הִנֵּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֗נִי ט֣וֹב אֲשֶׁר־יָפֶ֣ה לֶֽאֶכוֹל־וְ֠לִשְׁתּוֹת וְלִרְא֨וֹת טוֹבָ֜ה בְּכָל־עֲמָל֣וֹ ׀ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹ֣ל תַּֽחַת־הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ מִסְפַּ֧ר יְמֵי־חיו [חַיָּ֛יו] אֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן־ל֥וֹ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי־ה֥וּא חֶלְקֽוֹ׃
Debug: verse number 20117Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
/hinnḗ ʾăšer rāʾī́tī ʾā́nī ṭōv ʾăšer yāfé le ʾexōl wᵉ li šᵉttōt wᵉ li rᵉʾōt ṭōvā́ bᵉ xol ʿămālṓ še-y-yaʿămṓl táḥat ha-š-šémeš mispár yᵉmē ḥayyā́w ʾăšer nā́tan lō hā ʾĕlōhī́m kī hū ḥelqṓ /
Gloss translation
- hinnḗ
- behold
- intj
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- rāʾī́tī
- see
- v √qal perf I sg
- ʾā́nī
- i
- prop I sg
- ṭōv
- good
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yāfé
- beautiful
- a m sg abs
- le
- to
- prep
- ʾexōl
- eat
- v √qal infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- li
- to
- prep
- šᵉttōt
- drink
- v √qal infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- li
- to
- prep
- rᵉʾōt
- see
- v √qal infcon con
- ṭōvā́
- what is good
- n f sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- xol
- whole
- n m sg con
- ʿămālṓ
- labour
- n sg abs + III m sg
- še
- [relative]
- cnj
- -y-yaʿămṓl
- labour
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- táḥat
- under part
- prep m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šémeš
- sun
- n sg abs
- mispár
- number
- n m sg con
- yᵉmē
- day
- n m pl con
- ḥayyā́w
- life
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- nā́tan
- give
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾĕlōhī́m
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- ḥelqṓ
- share
- n m sg abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Resumption- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hinnēˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃšer rāʔîˈṯî ʔāˈnî ṭôv
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yāfeˈ
- Object
Prepositional phrase - le ʔeḵôl wᵊ
- Relative
- Verbal clausesx-imperative-null clause
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - li šᵊttôṯ wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- li
- Object
Prepositional phrase - rᵊʔôṯ ṭôvāˈ
- Time reference
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- bᵊ
- Time reference
Prepositional phrase - ḵol ʕᵃmālôˈ še
- Negation
Negative phrase- yyaʕᵃmōˈl
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- taˈḥaṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ha
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ššeˈmeš
- Negative copula with subject suffix
Negative phrase- mispaˈr
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- yᵊmê
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Object clause- Question
Interrogative phrase- ḥayyāˈw ʔᵃšer
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- nāˈṯan
- Question
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Question
Interrogative phrase- lô
- Subject
Demonstrative pronoun phrase - hā
- Question
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔᵉlōhîˈm
- Subject
Demonstrative pronoun phrase - kî
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- hû
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ḥelqôˈ
- Conjunction