--- title: Nehemiah 6:3 — And I sent messengers unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, s… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And I sent messengers unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?' Who acts: I, work. Nehemiah 6:3 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.6.3/) [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/) / 6:3 # Nehemiah 6:3 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** I, work · **What happens:** send, say, do, not come down, cease, leave · **To what, where:** messengers, great work, work, you · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Nehemiah 6:3 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, work — and what happens in the verse to messengers, great work, work, you, 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. וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם מַלְאָכִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מְלָאכָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָרֶ֑דֶת לָ֣מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֤ת הַמְּלָאכָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֔הָ וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ [And I sent messengers unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.124/) ## 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:107 # text = וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם מַלְאָכִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מְלָאכָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָרֶ֑דֶת לָ֣מָּה תִשְׁבַּ֤ת הַמְּלָאכָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַרְפֶּ֔הָ וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ # verse = NEH.6.3 1-3 וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:3!1|MId=o160060030011|Strong=2050b 2 אֶשְׁלְח שָׁלַח VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_6:3!1|MId=o160060030012|Strong=7971|Frame=A0:160010010021;A1:160060030031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 ָ֨ה ה X _ _ 2 nmod _ Gloss=sent|Ref=NEH_6:3!1|MId=o160060030013|Strong=1886j|Type=paragogic_he 4-5 עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 עֲלֵי עַל ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_6:3!2|MId=o160060030021|Strong=5921 5 הֶ֤ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_6:3!2|MId=o160060030022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 6 מַלְאָכִים֙ מַלְאָךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=messengers|Ref=NEH_6:3!3|MId=o160060030031|Strong=4397 7-8 לֵאמֹ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=NEH_6:3!4|MId=o160060030041|Strong=3807a 8 אמֹ֔ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 7 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_6:3!4|MId=o160060030042|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=infinitive_construct 9 מְלָאכָ֤ה מְלָאכָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 12 obj _ Gloss=a.work|Ref=NEH_6:3!5|MId=o160060030051|Strong=4399 10 גְדוֹלָה֙ גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=NEH_6:3!6|MId=o160060030061|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 11 אֲנִ֣י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_6:3!7|MId=o160060030071|Strong=0589|Type=personal 12 עֹשֶׂ֔ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 advcl _ Gloss=[am].doing|Ref=NEH_6:3!8|MId=o160060030081|Strong=6213|Frame=A1:160060030051;A0:160060030071;|Type=participle_active 13-14 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:3!9|MId=o160060030091|Strong=2050b 14 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 15 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_6:3!9|MId=o160060030092|Strong=3808|Type=negative 15 אוּכַ֖ל יָכֹל VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 conj _ Gloss=I.am.able|Ref=NEH_6:3!10|MId=o160060030101|Strong=3201|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=yiqtol 16-17 לָרֶ֑דֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_6:3!11|MId=o160060030111|Strong=3807a 17 רֶ֑דֶת יָרַד VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 xcomp _ Gloss=go.down|Ref=NEH_6:3!11|MId=o160060030112|Strong=3381|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=infinitive_construct 18-19 לָ֣מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לָ֣ לָמָה ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_6:3!12|MId=o160060030121|Strong=3807a 19 מָּה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 20 obl _ Gloss=why?|Ref=NEH_6:3!12|MId=o160060030122|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 20 תִשְׁבַּ֤ת שָׁבַת VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=will.it.cease|Ref=NEH_6:3!13|MId=o160060030131|Strong=7673|Frame=A0:160060030142;|Type=yiqtol 21-22 הַמְּלָאכָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_6:3!14|MId=o160060030141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 מְּלָאכָה֙ מְלָאכָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Gloss=work|Ref=NEH_6:3!14|MId=o160060030142|Strong=4399 23-24 כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 20 obl _ Gloss=when|Ref=NEH_6:3!15|MId=o160060030151|Strong=3509a 24 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 25 mark _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_6:3!15|MId=o160060030152|Strong=0834|Type=relative 25-26 אַרְפֶּ֔הָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 אַרְפּ רָפָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 23 acl:relcl _ Gloss=I|Ref=NEH_6:3!16|MId=o160060030161|Strong=7503|Frame=AA:160010010021;A0:160060030162;|Type=yiqtol 26 ֶ֔הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ Gloss=will.let.it.drop|Ref=NEH_6:3!16|MId=o160060030162|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 27-28 וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:3!17|MId=o160060030171|Strong=2050b 28 יָרַדְתִּ֖י יָרַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 25 conj _ Gloss=I.will.go.down|Ref=NEH_6:3!17|MId=o160060030172|Strong=3381|Frame=A0:160010010021;|Type=weqatal 29-30 אֲלֵיכֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 אֲלֵי אֶל ADP _ _ 30 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_6:3!18|MId=o160060030181|Strong=0413 30 כֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_6:3!18|MId=o160060030182|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=NEH_6:3!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אֶשְׁלְח *I* | wayyiqtol · qal | | מַלְאָכִים *messengers* | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | עֹשֶׂה *\[am\] doing* | participle active · qal | אֲנִי *I* | מְלָאכָה *a work* | | | | **not** אוּכַל *I am able* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | רֶדֶת *go down* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | תִשְׁבַּת *will it cease* | yiqtol · qal | מְּלָאכָה *work* | | | | | אַרְפּ *I* | yiqtol · hiphil | ֶהָ *will let it drop* | | | | | יָרַדְתִּי *I will go down* | weqatal · 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. [And I sent messengers unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.124/) **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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