--- title: Nehemiah 9:29 — and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 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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, commandments, man, Thy, Thine — and what happens in the verse to commandments, stubborn shoulder, neck, 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. וַתָּ֨עַד בָּהֶ֜ם לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣ם אֶל־תּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ וְהֵ֨מָּה הֵזִ֜ידוּ וְלֹא־שָׁמְע֤וּ לְמִצְוֺתֶ֙יךָ֙ וּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ חָֽטְאוּ־בָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם וְחָיָ֣ה בָהֶ֑ם וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ כָתֵף֙ סוֹרֶ֔רֶת וְעָרְפָּ֥ם הִקְשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ [and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.270/) ## 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:242 # text = וַתָּ֨עַד בָּהֶ֜ם לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣ם אֶל־תּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ וְהֵ֨מָּה הֵזִ֜ידוּ וְלֹא־שָׁמְע֤וּ לְמִצְוֺתֶ֙יךָ֙ וּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ חָֽטְאוּ־בָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם וְחָיָ֣ה בָהֶ֑ם וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ כָתֵף֙ סוֹרֶ֔רֶת וְעָרְפָּ֥ם הִקְשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ # verse = NEH.9.29 1-2 וַתָּ֨עַד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:29!1|MId=o160090290011|Strong=2050b 2 תָּ֨עַד עוּד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.warned|Ref=NEH_9:29!1|MId=o160090290012|Strong=5749a|Frame=A0:160090070031;|Type=wayyiqtol 3-4 בָּהֶ֜ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(in)|Ref=NEH_9:29!2|MId=o160090290021|Strong=0871a 4 ָהֶ֜ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_9:29!2|MId=o160090290022|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 5-7 לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:29!3|MId=o160090290031|Strong=3807a 6 הֲשִׁיב שׁוּב VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 2 advcl _ Gloss=bring|Ref=NEH_9:29!3|MId=o160090290032|Strong=7725|Frame=AA:160090070031;A0:160090290033;|Type=infinitive_construct 7 ָ֣ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ Gloss=them.back|Ref=NEH_9:29!3|MId=o160090290033|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 8 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:29!4|MId=o160090290041|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 9-10 תּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 תּוֹרָת תּוֹרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=law|Ref=NEH_9:29!5|MId=o160090290051|Strong=8451 10 ֶ֗ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_9:29!5|MId=o160090290052|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11-12 וְהֵ֨מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:29!6|MId=o160090290061|Strong=2050b 12 הֵ֨מָּה הֵמָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ Gloss=they|Ref=NEH_9:29!6|MId=o160090290062|Strong=1992|Type=personal 13 הֵזִ֜ידוּ זִיד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.acted.presumptuously|Ref=NEH_9:29!7|MId=o160090290071|Strong=2102|Frame=A0:160090290062;|Type=qatal 14-15 וְלֹא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:29!8|MId=o160090290081|Strong=2050b 15 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_9:29!8|MId=o160090290082|Strong=3808|Type=negative 16 שָׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.listened|Ref=NEH_9:29!9|MId=o160090290091|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:160090240022;|Type=qatal 17-19 לְמִצְוֺתֶ֙יךָ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:29!10|MId=o160090290101|Strong=3807a 18 מִצְוֺתֶ֙י מִצְוָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 16 obl _ Gloss=commandments|Ref=NEH_9:29!10|MId=o160090290102|Strong=4687 19 ךָ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_9:29!10|MId=o160090290103|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 20-23 וּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:29!11|MId=o160090290111|Strong=2050b 21 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_9:29!11|MId=o160090290112|Strong=0871a 22 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣י מִשְׁפָּט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 24 dislocated _ Gloss=judgments|Ref=NEH_9:29!11|MId=o160090290113|Strong=4941 23 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=NEH_9:29!11|MId=o160090290114|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 24 חָֽטְאוּ־ חָטָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.sinned|Ref=NEH_9:29!12|MId=o160090290121|Strong=2398|Frame=A0:160090240022;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 בָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_9:29!13|MId=o160090290131|Strong=0871a 26 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_9:29!13|MId=o160090290132|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 27 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 28 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NEH_9:29!14|MId=o160090290141|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 28 יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 26 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.will.do|Ref=NEH_9:29!15|MId=o160090290151|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:160090290161;A1:160090290113;|Type=yiqtol 29 אָדָ֖ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ Gloss=anyone|Ref=NEH_9:29!16|MId=o160090290161|Strong=0120 30-31 וְחָיָ֣ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:29!17|MId=o160090290171|Strong=2050b 31 חָיָ֣ה חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 28 conj _ Gloss=he.will.live|Ref=NEH_9:29!17|MId=o160090290172|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:160090290161;|Type=weqatal 32-33 בָהֶ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 33 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=NEH_9:29!18|MId=o160090290181|Strong=0871a 33 ָהֶ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=NEH_9:29!18|MId=o160090290182|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 34-35 וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 35 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:29!19|MId=o160090290191|Strong=2050b 35 יִּתְּנ֤וּ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.gave|Ref=NEH_9:29!19|MId=o160090290192|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:160090240022;A1:160090290201;|Type=wayyiqtol 36 כָתֵף֙ כָּתֵף NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 35 obj _ Gloss=a.shoulder|Ref=NEH_9:29!20|MId=o160090290201|Strong=3802 37 סוֹרֶ֔רֶת סָרַר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 36 nmod _ Gloss=stubborn|Ref=NEH_9:29!21|MId=o160090290211|Strong=5637|Frame=A0:160090290211;|Type=participle_active 38-40 וְעָרְפָּ֥ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 41 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:29!22|MId=o160090290221|Strong=2050b 39 עָרְפּ עֹרֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 41 obj _ Gloss=neck|Ref=NEH_9:29!22|MId=o160090290222|Strong=6203 40 ָ֥ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:29!22|MId=o160090290223|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 41 הִקְשׁ֖וּ קָשָׁה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.stiffened|Ref=NEH_9:29!23|MId=o160090290231|Strong=7185|Frame=AA:160090240022;A0:160090290222;|Type=qatal 42-43 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 44 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:29!24|MId=o160090290241|Strong=2050b 43 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 44 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=NEH_9:29!24|MId=o160090290242|Strong=3808|Type=negative 44 שָׁמֵֽעוּ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.listened|Ref=NEH_9:29!25|MId=o160090290251|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:160090240022;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 45 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 44 punct _ Ref=NEH_9:29!25 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תָּעַד *you warned* | wayyiqtol · hiphil | | | | | | הֲשִׁיב *bring* | infinitive construct · hiphil | ָם *them back* | | | | | הֵזִידוּ *they acted presumptuously* | qatal · hiphil | הֵמָּה *they* | | | | | **not** שָׁמְעוּ *they listened* | qatal · qal | | | | | | חָֽטְאוּ־ *they sinned* | qatal · qal | | | | | | יַעֲשֶׂה *he will do* | yiqtol · qal | אָדָם *anyone* | מִשְׁפָּטֶי *judgments* | | | | חָיָה *he will live* | weqatal · qal | אָדָם *anyone* | | | | | יִּתְּנוּ *they gave* | wayyiqtol · qal | | כָתֵף *a shoulder* | | | | סוֹרֶרֶת *stubborn* | participle active · qal | סוֹרֶרֶת *stubborn* | | | | | הִקְשׁוּ *they stiffened* | qatal · hiphil | עָרְפּ *neck* | | | | | **not** שָׁמֵֽעוּ *they listened* | qatal · qal | | | | | 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 didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.270/) **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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