12{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.10.12",
"source": "דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי־חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְשִׂפְת֥וֹת כְּסִ֖יל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃",
"text": "*dibrê pî-ḥākām ḥēn* *wə-śiptôt kəsîl təballəʿennû*",
"grammar": {
"*dibrê*": "masculine plural construct - words of",
"*pî-ḥākām*": "masculine singular construct + adjective - mouth of wise (man)",
"*ḥēn*": "masculine singular noun - grace/favor",
"*wə-śiptôt*": "conjunction + feminine plural construct - and lips of",
"*kəsîl*": "masculine singular noun - fool",
"*təballəʿennû*": "piel imperfect 3rd feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - will swallow him up"
},
"variants": {
"*dibrê*": "words/sayings/speech",
"*pî-ḥākām*": "mouth of wise man/speech of wise person",
"*ḥēn*": "grace/favor/charm",
"*śiptôt*": "lips/speech/words",
"*kəsîl*": "fool/foolish person",
"*təballəʿennû*": "will swallow him up/will destroy him/will ruin him"
}
}
13{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.10.13",
"source": "תְּחִלַּ֥ת דִּבְרֵי־פִ֖יהוּ סִכְל֑וּת וְאַחֲרִ֣ית פִּ֔יהוּ הוֹלֵל֖וּת רָעָֽה׃",
"text": "*təḥillat dibrê-pîhû siklût* *wə-ʾaḥărît pîhû hôlēlût rāʿâ*",
"grammar": {
"*təḥillat*": "feminine singular construct - beginning of",
"*dibrê-pîhû*": "masculine plural construct + masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - words of his mouth",
"*siklût*": "feminine singular noun - foolishness",
"*wə-ʾaḥărît*": "conjunction + feminine singular construct - and end of",
"*pîhû*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth",
"*hôlēlût*": "feminine singular noun - madness",
"*rāʿâ*": "feminine singular adjective - evil/harmful"
},
"variants": {
"*təḥillat*": "beginning/start",
"*dibrê-pîhû*": "words of his mouth/his speech",
"*siklût*": "foolishness/folly/stupidity",
"*ʾaḥărît*": "end/outcome/latter part",
"*hôlēlût*": "madness/insanity/senselessness",
"*rāʿâ*": "evil/harmful/wicked"
}
}
14{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.10.14",
"source": "וְהַסָּכָ֖ל יַרְבֶּ֣ה דְבָרִ֑ים לֹא־יֵדַ֤ע הָאָדָם֙ מַה־שֶׁיִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר יִֽהְיֶה֙ מֵֽאַחֲרָ֔יו מִ֖י יַגִּ֥יד לֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*wə-hassākāl yarbeh dəbārîm*; not *yēdaʿ hāʾādām* what *še-yihyeh* and which *yihyeh* from after him who *yaggîd* to him",
"grammar": {
"*wə-hassākāl*": "conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the fool",
"*yarbeh*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - multiplies/increases",
"*dəbārîm*": "masculine plural noun - words",
"*lōʾ-yēdaʿ*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - does not know",
"*hāʾādām*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the man",
"*mah-še-yihyeh*": "interrogative + relative particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - what will be",
"*wa-ʾăšer*": "conjunction + relative particle - and that which",
"*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be",
"*mē-ʾaḥărāyw*": "preposition + preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from after him",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*yaggîd*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will tell",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him"
},
"variants": {
"*hassākāl*": "the fool/the foolish one",
"*yarbeh*": "multiplies/increases/uses many",
"*dəbārîm*": "words/speeches/sayings",
"*yēdaʿ*": "knows/understands",
"*hāʾādām*": "the man/mankind/person",
"*yihyeh*": "will be/shall happen/will become",
"*mē-ʾaḥărāyw*": "after him/behind him/following him",
"*yaggîd*": "will tell/can declare/will make known"
}
}
15{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.10.15",
"source": "עֲמַ֥ל הַכְּסִילִ֖ים תְּיַגְּעֶ֑נּוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע לָלֶ֥כֶת אֶל־עִֽיר׃",
"text": "*ʿămal hakkəsîlîm təyaggəʿennû* who not *yādaʿ lāleket* to *ʿîr*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿămal*": "masculine singular construct - labor of",
"*hakkəsîlîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the fools",
"*təyaggəʿennû*": "piel imperfect 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - wearies him",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - who",
"*lōʾ-yādaʿ*": "negative particle + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - does not know",
"*lāleket*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to go",
"*ʾel-ʿîr*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - to city"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿămal*": "labor/toil/work",
"*hakkəsîlîm*": "the fools/the foolish ones",
"*təyaggəʿennû*": "wearies him/tires him/exhausts him",
"*yādaʿ*": "knows/understands/is aware",
"*lāleket*": "to go/to walk/to travel",
"*ʿîr*": "city/town"
}
}