--- title: Isaiah 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the po… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: 'What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it hath no hands'? Who acts: Woe, clay, Thy. 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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 — Woe, clay, Thy — and what happens in the verse to LORD, clay, hands, 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. ה֗וֹי רָ֚ב אֶת־יֹ֣צְר֔וֹ חֶ֖רֶשׂ אֶת־חַרְשֵׂ֣י אֲדָמָ֑ה הֲיֹאמַ֨רחֹ֤מֶר לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וּפָעָלְךָ֖ אֵין־יָדַ֥יִם לֽוֹ׃ס [Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1010/) [Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: 'What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it hath no hands'?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1011/) ## 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:915 # text = ה֗וֹי רָ֚ב אֶת־יֹ֣צְר֔וֹ חֶ֖רֶשׂ אֶת־חַרְשֵׂ֣י אֲדָמָ֑ה הֲיֹאמַ֨רחֹ֤מֶר לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וּפָעָלְךָ֖ אֵין־יָדַ֥יִם לֽוֹ׃ס # verse = ISA.45.9 1 ה֗וֹי הוֹי INTJ _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=woe.to!|Ref=ISA_45:9!1|MId=o230450090011|Strong=1945|Type=interjection 2 רָ֚ב רִיב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=[one.who].contends|Ref=ISA_45:9!2|MId=o230450090021|Strong=7378|Frame=A0:230450040042;|Type=participle_active 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ISA_45:9!3|MId=o230450090031|Strong=0854|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 יֹ֣צְר֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 יֹ֣צְר יָצַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 advcl _ Gloss=the.[one|Ref=ISA_45:9!4|MId=o230450090041|Strong=3335|Frame=A0:230450010031;A1:230450090042;|Type=participle_active 5 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=who].formed.him|Ref=ISA_45:9!4|MId=o230450090042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 6 חֶ֖רֶשׂ חֶרֶשׂ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ Gloss=a.potsherd|Ref=ISA_45:9!5|MId=o230450090051|Strong=2789 7 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ISA_45:9!6|MId=o230450090061|Strong=0854|SpaceAfter=No 8 חַרְשֵׂ֣י חֶרֶשׂ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 6 nmod _ Gloss=potsherds|Ref=ISA_45:9!7|MId=o230450090071|Strong=2789 9 אֲדָמָ֑ה אֲדָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.[the].ground|Ref=ISA_45:9!8|MId=o230450090081|Strong=0127 10-12 הֲיֹאמַ֨רחֹ֤מֶר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 11 advmod _ Gloss=does|Ref=ISA_45:9!9|MId=o230450090091|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 11 יֹאמַ֨ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 parataxis _ Gloss=it.say?|Ref=ISA_45:9!9|MId=o230450090092|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:230450090101;A1:230450090131;|Type=yiqtol 12 חֹ֤מֶר חֹמֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ Gloss=clay|Ref=ISA_45:9!10|MId=o230450090101|Strong=2563b 13-15 לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_45:9!11|MId=o230450090111|Strong=3807a 14 יֹֽצְר יָצַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 11 advcl _ Gloss=the.[one|Ref=ISA_45:9!11|MId=o230450090112|Strong=3335|Frame=A1:230450090113;|Type=participle_active 15 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=who].forms.it|Ref=ISA_45:9!11|MId=o230450090113|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 16 מַֽה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 17 obj _ Gloss=what?|Ref=ISA_45:9!12|MId=o230450090121|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 17 תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 11 ccomp _ Gloss=are.you.making|Ref=ISA_45:9!13|MId=o230450090131|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:230450090112;A1:230450090121;|Type=yiqtol 18-20 וּפָעָלְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_45:9!14|MId=o230450090141|Strong=2050b 19 פָעָל פֹּעַל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=work|Ref=ISA_45:9!14|MId=o230450090142|Strong=6467 20 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ISA_45:9!14|MId=o230450090143|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 21 אֵין־ אַיִן ADV _ _ 11 conj _ Gloss=there.[belong].not|Ref=ISA_45:9!15|MId=o230450090151|Strong=0369|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 22 יָדַ֥יִם יָד NOUN _ Number=Dual 21 nsubj _ Gloss=hands|Ref=ISA_45:9!16|MId=o230450090161|Strong=3027 23-24 לֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 ל לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_45:9!17|MId=o230450090171|Strong=3807a 24 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ Gloss=him|Ref=ISA_45:9!17|MId=o230450090172|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=ISA_45:9!17|SpaceAfter=No 26 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=ISA_45:9!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - indirect: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | רָב *\[one who\] contends* | participle active · qal | | | | | | יֹצְר *the \[one* | participle active · qal | | וֹ *who\] formed him* | | | | **not** יֹאמַר *it say?* | yiqtol · qal | חֹמֶר *clay* | תַּעֲשֶׂה *are you making* | | | | יֹֽצְר *the \[one* | participle active · qal | | וֹ *who\] forms it* | | | | תַּעֲשֶׂה *are you making* | yiqtol · qal | יֹֽצְר *the \[one* | מַֽה־ *what?* | | | 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 דִי מִדַמֵי לְמֵידָן לִקֳבֵל פִּתְגָמֵי בָרְיֵהּ וְרָחַץ דְיוֹטְבִין לֵיהּ צַלְמֵי פַחֲרָא דְעָבְדִין מֵעֲפַר אַדְמָתָא הֲאֶפְשַׁר דְיֵימַר טִינָא לְעָבְדֵהּ לָא עֲבַדְתַּנִי וְעוֹבָדָךְ לֵית יְדִין לֵיהּ: 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 him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1010/) 2. [Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: 'What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it hath no hands'?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1011/) **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:915`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 45:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.45.8/) - next →: [Isaiah 45:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.45.10/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/45/)