--- title: Nehemiah 9:3 — And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the Law of… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the Law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and prostrated themselves before the LORD their God. Who acts: children. 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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 — children — and what happens in the verse to place, fourth part, book, children, 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. וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ עַל־עָמְדָ֔ם וַֽיִּקְרְא֗וּ בְּסֵ֨פֶר תּוֹרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם רְבִעִ֣ית הַיּ֑וֹם וּרְבִעִית֙ מִתְוַדִּ֣ים וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔ים לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃פ [And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the Law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and prostrated themselves before the LORD their God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.244/) ## 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:216 # text = וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ עַל־עָמְדָ֔ם וַֽיִּקְרְא֗וּ בְּסֵ֨פֶר תּוֹרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם רְבִעִ֣ית הַיּ֑וֹם וּרְבִעִית֙ מִתְוַדִּ֣ים וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔ים לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃פ # verse = NEH.9.3 1-2 וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:3!1|MId=o160090030011|Strong=2050b 2 יָּק֙וּמוּ֙ קוּם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.stood|Ref=NEH_9:3!1|MId=o160090030012|Strong=6965|Frame=A0:160090020021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=NEH_9:3!2|MId=o160090030021|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 עָמְדָ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 עָמְד עֹמֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=place|Ref=NEH_9:3!3|MId=o160090030031|Strong=5977 5 ָ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:3!3|MId=o160090030032|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 6-7 וַֽיִּקְרְא֗וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַֽ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:3!4|MId=o160090030041|Strong=2050b 7 יִּקְרְא֗וּ קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=they.read.aloud|Ref=NEH_9:3!4|MId=o160090030042|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:160090020021;|Type=wayyiqtol 8-9 בְּסֵ֨פֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=NEH_9:3!5|MId=o160090030051|Strong=0871a 9 סֵ֨פֶר סֵפֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=the.scroll|Ref=NEH_9:3!5|MId=o160090030052|Strong=5612 10 תּוֹרַ֧ת תּוֹרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.law|Ref=NEH_9:3!6|MId=o160090030061|Strong=8451 11 יְהוָ֛ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 10 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=NEH_9:3!7|MId=o160090030071|Strong=3068 12-13 אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 אֱלֹהֵי אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 11 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=NEH_9:3!8|MId=o160090030081|Strong=0430 13 הֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:3!8|MId=o160090030082|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 14 רְבִעִ֣ית רְבִיעִי NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 nummod _ Gloss=the.fourth|Ref=NEH_9:3!9|MId=o160090030091|Strong=7243|Type=ordinal_number 15-16 הַיּ֑וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=NEH_9:3!10|MId=o160090030101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 יּ֑וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=the.day|Ref=NEH_9:3!10|MId=o160090030102|Strong=3117 17-18 וּרְבִעִית֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:3!11|MId=o160090030111|Strong=2050b 18 רְבִעִית֙ רְבִיעִי NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 19 advmod _ Gloss=a.fourth|Ref=NEH_9:3!11|MId=o160090030112|Strong=7243|Type=ordinal_number 19 מִתְוַדִּ֣ים יָדָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=[they.were].confessing|Ref=NEH_9:3!12|MId=o160090030121|Strong=3034|Frame=A0:160090020021;|Type=participle_active 20-21 וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:3!13|MId=o160090030131|Strong=2050b 21 מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔ים חוה VERB _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 19 conj _ Gloss=[they.were].bowing.down|Ref=NEH_9:3!13|MId=o160090030132|Strong=7812a|Frame=A0:160090020021;|Type=participle_active 22-23 לַיהוָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:3!14|MId=o160090030141|Strong=3807a 23 יהוָ֖ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 19 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=NEH_9:3!14|MId=o160090030142|Strong=3068 24-25 אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 אֱלֹהֵי אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=NEH_9:3!15|MId=o160090030151|Strong=0430 25 הֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=NEH_9:3!15|MId=o160090030152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=NEH_9:3!15|SpaceAfter=No 27 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=NEH_9:3!15 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָּקוּמוּ *they stood* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | יִּקְרְאוּ *they read aloud* | wayyiqtol · qal | | | | | | מִתְוַדִּים *\[they were\] confessing* | participle active · hithpael | | | | | | מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים *\[they were\] bowing down* | participle active | | | | | 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 stood up in their place, and read in the book of the Law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and prostrated themselves before the LORD their God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.244/) **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:216`. - ← previous: [Nehemiah 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.2/) - next →: [Nehemiah 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.4/) - ↑ back to [Nehemiah 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH/9/)