-16 וָאֶקְרָא֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_5:12!11|MId=o160050120111|Strong=2050b 16 אֶקְרָא֙ קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=I.summoned|Ref=NEH_5:12!11|MId=o160050120112|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:160010010021;A1:160050120132;|Type=wayyiqtol 17 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_5:12!12|MId=o160050120121|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 18-19 הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_5:12!13|MId=o160050120131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 16 obj _ Gloss=priests|Ref=NEH_5:12!13|MId=o160050120132|Strong=3548 20-22 וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וָֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_5:12!14|MId=o160050120141|Strong=2050b 21 אַשְׁבִּיע שָׁבַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_5:12!14|MId=o160050120142|Strong=7650|Frame=AA:160010010021;A0:160050120143;|Type=wayyiqtol 22 ֵ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ Gloss=made.them.swear.an.oath|Ref=NEH_5:12!14|MId=o160050120143|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 23-24 לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_5:12!15|MId=o160050120151|Strong=3807a 24 עֲשׂ֖וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 21 xcomp _ Gloss=do|Ref=NEH_5:12!15|MId=o160050120152|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:160050070062;160050070082;|Type=infinitive_construct 25-27 כַּדָּבָ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=according|Ref=NEH_5:12!16|MId=o160050120161|Strong=3509a 26 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_5:12!16|MId=o160050120161ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 דָּבָ֥ר דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obl _ Gloss=the.manner|Ref=NEH_5:12!16|MId=o160050120162|Strong=1697 28-29 הַזֶּֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 29 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_5:12!17|MId=o160050120171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 29 זֶּֽה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=NEH_5:12!17|MId=o160050120172|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=NEH_5:12!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | נָשִׁיב *we will return \[it\]* | yiqtol · hiphil | | | | | | **not** נְבַקֵּשׁ *we will require \[it\]* | yiqtol · piel | | | | | | נַעֲשֶׂה *we will do* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | אוֹמֵר *\[are\] saying* | participle active · qal | אַתָּה *you* | | | | | אֶקְרָא *I summoned* | wayyiqtol · qal | | כֹּהֲנִים *priests* | | | | אַשְׁבִּיע *I* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | ֵם *made them swear an oath* | | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · 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. [Then said they: 'We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest.' Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.113/) **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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