{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.7.26",
"source": "וּמוֹצֶא אֲנִי מַר מִמָּוֶת אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־הִיא מְצוֹדִים וַחֲרָמִים לִבָּהּ אֲסוּרִים יָדֶיהָ טוֹב לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים יִמָּלֵט מִמֶּנָּה וְחוֹטֵא יִלָּכֶד בָּהּ",
"text": "And-*môṣēʾ* I *mar* from-*māweṯ* *ʾeṯ*-the-*ʾiššāh* that-she *məṣôḏîm* and-*ḥărāmîm* *libbāh* *ʾăsûrîm* *yāḏeyhā* *ṭôḇ* before the-*ʾĕlōhîm* *yimmālēṭ* from-her and-*ḥôṭēʾ* *yillāḵēḏ* in-her",
"grammar": {
"*môṣēʾ*": "Qal participle masculine singular - finding",
"*mar*": "adjective, masculine singular - bitter",
"*māweṯ*": "noun, masculine singular - death",
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the woman",
"*məṣôḏîm*": "noun, masculine plural - nets/snares",
"*ḥărāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - nets/seines",
"*libbāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her heart",
"*ʾăsûrîm*": "passive participle masculine plural - bound",
"*yāḏeyhā*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her hands",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the God",
"*yimmālēṭ*": "Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he escapes",
"*ḥôṭēʾ*": "Qal participle masculine singular - sinning one",
"*yillāḵēḏ*": "Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he is caught"
},
"variants": {
"*môṣēʾ*": "finding/discovering",
"*mar* from-*māweṯ*": "more bitter than death/worse than death",
"*məṣôḏîm* and-*ḥărāmîm*": "nets and snares/traps and entanglements",
"*libbāh*": "her heart/her mind/her inner being",
"*ʾăsûrîm*": "bound/fettered/imprisoned",
"*yāḏeyhā*": "her hands/her actions",
"*ṭôḇ* before the-*ʾĕlōhîm*": "good before God/pleasing to God",
"*yimmālēṭ*": "escapes/is delivered/flees",
"*ḥôṭēʾ*": "sinner/one who sins/transgressor",
"*yillāḵēḏ*": "is caught/is captured/is ensnared"
}
}