{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.8.15",
"source": "וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ אֶת־הַשִּׂמְחָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵֽין־ט֤וֹב לָֽאָדָם֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כִּ֛י אִם־לֶאֱכ֥וֹל וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת וְלִשְׂמ֑וֹחַ וְה֞וּא יִלְוֶ֣נּוּ בַעֲמָל֗וֹ יְמֵ֥י חַיָּ֛יו אֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן־ל֥וֹ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃",
"text": "And-*šibbaḥtî* *ʾănî* *ʾet*-the-*śimḥāh* *ʾăšer* no-*ṭôb* to-the-*ʾādām* *taḥat* the-*šemeš* *kî* if-to-*ʾĕkôl* and-to-*lištôt* and-to-*liśmôaḥ* and-*hûʾ* *yilwennû* in-*ʿămālô* *yĕmê* *ḥayyāyw* *ʾăšer*-*nātan*-to-him the-*ʾĕlōhîm* *taḥat* the-*šāmeš*",
"grammar": {
"*šibbaḥtî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - I praised/commended",
"*ʾănî*": "personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I",
"*śimḥāh*": "noun, feminine singular - joy/gladness",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/which/because",
"*ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind",
"*taḥat*": "preposition - under",
"*šemeš*": "noun, feminine singular - sun",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/that",
"*ʾĕkôl*": "qal infinitive construct - to eat",
"*lištôt*": "qal infinitive construct - to drink",
"*liśmôaḥ*": "qal infinitive construct - to rejoice",
"*hûʾ*": "personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - it/that",
"*yilwennû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - will accompany him",
"*ʿămālô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his labor",
"*yĕmê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - days of",
"*ḥayyāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his life",
"*nātan*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - gave",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God/gods"
},
"variants": {
"*šibbaḥtî*": "I praised/I commended/I lauded",
"*śimḥāh*": "joy/gladness/pleasure/happiness",
"*ṭôb*": "good/better/best",
"*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/humanity",
"*šemeš*": "sun",
"*ʾĕkôl*": "to eat/eating",
"*lištôt*": "to drink/drinking",
"*liśmôaḥ*": "to rejoice/to be glad/to enjoy",
"*yilwennû*": "will accompany him/will join him/will go with him",
"*ʿămālô*": "his labor/his toil/his work",
"*yĕmê*": "days of/lifetime of",
"*ḥayyāyw*": "his life/his lifetime",
"*nātan*": "gave/granted/provided",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being(s)"
}
}