--- title: Nehemiah 8:13 — And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' h… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the Law. Nehemiah 8:13 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.8.13/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/8/) / 8:13 # Nehemiah 8:13 נְחֶמְיָה **What happens:** gather, give, word · **To what, where:** heads, attention, words, Law This is Nehemiah 8:13 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: what happens in the verse to heads, attention, words, Law, 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. וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֡י נֶאֶסְפוּ֩ רָאשֵׁ֨י הָאָב֜וֹת לְכָל־הָעָ֗ם הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶל־עֶזְרָ֖א הַסֹּפֵ֑ר וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַתּוֹרָֽה׃ [And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the Law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.234/) ## 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:208 # text = וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֡י נֶאֶסְפוּ֩ רָאשֵׁ֨י הָאָב֜וֹת לְכָל־הָעָ֗ם הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶל־עֶזְרָ֖א הַסֹּפֵ֑ר וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַתּוֹרָֽה׃ # verse = NEH.8.13 1-4 וּבַיּ֣וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:13!1|MId=o160080130011|Strong=2050b 2 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NEH_8:13!1|MId=o160080130012|Strong=0871a 3 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:13!1|MId=o160080130012ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 יּ֣וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=NEH_8:13!1|MId=o160080130013|Strong=3117 5-6 הַשֵּׁנִ֡י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 6 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_8:13!2|MId=o160080130021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 6 שֵּׁנִ֡י שֵׁנִי NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 nummod _ Gloss=second|Ref=NEH_8:13!2|MId=o160080130022|Strong=8145|Type=ordinal_number 7 נֶאֶסְפוּ֩ אָסַף VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.gathered|Ref=NEH_8:13!3|MId=o160080130031|Strong=0622|Frame=A1:160080130041;160080130082;160080130093;|Type=qatal 8 רָאשֵׁ֨י רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ Gloss=the.heads|Ref=NEH_8:13!4|MId=o160080130041|Strong=7218 9-10 הָאָב֜וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NEH_8:13!5|MId=o160080130051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 אָב֜וֹת אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.fathers|Ref=NEH_8:13!5|MId=o160080130052|Strong=0001 11-12 לְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=of|Ref=NEH_8:13!6|MId=o160080130061|Strong=3807a 12 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 nmod _ Gloss=all|Ref=NEH_8:13!6|MId=o160080130062|Strong=3605 13-14 הָעָ֗ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:13!7|MId=o160080130071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 עָ֗ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=people|Ref=NEH_8:13!7|MId=o160080130072|Strong=5971 15-16 הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:13!8|MId=o160080130081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ כֹּהֵן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 conj _ Gloss=priests|Ref=NEH_8:13!8|MId=o160080130082|Strong=3548 17-19 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:13!9|MId=o160080130091|Strong=2050b 18 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:13!9|MId=o160080130092|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 לְוִיִּ֔ם לֵוִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 8 conj _ Gloss=Levites|Ref=NEH_8:13!9|MId=o160080130093|Strong=3881|Type=gentilic 20 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_8:13!10|MId=o160080130101|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 21 עֶזְרָ֖א עֶזְרָא PROPN _ _ 7 obl _ Gloss=Ezra|Ref=NEH_8:13!11|MId=o160080130111|Strong=5830 22-23 הַסֹּפֵ֑ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:13!12|MId=o160080130121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 סֹּפֵ֑ר סֹפֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 appos _ Gloss=scribe|Ref=NEH_8:13!12|MId=o160080130122|Strong=5608a 24-26 וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:13!13|MId=o160080130131|Strong=2050b 25 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_8:13!13|MId=o160080130132|Strong=3807a 26 הַשְׂכִּ֖יל שָׂכַל VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 21 conj _ Gloss=gain.insight|Ref=NEH_8:13!13|MId=o160080130133|Strong=7919|Frame=A0:160080130041;160080130082;160080130093;|Type=infinitive_construct 27 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=into|Ref=NEH_8:13!14|MId=o160080130141|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 28 דִּבְרֵ֥י דָּבָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 26 obl _ Gloss=the.words|Ref=NEH_8:13!15|MId=o160080130151|Strong=1697 29-30 הַתּוֹרָֽה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 30 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NEH_8:13!16|MId=o160080130161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 30 תּוֹרָֽה תּוֹרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 28 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.law|Ref=NEH_8:13!16|MId=o160080130162|Strong=8451 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=NEH_8:13!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נֶאֶסְפוּ *they gathered* | qatal · niphal | | רָאשֵׁי *the heads* + כֹּֽהֲנִים *priests* + לְוִיִּם *Levites* | | | | הַשְׂכִּיל *gain insight* | infinitive construct · hiphil | רָאשֵׁי *the heads* + כֹּֽהֲנִים *priests* + לְוִיִּם *Levites* | | | | 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 on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the Law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.234/) **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:208`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 8:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.12/) - next →: [Nehemiah 8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.14/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/8/)