--- title: Nehemiah 8:6 — And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answere… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered: 'Amen, Amen', with the lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and fell down before the LORD with their faces to the ground. Who acts: Ezra, people, hands. 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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 — Ezra, people, hands — and what happens in the verse to LORD, heads, 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. וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ עֶזְרָ֔א אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הַגָּד֑וֹל וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּ כָל־הָעָ֜ם אָמֵ֤ן ׀ אָמֵן֙ בְּמֹ֣עַל יְדֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּקְּד֧וּ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛ לַיהוָ֖ה אַפַּ֥יִם אָֽרְצָה׃ [And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.226/) [And all the people answered: 'Amen, Amen', with the lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and fell down before the LORD with their faces to the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.227/) ## 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:201 # text = וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ עֶזְרָ֔א אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הַגָּד֑וֹל וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּ כָל־הָעָ֜ם אָמֵ֤ן ׀ אָמֵן֙ בְּמֹ֣עַל יְדֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּקְּד֧וּ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛ לַיהוָ֖ה אַפַּ֥יִם אָֽרְצָה׃ # verse = NEH.8.6 1-2 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:6!1|MId=o160080060011|Strong=2050b 2 יְבָ֣רֶךְ בָּרַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.blessed|Ref=NEH_8:6!1|MId=o160080060012|Strong=1288|Frame=A0:160080060021;A1:160080060041;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 עֶזְרָ֔א עֶזְרָא PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Ezra|Ref=NEH_8:6!2|MId=o160080060021|Strong=5830 4 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_8:6!3|MId=o160080060031|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 5 יְהוָ֥ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 obj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NEH_8:6!4|MId=o160080060041|Strong=3068 6-7 הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_8:6!5|MId=o160080060051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=NEH_8:6!5|MId=o160080060052|Strong=0430 8-9 הַגָּד֑וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_8:6!6|MId=o160080060061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 גָּד֑וֹל גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=NEH_8:6!6|MId=o160080060062|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 10-11 וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:6!7|MId=o160080060071|Strong=2050b 11 יַּֽעֲנ֨וּ עָנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.answered|Ref=NEH_8:6!7|MId=o160080060072|Strong=6030|Frame=A0:160080060092;A1:160080060101;|Type=wayyiqtol 12 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=NEH_8:6!8|MId=o160080060081|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 13-14 הָעָ֜ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_8:6!9|MId=o160080060091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 עָ֜ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=people|Ref=NEH_8:6!9|MId=o160080060092|Strong=5971 15 אָמֵ֤ן אָמֵן ADV _ _ 11 ccomp _ Gloss=amen|Ref=NEH_8:6!10|MId=o160080060101|Strong=0543 16 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 15 punct _ Ref=NEH_8:6!10 17 אָמֵן֙ אָמֵן ADV _ _ 15 parataxis _ Gloss=amen|Ref=NEH_8:6!11|MId=o160080060111|Strong=0543 18-19 בְּמֹ֣עַל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_8:6!12|MId=o160080060121|Strong=0871a 19 מֹ֣עַל מֹעַל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=the.raising|Ref=NEH_8:6!12|MId=o160080060122|Strong=4607 20-21 יְדֵיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 יְדֵי יָד NOUN _ Number=Dual 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=their.hands|Ref=NEH_8:6!13|MId=o160080060131|Strong=3027 21 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_8:6!13|MId=o160080060132|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 22-23 וַיִּקְּד֧וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:6!14|MId=o160080060141|Strong=2050b 23 יִּקְּד֧וּ קָדַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.bowed.low|Ref=NEH_8:6!14|MId=o160080060142|Strong=6915|Frame=A0:160080060092;|Type=wayyiqtol 24-25 וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_8:6!15|MId=o160080060151|Strong=2050b 25 יִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛ חוה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.bowed.down|Ref=NEH_8:6!15|MId=o160080060152|Strong=7812a|Frame=A0:160080060092;A1:160080060171;|Type=wayyiqtol 26-27 לַיהוָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_8:6!16|MId=o160080060161|Strong=3807a 27 יהוָ֖ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 25 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NEH_8:6!16|MId=o160080060162|Strong=3068 28 אַפַּ֥יִם אַף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 25 obj _ Gloss=face|Ref=NEH_8:6!17|MId=o160080060171|Strong=0639 29-30 אָֽרְצָה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 אָֽרְצ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 25 obl _ Gloss=ground|Ref=NEH_8:6!18|MId=o160080060181|Strong=0776 30 ָה ה X _ _ 29 nmod _ Gloss=to.[the]|Ref=NEH_8:6!18|MId=o160080060182|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 31 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 30 punct _ Ref=NEH_8:6!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · narrate · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְבָרֶךְ *he blessed* | wayyiqtol · piel | עֶזְרָא *Ezra* | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | יַּֽעֲנוּ *they answered* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָם *people* | אָמֵן *amen* | | | | יִּקְּדוּ *they bowed low* | wayyiqtol · qal | עָם *people* | | | | | יִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ *they bowed down* | wayyiqtol · hithpael | עָם *people* | אַפַּיִם *face* | | | 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 Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.226/) 2. [And all the people answered: 'Amen, Amen', with the lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and fell down before the LORD with their faces to the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.227/) **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:201`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.5/) - next →: [Nehemiah 8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.7/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/8/)