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׃
Debug: verse number 20122A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
/ʾim yōlī́d ʾīš mēʾā́ wᵉ šānīm rabbṓt yiḥyé wᵉ rav še-y-yihyū́ yᵉmē šānā́w wᵉ nafšṓ lō tiśbáʿ min ha-ṭ-ṭōvā́ wᵉ gam qᵉvūrā́ lō hā́yᵉtā-l-lō ʾāmártī ṭōv mimménnū ha-n-nā́fel /
Gloss translation
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- yōlī́d
- bear
- v √hi imperf III m sg
- ʾīš
- man
- n m sg abs
- mēʾā́
- hundred
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šānīm
- year
- n f pl abs
- rabbṓt
- much
- a f pl abs
- yiḥyé
- be alive
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- rav
- much
- a m sg abs
- še
- [relative]
- cnj
- -y-yihyū́
- be
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- yᵉmē
- day
- n m pl con
- šānā́w
- year
- n f pl abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- nafšṓ
- soul
- n f sg abs + III m sg
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- tiśbáʿ
- be sated
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- min
- from
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -ṭ-ṭōvā́
- what is good
- n f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- gam
- even
- adv
- qᵉvūrā́
- grave
- n f sg abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- hā́yᵉtā
- be
- v √qal perf III f sg
- -l-lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- ʾāmártī
- say
- v √qal perf I sg
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- mimménnū
- from
- prep + III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -n-nā́fel
- miscarriage
- n m sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔim yôlîˈḏ
- Negation
Negative phrase- ʔîš
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mēʔāˈ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - wᵊ šānîm rabbôˈṯ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- yiḥyeˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - rav
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- še
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyihyûˈ
- Relative
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- yᵊmê
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - šānāˈʸw
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - nafšôˈ
- Negative copula
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lō ṯiśbaˈʕ
- Negation
Negative phrase- min
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ha
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ṭṭôvāˈ wᵊ ḡam qᵊvûrāˈ lō hāˈyᵊṯā llô ʔāmaˈrtî ṭôv mimmeˈnnû ha
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-X clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- nnāˈfel
- Conjunction