אֵֽין־ט֤וֹב בָּאָדָם֙ שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֔ה וְהֶרְאָ֧ה אֶת־נַפְשׁ֛וֹ ט֖וֹב בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ גַּם־זֹה֙ רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֔נִי כִּ֛י מִיַּ֥ד הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא׃
Debug: verse number 20059Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
/ʾēn ṭōv bā ʾādā́m še-y-yōxál wᵉ šātā́ wᵉ herʾā́ ʾet nafšṓ ṭōv ba ʿămālṓ gam zō rāʾī́tī ʾā́nī kī mi-y-yad hā ʾĕlōhī́m hī /
Gloss translation
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- bā
- in
- prep
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- še
- [relative]
- cnj
- -y-yōxál
- eat
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šātā́
- drink
- v √qal perf III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- herʾā́
- see
- v √hi perf III m sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- nafšṓ
- soul
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- ṭōv
- good
- n m sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- ʿămālṓ
- labour
- n sg abs + III m sg
- gam
- even
- adv
- zō
- this
- prod f sg
- rāʾī́tī
- see
- v √qal perf I sg
- ʾā́nī
- i
- prop I sg
- kī
- that
- cnj
- mi
- from
- prep
- -y-yad
- hand
- n sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾĕlōhī́m
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- hī
- she
- prop III f sg
Syntactic structures
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔên
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ṭôv
- Negative copula
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
Attributive clause- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- bā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔāḏāˈm še
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyōḵaˈl wᵊ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - šāṯāˈ wᵊ herʔāˈ
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔeṯ
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- nafšôˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ṭôv
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ba ʕᵃmālôˈ gam zō
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- rāʔîˈṯî
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔāˈnî
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kî
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - mi yyaḏ hā
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵉlōhîˈm
- Negation
Negative phrase- hî
- Conjunction