גַּ֣ם מִגָּבֹ֤הַּ יִרָ֙אוּ֙ וְחַתְחַתִּ֣ים בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ וְיָנֵ֤אץ הַשָּׁקֵד֙ וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל הֶֽחָגָ֔ב וְתָפֵ֖ר הָֽאֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה כִּֽי־הֹלֵ֤ךְ הָאָדָם֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית עוֹלָמ֔וֹ וְסָבְב֥וּ בָשּׁ֖וּק הַסֹּפְדִֽים׃
Debug: verse number 20230when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
/gam mi-g-gāvṓah yirā́ʾū wᵉ ḥatḥattī́m ba -d-dérex wᵉ yānḗṣ ha-š-šāqḗd wᵉ yistabbḗl he ḥāgā́v wᵉ tāfḗr hā ʾăviyyōnā́ kī hōlḗx hā ʾādā́m ʾel bēt ʿōlāmṓ wᵉ sāvᵉvū́ va -š-šūq ha-s-sōfᵉdī́m /
Gloss translation
- gam
- even
- adv
- mi
- from
- prep
- -g-gāvṓah
- high
- n m sg abs
- yirā́ʾū
- fear
- v √qal imperf III m pl
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- ḥatḥattī́m
- terror
- n m pl abs
- ba
- in
- prep
- -d-dérex
- way
- n sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yānḗṣ
- sparkle
- v √hi imperf III m sg
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šāqḗd
- almond tree
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- yistabbḗl
- bear
- v √hit imperf III m sg
- he
- the
- art
- ḥāgā́v
- [uncertain]
- n m sg abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- tāfḗr
- break
- v √hi imperf III f sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾăviyyōnā́
- caper-fruit
- n f sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- hōlḗx
- walk
- v √qal part m sg abs
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- ʾel
- to
- prep
- bēt
- house
- n m sg con
- ʿōlāmṓ
- eternity
- n m sg abs + III m sg
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- sāvᵉvū́
- turn
- v √qal perf III pl
- va
- in
- prep
- -š-šūq
- street
- n m sg abs
- ha
- the
- art
- -s-sōfᵉdī́m
- lament
- n √qal part m pl abs
Syntactic structures
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Nominal phrase - gam
- Vocative
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- mi
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ggāvōˈₐh yirāˈʔû
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
- Clauses without predicationVocative clause
- Vocative
Proper-noun phrase - ḥaṯḥattîˈm
- Vocative
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
Object clause- Subject
Interrogative pronoun phrase - ba
- Predicate
Verbal phrase - Complement
Prepositional phrase - ddeˈreḵ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesZero-imperative-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-imperative-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- yānēˈṣ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ha
- Object
Prepositional phrase - ššāqēˈḏ wᵊ
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - yistabbēˈl
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- he
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ḥāḡāˈv wᵊ
- Subject
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ṯāfēˈr
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - hā ʔᵃviyyônāˈ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Predicate complement
Nominal phrase - kî
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hōlēˈḵ
- Predicate complement
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- hā
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- ʔāḏāˈm
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔel
- Conjunction
- Clauses without predicationEllipsis
- Subject
Nominal phrase - bêṯ
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - ʕôlāmôˈ wᵊ
- Subject
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Object
Nominal phrase - sāvᵊvûˈ
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - va
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ššûq
- Object
- Verbal clausesX-yiqtol clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ha
- Adjunct
Prepositional phrase - ssōfᵊḏîˈm
- Subject