--- title: Isaiah 66:8 — Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Is a land bo… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Is a land born in one day? Is a nation brought forth at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Who acts: Zion. Isaiah 66:8 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.8/) [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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/66/) / 66:8 # Isaiah 66:8 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ **Who acts:** Zion · **What happens:** hear, see, bear, bring, travail · **To what, where:** thing, such things, land, nation, children This is Isaiah 66:8 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 — Zion — and what happens in the verse to thing, such things, land, nation, children, 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. מִֽי־שָׁמַ֣ע כָּזֹ֗את מִ֤י רָאָה֙ כָּאֵ֔לֶּה הֲי֤וּחַל אֶ֙רֶץ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד אִם־יִוָּ֥לֵֽד גּ֖וֹי פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת כִּֽי־חָ֛לָה גַּם־יָלְדָ֥ה צִיּ֖וֹן אֶת־בָּנֶֽיהָ׃ [Who hath heard such a thing?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1411/) [Who hath seen such things?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1412/) [Is a land born in one day?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1413/) [Is a nation brought forth at once?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1414/) [For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1415/) ## 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:1274 # text = מִֽי־שָׁמַ֣ע כָּזֹ֗את מִ֤י רָאָה֙ כָּאֵ֔לֶּה הֲי֤וּחַל אֶ֙רֶץ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד אִם־יִוָּ֥לֵֽד גּ֖וֹי פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת כִּֽי־חָ֛לָה גַּם־יָלְדָ֥ה צִיּ֖וֹן אֶת־בָּנֶֽיהָ׃ # verse = ISA.66.8 1 מִֽי־ מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=ISA_66:8!1|MId=o230660080011|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 2 שָׁמַ֣ע שָׁמַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=has.he.heard|Ref=ISA_66:8!2|MId=o230660080021|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:230660080011;|Type=qatal 3-4 כָּזֹ֗את _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 כָּ כְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=ISA_66:8!3|MId=o230660080031|Strong=3509a 4 זֹ֗את זֹאת PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ Gloss=this|Ref=ISA_66:8!3|MId=o230660080032|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 5 מִ֤י מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ Gloss=who?|Ref=ISA_66:8!4|MId=o230660080041|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative 6 רָאָה֙ רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=has.he.seen|Ref=ISA_66:8!5|MId=o230660080051|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:230660080041;|Type=qatal 7-8 כָּאֵ֔לֶּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 כָּ כְּ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=ISA_66:8!6|MId=o230660080061|Strong=3509a 8 אֵ֔לֶּה אֵלֶּה PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ Gloss=these|Ref=ISA_66:8!6|MId=o230660080062|Strong=0428|Type=demonstrative 9-10 הֲי֤וּחַל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 הֲ הֲ PART _ _ 10 advmod _ Gloss=will|Ref=ISA_66:8!7|MId=o230660080071|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 10 י֤וּחַל חיל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HOPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=it.be.brought.forth?|Ref=ISA_66:8!7|MId=o230660080072|Strong=2342a|Frame=A1:230660080081;|Type=yiqtol 11 אֶ֙רֶץ֙ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Gloss=a.land|Ref=ISA_66:8!8|MId=o230660080081|Strong=0776 12-13 בְּי֣וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ISA_66:8!9|MId=o230660080091|Strong=0871a 13 י֣וֹם יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 obl _ Gloss=a.day|Ref=ISA_66:8!9|MId=o230660080092|Strong=3117 14 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=ISA_66:8!10|MId=o230660080101|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 15 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 16 mark _ Gloss=or?|Ref=ISA_66:8!11|MId=o230660080111|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 16 יִוָּ֥לֵֽד יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 parataxis _ Gloss=will.it.be.born|Ref=ISA_66:8!12|MId=o230660080121|Strong=3205|Frame=A1:230660080131;|Type=yiqtol 17 גּ֖וֹי גּוֹי NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Gloss=a.nation|Ref=ISA_66:8!13|MId=o230660080131|Strong=1471 18 פַּ֣עַם פַּעַם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=a.time|Ref=ISA_66:8!14|MId=o230660080141|Strong=6471 19 אֶחָ֑ת אֶחָד NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 nummod _ Gloss=one|Ref=ISA_66:8!15|MId=o230660080151|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number 20 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ISA_66:8!16|MId=o230660080161|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 21 חָ֛לָה חיל VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 advcl _ Gloss=she.was.in.labor|Ref=ISA_66:8!17|MId=o230660080171|Strong=2342a|Frame=A0:230650190022;|Type=qatal 22 גַּם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=ISA_66:8!18|MId=o230660080181|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No 23 יָלְדָ֥ה יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=she.gave.birth.to|Ref=ISA_66:8!19|MId=o230660080191|Strong=3205|Frame=A0:230660080201;A1:230660080221;|Type=qatal 24 צִיּ֖וֹן צִיּוֹן PROPN _ _ 23 nsubj _ Gloss=Zion|Ref=ISA_66:8!20|MId=o230660080201|Strong=6726 25 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ISA_66:8!21|MId=o230660080211|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 בָּנֶֽיהָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 בָּנֶֽי בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 23 obj _ Gloss=children|Ref=ISA_66:8!22|MId=o230660080221|Strong=1121 27 הָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ Gloss=her|Ref=ISA_66:8!22|MId=o230660080222|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=ISA_66:8!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: speech with no frame - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | שָׁמַע *has he heard* | qatal · qal | מִֽי־ *who?* | | | | | רָאָה *has he seen* | qatal · qal | מִי *who?* | | | | | יוּחַל *it be brought forth?* | yiqtol · hophal | | אֶרֶץ *a land* | | | | יִוָּלֵֽד *will it be born* | yiqtol · niphal | | גּוֹי *a nation* | | | | חָלָה *she was in labor* | qatal · qal | | | | | | יָלְדָה *she gave birth to* | qatal · qal | צִיּוֹן *Zion* | בָּנֶֽי *children* | | | 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} מַן שְׁמַע כַּחֲדָא מַן חֲזָא כְּאִלֵין הָאֶפְשַׁר דְתִתְעֲבֵיד אַרְעָא בְּיוֹמָא חָד אִם יִתְבְּרֵי עַמָא זְמַן חֲדָא אֲרֵי עֲתִידָא דְתִתְנְחֵים צִיוֹן וְתִתְמְלֵי מֵעַם שְׁבִי גַלְוָתָהָא: 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. [Who hath heard such a thing?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1411/) 2. [Who hath seen such things?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1412/) 3. [Is a land born in one day?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1413/) 4. [Is a nation brought forth at once?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1414/) 5. [For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1415/) **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:1274`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 66:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.7/) - next →: [Isaiah 66:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.9/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/66/)