--- title: Isaiah 53:7 — He was oppressed, though he humbled himself and opened not his mouth… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: He was oppressed, though he humbled himself and opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; yea, he opened not his mouth. Who acts: arm, sheep. 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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 — arm, sheep — and what happens in the verse to arm, mouth, lamb, slaughter, 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. נִגַּ֨שׂ וְה֣וּא נַעֲנֶה֮ וְלֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּיו֒ כַּשֶּׂה֙ לַטֶּ֣בַח יוּבָ֔ל וּכְרָחֵ֕ל לִפְנֵ֥י גֹזְזֶ֖יהָ נֶאֱלָ֑מָה וְלֹ֥א יִפְתַּ֖ח פִּֽיו׃ [He was oppressed, though he humbled himself and opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; yea, he opened not his mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1179/) ## 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:1063 # text = נִגַּ֨שׂ וְה֣וּא נַעֲנֶה֮ וְלֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּיו֒ כַּשֶּׂה֙ לַטֶּ֣בַח יוּבָ֔ל וּכְרָחֵ֕ל לִפְנֵ֥י גֹזְזֶ֖יהָ נֶאֱלָ֑מָה וְלֹ֥א יִפְתַּ֖ח פִּֽיו׃ # verse = ISA.53.7 1 נִגַּ֨שׂ נָגַשׂ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.was.oppressed|Ref=ISA_53:7!1|MId=o230530070011|Strong=5065|Frame=A1:230520130031;|Type=qatal 2-3 וְה֣וּא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_53:7!2|MId=o230530070021|Strong=2050b 3 ה֣וּא הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ Gloss=he|Ref=ISA_53:7!2|MId=o230530070022|Strong=1931|Type=personal 4 נַעֲנֶה֮ עָנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=[was].afflicted|Ref=ISA_53:7!3|MId=o230530070031|Strong=6031|Frame=A1:230530070022;|Type=participle_active 5-6 וְלֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_53:7!4|MId=o230530070041|Strong=2050b 6 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_53:7!4|MId=o230530070042|Strong=3808|Type=negative 7 יִפְתַּח־ פָּתַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=he.opened|Ref=ISA_53:7!5|MId=o230530070051|Strong=6605|Frame=A0:230520130031;A1:230530070061;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 8-9 פִּיו֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 פִּי פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=mouth|Ref=ISA_53:7!6|MId=o230530070061|Strong=6310 9 ו֒ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ISA_53:7!6|MId=o230530070062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 10-12 כַּשֶּׂה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=ISA_53:7!7|MId=o230530070071|Strong=3509a 11 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ISA_53:7!7|MId=o230530070071ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 שֶּׂה֙ שֶׂה NOUN _ Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=sheep|Ref=ISA_53:7!7|MId=o230530070072|Strong=7716 13-15 לַטֶּ֣בַח _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=[which].to|Ref=ISA_53:7!8|MId=o230530070081|Strong=3807a 14 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_53:7!8|MId=o230530070081ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 טֶּ֣בַח טֶבַח NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=slaughter|Ref=ISA_53:7!8|MId=o230530070082|Strong=2874 16 יוּבָ֔ל יָבַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 acl _ Gloss=it.is.brought|Ref=ISA_53:7!9|MId=o230530070091|Strong=2986|Frame=A1:230530070073;|Type=yiqtol 17-19 וּכְרָחֵ֕ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_53:7!10|MId=o230530070101|Strong=2050b 18 כְ כְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=ISA_53:7!10|MId=o230530070102|Strong=3509a 19 רָחֵ֕ל רָחֵל NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 12 conj _ Gloss=a.ewe|Ref=ISA_53:7!10|MId=o230530070103|Strong=7353 20-21 לִפְנֵ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=[which]|Ref=ISA_53:7!11|MId=o230530070111|Strong=3807a 21 פְנֵ֥י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 24 obl _ Gloss=before|Ref=ISA_53:7!11|MId=o230530070112|Strong=6440 22-23 גֹזְזֶ֖יהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 גֹזְזֶ֖י גָּזַז VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=shearers|Ref=ISA_53:7!12|MId=o230530070121|Strong=1494|Type=participle_active 23 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=its|Ref=ISA_53:7!12|MId=o230530070122|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 24 נֶאֱלָ֑מָה אָלַם VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 19 acl _ Gloss=it.is.dumb|Ref=ISA_53:7!13|MId=o230530070131|Strong=0481|Frame=A0:230530070103;|Type=qatal 25-26 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_53:7!14|MId=o230530070141|Strong=2050b 26 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 27 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_53:7!14|MId=o230530070142|Strong=3808|Type=negative 27 יִפְתַּ֖ח פָּתַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=he.opened|Ref=ISA_53:7!15|MId=o230530070151|Strong=6605|Frame=A0:230520130031;A1:230530070161;|Type=yiqtol 28-29 פִּֽיו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 פִּֽי פֶּה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obj _ Gloss=mouth|Ref=ISA_53:7!16|MId=o230530070161|Strong=6310 29 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ISA_53:7!16|MId=o230530070162|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 30 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 29 punct _ Ref=ISA_53:7!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נִגַּשׂ *he was oppressed* | qatal · niphal | | | | | | נַעֲנֶה *\[was\] afflicted* | participle active · niphal | | הוּא *he* | | | | **not** יִפְתַּח־ *he opened* | yiqtol · qal | | פִּי *mouth* | | | | יוּבָל *it is brought* | yiqtol · hophal | | | | | | נֶאֱלָמָה *it is dumb* | qatal · niphal | רָחֵל *a ewe* | | | | | **not** יִפְתַּח *he opened* | yiqtol · qal | | פִּֽי *mouth* | | | 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} בְּעֵי וְהוּא מִתְּתָב וְעַד לָא פְּתַח פּוּמֵיהּ מִתְקַבֵּל תַּקִיפֵי עַמְמַיָא כְּאִמְרָא לְנִכְסְתָא יִמְסַר וְכִרְחֵלָא דְקָדָם גָזְזָהָא שָׁתְקָא וְלֵית לְקִיבְלֵהּ דְפָּתַח פּוּמֵהּ מְמַלֵיל מִלָא: 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. [He was oppressed, though he humbled himself and opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; yea, he opened not his mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1179/) **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:1063`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 53:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.53.6/) - next →: [Isaiah 53:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.53.8/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/53/)