--- title: Nehemiah 9:36 — Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that Thou gave… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that Thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it. Who acts: we, Thou. Nehemiah 9:36 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.36/) [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/) / 9:36 # Nehemiah 9:36 נְחֶמְיָה **Who acts:** we, Thou · **What happens:** be, give, eat · **To what, where:** servants, land, fruit This is Nehemiah 9:36 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 — we, Thou — and what happens in the verse to servants, land, fruit, 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. הִנֵּ֛ה אֲנַ֥חְנוּ הַיּ֖וֹם עֲבָדִ֑ים וְהָאָ֜רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֣תָּה לַאֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֶאֱכֹ֤ל אֶת־פִּרְיָהּ֙ וְאֶת־טוּבָ֔הּ הִנֵּ֛ה אֲנַ֥חְנוּ עֲבָדִ֖ים עָלֶֽיהָ׃ [Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that Thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.277/) ## 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:249 # text = הִנֵּ֛ה אֲנַ֥חְנוּ הַיּ֖וֹם עֲבָדִ֑ים וְהָאָ֜רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֣תָּה לַאֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֶאֱכֹ֤ל אֶת־פִּרְיָהּ֙ וְאֶת־טוּבָ֔הּ הִנֵּ֛ה אֲנַ֥חְנוּ עֲבָדִ֖ים עָלֶֽיהָ׃ # verse = NEH.9.36 1 הִנֵּ֛ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 5 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=NEH_9:36!1|MId=o160090360011|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 2 אֲנַ֥חְנוּ אֲנַחְנוּ PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ Gloss=we|Ref=NEH_9:36!2|MId=o160090360021|Strong=0587|Type=personal 3-4 הַיּ֖וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=NEH_9:36!3|MId=o160090360031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 יּ֖וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=NEH_9:36!3|MId=o160090360032|Strong=3117 5 עֲבָדִ֑ים עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 0 root _ Gloss=[are].slaves|Ref=NEH_9:36!4|MId=o160090360041|Strong=5650 6-8 וְהָאָ֜רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:36!5|MId=o160090360051|Strong=2050b 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NEH_9:36!5|MId=o160090360052|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אָ֜רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 25 dislocated _ Gloss=land|Ref=NEH_9:36!5|MId=o160090360053|Strong=0776 9 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=NEH_9:36!6|MId=o160090360061|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 10 נָתַ֣תָּה נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 8 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.gave|Ref=NEH_9:36!7|MId=o160090360071|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:160090320021;A1:160090360053;|Type=qatal 11-13 לַאֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:36!8|MId=o160090360081|Strong=3807a 12 אֲבֹתֵ֗י אָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 obl _ Gloss=ancestors|Ref=NEH_9:36!8|MId=o160090360082|Strong=0001 13 נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=our|Ref=NEH_9:36!8|MId=o160090360083|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 14-15 לֶאֱכֹ֤ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לֶ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=NEH_9:36!9|MId=o160090360091|Strong=3807a 15 אֱכֹ֤ל אָכַל VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 10 xcomp _ Gloss=eat|Ref=NEH_9:36!9|MId=o160090360092|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:160090360082;A1:160090360111;160090360131;|Type=infinitive_construct 16 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_9:36!10|MId=o160090360101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 17-18 פִּרְיָהּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 פִּרְי פְּרִי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obj _ Gloss=fruit|Ref=NEH_9:36!11|MId=o160090360111|Strong=6529 18 ָהּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=NEH_9:36!11|MId=o160090360112|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 19-20 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NEH_9:36!12|MId=o160090360121|Strong=2050b 20 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=NEH_9:36!12|MId=o160090360122|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 21-22 טוּבָ֔הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 טוּב טוּב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 conj _ Gloss=thing[s]|Ref=NEH_9:36!13|MId=o160090360131|Strong=2898 22 ָ֔הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its.good|Ref=NEH_9:36!13|MId=o160090360132|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 23 הִנֵּ֛ה הִנֵּה INTJ _ _ 25 discourse _ Gloss=here!|Ref=NEH_9:36!14|MId=o160090360141|Strong=2009|Type=demonstrative 24 אֲנַ֥חְנוּ אֲנַחְנוּ PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ Gloss=we|Ref=NEH_9:36!15|MId=o160090360151|Strong=0587|Type=personal 25 עֲבָדִ֖ים עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 5 conj _ Gloss=[are].slaves|Ref=NEH_9:36!16|MId=o160090360161|Strong=5650 26-27 עָלֶֽיהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 עָלֶֽי עַל ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=NEH_9:36!17|MId=o160090360171|Strong=5921 27 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=NEH_9:36!17|MId=o160090360172|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=NEH_9:36!17 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נָתַתָּה *you gave* | qatal · qal | | אָרֶץ *land* | | | | אֱכֹל *eat* | infinitive construct · qal | אֲבֹתֵי *ancestors* | פִּרְי *fruit* + טוּב *thing\[s\]* | | | 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. [Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that Thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.277/) **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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