--- title: Nehemiah 9:25 — And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance; so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and luxuriated in Thy great goodness. Who acts: commandments. 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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 — commandments — and what happens in the verse to fortified cities, houses, cisterns, great goodness, 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. וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ עָרִ֣ים בְּצֻרוֹת֮ וַאֲדָמָ֣ה שְׁמֵנָה֒ וַיִּֽירְשׁ֡וּ בָּתִּ֣ים מְלֵֽאִים־כָּל־ט֠וּב בֹּר֨וֹת חֲצוּבִ֜ים כְּרָמִ֧ים וְזֵיתִ֛ים וְעֵ֥ץ מַאֲכָ֖ל לָרֹ֑ב וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ וַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּ וַיִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ בְּטוּבְךָ֥ הַגָּדֽוֹל׃ [And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance; so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and luxuriated in Thy great goodness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.266/) ## 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:238 # text = וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ עָרִ֣ים בְּצֻרוֹת֮ וַאֲדָמָ֣ה שְׁמֵנָה֒ וַיִּֽירְשׁ֡וּ בָּתִּ֣ים מְלֵֽאִים־כָּל־ט֠וּב בֹּר֨וֹת חֲצוּבִ֜ים כְּרָמִ֧ים וְזֵיתִ֛ים וְעֵ֥ץ מַאֲכָ֖ל לָרֹ֑ב וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ וַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּ וַיִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ בְּטוּבְךָ֥ הַגָּדֽוֹל׃ # verse = NEH.9.25 1-2 וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!1|MId=o160090250011|Strong=2050b 2 יִּלְכְּד֞וּ לָכַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.captured|Ref=NEH_9:25!1|MId=o160090250012|Strong=3920|Frame=A0:160090240022;A1:160090250021;160090250042;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 עָרִ֣ים עִיר NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=cities|Ref=NEH_9:25!2|MId=o160090250021|Strong=5892 4 בְּצֻרוֹת֮ בָּצוּר ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 3 amod _ Gloss=fortified|Ref=NEH_9:25!3|MId=o160090250031|Strong=1208|Type=adjective 5-6 וַאֲדָמָ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!4|MId=o160090250041|Strong=2050b 6 אֲדָמָ֣ה אֲדָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 conj _ Gloss=ground|Ref=NEH_9:25!4|MId=o160090250042|Strong=0127 7 שְׁמֵנָה֒ שָׁמֵן ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 amod _ Gloss=fertile|Ref=NEH_9:25!5|MId=o160090250051|Strong=8082|Type=adjective 8-9 וַיִּֽירְשׁ֡וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!6|MId=o160090250061|Strong=2050b 9 יִּֽירְשׁ֡וּ יָרַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.took.possession.of|Ref=NEH_9:25!6|MId=o160090250062|Strong=3423|Frame=A0:160090240022;A1:160090250071;160090250111;160090250131;160090250142;160090250152;|Type=wayyiqtol 10 בָּתִּ֣ים בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 obj _ Gloss=houses|Ref=NEH_9:25!7|MId=o160090250071|Strong=1004 11 מְלֵֽאִים־ מָלֵא ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 amod _ Gloss=full|Ref=NEH_9:25!8|MId=o160090250081|Strong=4392|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 12 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 compound:smixut _ Gloss=every|Ref=NEH_9:25!9|MId=o160090250091|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 13 ט֠וּב טוּב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 compound:smixut _ Gloss=good.thing|Ref=NEH_9:25!10|MId=o160090250101|Strong=2898 14 בֹּר֨וֹת בּוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 conj _ Gloss=wells|Ref=NEH_9:25!11|MId=o160090250111|Strong=0953 15 חֲצוּבִ֜ים חָצַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 14 nmod _ Gloss=dug.out|Ref=NEH_9:25!12|MId=o160090250121|Strong=2672|Frame=A1:160090250111;|Type=participle_passive 16 כְּרָמִ֧ים כֶּרֶם NOUN _ Number=Plur 10 conj _ Gloss=vineyards|Ref=NEH_9:25!13|MId=o160090250131|Strong=3754 17-18 וְזֵיתִ֛ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!14|MId=o160090250141|Strong=2050b 18 זֵיתִ֛ים זַיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 conj _ Gloss=olive.trees|Ref=NEH_9:25!14|MId=o160090250142|Strong=2132 19-20 וְעֵ֥ץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!15|MId=o160090250151|Strong=2050b 20 עֵ֥ץ עֵץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 conj _ Gloss=tree[s]|Ref=NEH_9:25!15|MId=o160090250152|Strong=6086 21 מַאֲכָ֖ל מַאֲכָל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.food|Ref=NEH_9:25!16|MId=o160090250161|Strong=3978 22-23 לָרֹ֑ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:25!17|MId=o160090250171|Strong=3807a 23 רֹ֑ב רֹב NOUN _ Number=Sing 20 nmod _ Gloss=abundance|Ref=NEH_9:25!17|MId=o160090250172|Strong=7230 24-25 וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!18|MId=o160090250181|Strong=2050b 25 יֹּאכְל֤וּ אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.ate|Ref=NEH_9:25!18|MId=o160090250182|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:160090240022;|Type=wayyiqtol 26-27 וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!19|MId=o160090250191|Strong=2050b 27 יִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ שָׂבֵעַ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.were.satisfied|Ref=NEH_9:25!19|MId=o160090250192|Strong=7646|Frame=A0:160090240022;|Type=wayyiqtol 28-29 וַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 29 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!20|MId=o160090250201|Strong=2050b 29 יַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּ שָׁמֵן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.grew.fat|Ref=NEH_9:25!20|MId=o160090250202|Strong=8080|Frame=A0:160090240022;|Type=wayyiqtol 30-31 וַיִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:25!21|MId=o160090250211|Strong=2050b 31 יִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ עָדַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.luxuriated|Ref=NEH_9:25!21|MId=o160090250212|Strong=5727|Frame=A0:160090240022;|Type=wayyiqtol 32-34 בְּטוּבְךָ֥ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_9:25!22|MId=o160090250221|Strong=0871a 33 טוּב טוּב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 obl _ Gloss=goodness|Ref=NEH_9:25!22|MId=o160090250222|Strong=2898 34 ְךָ֥ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_9:25!22|MId=o160090250223|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 35-36 הַגָּדֽוֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 36 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=NEH_9:25!23|MId=o160090250231|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 36 גָּדֽוֹל גָּדוֹל ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 33 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=NEH_9:25!23|MId=o160090250232|Strong=1419|Type=adjective 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=NEH_9:25!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִּלְכְּדוּ *they captured* | wayyiqtol · qal | | עָרִים *cities* + אֲדָמָה *ground* | | | | יִּֽירְשׁוּ *they took possession of* | wayyiqtol · qal | | בָּתִּים *houses* + בֹּרוֹת *wells* + כְּרָמִים *vineyards* + זֵיתִים *olive trees* + עֵץ *tree\[s\]* | | | | חֲצוּבִים *dug out* | participle passive · qal | | בֹּרוֹת *wells* | | | | יֹּאכְלוּ *they ate* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִּשְׂבְּעוּ *they were satisfied* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | יַּשְׁמִינוּ *they grew fat* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | | | | | | יִּֽתְעַדְּנוּ *they luxuriated* | wayyiqtol · hithpael | | | | | 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 they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance; so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and luxuriated in Thy great goodness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.266/) **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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