--- title: Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there n… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish become foul, because there is no water, and die for --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.2/) [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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/50/) / 50:2 # Isaiah 50:2 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ **Who acts:** I, hand, fish, water, My · **What happens:** come, call, answer, shorten, not redeem, have · **To what, where:** hand, power, sea, rebuke, rivers · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Isaiah 50:2 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 — I, hand, fish, water, My — and what happens in the verse to hand, power, sea, rebuke, rivers, 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. מַדּ֨וּעַ בָּ֜אתִי וְאֵ֣ין אִ֗ישׁ קָרָֽאתִי֮וְאֵ֣ין עוֹנֶה֒ הֲקָצ֨וֹר קָצְרָ֤ה יָדִי֙ מִפְּד֔וּת וְאִם־אֵֽין־בִּ֥י כֹ֖חַ לְהַצִּ֑יל הֵ֣ן בְּגַעֲרָתִ֞י אַחֲרִ֣יב יָ֗ם אָשִׂ֤ים נְהָרוֹת֙ מִדְבָּ֔ר תִּבְאַ֤שׁ דְּגָתָם֙ מֵאֵ֣ין מַ֔יִם וְתָמֹ֖ת בַּצָּמָֽא׃ [Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1116/) [Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1117/) [Or have I no power to deliver?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1118/) [Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish become foul, because there is no water, and die for thirst.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1119/) ## 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:1009 # text = מַדּ֨וּעַ בָּ֜אתִי וְאֵ֣ין אִ֗ישׁ קָרָֽאתִי֮וְאֵ֣ין עוֹנֶה֒ הֲקָצ֨וֹר קָצְרָ֤ה יָדִי֙ מִפְּד֔וּת וְאִם־אֵֽין־בִּ֥י כֹ֖חַ לְהַצִּ֑יל הֵ֣ן בְּגַעֲרָתִ֞י אַחֲרִ֣יב יָ֗ם אָשִׂ֤ים נְהָרוֹת֙ מִדְבָּ֔ר תִּבְאַ֤שׁ דְּגָתָם֙ מֵאֵ֣ין מַ֔יִם וְתָמֹ֖ת בַּצָּמָֽא׃ # verse = ISA.50.2 1 מַדּ֨וּעַ מַדּוּעַ ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=why?|Ref=ISA_50:2!1|MId=o230500020011|Strong=4069|Type=interrogative 2 בָּ֜אתִי בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=did.I.come|Ref=ISA_50:2!2|MId=o230500020021|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:230500010031;|Type=qatal 3-4 וְאֵ֣ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_50:2!3|MId=o230500020031|Strong=2050b 4 אֵ֣ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 2 conj _ Gloss=there.[was].not|Ref=ISA_50:2!3|MId=o230500020032|Strong=0369|Type=negative 5 אִ֗ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ Gloss=anyone|Ref=ISA_50:2!4|MId=o230500020041|Strong=0376 6-8 קָרָֽאתִי֮וְאֵ֣ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 קָרָֽאתִי֮ קָרָא VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 parataxis _ Gloss=did.I.call?|Ref=ISA_50:2!5|MId=o230500020051|Strong=7121|Frame=A0:230500010031;|Type=qatal 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 8 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_50:2!6|MId=o230500020061|Strong=2050b 8 אֵ֣ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 6 conj _ Gloss=there.[was].not|Ref=ISA_50:2!6|MId=o230500020062|Strong=0369|Type=negative 9 עוֹנֶה֒ עָנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ Gloss=[one.who].answered|Ref=ISA_50:2!7|MId=o230500020071|Strong=6030|Type=participle_active 10-11 הֲקָצ֨וֹר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 12 advmod _ Gloss=really|Ref=ISA_50:2!8|MId=o230500020081|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 11 קָצ֨וֹר קָצֵר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 12 obl:npmod _ Gloss=(be.short)?|Ref=ISA_50:2!8|MId=o230500020082|Strong=7114a|Type=infinitive_absolute 12 קָצְרָ֤ה קָצֵר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 6 ccomp _ Gloss=was.it.[too].short|Ref=ISA_50:2!9|MId=o230500020091|Strong=7114a|Frame=A0:230500020101;|Type=qatal 13-14 יָדִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=hand|Ref=ISA_50:2!10|MId=o230500020101|Strong=3027 14 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ISA_50:2!10|MId=o230500020102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 15-16 מִפְּד֔וּת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ISA_50:2!11|MId=o230500020111|Strong=4480 16 פְּד֔וּת פְּדוּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=ransom|Ref=ISA_50:2!11|MId=o230500020112|Strong=6304 17-18 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_50:2!12|MId=o230500020121|Strong=2050b 18 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=or?|Ref=ISA_50:2!12|MId=o230500020122|Strong=0518 19 אֵֽין־ אַיִן ADV _ _ 12 conj _ Gloss=[was].there.not|Ref=ISA_50:2!13|MId=o230500020131|Strong=0369|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 20-21 בִּ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ISA_50:2!14|MId=o230500020141|Strong=0871a 21 ִ֥י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=ISA_50:2!14|MId=o230500020142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 22 כֹ֖חַ כֹּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=strength|Ref=ISA_50:2!15|MId=o230500020151|Strong=3581 23-24 לְהַצִּ֑יל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_50:2!16|MId=o230500020161|Strong=3807a 24 הַצִּ֑יל נָצַל VERB _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 19 advcl _ Gloss=deliver|Ref=ISA_50:2!16|MId=o230500020162|Strong=5337|Frame=A0:230500010031;|Type=infinitive_construct 25 הֵ֣ן הֵן INTJ _ _ 12 parataxis _ Gloss=here!