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title: Isaiah 58:12 — And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places, tho… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places, thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in. Who acts: bones, thou. Isaiah 58:12 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, J
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# Isaiah 58:12 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

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**Who acts:** bones, thou · **What happens:** be, build, raise up, call, dwell · **To what, where:** old waste places, foundations, thou · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Isaiah 58:12 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 — bones, thou — and what happens in the verse to old waste places, foundations, thou, 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.

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וּבָנ֤וּ מִמְּךָ֙ חָרְב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם מוֹסְדֵ֥י דוֹר־וָד֖וֹר תְּקוֹמֵ֑ם וְקֹרָ֤א לְךָ֙ גֹּדֵ֣ר פֶּ֔רֶץ מְשֹׁבֵ֥ב נְתִיב֖וֹת לָשָֽׁבֶת׃

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[And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places, thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1271/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:1143
# text = וּבָנ֤וּ מִמְּךָ֙ חָרְב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם מוֹסְדֵ֥י דוֹר־וָד֖וֹר תְּקוֹמֵ֑ם וְקֹרָ֤א לְךָ֙ גֹּדֵ֣ר פֶּ֔רֶץ מְשֹׁבֵ֥ב נְתִיב֖וֹת לָשָֽׁבֶת׃
# verse = ISA.58.12
1-2	וּבָנ֤וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_58:12!1|MId=o230580120011|Strong=2050b
2	בָנ֤וּ	בָּנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.will.rebuild|Ref=ISA_58:12!1|MId=o230580120012|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:;A1:230580120031;|Type=weqatal
3-4	מִמְּךָ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	מִמּ	מִן	ADP	_	_	4	case	_	Gloss=some|Ref=ISA_58:12!2|MId=o230580120021|Strong=4480
4	ְךָ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	Gloss=of.you|Ref=ISA_58:12!2|MId=o230580120022|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
5	חָרְב֣וֹת	חׇרְבָּה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	2	obj	_	Gloss=[the].ruins|Ref=ISA_58:12!3|MId=o230580120031|Strong=2723
6	עוֹלָ֔ם	עוֹלָם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.antiquity|Ref=ISA_58:12!4|MId=o230580120041|Strong=5769
7	מוֹסְדֵ֥י	מֹוסָד	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	Gloss=[the].foundations|Ref=ISA_58:12!5|MId=o230580120051|Strong=4144
8	דוֹר־	דּוֹר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.a.generation|Ref=ISA_58:12!6|MId=o230580120061|Strong=1755|SpaceAfter=No
9-10	וָד֖וֹר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	וָ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	10	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_58:12!7|MId=o230580120071|Strong=2050b
10	ד֖וֹר	דּוֹר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	8	conj	_	Gloss=a.generation|Ref=ISA_58:12!7|MId=o230580120072|Strong=1755
11	תְּקוֹמֵ֑ם	קוּם	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=POLEL|Number=Sing|Person=2	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=you.will.raise.up|Ref=ISA_58:12!8|MId=o230580120081|Strong=6965|Frame=A0:;A1:230580120051;|Type=yiqtol
12-13	וְקֹרָ֤א	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_58:12!9|MId=o230580120091|Strong=2050b
13	קֹרָ֤א	קָרָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PUAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=it.will.be.called|Ref=ISA_58:12!9|MId=o230580120092|Strong=7121|Frame=A1:230580120111;230580120131;|Type=weqatal
14-15	לְךָ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_58:12!10|MId=o230580120101|Strong=3807a
15	ְךָ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=ISA_58:12!10|MId=o230580120102|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
16	גֹּדֵ֣ר	גָּדַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	Gloss=[one.who].walls.up|Ref=ISA_58:12!11|MId=o230580120111|Strong=1443|Frame=A0:230580010113;A1:230580120121;|Type=participle_active
17	פֶּ֔רֶץ	פֶּרֶץ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	16	obj	_	Gloss=a.breach|Ref=ISA_58:12!12|MId=o230580120121|Strong=6556
18	מְשֹׁבֵ֥ב	שׁוּב	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=POLEL|Number=Sing	16	conj	_	Gloss=[one.who].restores|Ref=ISA_58:12!13|MId=o230580120131|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:230580010113;A1:230580120141;|Type=participle_active
19	נְתִיב֖וֹת	נְתִיבָה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	Gloss=paths|Ref=ISA_58:12!14|MId=o230580120141|Strong=5410
20-21	לָשָֽׁבֶת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=ISA_58:12!15|MId=o230580120151|Strong=3807a
21	שָֽׁבֶת	יָשַׁב	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	18	advcl	_	Gloss=dwell.in|Ref=ISA_58:12!15|MId=o230580120152|Strong=3427|Frame=A0:;|Type=infinitive_construct
22	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	21	punct	_	Ref=ISA_58:12!15
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| בָנוּ *they will rebuild* | weqatal · qal |  | חָרְבוֹת *\[the\] ruins* |  |  |
| תְּקוֹמֵם *you will raise up* | yiqtol · polel |  | מוֹסְדֵי *\[the\] foundations* |  |  |
| קֹרָא *it will be called* | weqatal · pual |  | גֹּדֵר *\[one who\] walls up* + מְשֹׁבֵב *\[one who\] restores* |  |  |
| גֹּדֵר *\[one who\] walls up* | participle active · qal |  | פֶּרֶץ *a breach* |  |  |
| מְשֹׁבֵב *\[one who\] restores* | participle active · polel |  | נְתִיבוֹת *paths* |  |  |
| שָֽׁבֶת *dwell in* | infinitive construct · qal |  |  |  |  |

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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}

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וְיִבְנוֹן מִנָךְ חָרְבַת עֲלַם יְסוֹדֵי דַר וְדַר תְּקוֹמֵם וְיִקְרוּן לָךְ מְקַיֵים אוֹרְחָא דְתַקְנָא מֵתִיב רַשִׁיעַיָא לְאוֹרַיְתָא:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places, thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1271/)

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**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:1143`.

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