כִּ֣י מִֽי־יוֹדֵעַ֩ מַה־טּ֨וֹב לָֽאָדָ֜ם בַּֽחַיִּ֗ים מִסְפַּ֛ר יְמֵי־חַיֵּ֥י הֶבְל֖וֹ וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣ם כַּצֵּ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ מִֽי־יַגִּ֣יד לָֽאָדָ֔ם מַה־יִּהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרָ֖יו תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
Debug: verse number 20131For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
/kī mī yōdḗaʿ ma-ṭ-ṭōv lā ʾādā́m ba ḥayyī́m mispár yᵉmē ḥayyḗ hevlṓ wᵉ yaʿăśḗm ka -ṣ-ṣēl ʾăšer mī yaggī́d lā ʾādā́m ma-y-yihyé ʾaḥărā́w táḥat ha-š-šā́meš /
Gloss translation
- kī
- that
- cnj
- mī
- who
- pro?
- yōdḗaʿ
- know
- v √qal part m sg abs
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -ṭ-ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- ḥayyī́m
- life
- n m pl abs
- mispár
- number
- n m sg con
- yᵉmē
- day
- n m pl con
- ḥayyḗ
- life
- n m pl con
- hevlṓ
- breath
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yaʿăśḗm
- make
- v √qal imperf III m sg + III m pl
- ka
- as
- prep
- -ṣ-ṣēl
- shadow
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- mī
- who
- pro?
- yaggī́d
- report
- v √hi imperf III m sg
- lā
- to
- prep
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- ma
- what
- pro?
- -y-yihyé
- be
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʾaḥărā́w
- after
- prep m pl abs + III m sg
- táḥat
- under part
- prep m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šā́meš
- sun
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-X clause
Coordinated clause- Complement
Prepositional phrase - kî mî
- Complement
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Adjunctive clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- yôḏēˈₐʕ ma
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṭṭôv
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesWe-X-yiqtol clause
Coordinated clause- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔāḏāˈm
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ba
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ḥayyîˈm mispaˈr
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
Attributive clause- Relative
Conjunctive phrase- yᵊmê
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ḥayyêˈ
- Relative
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
Object clause- Subject
Nominal phrase - hevlôˈ wᵊ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yaʕᵃśēˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ka
- Predicate
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ṣṣēl ʔᵃšer
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - mî
- Subject
- Verbal clausesWe-x-qatal-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- yaggîˈḏ
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lā
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔāḏāˈm
- Subject
Proper-noun phrase - ma
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- yyihyeˈ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʔaḥᵃrāˈʸw
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- taˈḥaṯ
- Object
Nominal phrase - ha
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ššāˈmeš
- Modifier