--- title: Nehemiah 8:17 — And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the capt… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. Who acts: congregation, children, great gladness. 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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 — congregation, children, great gladness — and what happens in the verse to captivity, booths, 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. וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֣וּ כָֽל־הַ֠קָּהָל הַשָּׁבִ֨ים מִן־הַשְּׁבִ֥י ׀ סֻכּוֹת֮ וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ בַסֻּכּוֹת֒ כִּ֣י לֹֽא־עָשׂ֡וּ מִימֵי֩ יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בִּן־נ֥וּן כֵּן֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַתְּהִ֥י שִׂמְחָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ [And all the congregation of them that were come back out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.238/) [And there was very great gladness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.239/) ## 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:212 # text = וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֣וּ כָֽל־הַ֠קָּהָל הַשָּׁבִ֨ים מִן־הַשְּׁבִ֥י ׀ סֻכּוֹת֮ וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ בַסֻּכּוֹת֒ כִּ֣י לֹֽא־עָשׂ֡וּ מִימֵי֩ יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בִּן־נ֥וּן כֵּן֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַתְּהִ֥י שִׂמְחָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ # verse = NEH.8.17 1-2 וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:17!1|MId=o160080170011|Strong=2050b 2 יַּֽעֲשׂ֣וּ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.made|Ref=NEH_8:17!1|MId=o160080170012|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:160080170032;A1:160080170071;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 כָֽל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NEH_8:17!2|MId=o160080170021|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 הַ֠קָּהָל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ֠ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:17!3|MId=o160080170031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 קָּהָל קָהָל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=assembly|Ref=NEH_8:17!3|MId=o160080170032|Strong=6951 6-7 הַשָּׁבִ֨ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=[which|Ref=NEH_8:17!4|MId=o160080170041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 שָּׁבִ֨ים שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 3 acl:relcl _ Gloss=had].returned|Ref=NEH_8:17!4|MId=o160080170042|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:160080170032;|Type=participle_active 8 מִן־ מִן ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NEH_8:17!5|MId=o160080170051|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No 9-10 הַשְּׁבִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 10 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:17!6|MId=o160080170061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 10 שְּׁבִ֥י שְׁבִי NOUN _ Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=captivity|Ref=NEH_8:17!6|MId=o160080170062|Strong=7628 11 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 10 punct _ Ref=NEH_8:17!6 12 סֻכּוֹת֮ סֻכָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=booths|Ref=NEH_8:17!7|MId=o160080170071|Strong=5521 13-14 וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:17!8|MId=o160080170081|Strong=2050b 14 יֵּשְׁב֣וּ יָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.dwelt|Ref=NEH_8:17!8|MId=o160080170082|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:160080170032;|Type=wayyiqtol 15-17 בַסֻּכּוֹת֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_8:17!9|MId=o160080170091|Strong=0871a 16 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:17!9|MId=o160080170091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 סֻּכּוֹת֒ סֻכָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 14 obl _ Gloss=booths|Ref=NEH_8:17!9|MId=o160080170092|Strong=5521 18 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 20 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NEH_8:17!10|MId=o160080170101|Strong=3588 19 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 20 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_8:17!11|MId=o160080170111|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 20 עָשׂ֡וּ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=they.had.done|Ref=NEH_8:17!12|MId=o160080170121|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:160080170181;|Type=qatal 21-22 מִימֵי֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=since|Ref=NEH_8:17!13|MId=o160080170131|Strong=4480 22 ימֵי֩ יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 obl _ Gloss=the.days|Ref=NEH_8:17!13|MId=o160080170132|Strong=3117 23 יֵשׁ֨וּעַ יֵשׁוּעַ PROPN _ _ 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Jeshua|Ref=NEH_8:17!14|MId=o160080170141|Strong=3442 24 בִּן־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 appos _ Gloss=the.son|Ref=NEH_8:17!15|MId=o160080170151|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No 25 נ֥וּן נוּן PROPN _ _ 24 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Nun|Ref=NEH_8:17!16|MId=o160080170161|Strong=5126 26 כֵּן֙ כֵּן ADV _ _ 20 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=NEH_8:17!17|MId=o160080170171|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative 27 בְּנֵ֣י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ Gloss=the.people|Ref=NEH_8:17!18|MId=o160080170181|Strong=1121 28 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=NEH_8:17!19|MId=o160080170191|Strong=3478 29 עַ֖ד עַד ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=until|Ref=NEH_8:17!20|MId=o160080170201|Strong=5704 30-31 הַיּ֣וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 31 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:17!21|MId=o160080170211|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 31 יּ֣וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=NEH_8:17!21|MId=o160080170212|Strong=3117 32-33 הַה֑וּא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 33 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_8:17!22|MId=o160080170221|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 33 ה֑וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 det _ Gloss=that|Ref=NEH_8:17!22|MId=o160080170222|Strong=1931|Type=personal 34-35 וַתְּהִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 35 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:17!23|MId=o160080170231|Strong=2050b 35 תְּהִ֥י הָיָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.was|Ref=NEH_8:17!23|MId=o160080170232|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:160080170241;|Type=wayyiqtol 36 שִׂמְחָ֖ה שִׂמְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ Gloss=joy|Ref=NEH_8:17!24|MId=o160080170241|Strong=8057 37 גְּדוֹלָ֥ה גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 36 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=NEH_8:17!25|MId=o160080170251|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 38 מְאֹֽד מְאֹד ADV _ _ 37 advmod _ Gloss=very|Ref=NEH_8:17!26|MId=o160080170261|Strong=3966|SpaceAfter=No 39 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 38 punct _ Ref=NEH_8:17!26 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַּֽעֲשׂוּ *they made* | wayyiqtol · qal | קָּהָל *assembly* | סֻכּוֹת *booths* | | | | שָּׁבִים *had\] returned* | participle active · qal | קָּהָל *assembly* | | | | | יֵּשְׁבוּ *they dwelt* | wayyiqtol · qal | קָּהָל *assembly* | | | | | **not** עָשׂוּ *they had done* | qatal · qal | בְּנֵי *the people* | | | | | תְּהִי *it was* | wayyiqtol · qal | שִׂמְחָה *joy* | | | | 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 all the congregation of them that were come back out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.238/) 2. [And there was very great gladness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.239/) **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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