--- title: Isaiah 55:13 — Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the b… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the LORD for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Who acts: myrtle. 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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 — myrtle — and what happens in the verse to cypress, myrtle, everlasting sign, 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. תַּ֤חַת הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙ יַעֲלֶ֣ה בְר֔וֹשׁ וְתַ֥חַת הַסִּרְפַּ֖ד יַעֲלֶ֣ה הֲדַ֑ס וְהָיָ֤ה לַֽיהוָה֙ לְשֵׁ֔ם לְא֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת׃ס [Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the LORD for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1217/) ## 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:1098 # text = תַּ֤חַת הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙ יַעֲלֶ֣ה בְר֔וֹשׁ וְתַ֥חַת הַסִּרְפַּ֖ד יַעֲלֶ֣ה הֲדַ֑ס וְהָיָ֤ה לַֽיהוָה֙ לְשֵׁ֔ם לְא֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת׃ס # verse = ISA.55.13 1 תַּ֤חַת תַּחַת NOUN _ _ 4 obl _ Gloss=in.place.of|Ref=ISA_55:13!1|MId=o230550130011|Strong=8478 2-3 הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 הַֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_55:13!2|MId=o230550130021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 נַּעֲצוּץ֙ נַעֲצוּץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 compound:smixut _ Gloss=thornbush|Ref=ISA_55:13!2|MId=o230550130022|Strong=5285 4 יַעֲלֶ֣ה עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it.will.grow.up|Ref=ISA_55:13!3|MId=o230550130031|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:230550130041;|Type=yiqtol 5 בְר֔וֹשׁ בְּרוֹשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ Gloss=a.cypress|Ref=ISA_55:13!4|MId=o230550130041|Strong=1265 6-7 וְתַ֥חַת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_55:13!6|MId=o230550130061|Strong=2050b 7 תַ֥חַת תַּחַת NOUN _ _ 10 obl _ Gloss=in.place.of|Ref=ISA_55:13!6|MId=o230550130062|Strong=8478 8-9 הַסִּרְפַּ֖ד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ISA_55:13!7|MId=o230550130071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 סִּרְפַּ֖ד סִרְפָּד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=nettle|Ref=ISA_55:13!7|MId=o230550130072|Strong=5636 10 יַעֲלֶ֣ה עָלָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 4 conj _ Gloss=it.will.grow.up|Ref=ISA_55:13!8|MId=o230550130081|Strong=5927|Frame=A0:230550130091;|Type=yiqtol 11 הֲדַ֑ס הֲדַס NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Gloss=a.myrtle.tree|Ref=ISA_55:13!9|MId=o230550130091|Strong=1918 12-13 וְהָיָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_55:13!10|MId=o230550130101|Strong=2050b 13 הָיָ֤ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 15 cop _ Gloss=it.will.become|Ref=ISA_55:13!10|MId=o230550130102|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:230550130031;230550130081;|Type=weqatal 14-15 לַֽיהוָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 לַֽ לְ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ISA_55:13!11|MId=o230550130111|Strong=3807a 15 יהוָה֙ יהוה PROPN _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=ISA_55:13!11|MId=o230550130112|Strong=3068 16-17 לְשֵׁ֔ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=(into).a|Ref=ISA_55:13!12|MId=o230550130121|Strong=3807a 17 שֵׁ֔ם שֵׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 obl _ Gloss=name|Ref=ISA_55:13!12|MId=o230550130122|Strong=8034 18-19 לְא֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=(into).a|Ref=ISA_55:13!13|MId=o230550130131|Strong=3807a 19 א֥וֹת אוֹת NOUN _ Number=Sing 17 nmod _ Gloss=sign|Ref=ISA_55:13!13|MId=o230550130132|Strong=0226 20 עוֹלָ֖ם עוֹלָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.perpetuity|Ref=ISA_55:13!14|MId=o230550130141|Strong=5769 21 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 22 advmod _ Gloss=[which].not|Ref=ISA_55:13!15|MId=o230550130151|Strong=3808|Type=negative 22 יִכָּרֵֽת כָּרַת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 19 acl _ Gloss=it.will.be.cut.down|Ref=ISA_55:13!16|MId=o230550130161|Strong=3772|Frame=A1:230550130132;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 23 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=ISA_55:13!16|SpaceAfter=No 24 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=ISA_55:13!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יַעֲלֶה *it will grow up* | yiqtol · qal | בְרוֹשׁ *a cypress* | | | | | יַעֲלֶה *it will grow up* | yiqtol · qal | הֲדַס *a myrtle tree* | | | | | הָיָה *it will become* | weqatal · qal | יַעֲלֶה *it will grow up* + יַעֲלֶה *it will grow up* | | | | | **not** יִכָּרֵֽת *it will be cut down* | yiqtol · niphal | | אוֹת *sign* | | | 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} חֲלַף רַשִׁיעַיָא וַחֲלַף חַיָבַיָא יִתְקַיְמוּן דַחֲלֵי חֶטְאָה וִיהֵי קֳדָם יְיָ לְשׁוּם לְאָת עֲלַם דְלָא יִפְסוֹק: 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. [Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the LORD for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1217/) **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:1098`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 55:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.12/) - next →: [Isaiah 56:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.56.1/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/55/)