2{
"verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.2",
"source": "אִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתֶּן־ל֣וֹ הָאֱלֹהִ֡ים עֹשֶׁר֩ וּנְכָסִ֨ים וְכָב֜וֹד וְֽאֵינֶ֨נּוּ חָסֵ֥ר לְנַפְשׁ֣וֹ ׀ מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־יִתְאַוֶּ֗ה וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤נּוּ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל מִמֶּ֔נּוּ כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ נָכְרִ֖י יֹֽאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ זֶ֥ה הֶ֛בֶל וָחֳלִ֥י רָ֖ע הֽוּא׃",
"text": "*ʾîš* *ʾăšer* *yitten-lô* the *hāʾĕlōhîm* *ʿōšer* and-*nəḵāsîm* and-*ḵāḇôd* and-*ʾênenû* *ḥāsēr* to-*nap̄šô* from-all *ʾăšer-yiṯʾawweh* and-not-*yašlîṭennû* the *hāʾĕlōhîm* to-*leʾĕḵōl* from-it, *kî* *ʾîš* *nāḵrî* *yōʾăḵălennû*; this *heḇel* and-*ḥŏlî* *rāʿ* it.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - whom/that",
"*yitten-lô*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he gives to him",
"*hāʾĕlōhîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural (divine plural) - God",
"*ʿōšer*": "noun, masculine singular - wealth/riches",
"*nəḵāsîm*": "noun, masculine plural - possessions/property",
"*ḵāḇôd*": "noun, masculine singular - honor/glory",
"*ʾênenû*": "particle of negation + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he is not",
"*ḥāsēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - lacking/wanting",
"*nap̄šô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul/desire",
"*ʾăšer-yiṯʾawweh*": "relative pronoun + verb, Hitpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - that he desires",
"*yašlîṭennû*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he enables him",
"*leʾĕḵōl*": "preposition + verb, Qal infinitive construct - to eat",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*nāḵrî*": "adjective, masculine singular - foreign/strange",
"*yōʾăḵălennû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he will eat it",
"*heḇel*": "noun, masculine singular - vanity/emptiness/breath",
"*ḥŏlî*": "noun, masculine singular - sickness/disease",
"*rāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿōšer*": "wealth/riches/abundance",
"*nəḵāsîm*": "possessions/property/goods",
"*ḵāḇôd*": "honor/glory/dignity/respect",
"*nap̄šô*": "his soul/self/desire/appetite",
"*yašlîṭennû*": "he empowers him/gives him power/enables him",
"*nāḵrî*": "foreigner/stranger/alien",
"*heḇel*": "vanity/futility/emptiness/breath/vapor",
"*ḥŏlî*": "sickness/disease/affliction"
}
}
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"
}
}