--- title: Isaiah 66:9 — Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD; Shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God. Who acts: I, LORD, God. Isaiah 66:9 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.66.9/) [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/) / 66:9 # Isaiah 66:9 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ **Who acts:** I, LORD, God · **What happens:** bring, not cause, say, cause, shut · **To what, where:** birth, womb · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Isaiah 66:9 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 — I, LORD, God — and what happens in the verse to birth, womb, 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. הַאֲנִ֥י אַשְׁבִּ֛יר וְלֹ֥א אוֹלִ֖יד יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אִם־אֲנִ֧י הַמּוֹלִ֛יד וְעָצַ֖רְתִּי אָמַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ס [Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD; Shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1416/) ## 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:1275 # text = הַאֲנִ֥י אַשְׁבִּ֛יר וְלֹ֥א אוֹלִ֖יד יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אִם־אֲנִ֧י הַמּוֹלִ֛יד וְעָצַ֖רְתִּי אָמַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ס # verse = ISA.66.9 1-2 הַאֲנִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 הַ הֲ PART _ _ 3 advmod _ Gloss=?|Ref=ISA_66:9!1|MId=o230660090011|Strong=1886b|Type=interrogative 2 אֲנִ֥י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=ISA_66:9!1|MId=o230660090012|Strong=0589|Type=personal 3 אַשְׁבִּ֛יר שָׁבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=do.I.bring.to.the.birth|Ref=ISA_66:9!2|MId=o230660090021|Strong=7665|Frame=AA:230660090012;A0:230660080201;|Type=yiqtol 4-5 וְלֹ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 6 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_66:9!3|MId=o230660090031|Strong=2050b 5 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 6 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ISA_66:9!3|MId=o230660090032|Strong=3808|Type=negative 6 אוֹלִ֖יד יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 3 conj _ Gloss=I.cause.to.bring.forth|Ref=ISA_66:9!4|MId=o230660090041|Strong=3205|Frame=AA:230660090061;A0:230660080201;|Type=yiqtol 7 יֹאמַ֣ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 3 parataxis _ Gloss=he.says|Ref=ISA_66:9!5|MId=o230660090051|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:230660090061;|Type=yiqtol 8 יְהוָ֑ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 7 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=ISA_66:9!6|MId=o230660090061|Strong=3068 9 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=or?|Ref=ISA_66:9!7|MId=o230660090071|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 10 אֲנִ֧י אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=[am].I|Ref=ISA_66:9!8|MId=o230660090081|Strong=0589|Type=personal 11-12 הַמּוֹלִ֛יד _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הַ הַ SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=the.[one|Ref=ISA_66:9!9|MId=o230660090091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 מּוֹלִ֛יד יָלַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ Gloss=who].causes.to.bring.forth|Ref=ISA_66:9!9|MId=o230660090092|Strong=3205|Frame=AA:230660090121;A0:230660080201;|Type=participle_active 13-14 וְעָצַ֖רְתִּי _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ISA_66:9!10|MId=o230660090101|Strong=2050b 14 עָצַ֖רְתִּי עָצַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 12 conj _ Gloss=do.I.restrain?|Ref=ISA_66:9!10|MId=o230660090102|Strong=6113|Frame=A0:230660090121;|Type=weqatal 15 אָמַ֥ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 parataxis _ Gloss=he.says|Ref=ISA_66:9!11|MId=o230660090111|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:230660090121;|Type=qatal 16-17 אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 אֱלֹהָֽי אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=ISA_66:9!12|MId=o230660090121|Strong=0430 17 ִךְ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ISA_66:9!12|MId=o230660090122|Strong=3509c|Type=pronominal 18 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 17 punct _ Ref=ISA_66:9!12|SpaceAfter=No 19 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 17 punct _ Ref=ISA_66:9!12 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אַשְׁבִּיר *do I bring to the birth* | yiqtol · hiphil | | | | אֲנִי *I* | | **not** אוֹלִיד *I cause to bring forth* | yiqtol · hiphil | | | | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | יֹאמַר *he says* | yiqtol · qal | יְהוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | מּוֹלִיד *who\] causes to bring forth* | participle active · hiphil | | | | אֱלֹהָֽי *God* | | עָצַרְתִּי *do I restrain?* | weqatal · qal | אֱלֹהָֽי *God* | | | | | אָמַר *he says* | qatal · qal | אֱלֹהָֽי *God* | | | | 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} אֲנָא אֱלָהָא בְּרִית עַלְמָא מִבְּרֵאשִׁית אֲמַר יְיָ אֲנָא בְרֵית כָל אֱנָשָׁא אֲנָא בַדְרֵית יַתְהוֹן לְבֵינֵי עַמְמַיָא אַף אֲנָא עֲתִיד לְכַנָשָׁא גַלְוָתִיךְ אֲמַר אֱלָהָיִךְ: 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. [Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD; Shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1416/) **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:1275`. - ← previous: [Isaiah 66:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.8/) - next →: [Isaiah 66:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.10/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/66/)