--- title: Isaiah 10:15 — Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shoul… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Should the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if a rod should move them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood. Who acts: axe, saw, rod, staff. Isaiah 10:15 in Hebrew with its dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.15/) [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/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Isaiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/) / [chapter 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/10/) / 10:15 # Isaiah 10:15 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ **Who acts:** axe, saw, rod, staff · **What happens:** boast, hew, magnify, move, lift up, not be · **To what, where:** axe, saw, eggs, hand, wood This is Isaiah 10:15 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). 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 — axe, saw, rod, staff — and what happens in the verse to axe, saw, eggs, hand, wood, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 66 chapters of Isaiah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. הֲיִתְפָּאֵר֙ הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן עַ֖ל הַחֹצֵ֣ב בּ֑וֹ אִם־יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל הַמַּשּׂוֹר֙ עַל־מְנִיפ֔וֹ כְּהָנִ֥יף שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ וְאֶת־מְרִימָ֔יו כְּהָרִ֥ים מַטֶּ֖ה לֹא־עֵֽץ׃ [Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.230/) [Should the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if a rod should move them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.231/) ## 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:ISA:210 # text = הֲיִתְפָּאֵר֙ הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן עַ֖ל הַחֹצֵ֣ב בּ֑וֹ אִם־יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל הַמַּשּׂוֹר֙ עַל־מְנִיפ֔וֹ כְּהָנִ֥יף שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ וְאֶת־מְרִימָ֔יו כְּהָרִ֥ים מַטֶּ֖ה לֹא־עֵֽץ׃ # verse = ISA.10.15 1-2 הֲיִתְפָּאֵר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=does|Ref=ISA_10:15!1|MId=o230100150011|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 2 יִתְפָּאֵר֙ פָּאַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.glorify.itself?|Ref=ISA_10:15!1|MId=o230100150012|Strong=6286|Frame=A0:230100150022;|Type=yiqtol 3-4 הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_10:15!2|MId=o230100150021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 גַּרְזֶ֔ן גַּרְזֶן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=axe|Ref=ISA_10:15!2|MId=o230100150022|Strong=1631 5 עַ֖ל עַל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=above|Ref=ISA_10:15!3|MId=o230100150031|Strong=5921 6-7 הַחֹצֵ֣ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 7 mark _ Gloss=the.[one|Ref=ISA_10:15!4|MId=o230100150041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 חֹצֵ֣ב חָצַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 advcl _ Gloss=who].cuts|Ref=ISA_10:15!4|MId=o230100150042|Strong=2672|Type=participle_active 8-9 בּ֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ISA_10:15!5|MId=o230100150051|Strong=0871a 9 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=ISA_10:15!5|MId=o230100150052|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 11 mark _ Gloss=or?|Ref=ISA_10:15!6|MId=o230100150061|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 11 יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל גָּדַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=does.it.magnify.itself|Ref=ISA_10:15!7|MId=o230100150071|Strong=1431|Frame=A0:230100150082;|Type=yiqtol 12-13 הַמַּשּׂוֹר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_10:15!8|MId=o230100150081|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 מַּשּׂוֹר֙ מַשּׂוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ Gloss=saw|Ref=ISA_10:15!8|MId=o230100150082|Strong=4883 14 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=above|Ref=ISA_10:15!9|MId=o230100150091|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 15-16 מְנִיפ֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 מְנִיפ נוּף VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing 11 advcl _ Gloss=the.[one|Ref=ISA_10:15!10|MId=o230100150101|Strong=5130|Frame=A1:230100150102;|Type=participle_active 16 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=who].wields.it|Ref=ISA_10:15!10|MId=o230100150102|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-18 כְּהָנִ֥יף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=ISA_10:15!11|MId=o230100150111|Strong=3509a 18 הָנִ֥יף נוּף VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 2 parataxis _ Gloss=wields|Ref=ISA_10:15!11|MId=o230100150112|Strong=5130|Frame=AA:230100150121;A0:230100150141;|Type=infinitive_construct 19 שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ שֵׁבֶט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ Gloss=a.rod|Ref=ISA_10:15!12|MId=o230100150121|Strong=7626 20-21 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=(and)|Ref=ISA_10:15!13|MId=o230100150131|Strong=2050b 21 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ISA_10:15!13|MId=o230100150132|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 22-23 מְרִימָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 מְרִימָ֔י רוּם VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur 18 obj _ Gloss=[those|Ref=ISA_10:15!14|MId=o230100150141|Strong=7311|Frame=A1:230100150142;|Type=participle_active 23 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=who].lift.it|Ref=ISA_10:15!14|MId=o230100150142|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 24-25 כְּהָרִ֥ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=as|Ref=ISA_10:15!15|MId=o230100150151|Strong=3509a 25 הָרִ֥ים רוּם VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 2 parataxis _ Gloss=lifts|Ref=ISA_10:15!15|MId=o230100150152|Strong=7311|Frame=AA:230100150161;A0:230100150181;|Type=infinitive_construct 26 מַטֶּ֖ה מַטֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Gloss=a.staff|Ref=ISA_10:15!16|MId=o230100150161|Strong=4294 27 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 28 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_10:15!17|MId=o230100150171|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 28 עֵֽץ עֵץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 25 obj _ Gloss=wood|Ref=ISA_10:15!18|MId=o230100150181|Strong=6086|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=ISA_10:15!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִתְפָּאֵר *it glorify itself?* | yiqtol · hithpael | גַּרְזֶן *axe* | | | | | יִתְגַּדֵּל *does it magnify itself* | yiqtol · hithpael | מַּשּׂוֹר *saw* | | | | | מְנִיפ *the \[one* | participle active · hiphil | | וֹ *who\] wields it* | | | | הָנִיף *wields* | infinitive construct · hiphil | מְרִימָי *\[those* | | | שֵׁבֶט *a rod* | | מְרִימָי *\[those* | participle active · hiphil | | ו *who\] lift it* | | | | הָרִים *lifts* | infinitive construct · hiphil | עֵֽץ *wood* | | | מַטֶּה *a staff* | 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. ## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos} הֲאֶפְשַׁר דְיִשְׁתַּבַּח חוֹלִילָא עַל דְחָלִיל בֵּיהּ לְמֵימָר הָא אֲנָא חֲלִילַת אִם יִתְרַבְרַב מַסְרָא עַל דְנָגִיר בָהּ לְמֵימָר הֲלָא אֲנָא נַגָרִית כַּאֲרָמָא חוּטְרָא לְמִמְחֵי לָא חוּטְרָא מָחֵי אֱלָהֵן מַן דְמָחֵי בֵיהּ: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## 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. [Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.230/) 2. [Should the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if a rod should move them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.231/) **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:ISA:210`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 10:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.14/) - next →: [Isaiah 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.16/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/10/)