כִּ֡י גַּם֩ לֹֽא־יֵדַ֨ע הָאָדָ֜ם אֶת־עִתּ֗וֹ כַּדָּגִים֙ שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ בִּמְצוֹדָ֣ה רָעָ֔ה וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים הָאֲחֻז֖וֹת בַּפָּ֑ח כָּהֵ֗ם יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָֽאָדָ֔ם לְעֵ֣ת רָעָ֔ה כְּשֶׁתִּפּ֥וֹל עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם פִּתְאֹֽם׃
Debug: verse number 20189For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
/kī gam lō yēdáʿ hā ʾādā́m ʾet ʿittṓ ka -d-dāgīm še-n-néʾĕḥāzīm bi mᵉṣōdā́ rāʿā́ wᵉ xa -ṣ-ṣippŏrī́m hā ʾăḥuzṓt ba -p-pāḥ kāhḗm yū́qāšīm bᵉnē hā ʾādā́m lᵉ ʿēt rāʿā́ kᵉ še-t-tippṓl ʿălēhém pitʾṓm /
Gloss translation
- kī
- that
- cnj
- gam
- even
- adv
- lō
- not
- ptcl—
- yēdáʿ
- know
- v √qal imperf III m sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ʿittṓ
- time
- n sg abs + III m sg
- ka
- as
- prep
- -d-dāgīm
- fish
- n m pl abs
- še
- [relative]
- cnj
- -n-néʾĕḥāzīm
- seize
- v √ni part m pl abs
- bi
- in
- prep
- mᵉṣōdā́
- net
- n f sg abs
- rāʿā́
- evil
- a f sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- xa
- as
- prep
- -ṣ-ṣippŏrī́m
- bird
- n m pl abs
- hā
- the
- cnj
- ʾăḥuzṓt
- seize
- v √qal ppart f pl abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -p-pāḥ
- bird-trap
- n m sg abs
- kāhḗm
- as
- prep + III m pl
- yū́qāšīm
- lay snares
- v √qal ppart m pl abs
- bᵉnē
- son
- n m pl con
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- lᵉ
- to
- prep
- ʿēt
- time
- n sg con
- rāʿā́
- evil
- n f sg abs
- kᵉ
- as
- prep
- še
- [relative]
- cnj
- -t-tippṓl
- fall
- v √qal imperf III f sg
- ʿălēhém
- upon
- prep + III m pl
- pitʾṓm
- suddenly
- adv
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- kî
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - gam lō yēḏaˈʕ
- Object
Nominal phrase - hā
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate with object suffix
Verbal phrase- ʔāḏāˈm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔeṯ ʕittôˈ ka
- Predicate with object suffix
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase - Predicate
Verbal phrase- ddāḡîm
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - še nneˈʔᵉḥāzîm
- Object
Nominal phrase - bi
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mᵊṣôḏāˈ
- Object
Nominal phrase - rāʕāˈ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḵa
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase - Subject
Nominal phrase - ṣṣippᵒrîˈm
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- hā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃḥuzôˈṯ ba
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ppāḥ
- Object
Nominal phrase - kāhēˈm yûˈqāšîm bᵊnê hā ʔāḏāˈm lᵊ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- ʕēṯ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- rāʕāˈ
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesWe-yiqtol-X clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- kᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- še
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ttippôˈl
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʕᵃlêheˈm
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-yiqtol-null clause
- Object
Demonstrative pronoun phrase - piṯʔōˈm
- Object