וְרָאִיתִי֮ אֶת־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָאֱלֹהִים֒ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יוּכַ֜ל הָאָדָ֗ם לִמְצוֹא֙ אֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נַעֲשָׂ֣ה תַֽחַת־הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ בְּ֠שֶׁל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲמֹ֧ל הָאָדָ֛ם לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָ֑א וְגַ֨ם אִם־יֹאמַ֤ר הֶֽחָכָם֙ לָדַ֔עַת לֹ֥א יוּכַ֖ל לִמְצֹֽא׃
Debug: verse number 20177I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
/wᵉ rāʾītī́ ʾet kol maʿăśḗ hā ʾĕlōhīm kī lō yūxál hā ʾādā́m li mᵉṣō ʾet ha-m-maʿăśéh ʾăšer naʿăśā́ táḥat ha-š-šémeš bᵉ še l ʾăšer yaʿămṓl hā ʾādā́m lᵉ vaqqḗš wᵉ lō yimṣā́ wᵉ gam ʾim yōmár he ḥāxā́m lā dáʿat lō yūxál li mᵉṣō /
Gloss translation
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- rāʾītī́
- see
- v √qal perf I sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- kol
- whole
- n m sg con
- maʿăśḗ
- deed
- n m sg con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾĕlōhīm
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yūxál
- be able
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- li
- to
- prep
- mᵉṣō
- find
- v √qal infcon abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -m-maʿăśéh
- deed
- n m sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- naʿăśā́
- make
- v √ni perf III m sg
- táḥat
- under part
- prep m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šémeš
- sun
- n sg abs
- bᵉ
- in
- prep
- še
- [relative]
- cnj
- l
- to
- prep
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- yaʿămṓl
- labour
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- vaqqḗš
- seek
- v √pi infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yimṣā́
- find
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- gam
- even
- adv
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- yōmár
- say
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- he
- the
- art
- ḥāxā́m
- wise
- n m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- dáʿat
- know
- v √qal infcon abs
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yūxál
- be able
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- li
- to
- prep
- mᵉṣō
- find
- v √qal infcon abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Locative
Prepositional phrase - wᵊ rāʔîṯîˈ ʔeṯ
- Locative
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - kol maʕᵃśēˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hā
- Complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Predicate complement
Interrogative phrase- ʔᵉlōhîm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - kî lō yûḵaˈl
- Predicate complement
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Adjunctive clause- Predicate with subject suffix
Verbal phrase- hā ʔāḏāˈm
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - li mᵊṣô ʔeṯ
- Locative
Prepositional phrase - ha mmaʕᵃśeˈh ʔᵃšer
- Predicate with subject suffix
- Verbal clausesInfinitive construct clause
Coordinated clause- Predicate
Verbal phrase- naʕᵃśāˈ ṯaˈḥaṯ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ššeˈmeš bᵊ še
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase - l
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Object
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase - yaʕᵃmōˈl
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hā
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔāḏāˈm
- Object
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Nominal phrase - lᵊ vaqqēˈš wᵊ
- Vocative
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Interrogative pronoun phrase - lō
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yimṣāˈ
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - wᵊ
- Object
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ḡam
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʔim
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Nominal phrase - yōmaˈr he ḥāḵāˈm
- Vocative
- Nominal clausesAdjective clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- lā
- Predicate complement
Adjective phrase- ḏaˈʕaṯ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - lō yûḵaˈl li
- Subject
Nominal phrase - mᵊṣō
- Conjunction