ט֞וֹב לָלֶ֣כֶת אֶל־בֵּֽית־אֵ֗בֶל מִלֶּ֙כֶת֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה בַּאֲשֶׁ֕ר ה֖וּא ס֣וֹף כָּל־הָאָדָ֑ם וְהַחַ֖י יִתֵּ֥ן אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ׃
Debug: verse number 20133It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
/ṭōv lā léxet ʾel bēt ʾḗvel mi-l-léxet ʾel bēt mišté ba ʾăšer hū sōf kol hā ʾādā́m wᵉ ha ḥay yittḗn ʾel libbṓ /
Gloss translation
- ṭōv
- good
- a m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- léxet
- walk
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bēt
- house
- n m sg con
- ʾḗvel
- mourning rites
- n m sg abs
- mi
- from
- prep
- -l-léxet
- walk
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bēt
- house
- n m sg con
- mišté
- drinking
- n m sg abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- sōf
- end
- n m sg con
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ha
- the
- art
- ḥay
- alive
- n m sg abs
- yittḗn
- give
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- libbṓ
- heart
- n m sg abs + III m sg
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ṭôv
- Object
Nominal phrase - lā leˈḵeṯ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesParticiple clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ʔel
- Predicate complement
Verbal phrase- bêṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔēˈvel mi lleˈḵeṯ
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔel bêṯ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - mišteˈ ba ʔᵃšer
- Subject
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- hû
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - sôf kol hā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔāḏāˈm wᵊ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ha
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ḥay yittēˈn ʔel
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-x-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- libbôˈ
- Conjunction