|Ref=ISA_50:2!17|MId=o230500020171|Strong=2005|Type=demonstrative 26-28 בְּגַעֲרָתִ֞י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=ISA_50:2!18|MId=o230500020181|Strong=0871a 27 גַעֲרָת גְּעָרָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 29 obl _ Gloss=rebuke|Ref=ISA_50:2!18|MId=o230500020182|Strong=1606 28 ִ֞י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ISA_50:2!18|MId=o230500020183|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 29 אַחֲרִ֣יב חָרֵב VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 25 parataxis _ Gloss=I.dry.up|Ref=ISA_50:2!19|MId=o230500020191|Strong=2717|Frame=AA:230500010031;A0:230500020201;|Type=yiqtol 30 יָ֗ם יָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 obj _ Gloss=[the].sea|Ref=ISA_50:2!20|MId=o230500020201|Strong=3220 31 אָשִׂ֤ים שׂים VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 25 parataxis _ Gloss=I.make|Ref=ISA_50:2!21|MId=o230500020211|Strong=7760|Frame=A0:230500010031;A1:230500020221;|Type=yiqtol 32 נְהָרוֹת֙ נָהָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 31 obj _ Gloss=rivers|Ref=ISA_50:2!22|MId=o230500020221|Strong=5104 33 מִדְבָּ֔ר מִדְבָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 31 xcomp _ Gloss=a.wilderness|Ref=ISA_50:2!23|MId=o230500020231|Strong=4057 34 תִּבְאַ֤שׁ בָּאַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 25 parataxis _ Gloss=it.will.stink|Ref=ISA_50:2!24|MId=o230500020241|Strong=0887|Frame=A0:230500020251;|Type=yiqtol 35-36 דְּגָתָם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 דְּגָת דָּגָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ Gloss=fish|Ref=ISA_50:2!25|MId=o230500020251|Strong=1710 36 ָם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=ISA_50:2!25|MId=o230500020252|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 37-38 מֵאֵ֣ין _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 מֵ מִן ADP _ _ 38 case _ Gloss=because|Ref=ISA_50:2!26|MId=o230500020261|Strong=4480 38 אֵ֣ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 34 obl _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=ISA_50:2!26|MId=o230500020262|Strong=0369|Type=negative 39 מַ֔יִם מַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ Gloss=water|Ref=ISA_50:2!27|MId=o230500020271|Strong=4325 40-41 וְתָמֹ֖ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 41 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_50:2!28|MId=o230500020281|Strong=2050b 41 תָמֹ֖ת מוּת VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 34 conj _ Gloss=it.will.die|Ref=ISA_50:2!28|MId=o230500020282|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:230500020251;|Type=yiqtol 42-44 בַּצָּמָֽא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 44 case _ Gloss=by|Ref=ISA_50:2!29|MId=o230500020291|Strong=0871a 43 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 44 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ISA_50:2!29|MId=o230500020291ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 44 צָּמָֽא צָמָא NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 41 obl _ Gloss=thirst|Ref=ISA_50:2!29|MId=o230500020292|Strong=6772 45 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 44 punct _ Ref=ISA_50:2!29 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - 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** בָּאתִי *did I come* | qatal · qal | | | | | | **not** קָרָֽאתִי *did I call?* | qatal · qal | | | | | | **not** קָצְרָה *was it \[too\] short* | qatal · qal | יָד *hand* | | | | | הַצִּיל *deliver* | infinitive construct · hiphil | | | | | | אַחֲרִיב *I dry up* | yiqtol · hiphil | יָם *\[the\] sea* | | | | | אָשִׂים *I make* | yiqtol · qal | | נְהָרוֹת *rivers* | | | | **not** תִּבְאַשׁ *it will stink* | yiqtol · qal | דְּגָת *fish* | | | | | תָמֹת *it will die* | yiqtol · qal | דְּגָת *fish* | | | | 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} מָא דֵין שְׁלִיחַת נְבִיֵי וְלָא תָבוּ אִתְנַבִּיאוּ וְלָא קַבִּילוּ הַאִתְקְפָדָא אִתְקְפָדַת גְבוּרְתִּי מִלְמִפְרַק וְאִם לֵית קֳדָמַי חֵיל לְשֵׁיזָבָא הָא בִמְזוֹפִיתִי אַחֲרִיב יַמָא אֱשַׁוֵי נַהֲרִין מַדְבְּרָא יִסְרוֹן נוּנֵיהוֹן מִבְּלִי מַיָא וִימוּתוּן בְּצַחוּתָא: 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. [Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1116/) 2. [Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1117/) 3. [Or have I no power to deliver?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1118/) 4. [Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish become foul, because there is no water, and die for thirst.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1119/) **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:1009`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 50:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.1/) - next →: [Isaiah 50:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.3/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/50/)