3{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.3",
"source": "אִם־יוֹלִ֣יד אִ֣ישׁ מֵאָ֡ה וְשָׁנִים֩ רַבּ֨וֹת יִֽחְיֶ֜ה וְרַ֣ב ׀ שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵֽי־שָׁנָ֗יו וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ לֹא־תִשְׂבַּ֣ע מִן־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה וְגַם־קְבוּרָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֣יְתָה לּ֑וֹ אָמַ֕רְתִּי ט֥וֹב מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַנָּֽפֶל׃",
"text": "If-*yôlîd* *ʾîš* hundred and-*šānîm* *rabbôṯ* *yiḥyeh* and-many *šeyyihyû* *yəmê-šānāyw* and-*nap̄šô* not-*tiśbaʿ* from-the-*haṭṭôḇāh* and-also-*qəḇûrāh* not-*hāyəṯāh* to-him, *ʾāmartî* *ṭôḇ* from-him the-*hannāp̄el*.",
"grammar": {
"*yôlîd*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he begets",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years",
"*rabbôṯ*": "adjective, feminine plural - many/numerous",
"*yiḥyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will live",
"*šeyyihyû*": "relative conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - that they will be",
"*yəmê-šānāyw*": "construct state: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - days of his years",
"*nap̄šô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul",
"*tiśbaʿ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is satisfied/filled",
"*haṭṭôḇāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the good/goodness",
"*qəḇûrāh*": "noun, feminine singular - burial/grave",
"*hāyəṯāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she was/became",
"*ʾāmartî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I say/said",
"*ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/better",
"*hannāp̄el*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the miscarriage/stillborn"
},
"variants": {
"*yôlîd*": "begets/fathers/brings forth",
"*tiśbaʿ*": "is satisfied/is filled/has enough",
"*haṭṭôḇāh*": "the good/the goodness/the prosperity",
"*qəḇûrāh*": "burial/grave/tomb",
"*ʾāmartî*": "I say/I declare/I pronounce",
"*hannāp̄el*": "the miscarriage/the stillborn/the untimely birth"
}
}
4{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.4",
"source": "כִּֽי־בַהֶ֥בֶל בָּ֖א וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֵלֵ֑ךְ וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ שְׁמ֥וֹ יְכֻסֶּֽה׃",
"text": "For-in-the-*heḇel* *bāʾ* and-in-the-*ḥōšeḵ* *yēlēḵ* and-in-the-*ḥōšeḵ* *šəmô* *yəḵusseh*.",
"grammar": {
"*heḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - vanity/emptiness",
"*bāʾ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he came",
"*ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness",
"*yēlēḵ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will go",
"*šəmô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name",
"*yəḵusseh*": "verb, Pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be covered"
},
"variants": {
"*heḇel*": "vanity/emptiness/futility/breath/vapor",
"*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness/obscurity",
"*yəḵusseh*": "will be covered/will be concealed/will be hidden"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.5",
"source": "גַּם־שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹא־רָאָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע נַ֥חַת לָזֶ֖ה מִזֶּֽה׃",
"text": "Also-*šemeš* not-*rāʾāh* and-not *yādāʿ*; *naḥaṯ* to-this from-this.",
"grammar": {
"*šemeš*": "noun, masculine/feminine singular - sun",
"*rāʾāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he saw",
"*yādāʿ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knew",
"*naḥaṯ*": "noun, masculine singular - rest/quiet"
},
"variants": {
"*naḥaṯ*": "rest/quiet/peace/tranquility"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.6",
"source": "וְאִלּ֣וּ חָיָ֗ה אֶ֤לֶף שָׁנִים֙ פַּעֲמַ֔יִם וְטוֹבָ֖ה לֹ֣א רָאָ֑ה הֲלֹ֛א אֶל־מָק֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד הַכֹּ֥ל הוֹלֵֽךְ׃",
"text": "And-if *ḥāyāh* *ʾelep̄* *šānîm* *paʿămayim* and-*ṭôḇāh* not *rāʾāh*, *hălōʾ* to-*māqôm* *ʾeḥāḏ* the-*hakkōl* *hôlēḵ*?",
