9{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.8.9",
"source": "אֶת־כָּל־זֶ֤ה רָאִ֙יתִי֙ וְנָת֣וֹן אֶת־לִבִּ֔י לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֶׂ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֧ט הָאָדָ֛ם בְּאָדָ֖ם לְרַ֥ע לֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*ʾet*-all-*zeh* *rāʾîtî* and-*nātôn* *ʾet*-*libbî* to-all-*maʿăśeh* *ʾăšer* *naʿăśāh* *taḥat* the-*šāmeš* *ʿēt* *ʾăšer* *šālaṭ* the-*ʾādām* in-*ʾādām* to-*raʿ* to-him",
"grammar": {
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this",
"*rāʾîtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I saw",
"*nātôn*": "qal infinitive absolute - giving",
"*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my heart",
"*maʿăśeh*": "noun, masculine singular - work/deed",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/which",
"*naʿăśāh*": "niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was done",
"*taḥat*": "preposition - under",
"*šāmeš*": "noun, feminine singular - sun",
"*ʿēt*": "noun, feminine singular - time",
"*šālaṭ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - ruled/had power over",
"*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind",
"*raʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - harm/evil"
},
"variants": {
"*zeh*": "this/that",
"*rāʾîtî*": "I saw/I observed/I perceived",
"*nātôn*": "giving/applying",
"*libbî*": "my heart/my mind/my attention",
"*maʿăśeh*": "work/deed/activity/action",
"*naʿăśāh*": "was done/was made/happened",
"*taḥat*": "under/beneath",
"*šāmeš*": "sun",
"*ʿēt*": "time/period",
"*šālaṭ*": "ruled/had power over/controlled",
"*raʿ*": "harm/evil/hurt/injury"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.8.10",
"source": "וּבְכֵ֡ן רָאִיתִי֩ רְשָׁעִ֨ים קְבֻרִ֜ים וָבָ֗אוּ וּמִמְּק֤וֹם קָדוֹשׁ֙ יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּ בָעִ֖יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר כֵּן־עָשׂ֑וּ גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃",
"text": "And-so *rāʾîtî* *rĕšāʿîm* *qĕburîm* and-*bāʾû* and-from-*mĕqôm* *qādôš* *yĕhallēkû* and-*yištakkĕḥû* in-the-*ʿîr* *ʾăšer* thus-*ʿāśû* also-*zeh* *hābel*",
"grammar": {
"*rāʾîtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I saw",
"*rĕšāʿîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*qĕburîm*": "qal passive participle, masculine plural - buried",
"*bāʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they came",
"*mĕqôm*": "noun, masculine singular - place",
"*qādôš*": "adjective, masculine singular - holy",
"*yĕhallēkû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they walked about",
"*yištakkĕḥû*": "hitpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they were forgotten",
"*ʿîr*": "noun, feminine singular - city",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/which/where",
"*ʿāśû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they did",
"*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this",
"*hābel*": "noun, masculine singular - vanity/breath/vapor"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʾîtî*": "I saw/I observed/I witnessed",
"*rĕšāʿîm*": "wicked ones/evil people",
"*qĕburîm*": "buried/entombed",
"*bāʾû*": "they came/they entered/they arrived",
"*mĕqôm*": "place/location/site",
"*qādôš*": "holy/sacred",
"*yĕhallēkû*": "they walked about/they went about/they departed",
"*yištakkĕḥû*": "they were forgotten/they were put out of memory",
"*ʿîr*": "city/town",
"*ʿāśû*": "they did/they acted/they practiced",
"*hābel*": "vanity/meaninglessness/breath/vapor"
}
}