7{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.11.7",
"source": "וּמָת֖וֹק הָא֑וֹר וְט֥וֹב לַֽעֵינַ֖יִם לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃",
"text": "And-*māṯôq* the-*ʾôr* and-*ṭôḇ* to-the-*ʿênayim* to-*rĕʾôṯ* [direct object marker]-the-*šāmeš*",
"grammar": {
"*māṯôq*": "adjective, masculine singular - sweet",
"*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/pleasant",
"*ʿênayim*": "noun, feminine dual - eyes",
"*rĕʾôṯ*": "qal infinitive construct - to see",
"*šāmeš*": "noun, feminine singular - sun"
},
"variants": {
"*māṯôq*": "sweet/pleasant/delightful",
"*ʾôr*": "light/daylight/dawn",
"*ṭôḇ*": "good/pleasant/agreeable"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.11.8",
"source": "כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁנִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֛ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם בְּכֻלָּ֣ם יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְיִזְכֹּר֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ כִּֽי־הַרְבֵּ֥ה יִהְי֖וּ כָּל־שֶׁבָּ֥א הָֽבֶל׃",
"text": "Because if-*šānîm* *harbēh* *yiḥyeh* the-*ʾāḏām* in-all-of-them *yiśmāḥ* and-*yizkōr* [direct object marker]-*yĕmê* the-*ḥōšeḵ* because-*harbēh* *yihyû* all-that-*bāʾ* *hāḇel*",
"grammar": {
"*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years",
"*harbēh*": "adverb - many/much",
"*yiḥyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will live",
"*ʾāḏām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind",
"*yiśmāḥ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will rejoice",
"*yizkōr*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will remember",
"*yĕmê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - days of",
"*ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness",
"*yihyû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be",
"*bāʾ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - coming",
"*hāḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - vapor/breath/vanity"
},
"variants": {
"*harbēh*": "many/much/great",
"*ʾāḏām*": "man/human/mankind",
"*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness/obscurity/night",
"*hāḇel*": "vapor/breath/vanity/meaninglessness"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.11.9",
"source": "שְׂמַ֧ח בָּח֣וּר בְּיַלְדוּתֶ֗יךָ וִֽיטִּֽיבְךָ֤ לִבְּךָ֙ בִּימֵ֣י בְחוּרוֹתֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּךְ֙ בְּדַרְכֵ֣י לִבְּךָ֔ וּבְמַרְאֵ֖י עֵינֶ֑יךָ וְדָ֕ע כִּ֧י עַל־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה יְבִֽיאֲךָ֥ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃",
"text": "*Śĕmaḥ* *bāḥûr* in-*yalḏûṯeḵā* and-*yĕṭîḇĕḵā* *libbĕḵā* in-*yĕmê* *bĕḥûrôṯeḵā* and-*hallēḵ* in-*ḏarḵê* *libbĕḵā* and-in-*marʾê* *ʿêneḵā* and-*dāʿ* that upon-all-these *yĕḇîʾăḵā* the-*ʾĕlōhîm* in-the-*mišpāṭ*",
"grammar": {
"*Śĕmaḥ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - rejoice",
"*bāḥûr*": "noun, masculine singular - young man",
"*yalḏûṯeḵā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your youth",
"*yĕṭîḇĕḵā*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - it will make you glad",
"*libbĕḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart",
"*yĕmê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - days of",
"*bĕḥûrôṯeḵā*": "noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your young manhood",
"*hallēḵ*": "piel imperative, masculine singular - walk",
"*ḏarḵê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - ways of",
"*marʾê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sights of",
"*ʿêneḵā*": "noun, feminine dual with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes",
"*dāʿ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - know",
"*yĕḇîʾăḵā*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will bring you",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God",
"*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - judgment"
},
"variants": {
"*bāḥûr*": "young man/youth/chosen one",
"*yalḏûṯeḵā*": "your youth/childhood",
"*libbĕḵā*": "your heart/mind/inner self",
"*bĕḥûrôṯeḵā*": "your young manhood/prime of life",
"*hallēḵ*": "walk/go/proceed",
"*ḏarḵê*": "ways/paths/journeys",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being",
"*mišpāṭ*": "judgment/justice/ordinance"
}
}