--- title: Isaiah 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto Me; hear, and your soul shall live;… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Incline your ear, and come unto Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Who acts: you, soul, I. Isaiah 55:3 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.3/) [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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/55/) / 55:3 # Isaiah 55:3 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ **Who acts:** you, soul, I · **What happens:** incline, come, hear, live, make · **To what, where:** ear, everlasting covenant This is Isaiah 55:3 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 — you, soul, I — and what happens in the verse to ear, everlasting covenant, 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. הַטּ֤וּ אָזְנְכֶם֙ וּלְכ֣וּ אֵלַ֔י שִׁמְע֖וּ וּתְחִ֣י נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וְאֶכְרְתָ֤ה לָכֶם֙ בְּרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֔ם חַֽסְדֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד הַנֶּאֱמָנִֽים׃ [Incline your ear, and come unto Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1207/) ## 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:1088 # text = הַטּ֤וּ אָזְנְכֶם֙ וּלְכ֣וּ אֵלַ֔י שִׁמְע֖וּ וּתְחִ֣י נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וְאֶכְרְתָ֤ה לָכֶם֙ בְּרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֔ם חַֽסְדֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד הַנֶּאֱמָנִֽים׃ # verse = ISA.55.3 1 הַטּ֤וּ נָטָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=incline|Ref=ISA_55:3!1|MId=o230550030011|Strong=5186|Frame=AA:230550010071;A0:230550030021;|Type=imperative 2-3 אָזְנְכֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 אָזְנ אֹזֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 1 obj _ Gloss=ear|Ref=ISA_55:3!2|MId=o230550030021|Strong=0241 3 ְכֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ISA_55:3!2|MId=o230550030022|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 4-5 וּלְכ֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 5 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_55:3!3|MId=o230550030031|Strong=2050b 5 לְכ֣וּ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 conj _ Gloss=come|Ref=ISA_55:3!3|MId=o230550030032|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:230550010071;|Type=imperative 6-7 אֵלַ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אֵל אֶל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_55:3!4|MId=o230550030041|Strong=0413 7 ַ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=ISA_55:3!4|MId=o230550030042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 8 שִׁמְע֖וּ שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2 1 parataxis _ Gloss=listen|Ref=ISA_55:3!5|MId=o230550030051|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:230550010071;|Type=imperative 9-10 וּתְחִ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=so|Ref=ISA_55:3!6|MId=o230550030061|Strong=2050b 10 תְחִ֣י חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 conj _ Gloss=that.it.may.live|Ref=ISA_55:3!6|MId=o230550030062|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:230550030071;|Type=jussive 11-12 נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 נַפְשׁ נֶפֶשׁ NOUN _ Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Gloss=self|Ref=ISA_55:3!7|MId=o230550030071|Strong=5315 12 ְכֶ֑ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ISA_55:3!7|MId=o230550030072|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 13-14 וְאֶכְרְתָ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_55:3!8|MId=o230550030081|Strong=2050b 14 אֶכְרְתָ֤ה כָּרַת VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 1 conj _ Gloss=I.will.make|Ref=ISA_55:3!8|MId=o230550030082|Strong=3772|Frame=A0:230540170201;A1:230550030101;|Type=cohortative 15-16 לָכֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 ל לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_55:3!9|MId=o230550030091|Strong=3807a 16 ָכֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=ISA_55:3!9|MId=o230550030092|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal 17 בְּרִ֣ית בְּרִית NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=a.covenant|Ref=ISA_55:3!10|MId=o230550030101|Strong=1285 18 עוֹלָ֔ם עוֹלָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 17 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.perpetuity|Ref=ISA_55:3!11|MId=o230550030111|Strong=5769 19 חַֽסְדֵ֥י חֶסֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 appos _ Gloss=the.covenant.loyalti(es)|Ref=ISA_55:3!12|MId=o230550030121|Strong=2617 20 דָוִ֖ד דָּוִד PROPN _ _ 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.David|Ref=ISA_55:3!13|MId=o230550030131|Strong=1732 21-22 הַנֶּאֱמָנִֽים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ISA_55:3!14|MId=o230550030141|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 נֶּאֱמָנִֽים אָמַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur 19 appos _ Gloss=reliable|Ref=ISA_55:3!14|MId=o230550030142|Strong=0539|Frame=A0:230550030121;|Type=participle_active 23 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 22 punct _ Ref=ISA_55:3!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | הַטּוּ *incline* | imperative · hiphil | אָזְנ *ear* | | | | | לְכוּ *come* | imperative · qal | | | | | | שִׁמְעוּ *listen* | imperative · qal | | | | | | תְחִי *that it may live* | jussive · qal | נַפְשׁ *self* | | | | | אֶכְרְתָה *I will make* | cohortative · qal | | בְּרִית *a covenant* | | | | נֶּאֱמָנִֽים *reliable* | participle active · niphal | חַֽסְדֵי *the covenant loyalti(es)* | | | | 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} אַרְכִינוּ אוּדְנֵיכוֹן וְקַבִּילוּ לְמֵימְרִי שְׁמָעוּ וְתִתְקַיֵם נַפְשְׁכוֹן וְאֶגְזַר לְכוֹן קְיַם עֲלָם טַבְוַת דָוִד דִמְהֵימְנָן: 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. [Incline your ear, and come unto Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1207/) **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:1088`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 55:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.2/) - next →: [Isaiah 55:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.4/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/55/)