--- title: Nehemiah 9:17 — and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Tho… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and fors --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.17/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/9/) / 9:17 # Nehemiah 9:17 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** Thou, Thy, commandments · **What happens:** refuse, not hearken, be, do, harden, appoint · **To what, where:** wonders, neck, captain, rebellion, God, commandments This is Nehemiah 9:17 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 — Thou, Thy, commandments — and what happens in the verse to wonders, neck, captain, rebellion, God, commandments, 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. וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ וְלֹא־זָכְר֤וּ נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּהֶ֔ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם וַיִּתְּנוּ־רֹ֛אשׁ לָשׁ֥וּב לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם בְּמִרְיָ֑ם וְאַתָּה֩ אֱל֨וֹהַּ סְלִיח֜וֹת חַנּ֧וּן וְרַח֛וּם אֶֽרֶךְ־אַפַּ֥יִם וְרַב־חֶ֖סֶדוְלֹ֥א עֲזַבְתָּֽם׃ [and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest them not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.258/) ## 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:230 # text = וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ וְלֹא־זָכְר֤וּ נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּהֶ֔ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם וַיִּתְּנוּ־רֹ֛אשׁ לָשׁ֥וּב לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם בְּמִרְיָ֑ם וְאַתָּה֩ אֱל֨וֹהַּ סְלִיח֜וֹת חַנּ֧וּן וְרַח֛וּם אֶֽרֶךְ־אַפַּ֥יִם וְרַב־חֶ֖סֶדוְלֹ֥א עֲזַבְתָּֽם׃ # verse = NEH.9.17 1-2 וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:17!1|MId=o160090170011|Strong=2050b 2 יְמָאֲנ֣וּ מָאֵן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.refused|Ref=NEH_9:17!1|MId=o160090170012|Strong=3985|Frame=A0:160090160022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:17!2|MId=o160090170021|Strong=3807a 4 שְׁמֹ֗עַ שָׁמַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 2 xcomp _ Gloss=listen|Ref=NEH_9:17!2|MId=o160090170022|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:160090160022;|Type=infinitive_construct 5-6 וְלֹא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:17!3|MId=o160090170031|Strong=2050b 6 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_9:17!3|MId=o160090170032|Strong=3808|Type=negative 7 זָכְר֤וּ זָכַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.remembered|Ref=NEH_9:17!4|MId=o160090170041|Strong=2142|Frame=A0:160090160022;A1:160090170051;|Type=qatal 8-9 נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙י פָּלָא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur 7 obj _ Gloss=wonders|Ref=NEH_9:17!5|MId=o160090170051|Strong=6381|Type=participle_active 9 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_9:17!5|MId=o160090170052|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 10 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NEH_9:17!6|MId=o160090170061|Strong=0834|Type=relative 11 עָשִׂ֣יתָ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 8 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.had.done|Ref=NEH_9:17!7|MId=o160090170071|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:160090070031;A1:160090170051;|Type=qatal 12-13 עִמָּהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 עִמּ עִם ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=NEH_9:17!8|MId=o160090170081|Strong=5973 13 ָהֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_9:17!8|MId=o160090170082|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 14-15 וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:17!9|MId=o160090170091|Strong=2050b 15 יַּקְשׁוּ֙ קָשָׁה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.stiffened|Ref=NEH_9:17!9|MId=o160090170092|Strong=7185|Frame=AA:160090160022;A0:160090170111;|Type=wayyiqtol 16 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_9:17!10|MId=o160090170101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 עָרְפָּ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 עָרְפּ עֹרֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=neck|Ref=NEH_9:17!11|MId=o160090170111|Strong=6203 18 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:17!11|MId=o160090170112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 19-20 וַיִּתְּנוּ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:17!12|MId=o160090170121|Strong=2050b 20 יִּתְּנוּ־ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.appointed|Ref=NEH_9:17!12|MId=o160090170122|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:160090160022;A1:160090170131;|Type=wayyiqtol 21 רֹ֛אשׁ רֹאשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obj _ Gloss=a.leader|Ref=NEH_9:17!13|MId=o160090170131|Strong=7218 