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title: Isaiah 19:3 — And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; and I will ma… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; and I will make void the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, and to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits. Who acts: I, idols. Isaiah 19:3 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 an
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# Isaiah 19:3 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

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**Who acts:** I, idols · **What happens:** make, seek · **To what, where:** spirit

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This is Isaiah 19:3 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 — I, idols — and what happens in the verse to spirit, 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.

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וְנָבְקָ֤ה רֽוּחַ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ וַעֲצָת֖וֹ אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ וְדָרְשׁ֤וּ אֶל־הָֽאֱלִילִים֙ וְאֶל־הָ֣אִטִּ֔ים וְאֶל־הָאֹב֖וֹת וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים׃

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[And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; and I will make void the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, and to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.386/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:352
# text = וְנָבְקָ֤ה רֽוּחַ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ וַעֲצָת֖וֹ אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ וְדָרְשׁ֤וּ אֶל־הָֽאֱלִילִים֙ וְאֶל־הָ֣אִטִּ֔ים וְאֶל־הָאֹב֖וֹת וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים׃
# verse = ISA.19.3
1-2	וְנָבְקָ֤ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_19:3!1|MId=o230190030011|Strong=2050b
2	נָבְקָ֤ה	בָּקַק	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.will.be.disturbed|Ref=ISA_19:3!1|MId=o230190030012|Strong=1238|Frame=A1:230190030021;|Type=weqatal
3	רֽוּחַ־	רוּחַ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.spirit|Ref=ISA_19:3!2|MId=o230190030021|Strong=7307|SpaceAfter=No
4	מִצְרַ֙יִם֙	מִצְרַיִם	PROPN	_	_	3	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Egypt|Ref=ISA_19:3!3|MId=o230190030031|Strong=4714
5-7	בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	בְּ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	Gloss=within|Ref=ISA_19:3!4|MId=o230190030041|Strong=0871a
6	קִרְבּ	קֶרֶב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=|Ref=ISA_19:3!4|MId=o230190030042|Strong=7130
7	֔וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=it|Ref=ISA_19:3!4|MId=o230190030043|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
8-10	וַעֲצָת֖וֹ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_19:3!5|MId=o230190030051|Strong=2050b
9	עֲצָת	עֵצָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	11	obj	_	Gloss=plan|Ref=ISA_19:3!5|MId=o230190030052|Strong=6098
10	֖וֹ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=its|Ref=ISA_19:3!5|MId=o230190030053|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
11	אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ	בָּלַע	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=1	2	conj	_	Gloss=I.will.confuse|Ref=ISA_19:3!6|MId=o230190030061|Strong=1104a|Frame=A0:230190010041;A1:230190030052;|Type=yiqtol
12-13	וְדָרְשׁ֤וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_19:3!7|MId=o230190030071|Strong=2050b
13	דָרְשׁ֤וּ	דָּרַשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.will.consult|Ref=ISA_19:3!7|MId=o230190030072|Strong=1875|Frame=A0:230190030031;|Type=weqatal
14	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=ISA_19:3!8|MId=o230190030081|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
15-16	הָֽאֱלִילִים֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הָֽ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_19:3!9|MId=o230190030091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	אֱלִילִים֙	אֱלִיל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	13	obl	_	Gloss=idols|Ref=ISA_19:3!9|MId=o230190030092|Strong=0457
17-18	וְאֶל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	20	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_19:3!10|MId=o230190030101|Strong=2050b
18	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=ISA_19:3!10|MId=o230190030102|Strong=0413
19-20	הָ֣אִטִּ֔ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	הָ֣	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	20	det	_	Gloss=the.spirits|Ref=ISA_19:3!11|MId=o230190030111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
20	אִטִּ֔ים	אִטִּים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	16	conj	_	Gloss=of.the.dead|Ref=ISA_19:3!11|MId=o230190030112|Strong=0328a
21-22	וְאֶל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_19:3!12|MId=o230190030121|Strong=2050b
22	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=ISA_19:3!12|MId=o230190030122|Strong=0413
23-24	הָאֹב֖וֹת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	24	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_19:3!13|MId=o230190030131|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
24	אֹב֖וֹת	אוֹב	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	16	conj	_	Gloss=necromancers|Ref=ISA_19:3!13|MId=o230190030132|Strong=0178
25-26	וְאֶל־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	28	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_19:3!14|MId=o230190030141|Strong=2050b
26	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=ISA_19:3!14|MId=o230190030142|Strong=0413
27-28	הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_19:3!15|MId=o230190030151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	יִּדְּעֹנִֽים	יִדְּעֹנִי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	16	conj	_	Gloss=soothsayers|Ref=ISA_19:3!15|MId=o230190030152|Strong=3049
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=ISA_19:3!15
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| נָבְקָה *it will be disturbed* | weqatal · niphal |  | רֽוּחַ־ *the spirit* |  |  |
| אֲבַלֵּעַ *I will confuse* | yiqtol · piel |  | עֲצָת *plan* |  |  |
| דָרְשׁוּ *they will consult* | weqatal · qal | מִצְרַיִם *of Egypt* |  |  |  |

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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}

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וְתִתְמְסֵי רוּחָא דְמִצְרָאֵי בִּמְעֵיהוֹן וְחַכִּימֵיהוֹן אֱסַלְעֵם וְיִתְבְּעוּן מִן טַעֲוָן וּמִן חֲרָשִׁין וּמִן בִּידִין וּמִן זְכוּרוּ:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; and I will make void the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, and to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.386/)

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**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:352`.

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