וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ אֶת־הַשִּׂמְחָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵֽין־ט֤וֹב לָֽאָדָם֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כִּ֛י אִם־לֶאֱכ֥וֹל וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת וְלִשְׂמ֑וֹחַ וְה֞וּא יִלְוֶ֣נּוּ בַעֲמָל֗וֹ יְמֵ֥י חַיָּ֛יו אֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן־ל֥וֹ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
·Debug: verse number 20175Aussi ai-je prôné la joie, puisque rien n’est bon pour l’homme sous le soleil comme de manger, de boire et de se réjouir; c’est là ce qui lui demeure fidèle au milieu de ses peines, tout le long de la vie que Dieu lui a octroyée sous le soleil.
/wᵉ šibbaḥtī ʾănī ʾet ha-ś-śimḥā́ ʾăšer ʾēn ṭōv lā ʾādā́m táḥat ha-š-šémeš kī ʾim le ʾĕxōl wᵉ li šᵉttōt wᵉ li śᵉmōaḥ wᵉ hū yilwénnū va ʿămālṓ yᵉmē ḥayyā́w ʾăšer nā́tan lō hā ʾĕlōhī́m táḥat ha-š-šā́meš /
Gloss translation
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- šibbaḥtī
- praise
- v √pi perf I sg
- ʾănī
- i
- prop I sg
- ʾet
- [object marker]
- prep
- ha
- the
- art
- -ś-śimḥā́
- joy
- n f sg abs
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- ʾēn
- [NEG]
- ptcl— m sg con
- ṭōv
- good
- n m sg abs
- lā
- to
- prep
- ʾādā́m
- human, mankind
- n m sg abs
- táḥat
- under part
- prep m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šémeš
- sun
- n sg abs
- kī
- that
- cnj
- ʾim
- if
- cnj
- le
- to
- prep
- ʾĕxōl
- eat
- v √qal infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- li
- to
- prep
- šᵉttōt
- drink
- v √qal infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- li
- to
- prep
- śᵉmōaḥ
- rejoice
- v √qal infcon abs
- wᵉ
- and
- cnj
- hū
- he
- prop III m sg
- yilwénnū
- accompany
- v √qal imperf III m sg + III m sg
- va
- in
- prep
- ʿămālṓ
- labour
- n sg abs + III m sg
- yᵉmē
- day
- n m pl con
- ḥayyā́w
- life
- n m pl abs + III m sg
- ʾăšer
- [relative]
- cnj
- nā́tan
- give
- v √qal perf III m sg
- lō
- to
- prep + III m sg
- hā
- the
- art
- ʾĕlōhī́m
- god(s)
- n m pl abs
- táḥat
- under part
- prep m sg con
- ha
- the
- art
- -š-šā́meš
- sun
- n sg abs
Syntactic structures
- Verbal clausesWayyiqtol-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- wᵊ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- šibbaḥtî
- Object
Nominal phrase - ʔᵃnî ʔeṯ ha
- Conjunction
- Verbal clausesx-qatal-null clause
- Modifier
Adverbial phrase- śśimḥāˈ
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔᵃšer
- Modifier
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ʔên
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ṭôv lā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔāḏāˈm
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- taˈḥaṯ
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesWe-qatal-null clause
- Conjunction
Conjunctive phrase- ha
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ššeˈmeš
- Object
Nominal phrase - kî
- Conjunction
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔim le ʔᵉḵôl
- Predicate complement
Prepositional phrase - wᵊ li šᵊttôṯ
- Subject
- Nominal clausesNominal clause
- Negative copula
Negative phrase- wᵊ
- Subject
Nominal phrase - li
- Negative copula
- Verbal clausesX-qatal clause
- Subject
Nominal phrase - śᵊmôₐḥ wᵊ
- Negation
Negative phrase- hû
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- yilweˈnnû
- Object
Nominal phrase - va ʕᵃmālôˈ yᵊmê
- Subject
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ḥayyāˈʸw
- Complement
Prepositional phrase - ʔᵃšer nāˈṯan lô
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-yiqtol-X clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- hā
- Subject
Nominal phrase - ʔᵉlōhîˈm taˈḥaṯ ha
- Predicate
- Verbal clausesZero-qatal-null clause
- Predicate
Verbal phrase- ššāˈmeš
- Predicate