--- title: Nehemiah 6:9 — For they all would have us afraid, saying: 'Their hands shall be wea… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: For they all would have us afraid, saying: 'Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done.' But now, strengthen Thou my hands. Who acts: things, Thou. Nehemiah 6:9 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.6.9/) [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/) / 6:9 # Nehemiah 6:9 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** things, Thou · **What happens:** have, say, weaken, not do, strengthen · **To what, where:** us, hands, work, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Nehemiah 6:9 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 — things, Thou — and what happens in the verse to us, hands, work, hand, 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. כִּ֣י כֻלָּ֗ם מְיָֽרְאִ֤ים אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יִרְפּ֧וּ יְדֵיהֶ֛ם מִן־הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א תֵעָשֶׂ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה חַזֵּ֥ק אֶת־יָדָֽי׃ [For they all would have us afraid, saying: 'Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done.' But now, strengthen Thou my hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.131/) ## 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:113 # text = כִּ֣י כֻלָּ֗ם מְיָֽרְאִ֤ים אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יִרְפּ֧וּ יְדֵיהֶ֛ם מִן־הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א תֵעָשֶׂ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה חַזֵּ֥ק אֶת־יָדָֽי׃ # verse = NEH.6.9 1 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 4 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NEH_6:9!1|MId=o160060090011|Strong=3588 2-3 כֻלָּ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 כֻלּ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ Gloss=of.them|Ref=NEH_6:9!2|MId=o160060090021|Strong=3605 3 ָ֗ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ Gloss=all|Ref=NEH_6:9!2|MId=o160060090022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 4 מְיָֽרְאִ֤ים יָרֵא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur 0 root _ Gloss=[were].making.afraid|Ref=NEH_6:9!3|MId=o160060090031|Strong=3372|Frame=A0:160060090022;A1:160060090042;|Type=participle_active 5-6 אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_6:9!4|MId=o160060090041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 6 ָ֙נוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ Gloss=us|Ref=NEH_6:9!4|MId=o160060090042|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 7-8 לֵאמֹ֔ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 9 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=NEH_6:9!5|MId=o160060090051|Strong=3807a 8 אמֹ֔ר אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 7 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_6:9!5|MId=o160060090052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:160060010083;160060020032;160060050031;|Type=infinitive_construct 9 יִרְפּ֧וּ רָפָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 4 advcl _ Gloss=they.will.drop|Ref=NEH_6:9!6|MId=o160060090061|Strong=7503|Frame=A0:160060090071;|Type=yiqtol 10-11 יְדֵיהֶ֛ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 יְדֵי יָד NOUN _ Number=Dual 9 nsubj _ Gloss=hands|Ref=NEH_6:9!7|MId=o160060090071|Strong=3027 11 הֶ֛ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_6:9!7|MId=o160060090072|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 12 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NEH_6:9!8|MId=o160060090081|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_6:9!9|MId=o160060090091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 מְּלָאכָ֖ה מְלָאכָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=work|Ref=NEH_6:9!9|MId=o160060090092|Strong=4399 15-16 וְלֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 17 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:9!10|MId=o160060090101|Strong=2050b 16 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 17 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_6:9!10|MId=o160060090102|Strong=3808|Type=negative 17 תֵעָשֶׂ֑ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 4 conj _ Gloss=it.will.be.done|Ref=NEH_6:9!11|MId=o160060090111|Strong=6213|Frame=A1:160060090092;|Type=yiqtol 18-19 וְעַתָּ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_6:9!12|MId=o160060090121|Strong=2050b 19 עַתָּ֖ה עַתָּה ADV _ _ 4 advmod _ Gloss=therefore|Ref=NEH_6:9!12|MId=o160060090122|Strong=6258 20 חַזֵּ֥ק חָזַק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=2 4 parataxis _ Gloss=strengthen|Ref=NEH_6:9!13|MId=o160060090131|Strong=2388|Frame=A0:160050150271;A1:160060090151;|Type=imperative 21 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_6:9!14|MId=o160060090141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 22-23 יָדָֽי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Dual 20 obj _ Gloss=hands|Ref=NEH_6:9!15|MId=o160060090151|Strong=3027 23 ָֽי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=NEH_6:9!15|MId=o160060090152|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=NEH_6:9!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מְיָֽרְאִים *\[were\] making afraid* | participle active · piel | ָם *all* | ָנוּ *us* | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | יִרְפּוּ *they will drop* | yiqtol · qal | יְדֵי *hands* | | | | | **not** תֵעָשֶׂה *it will be done* | yiqtol · niphal | | מְּלָאכָה *work* | | | | חַזֵּק *strengthen* | imperative · piel | | יָד *hands* | | | 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. [For they all would have us afraid, saying: 'Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done.' But now, strengthen Thou my hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.131/) **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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