--- title: Isaiah 41:17 — The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue fa… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Who acts: poor, none, tongue, I. 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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 — poor, none, tongue, I — and what happens in the verse to water, hills, 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. הָעֲנִיִּ֨ים וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים מַ֙יִם֙ וָאַ֔יִן לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם בַּצָּמָ֣א נָשָׁ֑תָּה אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶעֱנֵ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֶעֶזְבֵֽם׃ [The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.892/) ## 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:813 # text = הָעֲנִיִּ֨ים וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים מַ֙יִם֙ וָאַ֔יִן לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם בַּצָּמָ֣א נָשָׁ֑תָּה אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶעֱנֵ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֶעֶזְבֵֽם׃ # verse = ISA.41.17 1-2 הָעֲנִיִּ֨ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 2 det _ Gloss=the.poor|Ref=ISA_41:17!1|MId=o230410170011|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 2 עֲנִיִּ֨ים עָנִי ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ Gloss=[people]|Ref=ISA_41:17!1|MId=o230410170012|Strong=6041|Type=adjective 3-5 וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_41:17!2|MId=o230410170021|Strong=2050b 4 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the.needy|Ref=ISA_41:17!2|MId=o230410170022|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 אֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים אֶבְיוֹן ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=[people]|Ref=ISA_41:17!2|MId=o230410170023|Strong=0034|Type=adjective 6 מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים בָּקַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur 0 root _ Gloss=[are].seeking|Ref=ISA_41:17!3|MId=o230410170031|Strong=1245|Frame=A0:230410170012;230410170023;A1:230410170041;|Type=participle_active 7 מַ֙יִם֙ מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 obj _ Gloss=water|Ref=ISA_41:17!4|MId=o230410170041|Strong=4325 8-9 וָאַ֔יִן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_41:17!5|MId=o230410170051|Strong=2050b 9 אַ֔יִן אַיִן ADV _ _ 6 conj _ Gloss=there.[was].not|Ref=ISA_41:17!5|MId=o230410170052|Strong=0369|Type=negative 10-11 לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לְשׁוֹנ לָשׁוֹן NOUN _ Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ Gloss=tongue|Ref=ISA_41:17!6|MId=o230410170061|Strong=3956 11 ָ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=ISA_41:17!6|MId=o230410170062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 12-14 בַּצָּמָ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ISA_41:17!7|MId=o230410170071|Strong=0871a 13 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ISA_41:17!7|MId=o230410170071ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 צָּמָ֣א צָמָא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=thirst|Ref=ISA_41:17!7|MId=o230410170072|Strong=6772 15 נָשָׁ֑תָּה נָשַׁת VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 parataxis _ Gloss=it.is.dry|Ref=ISA_41:17!8|MId=o230410170081|Strong=5405|Frame=A0:230410170061;|Type=qatal 16 אֲנִ֤י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=ISA_41:17!9|MId=o230410170091|Strong=0589|Type=personal 17 יְהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 6 parataxis _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=ISA_41:17!10|MId=o230410170101|Strong=3068 18-19 אֶעֱנֵ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 אֶעֱנ עָנָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 17 parataxis _ Gloss=I|Ref=ISA_41:17!11|MId=o230410170111|Strong=6030|Frame=A0:230410160102;A1:230410170112;|Type=yiqtol 19 ֵ֔ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ Gloss=will.answer.them|Ref=ISA_41:17!11|MId=o230410170112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 20 אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 18 ccomp _ Gloss=the.God|Ref=ISA_41:17!12|MId=o230410170121|Strong=0430 21 יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִשְׂרָאֵל PROPN _ _ 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.Israel|Ref=ISA_41:17!13|MId=o230410170131|Strong=3478 22 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_41:17!14|MId=o230410170141|Strong=3808|Type=negative 23-24 אֶעֶזְבֵֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 אֶעֶזְב עָזַב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 20 parataxis _ Gloss=I|Ref=ISA_41:17!15|MId=o230410170151|Strong=5800|Frame=A0:230410160102;A1:230410170152;|Type=yiqtol 24 ֵֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ Gloss=will.forsake.them|Ref=ISA_41:17!15|MId=o230410170152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=ISA_41:17!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · neg | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** מְבַקְשִׁים *\[are\] seeking* | participle active · piel | עֲנִיִּים *\[people\]* + אֶבְיוֹנִים *\[people\]* | מַיִם *water* | | | | נָשָׁתָּה *it is dry* | qatal · qal | לְשׁוֹנ *tongue* | | | | | אֶעֱנ *I* | yiqtol · qal | | ֵם *will answer them* | | | | **not** אֶעֶזְב *I* | yiqtol · qal | | ֵֽם *will forsake them* | | | 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} עִנְוְתָנַיָא וַחֲשִׁיכַיָא דִמְחַמְדִין לְאוּלְפָנָא הָא כְּצַחְיָא לְמַיָא וְלָא מְשַׁכְּחִין רוּחֵיהוֹן בְּסִגוּפָא מְשַׁלְהַיָא אֲנָא יְיָ אֲקַבֵּיל צְלוֹתְהוֹן אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל לָא אֲרַחֵיקִנוּן: 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. [The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.892/) **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:813`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 41:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.16/) - next →: [Isaiah 41:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.18/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/41/)