--- title: Isaiah 29:15 — Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, an… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?' Who acts: Woe, works. Isaiah 29:15 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, 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/neviim/ISA.29.15/) [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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/29/) / 29:15 # Isaiah 29:15 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ **Who acts:** Woe, works · **What happens:** seek, hide, be, say, see, know · **To what, where:** counsel, dark, us · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Isaiah 29:15 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 — Woe, works — and what happens in the verse to counsel, dark, us, 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. ה֛וֹי הַמַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים מֵֽיהוָ֖ה לַסְתִּ֣ר עֵצָ֑ה וְהָיָ֤ה בְמַחְשָׁךְ֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֥י רֹאֵ֖נוּ וּמִ֥י יוֹדְעֵֽנוּ׃ [Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.607/) ## 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:553 # text = ה֛וֹי הַמַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים מֵֽיהוָ֖ה לַסְתִּ֣ר עֵצָ֑ה וְהָיָ֤ה בְמַחְשָׁךְ֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֥י רֹאֵ֖נוּ וּמִ֥י יוֹדְעֵֽנוּ׃ # verse = ISA.29.15 1 ה֛וֹי הוֹי INTJ _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=woe.to!|Ref=ISA_29:15!1|MId=o230290150011|Strong=1945|Type=interjection 2-3 הַמַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ Gloss=[those|Ref=ISA_29:15!2|MId=o230290150021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 מַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים עָמֹק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ Gloss=who].make.deep|Ref=ISA_29:15!2|MId=o230290150022|Strong=6009|Frame=A0:230290140062;|Type=participle_active 4-5 מֵֽיהוָ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 מֵֽ מִן ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=ISA_29:15!3|MId=o230290150031|Strong=4480 5 יהוָ֖ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 3 obl _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=ISA_29:15!3|MId=o230290150032|Strong=3068 6-7 לַסְתִּ֣ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_29:15!4|MId=o230290150041|Strong=3807a 7 סְתִּ֣ר סָתַר VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 3 advcl _ Gloss=hide|Ref=ISA_29:15!4|MId=o230290150042|Strong=5641|Frame=AA:230290150022;A0:230290150051;|Type=infinitive_construct 8 עֵצָ֑ה עֵצָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=a.plan|Ref=ISA_29:15!5|MId=o230290150051|Strong=6098 9-10 וְהָיָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_29:15!6|MId=o230290150061|Strong=2050b 10 הָיָ֤ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 cop _ Gloss=it.is|Ref=ISA_29:15!6|MId=o230290150062|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:230290150081;|Type=weqatal 11-12 בְמַחְשָׁךְ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ISA_29:15!7|MId=o230290150071|Strong=0871a 12 מַחְשָׁךְ֙ מַחְשָׁךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=a.dark.place|Ref=ISA_29:15!7|MId=o230290150072|Strong=4285 13-14 מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 מַֽעֲשֵׂי מַעֲשֶׂה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ Gloss=deeds|Ref=ISA_29:15!8|MId=o230290150081|Strong=4639 14 הֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=ISA_29:15!8|MId=o230290150082|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 15-16 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_29:15!9|MId=o230290150091|Strong=2050b 16 יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=they.have.said|Ref=ISA_29:15!9|MId=o230290150092|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:230290150022;|Type=wayyiqtol 17 מִ֥י מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 16 ccomp _ Gloss=who?|Ref=ISA_29:15!10|MId=o230290150101|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative 18-19 רֹאֵ֖נוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 רֹא רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ Gloss=[is].seeing|Ref=ISA_29:15!11|MId=o230290150111|Strong=7200|Frame=A1:230290150112;|Type=participle_active 19 ֵ֖נוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=us|Ref=ISA_29:15!11|MId=o230290150112|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 20-21 וּמִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_29:15!12|MId=o230290150121|Strong=2050b 21 מִ֥י מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 17 conj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=ISA_29:15!12|MId=o230290150122|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative 22-23 יוֹדְעֵֽנוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 יוֹדְע יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=[is].knowing|Ref=ISA_29:15!13|MId=o230290150131|Strong=3045|Frame=A1:230290150132;|Type=participle_active 23 ֵֽנוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=us|Ref=ISA_29:15!13|MId=o230290150132|Strong=5105a|Type=pronominal 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=ISA_29:15!13 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | מַּעֲמִיקִים *who\] make deep* | participle active · hiphil | | | | | | סְתִּר *hide* | infinitive construct · hiphil | עֵצָה *a plan* | | | מַּעֲמִיקִים *who\] make deep* | | הָיָה *it is* | weqatal · qal | מַֽעֲשֵׂי *deeds* | | | | | יֹּאמְרוּ *they have said* | wayyiqtol · qal | מַּעֲמִיקִים *who\] make deep* | | | | | רֹא *\[is\] seeing* | participle active · qal | | ֵנוּ *us* | | | | יוֹדְע *\[is\] knowing* | participle active · qal | | ֵֽנוּ *us* | | | 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} וַי דִמְדַמָן לְאִטַמָרָא עֵצָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ וַהֲווֹ כִדְבְקִבְלָא עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן וְאָמְרִין לֵית דְחָזֵי לָנָא וְלֵית דְיָדַע בְּעוֹבָדָנָא: 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. [Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.607/) **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:553`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 29:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.14/) - next →: [Isaiah 29:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.16/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/29/)