--- title: Nehemiah 6:12 — And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. Who acts: I, God, Tobiah. Nehemiah 6:12 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.6.12/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/6/) / 6:12 # Nehemiah 6:12 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** I, God, Tobiah · **What happens:** discern, not send, pronounce, hire · **To what, where:** man, prophecy This is Nehemiah 6:12 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, God, Tobiah — and what happens in the verse to man, prophecy, 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. וָאַכִּ֕ירָה וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־אֱלֹהִ֖ים שְׁלָח֑וֹ כִּ֤י הַנְּבוּאָה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלַ֔י וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ [And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.135/) ## 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:116 # text = וָאַכִּ֕ירָה וְהִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא־אֱלֹהִ֖ים שְׁלָח֑וֹ כִּ֤י הַנְּבוּאָה֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלַ֔י וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ # verse = NEH.6.12 1-3 וָאַכִּ֕ירָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:12!1|MId=o160060120011|Strong=2050b 2 אַכִּ֕יר נָכַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_6:12!1|MId=o160060120012|Strong=5234|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 ָה ה X _ _ 2 nmod _ Gloss=recognized|Ref=NEH_6:12!1|MId=o160060120013|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 4-5 וְהִנֵּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:12!2|MId=o160060120021|Strong=2050b 5 הִנֵּ֥ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 8 discourse _ Gloss=there!|Ref=NEH_6:12!2|MId=o160060120022|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 6 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 8 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_6:12!3|MId=o160060120031|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 7 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=NEH_6:12!4|MId=o160060120041|Strong=0430 8-9 שְׁלָח֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 שְׁלָח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=NEH_6:12!5|MId=o160060120051|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:160060120041;A1:160060120052;|Type=qatal 9 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ Gloss=had.sent.him|Ref=NEH_6:12!5|MId=o160060120052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10 כִּ֤י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 13 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NEH_6:12!6|MId=o160060120061|Strong=3588 11-12 הַנְּבוּאָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_6:12!7|MId=o160060120071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 נְּבוּאָה֙ נְבוּאָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=prophecy|Ref=NEH_6:12!7|MId=o160060120072|Strong=5016 13 דִּבֶּ֣ר דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=he.had.spoken|Ref=NEH_6:12!8|MId=o160060120081|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:160060100041;A1:160060120072;|Type=qatal 14-15 עָלַ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 עָל עַל ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NEH_6:12!9|MId=o160060120091|Strong=5921 15 ַ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=NEH_6:12!9|MId=o160060120092|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 16-17 וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:12!10|MId=o160060120101|Strong=2050b 17 טוֹבִיָּ֥ה טֹובִיָּה PROPN _ _ 20 nsubj _ Gloss=Tobiah|Ref=NEH_6:12!10|MId=o160060120102|Strong=2900 18-19 וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:12!11|MId=o160060120111|Strong=2050b 19 סַנְבַלַּ֖ט סַנְבַלַּט PROPN _ _ 17 conj _ Gloss=Sanballat|Ref=NEH_6:12!11|MId=o160060120112|Strong=5571 20-21 שְׂכָרֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 שְׂכָר שָׂכַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=NEH_6:12!12|MId=o160060120121|Strong=7936|Frame=A0:160060120102;160060120112;A1:160060120122;|Type=qatal 21 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ Gloss=had.hired.him|Ref=NEH_6:12!12|MId=o160060120122|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 22 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 21 punct _ Ref=NEH_6:12!12 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אַכִּיר *I* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | | | | | | **not** שְׁלָח *he* | qatal · qal | אֱלֹהִים *God* | וֹ *had sent him* | | | | דִּבֶּר *he had spoken* | qatal · piel | | נְּבוּאָה *prophecy* | | | | שְׂכָר *he* | qatal · qal | טוֹבִיָּה *Tobiah* + סַנְבַלַּט *Sanballat* | ֽוֹ *had hired him* | | | 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 I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.135/) **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:116`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.11/) - next →: [Nehemiah 6:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.13/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/6/)