22-23 לָשׁ֥וּב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:17!14|MId=o160090170141|Strong=3807a 23 שׁ֥וּב שׁוּב VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 20 xcomp _ Gloss=return|Ref=NEH_9:17!14|MId=o160090170142|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:160090160022;|Type=infinitive_construct 24-26 לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:17!15|MId=o160090170151|Strong=3807a 25 עַבְדֻת עַבְדֻת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=servitude|Ref=NEH_9:17!15|MId=o160090170152|Strong=5659 26 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:17!15|MId=o160090170153|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 27-29 בְּמִרְיָ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_9:17!16|MId=o160090170161|Strong=0871a 28 מִרְי מְרִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=rebellion|Ref=NEH_9:17!16|MId=o160090170162|Strong=4805 29 ָ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:17!16|MId=o160090170163|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 30-31 וְאַתָּה֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 32 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:17!17|MId=o160090170171|Strong=2050b 31 אַתָּה֩ אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_9:17!17|MId=o160090170172|Strong=0859|Type=personal 32 אֱל֨וֹהַּ אֱלֹוהַּ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=[are].a.God|Ref=NEH_9:17!18|MId=o160090170181|Strong=0433 33 סְלִיח֜וֹת סְלִיחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 32 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.forgiveness(es)|Ref=NEH_9:17!19|MId=o160090170191|Strong=5547 34 חַנּ֧וּן חַנּוּן ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 32 amod _ Gloss=gracious|Ref=NEH_9:17!20|MId=o160090170201|Strong=2587|Type=adjective 35-36 וְרַח֛וּם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 36 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:17!21|MId=o160090170211|Strong=2050b 36 רַח֛וּם רַחוּם ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 34 amod _ Gloss=compassionate|Ref=NEH_9:17!21|MId=o160090170212|Strong=7349|Type=adjective 37 אֶֽרֶךְ־ אָרֵךְ ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 34 amod _ Gloss=long|Ref=NEH_9:17!22|MId=o160090170221|Strong=0750|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 38 אַפַּ֥יִם אַף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Dual 37 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.anger(s)|Ref=NEH_9:17!23|MId=o160090170231|Strong=0639 39-40 וְרַב־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 40 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:17!24|MId=o160090170241|Strong=2050b 40 רַב־ רַב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 34 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=NEH_9:17!24|MId=o160090170242|Strong=7227|Type=adjective 41-43 חֶ֖סֶדוְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 חֶ֖סֶד חֶסֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 40 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.covenant.loyalty|Ref=NEH_9:17!26|MId=o160090170261|Strong=2617 42 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 44 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:17!27|MId=o160090170271|Strong=2050b 43 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 44 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_9:17!27|MId=o160090170272|Strong=3808|Type=negative 44-45 עֲזַבְתָּֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44 עֲזַבְתָּֽ עָזַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you|Ref=NEH_9:17!28|MId=o160090170281|Strong=5800|Frame=A0:160090070031;A1:160090170282;|Type=qatal 45 ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ Gloss=abandoned.them|Ref=NEH_9:17!28|MId=o160090170282|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 46 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 45 punct _ Ref=NEH_9:17!28 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יְמָאֲנוּ *they refused* | wayyiqtol · piel | | | | | | שְׁמֹעַ *listen* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | **not** זָכְרוּ *they remembered* | qatal · qal | | נִפְלְאֹתֶי *wonders* | | | | עָשִׂיתָ *you had done* | qatal · qal | | נִפְלְאֹתֶי *wonders* | | | | יַּקְשׁוּ *they stiffened* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | עָרְפּ *neck* | | | | | יִּתְּנוּ־ *they appointed* | wayyiqtol · qal | | רֹאשׁ *a leader* | | | | שׁוּב *return* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | **not** עֲזַבְתָּֽ *you* | qatal · qal | | ם *abandoned them* | | | 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 refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest them not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.258/) **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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