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title: Isaiah 42:22 — But this is a people robbed and spoiled, they are all of them snared… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: But this is a people robbed and spoiled, they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses; they are for a prey, and none delivereth, for a spoil, and none saith: 'Restore.' Who acts: this, people, none. Isaiah 42:22 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917
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# Isaiah 42:22 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

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**Who acts:** this, people, none · **What happens:** be, rob, spoil, snare, hide, deliver · **To what, where:** people, holes, prison houses · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Isaiah 42:22 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 — this, people, none — and what happens in the verse to people, holes, prison houses, 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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וְהוּא֮ עַם־בָּז֣וּז וְשָׁסוּי֒ הָפֵ֤חַ בַּֽחוּרִים֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם וּבְבָתֵּ֥י כְלָאִ֖ים הָחְבָּ֑אוּ הָי֤וּ לָבַז֙ וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּ֔יל מְשִׁסָּ֖ה וְאֵין־אֹמֵ֥ר הָשַֽׁב׃

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[But this is a people robbed and spoiled, they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses; they are for a prey, and none delivereth, for a spoil, and none saith: 'Restore.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.931/)

## 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:847
# text = וְהוּא֮ עַם־בָּז֣וּז וְשָׁסוּי֒ הָפֵ֤חַ בַּֽחוּרִים֙ כֻּלָּ֔ם וּבְבָתֵּ֥י כְלָאִ֖ים הָחְבָּ֑אוּ הָי֤וּ לָבַז֙ וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּ֔יל מְשִׁסָּ֖ה וְאֵין־אֹמֵ֥ר הָשַֽׁב׃
# verse = ISA.42.22
1-2	וְהוּא֮	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_42:22!1|MId=o230420220011|Strong=2050b
2	הוּא֮	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	Gloss=it|Ref=ISA_42:22!1|MId=o230420220012|Strong=1931|Type=personal
3	עַם־	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=[is].a.people|Ref=ISA_42:22!2|MId=o230420220021|Strong=5971|SpaceAfter=No
4	בָּז֣וּז	בָּזַז	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=despoiled|Ref=ISA_42:22!3|MId=o230420220031|Strong=0962|Frame=A1:230420220021;|Type=participle_passive
5-6	וְשָׁסוּי֒	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	6	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_42:22!4|MId=o230420220041|Strong=2050b
6	שָׁסוּי֒	שָׁסָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	4	conj	_	Gloss=plundered|Ref=ISA_42:22!4|MId=o230420220042|Strong=8154|Frame=A1:230420220021;|Type=participle_passive
7	הָפֵ֤חַ	פָּחַח	VERB	_	HebBinyan=HIPHIL	3	parataxis	_	Gloss=they.are.trapped|Ref=ISA_42:22!5|MId=o230420220051|Strong=6351|Frame=A0:230420220072;|Type=infinitive_absolute
8-10	בַּֽחוּרִים֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
8	בַּֽ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=ISA_42:22!6|MId=o230420220061|Strong=0871a
9	ה	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	10	det	_	Gloss=(the)|Ref=ISA_42:22!6|MId=o230420220061ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
10	חוּרִים֙	חֻר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	7	obl	_	Gloss=holes|Ref=ISA_42:22!6|MId=o230420220062|Strong=2352
11-12	כֻּלָּ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	כֻּלּ	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=of.them|Ref=ISA_42:22!7|MId=o230420220071|Strong=3605
12	ָ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=all|Ref=ISA_42:22!7|MId=o230420220072|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
13-15	וּבְבָתֵּ֥י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_42:22!8|MId=o230420220081|Strong=2050b
14	בְ	בְּ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=ISA_42:22!8|MId=o230420220082|Strong=0871a
15	בָתֵּ֥י	בַּיִת	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	17	obl	_	Gloss=houses|Ref=ISA_42:22!8|MId=o230420220083|Strong=1004
16	כְלָאִ֖ים	כֶּלֶא	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	15	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.imprisonment(s)|Ref=ISA_42:22!9|MId=o230420220091|Strong=3608
17	הָחְבָּ֑אוּ	חָבָא	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	3	conj	_	Gloss=they.are.hidden|Ref=ISA_42:22!10|MId=o230420220101|Strong=2244|Frame=A1:230420190132;|Type=qatal
18	הָי֤וּ	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	20	cop	_	Gloss=they.have.become|Ref=ISA_42:22!11|MId=o230420220111|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:230420190132;|Type=qatal
19-20	לָבַז֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	Gloss=(into)|Ref=ISA_42:22!12|MId=o230420220121|Strong=3807a
20	בַז֙	בַּז	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	Gloss=spoil|Ref=ISA_42:22!12|MId=o230420220122|Strong=0957
21-22	וְאֵ֣ין	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_42:22!13|MId=o230420220131|Strong=2050b
22	אֵ֣ין	אַיִן	ADV	_	_	3	conj	_	Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=ISA_42:22!13|MId=o230420220132|Strong=0369|Type=negative
23	מַצִּ֔יל	נָצַל	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	Gloss=a.deliverer|Ref=ISA_42:22!14|MId=o230420220141|Strong=5337|Frame=A1:230420190132;|Type=participle_active
24	מְשִׁסָּ֖ה	מְשִׁסָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	Gloss=plunder|Ref=ISA_42:22!15|MId=o230420220151|Strong=4933
25-26	וְאֵין־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_42:22!16|MId=o230420220161|Strong=2050b
26	אֵין־	אַיִן	ADV	_	_	3	conj	_	Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=ISA_42:22!16|MId=o230420220162|Strong=0369|Type=negative
27	אֹמֵ֥ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	Gloss=[one.who].says|Ref=ISA_42:22!17|MId=o230420220171|Strong=0559|Frame=A1:230420220181;|Type=participle_active
28	הָשַֽׁב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=2	27	obj	_	Gloss=bring.[it].back|Ref=ISA_42:22!18|MId=o230420220181|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:;A1:230420220151;|Type=imperative|SpaceAfter=No
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=ISA_42:22!18
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| בָּזוּז *despoiled* | participle passive · qal |  | עַם־ *\[is\] a people* |  |  |
| שָׁסוּי *plundered* | participle passive · qal |  | עַם־ *\[is\] a people* |  |  |
| הָפֵחַ *they are trapped* | infinitive absolute · hiphil | ָם *all* |  |  |  |
| הָחְבָּאוּ *they are hidden* | qatal · hophal |  |  |  |  |
| הָיוּ *they have become* | qatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| מַצִּיל *a deliverer* | participle active · hiphil |  |  |  |  |
| אֹמֵר *\[one who\] says* | participle active · qal |  | הָשַֽׁב *bring \[it\] back* |  |  |
| הָשַֽׁב *bring \[it\] back* | imperative · hiphil |  | מְשִׁסָּה *plunder* |  |  |

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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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וְהוּא עַם בָּזִיז וַאֲנִיס אִתְחַפִיאוּ בַהֲתָא עוּלֵימִין כּוּלְהוֹן וּבְבָתֵּי יְסוּרִין עֲנִינִין הֲווֹ לַעֲדִי וְלֵית דִמְשֵׁיזֵיב לְבִזָא וְלֵית דַאֲמַר אֲתֵיב:

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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. [But this is a people robbed and spoiled, they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses; they are for a prey, and none delivereth, for a spoil, and none saith: 'Restore.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.931/)

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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:847`.

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