--- title: Isaiah 58:2 — Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways; as a nation tha… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways; as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of Me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God. Who acts: people, nation. 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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 — people, nation — and what happens in the verse to Me, ways, righteousness, ordinance, righteous ordinances, God, 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. וְאוֹתִ֗י י֥וֹם יוֹם֙ יִדְרֹשׁ֔וּן וְדַ֥עַת דְּרָכַ֖י יֶחְפָּצ֑וּן כְּג֞וֹי אֲשֶׁר־צְדָקָ֣ה עָשָׂ֗ה וּמִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֱלֹהָיו֙ לֹ֣א עָזָ֔ב יִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙ מִשְׁפְּטֵי־צֶ֔דֶק קִרְבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים יֶחְפָּצֽוּן׃ [Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways; as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of Me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1258/) ## 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:1133 # text = וְאוֹתִ֗י י֥וֹם יוֹם֙ יִדְרֹשׁ֔וּן וְדַ֥עַת דְּרָכַ֖י יֶחְפָּצ֑וּן כְּג֞וֹי אֲשֶׁר־צְדָקָ֣ה עָשָׂ֗ה וּמִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֱלֹהָיו֙ לֹ֣א עָזָ֔ב יִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙ מִשְׁפְּטֵי־צֶ֔דֶק קִרְבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים יֶחְפָּצֽוּן׃ # verse = ISA.58.2 1-3 וְאוֹתִ֗י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_58:2!1|MId=o230580020011|Strong=2050b 2 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=|Ref=ISA_58:2!1|MId=o230580020012|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 3 ִ֗י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ Gloss=me|Ref=ISA_58:2!1|MId=o230580020013|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 4 י֥וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=day|Ref=ISA_58:2!2|MId=o230580020021|Strong=3117 5 יוֹם֙ יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 4 conj _ Gloss=day|Ref=ISA_58:2!3|MId=o230580020031|Strong=3117 6-7 יִדְרֹשׁ֔וּן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 יִדְרֹשׁ֔וּ דָּרַשׁ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they|Ref=ISA_58:2!4|MId=o230580020041|Strong=1875|Frame=A0:230580010113;A1:230580020013;|Type=yiqtol 7 ן נ X _ _ 6 nmod _ Gloss=seek|Ref=ISA_58:2!4|MId=o230580020042|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun 8-9 וְדַ֥עַת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_58:2!5|MId=o230580020051|Strong=2050b 9 דַ֥עַת דַּעַת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 12 obj _ Gloss=the.knowledge|Ref=ISA_58:2!5|MId=o230580020052|Strong=1847 10-11 דְּרָכַ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 דְּרָכ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Plur 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=my.ways|Ref=ISA_58:2!6|MId=o230580020061|Strong=1870 11 ַ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ISA_58:2!6|MId=o230580020062|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 12-13 יֶחְפָּצ֑וּן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 יֶחְפָּצ֑וּ חָפֵץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 6 conj _ Gloss=they|Ref=ISA_58:2!7|MId=o230580020071|Strong=2654|Frame=A0:230580010113;A1:230580020052;|Type=yiqtol 13 ן נ X _ _ 12 nmod _ Gloss=desire|Ref=ISA_58:2!7|MId=o230580020072|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun 14-15 כְּג֞וֹי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=ISA_58:2!8|MId=o230580020081|Strong=3509a 15 ג֞וֹי גּוֹי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ Gloss=a.nation|Ref=ISA_58:2!8|MId=o230580020082|Strong=1471 16 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 18 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=ISA_58:2!9|MId=o230580020091|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 17 צְדָקָ֣ה צְדָקָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=righteousness|Ref=ISA_58:2!10|MId=o230580020101|Strong=6666 18 עָשָׂ֗ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 15 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it.has.done|Ref=ISA_58:2!11|MId=o230580020111|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:230580020082;A1:230580020101;|Type=qatal 19-20 וּמִשְׁפַּ֤ט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_58:2!12|MId=o230580020121|Strong=2050b 20 מִשְׁפַּ֤ט מִשְׁפָּט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obj _ Gloss=the.judgment|Ref=ISA_58:2!12|MId=o230580020122|Strong=4941 21-22 אֱלֹהָיו֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 אֱלֹהָי אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=its.God|Ref=ISA_58:2!13|MId=o230580020131|Strong=0430 22 ו֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ISA_58:2!13|MId=o230580020132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 23 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_58:2!14|MId=o230580020141|Strong=3808|Type=negative 24 עָזָ֔ב עָזַב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 18 conj _ Gloss=it.has.forsaken|Ref=ISA_58:2!15|MId=o230580020151|Strong=5800|Frame=A0:230580020082;A1:230580020122;|Type=qatal 25-26 יִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 יִשְׁאָל֙וּ שָׁאַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 6 parataxis _ Gloss=they|Ref=ISA_58:2!16|MId=o230580020161|Strong=7592|Frame=A0:230580010113;A2:230580020162;A1:230580020171;|Type=yiqtol 26 נִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ Gloss=ask.me|Ref=ISA_58:2!16|MId=o230580020162|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 27 מִשְׁפְּטֵי־ מִשְׁפָּט NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 25 xcomp _ Gloss=judgments|Ref=ISA_58:2!17|MId=o230580020171|Strong=4941|SpaceAfter=No 28 צֶ֔דֶק צֶדֶק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.righteousness|Ref=ISA_58:2!18|MId=o230580020181|Strong=6664 29 קִרְבַ֥ת קִרְבָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 31 obj _ Gloss=the.approach|Ref=ISA_58:2!19|MId=o230580020191|Strong=7132 30 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 29 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.God|Ref=ISA_58:2!20|MId=o230580020201|Strong=0430 31-32 יֶחְפָּצֽוּן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 יֶחְפָּצֽוּ חָפֵץ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 25 ccomp _ Gloss=they|Ref=ISA_58:2!21|MId=o230580020211|Strong=2654|Frame=A0:230580010113;A1:230580020191;|Type=yiqtol 32 ן נ X _ _ 31 nmod _ Gloss=desire|Ref=ISA_58:2!21|MId=o230580020212|Strong=4993b|Type=paragogic_nun 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=ISA_58:2!21 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִדְרֹשׁוּ *they* | yiqtol · qal | | ִי *me* | | | | יֶחְפָּצוּ *they* | yiqtol · qal | | דַעַת *the knowledge* | | | | עָשָׂה *it has done* | qatal · qal | גוֹי *a nation* | צְדָקָה *righteousness* | | | | **not** עָזָב *it has forsaken* | qatal · qal | גוֹי *a nation* | מִשְׁפַּט *the judgment* | | | | יִשְׁאָלוּ *they* | yiqtol · qal | | מִשְׁפְּטֵי־ *judgments* | נִי *ask me* | | | יֶחְפָּצֽוּ *they* | yiqtol · qal | | קִרְבַת *the approach* | | | 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} וְקָדָמַי יוֹם יוֹם אוּלְפַן תָּבְעִין כְּאִלוּ לְמֵידַע אוֹרְחָן דְתַקְנָן קֳדָמַי צָבָן כְּעַמָא דְזָכוּ עֲבַד וּמִדִין אֱלָהֵהּ לָא אִתְרַחֵק שַׁאֲלִין מִן קֳדָמַי דִין וּקְשׁוֹט כְּאִלוּ לְאִתְקְרָבָא לִדְחַלְתָּא דַייָ צָבָן: 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. [Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways; as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of Me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1258/) **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:1133`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 58:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.58.1/) - next →: [Isaiah 58:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.58.3/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/58/)