וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה לִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֔ה וְדַ֥עַת הוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְשִׂכְל֑וּת יָדַ֕עְתִּי שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֥ה ה֖וּא רַעְי֥וֹן רֽוּחַ׃
Debug: verse number 20034So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
/wā ʾettᵉnā́ libbī́ lā dáʿat ḥoxmā́ wᵉ dáʿat hōlēlṓt wᵉ śixlū́t yādáʿtī še-g-gam ze hū raʿyṓn rūaḥ /
Gloss translation
- wā
- and
- cnj
- ʾettᵉnā́
- give
- v √qal wy I sg
- libbī́
- heart
- n m sg abs + I sg
- lā
- to
- prep
- dáʿat
- know
- v √qal infcon con
- ḥoxmā́
- wisdom
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- dáʿat
- knowledge
- n f sg abs
- hōlēlṓt
- madness
- n f pl abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- śixlū́t
- folly
- n f sg abs
- yādáʿtī
- know
- v √qal perf I sg
- še
- [relative]
- cnj
- -g-gam
- even
- adv
- ze
- this
- prod m sg
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- raʿyṓn
- striving
- n m sg con
- rūaḥ
- wind
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Subject clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- wā ʔettᵊnāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - libbîˈ lā ḏaˈʕaṯ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥoḵmāˈ wᵊ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ḏaˈʕaṯ hôlēlôˈṯ wᵊ
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- śiḵlûˈṯ yāḏaˈʕtî
- Subject
Personal pronoun phrase - še
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - ggam ze hû raʕyôˈn
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- rûₐḥ
- Conjunction