--- title: Isaiah 29:16 — O your perversity! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: O your perversity! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it: 'He made me not'; or the thing framed say of him that framed it: 'He hath no understanding?' Who acts: thing, LORD. 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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 — thing, LORD — and what happens in the verse to potter, thing, me, understanding, 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. הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם אִם־כְּחֹ֥מֶר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי־יֹאמַ֨ר מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֔נִי וְיֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין׃ [O your perversity!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.608/) [Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it: 'He made me not'; or the thing framed say of him that framed it: 'He hath no understanding?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.609/) ## 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:554 # text = הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם אִם־כְּחֹ֥מֶר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי־יֹאמַ֨ר מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֔נִי וְיֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין׃ # verse = ISA.29.16 1-2 הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הַ֨פְכּ הֹפֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 0 root _ Gloss=perversity|Ref=ISA_29:16!1|MId=o230290160011|Strong=2016 2 ְכֶ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ISA_29:16!1|MId=o230290160012|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 3 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=(if)?|Ref=ISA_29:16!2|MId=o230290160021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 כְּחֹ֥מֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=ISA_29:16!3|MId=o230290160031|Strong=3509a 5 חֹ֥מֶר חֹמֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 obl _ Gloss=clay|Ref=ISA_29:16!3|MId=o230290160032|Strong=2563b 6-7 הַיֹּצֵ֖ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_29:16!4|MId=o230290160041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 יֹּצֵ֖ר יֹוצֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ Gloss=potter|Ref=ISA_29:16!4|MId=o230290160042|Strong=3335a 8 יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב חָשַׁב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=will.he.be.regarded|Ref=ISA_29:16!5|MId=o230290160051|Strong=2803|Frame=A1:230290160042;|Type=yiqtol 9 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=ISA_29:16!6|MId=o230290160061|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 10 יֹאמַ֨ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.say|Ref=ISA_29:16!7|MId=o230290160071|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:230290160081;A1:230290160111;|Type=yiqtol 11 מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה מַעֲשֶׂה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Gloss=a.thing.made|Ref=ISA_29:16!8|MId=o230290160081|Strong=4639 12-14 לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_29:16!9|MId=o230290160091|Strong=3807a 13 עֹשׂ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 10 advcl _ Gloss=the.[one|Ref=ISA_29:16!9|MId=o230290160092|Strong=6213|Frame=A1:230290160093;|Type=participle_active 14 ֵ֙הוּ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=who].made.it|Ref=ISA_29:16!9|MId=o230290160093|Strong=1930a|Type=pronominal 15 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 16 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_29:16!10|MId=o230290160101|Strong=3808|Type=negative 16-17 עָשָׂ֔נִי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 עָשׂ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 ccomp _ Gloss=he|Ref=ISA_29:16!11|MId=o230290160111|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:230290160092;A1:230290160112;|Type=qatal 17 ָ֔נִי הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ Gloss=made.me|Ref=ISA_29:16!11|MId=o230290160112|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 18-19 וְיֵ֛צֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_29:16!12|MId=o230290160121|Strong=2050b 19 יֵ֛צֶר יֵצֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Gloss=a.pot|Ref=ISA_29:16!12|MId=o230290160122|Strong=3336 20 אָמַ֥ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 conj _ Gloss=it.said|Ref=ISA_29:16!13|MId=o230290160131|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:230290160122;A1:230290160161;|Type=qatal 21-23 לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_29:16!14|MId=o230290160141|Strong=3807a 22 יוֹצְר יָצַר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 20 obl _ Gloss=potter|Ref=ISA_29:16!14|MId=o230290160142|Strong=3335a|Type=participle_active 23 ֖וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=ISA_29:16!14|MId=o230290160143|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 24 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 25 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_29:16!15|MId=o230290160151|Strong=3808|Type=negative 25 הֵבִֽין בִּין VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 20 ccomp _ Gloss=he.has.understood|Ref=ISA_29:16!16|MId=o230290160161|Strong=0995|Frame=A0:230290160142;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 26 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 25 punct _ Ref=ISA_29:16!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֵֽחָשֵׁב *will he be regarded* | yiqtol · niphal | | יֹּצֵר *potter* | | | | יֹאמַר *it will say* | yiqtol · qal | מַעֲשֶׂה *a thing made* | עָשׂ *he* | | | | עֹשׂ *the \[one* | participle active · qal | | ֵהוּ *who\] made it* | | | | **not** עָשׂ *he* | qatal · qal | עֹשׂ *the \[one* | ָנִי *made me* | | | | אָמַר *it said* | qatal · qal | יֵצֶר *a pot* | הֵבִֽין *he has understood* | | | | **not** הֵבִֽין *he has understood* | qatal · hiphil | יוֹצְר *potter* | | | | 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} הַלְמֶהְפַּךְ עוֹבָדֵיכוֹן אַתּוּן בָּעָן הָא כְמָא דְטִינָא בְּיַד פָּחֲרָא כֵּן אַתּוּן חֲשִׁיבִין קֳדָמַי הַאֶפְשַׁר דְיֵימַר טִינָא לְעָבְדֵיהּ לָא עֲבַדְתָּנִי וּבִרְיְתָא דְתֵימַר לְבָרָהָא לָא חַכֵּימְתָּא לִי: 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. [O your perversity!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.608/) 2. [Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it: 'He made me not'; or the thing framed say of him that framed it: 'He hath no understanding?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.609/) **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:554`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 29:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.15/) - next →: [Isaiah 29:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.17/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/29/)