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׃
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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
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʾim
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yōlī́d
- Subject
Nominal phrase undet - ʾīš
- Object
Nominal phrase undet - mēʾā́
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-x-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵉ
- Time reference
Nominal phrase undet - šānīm rabbṓt
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yiḥyé
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵉ
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- rav
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-X clause
Subject clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- še
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yyihyū́
- Subject
Nominal phrase det- yᵉmē šānā́w
- Relative
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵉ
- Subject
Nominal phrase det- nafšṓ
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- tiśbáʿ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase det- min ha ṭṭōvā́
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-X-qatal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵉ
- Subject
Nominal phrase undet - gam qᵉvūrā́
- Negation
Negative phrase- lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hā́yᵉtā
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase det- llō
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʾāmártī
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ṭōv
- Complement
Prepositional phrase det- mimménnū
- Subject
Nominal phrase det- ha nnā́fel
- Predicate complement