"grammar": {
"*ḥāyāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he lived",
"*ʾelep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - thousand",
"*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years",
"*paʿămayim*": "noun, feminine dual - twice",
"*ṭôḇāh*": "noun, feminine singular - goodness",
"*rāʾāh*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he saw",
"*hălōʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - is it not?",
"*māqôm*": "noun, masculine singular - place",
"*ʾeḥāḏ*": "adjective, masculine singular - one",
"*hakkōl*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the all/everything",
"*hôlēḵ*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - going"
},
"variants": {
"*ṭôḇāh*": "goodness/prosperity/happiness/welfare",
"*māqôm*": "place/location/destination",
"*hakkōl*": "all/everything/everyone"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.7",
"source": "כָּל־עֲמַ֥ל הָאָדָ֖ם לְפִ֑יהוּ וְגַם־הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ לֹ֥א תִמָּלֵֽא׃",
"text": "All-*ʿămal* the-*hāʾāḏām* for-*pîhû* and-also-the-*hannepeš* not *timmālēʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʿămal*": "noun, masculine singular construct - labor/toil",
"*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the man/mankind",
"*pîhû*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mouth",
"*hannepeš*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the soul",
"*timmālēʾ*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is filled"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿămal*": "labor/toil/trouble/work",
"*hannepeš*": "the soul/appetite/desire",
"*timmālēʾ*": "is filled/is satisfied/is full"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.8",
"source": "כִּ֛י מַה־יוֹתֵ֥ר לֶחָכָ֖ם מִֽן־הַכְּסִ֑יל מַה־לֶּעָנִ֣י יוֹדֵ֔עַ לַהֲלֹ֖ךְ נֶ֥גֶד הַחַיִֽים׃",
"text": "For what-*yôṯēr* to-the-*ḥāḵām* from-the-*hakkəsîl*? What-to-the-*leʿānî* *yôḏēaʿ* to-*lahălōḵ* *neḡeḏ* the-*haḥayyîm*?",
"grammar": {
"*yôṯēr*": "noun, masculine singular - advantage/profit",
"*ḥāḵām*": "adjective, masculine singular - wise man",
"*hakkəsîl*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the fool",
"*leʿānî*": "preposition + definite article + adjective, masculine singular - to the poor",
"*yôḏēaʿ*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - knowing",
"*lahălōḵ*": "preposition + verb, Qal infinitive construct - to walk",
"*neḡeḏ*": "preposition - before/in front of",
"*haḥayyîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the living/life"
},
"variants": {
"*yôṯēr*": "advantage/profit/benefit/surplus",
"*ḥāḵām*": "wise man/sage",
"*hakkəsîl*": "the fool/the stupid one",
"*leʿānî*": "to the poor/to the afflicted/to the humble",
"*yôḏēaʿ*": "knowing/understanding",
"*lahălōḵ neḡeḏ haḥayyîm*": "to walk before the living/to conduct oneself in life"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.9",
"source": "ט֛וֹב מַרְאֵ֥ה עֵינַ֖יִם מֵֽהֲלָךְ־נָ֑פֶשׁ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃",
"text": "*Ṭôḇ* *marʾēh* *ʿênayim* from-*mēhălāḵ*-*nāpeš*; also-this *heḇel* and-*rəʿûṯ* *rûaḥ*.",
"grammar": {
"*Ṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good/better",
"*marʾēh*": "noun, masculine singular construct - sight of",
"*ʿênayim*": "noun, feminine dual - eyes",
"*mēhălāḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from walking of",
"*nāpeš*": "noun, feminine singular - soul",
"*heḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - vanity/emptiness",
"*rəʿûṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - striving after",
"*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - wind/spirit"
},
"variants": {
"*marʾēh ʿênayim*": "sight of eyes/what one sees",
"*hălāḵ-nāpeš*": "walking of soul/wandering of desire/roaming of appetite",
"*heḇel*": "vanity/emptiness/futility/breath",
"*rəʿûṯ rûaḥ*": "striving after wind/chasing after wind/vexation of spirit"
}
}