--- title: Isaiah 55:2 — Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your ga… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your gain for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Who acts: ye, you, soul. 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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 — ye, you, soul — and what happens in the verse to money, bread, that, soul, fatness, 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. לָ֤מָּה תִשְׁקְלוּ־כֶ֙סֶף֙ בְּֽלוֹא־לֶ֔חֶם וִיגִיעֲכֶ֖ם בְּל֣וֹא לְשָׂבְעָ֑ה שִׁמְע֨וּ שָׁמ֤וֹעַ אֵלַי֙ וְאִכְלוּ־ט֔וֹב וְתִתְעַנַּ֥ג בַּדֶּ֖שֶׁן נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃ [Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your gain for that which satisfieth not?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1205/) [Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1206/) ## 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:1087 # text = לָ֤מָּה תִשְׁקְלוּ־כֶ֙סֶף֙ בְּֽלוֹא־לֶ֔חֶם וִיגִיעֲכֶ֖ם בְּל֣וֹא לְשָׂבְעָ֑ה שִׁמְע֨וּ שָׁמ֤וֹעַ אֵלַי֙ וְאִכְלוּ־ט֔וֹב וְתִתְעַנַּ֥ג בַּדֶּ֖שֶׁן נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃ # verse = ISA.55.2 1-2 לָ֤מָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 לָ֤ לָמָה ADP _ _ 2 case _ Gloss=|Ref=ISA_55:2!1|MId=o230550020011|Strong=3807a 2 מָּה מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 3 obl _ Gloss=why?|Ref=ISA_55:2!1|MId=o230550020012|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative 3 תִשְׁקְלוּ־ שָׁקַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=do.you.weigh.out|Ref=ISA_55:2!2|MId=o230550020021|Strong=8254|Frame=A0:230550010071;A1:230550020031;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 4 כֶ֙סֶף֙ כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 obj _ Gloss=money|Ref=ISA_55:2!3|MId=o230550020031|Strong=3701 5-6 בְּֽלוֹא־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 בְּֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ISA_55:2!4|MId=o230550020041|Strong=0871a 6 לוֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_55:2!4|MId=o230550020042|Strong=3808|Type=negative 7 לֶ֔חֶם לֶחֶם NOUN _ Number=Sing 3 obl _ Gloss=bread|Ref=ISA_55:2!5|MId=o230550020051|Strong=3899 8-10 וִיגִיעֲכֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וִ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_55:2!6|MId=o230550020061|Strong=2050b 9 יגִיע יְגִיעַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 conj _ Gloss=toil|Ref=ISA_55:2!6|MId=o230550020062|Strong=3018 10 ֲכֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ISA_55:2!6|MId=o230550020063|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 11-12 בְּל֣וֹא _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ISA_55:2!7|MId=o230550020071|Strong=0871a 12 ל֣וֹא לֹא ADV _ _ 14 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_55:2!7|MId=o230550020072|Strong=3808|Type=negative 13-14 לְשָׂבְעָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_55:2!8|MId=o230550020081|Strong=3807a 14 שָׂבְעָ֑ה שׇׂבְעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=satiety|Ref=ISA_55:2!8|MId=o230550020082|Strong=7654 15 שִׁמְע֨וּ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 3 parataxis _ Gloss=listen|Ref=ISA_55:2!9|MId=o230550020091|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:230550010071;|Type=imperative 16 שָׁמ֤וֹעַ שָׁמַע VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 15 obl:npmod _ Gloss=carefully.(listen)|Ref=ISA_55:2!10|MId=o230550020101|Strong=8085|Type=infinitive_absolute 17-18 אֵלַי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 אֵל אֶל ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_55:2!11|MId=o230550020111|Strong=0413 18 ַי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=ISA_55:2!11|MId=o230550020112|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 19-20 וְאִכְלוּ־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_55:2!12|MId=o230550020121|Strong=2050b 20 אִכְלוּ־ אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 3 conj _ Gloss=eat|Ref=ISA_55:2!12|MId=o230550020122|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:230550010071;A1:230550020131;|Type=imperative 21 ט֔וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 20 obj _ Gloss=good.thing[s]|Ref=ISA_55:2!13|MId=o230550020131|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 22-23 וְתִתְעַנַּ֥ג _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=ISA_55:2!14|MId=o230550020141|Strong=2050b 23 תִתְעַנַּ֥ג עָנֹג VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=HITHPAEL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 conj _ Gloss=that.it.may.take.delight|Ref=ISA_55:2!14|MId=o230550020142|Strong=6026|Frame=A0:230550020161;|Type=yiqtol 24-26 בַּדֶּ֖שֶׁן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ISA_55:2!15|MId=o230550020151|Strong=0871a 25 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ISA_55:2!15|MId=o230550020151ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 דֶּ֖שֶׁן דֶּשֶׁן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=fatness|Ref=ISA_55:2!15|MId=o230550020152|Strong=1880 27-28 נַפְשְׁכֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ Gloss=appetite|Ref=ISA_55:2!16|MId=o230550020161|Strong=5315 28 ְכֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ISA_55:2!16|MId=o230550020162|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=ISA_55:2!16 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִשְׁקְלוּ־ *do you weigh out* | yiqtol · qal | | כֶסֶף *money* | | | | שִׁמְעוּ *listen* | imperative · qal | | | | | | אִכְלוּ־ *eat* | imperative · qal | | טוֹב *good thing\[s\]* | | | | תִתְעַנַּג *that it may take delight* | yiqtol · hithpael | נַפְשׁ *appetite* | | | | 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} לְמָא תִתְקְלוּן כַּסְפְּכוֹן בְּלָא לְמֵיכַל וְלֵאוּתְכוֹן בְּלָא לְמִשְׂבַּע קַבִּילוּ קַבְּלָא לְמֵימְרִי וֶאֱכוּלוּ דְטַב וְתִתְפַּנֵק בְּדִדְהֵין נַפְשְׁכוֹן: 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 do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your gain for that which satisfieth not?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1205/) 2. [Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1206/) **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:1087`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 55:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.1/) - next →: [Isaiah 55:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.3/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/55/)