--- title: Nehemiah 9:11 — And Thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And Thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers Thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters. Who acts: Thou, seas. 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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 — Thou, seas — and what happens in the verse to sea, midst, pursuers, depths, 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. וְהַיָּם֙ בָּקַ֣עְתָּ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ בְתוֹךְ־הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְֽאֶת־רֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜ם הִשְׁלַ֧כְתָּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֛ת כְּמוֹ־אֶ֖בֶן בְּמַ֥יִם עַזִּֽים׃ [And Thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers Thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.252/) ## 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:224 # text = וְהַיָּם֙ בָּקַ֣עְתָּ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ בְתוֹךְ־הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְֽאֶת־רֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜ם הִשְׁלַ֧כְתָּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֛ת כְּמוֹ־אֶ֖בֶן בְּמַ֥יִם עַזִּֽים׃ # verse = NEH.9.11 1-3 וְהַיָּם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:11!1|MId=o160090110011|Strong=2050b 2 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_9:11!1|MId=o160090110012|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 יָּם֙ יָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 obj _ Gloss=sea|Ref=NEH_9:11!1|MId=o160090110013|Strong=3220 4 בָּקַ֣עְתָּ בָּקַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.split.open|Ref=NEH_9:11!2|MId=o160090110021|Strong=1234|Frame=A0:160090070031;A1:160090110013;|Type=qatal 5-7 לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=NEH_9:11!3|MId=o160090110031|Strong=3807a 6 פְנֵי פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 4 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NEH_9:11!3|MId=o160090110032|Strong=6440 7 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_9:11!3|MId=o160090110033|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 8-9 וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:11!4|MId=o160090110041|Strong=2050b 9 יַּֽעַבְר֥וּ עָבַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 4 conj _ Gloss=they.passed|Ref=NEH_9:11!4|MId=o160090110042|Strong=5674|Frame=A0:160090090041;|Type=wayyiqtol 10-11 בְתוֹךְ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_9:11!5|MId=o160090110051|Strong=0871a 11 תוֹךְ־ תָּוֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=the.middle|Ref=NEH_9:11!5|MId=o160090110052|Strong=8432 12-13 הַיָּ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NEH_9:11!6|MId=o160090110061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 יָּ֖ם יָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.sea|Ref=NEH_9:11!6|MId=o160090110062|Strong=3220 14-16 בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NEH_9:11!7|MId=o160090110071|Strong=0871a 15 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the.dry|Ref=NEH_9:11!7|MId=o160090110071ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 יַּבָּשָׁ֑ה יַבָּשָׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=ground|Ref=NEH_9:11!7|MId=o160090110072|Strong=3004 17-18 וְֽאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:11!8|MId=o160090110081|Strong=2050b 18 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_9:11!8|MId=o160090110082|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 19-20 רֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 רֹ֨דְפֵי רָדַף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 21 obj _ Gloss=pursuers|Ref=NEH_9:11!9|MId=o160090110091|Strong=7291|Frame=A1:160090110092;|Type=participle_active 20 הֶ֜ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:11!9|MId=o160090110092|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 21 הִשְׁלַ֧כְתָּ שָׁלַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 4 conj _ Gloss=you.threw|Ref=NEH_9:11!10|MId=o160090110101|Strong=7993|Frame=AA:160090070031;A0:160090110091;|Type=qatal 22-23 בִמְצוֹלֹ֛ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 בִ בְּ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=in.[the]|Ref=NEH_9:11!11|MId=o160090110111|Strong=0871a 23 מְצוֹלֹ֛ת מְצוֹלָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 21 obl _ Gloss=depths|Ref=NEH_9:11!11|MId=o160090110112|Strong=4688 24 כְּמוֹ־ כְּמוֹ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=NEH_9:11!12|MId=o160090110121|Strong=3644|SpaceAfter=No 25 אֶ֖בֶן אֶבֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 obl _ Gloss=a.stone|Ref=NEH_9:11!13|MId=o160090110131|Strong=0068 26-27 בְּמַ֥יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_9:11!14|MId=o160090110141|Strong=0871a 27 מַ֥יִם מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 25 obl _ Gloss=waters|Ref=NEH_9:11!14|MId=o160090110142|Strong=4325 28 עַזִּֽים עַז ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 27 amod _ Gloss=mighty|Ref=NEH_9:11!15|MId=o160090110151|Strong=5794|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=NEH_9:11!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | בָּקַעְתָּ *you split open* | qatal · qal | | יָּם *sea* | | | | יַּֽעַבְרוּ *they passed* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | רֹדְפֵי *pursuers* | participle active · qal | | הֶם *their* | | | | הִשְׁלַכְתָּ *you threw* | qatal · hiphil | רֹדְפֵי *pursuers* | | | | 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 Thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers Thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.252/) **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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