--- title: Ecclesiastes 11:3 — If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth;… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be. Who acts: clouds, tree. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — clouds, tree — and what happens in the verse to clouds, south, place, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of the Targum and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 12 chapters of Ecclesiastes on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. אִם־יִמָּלְא֨וּ הֶעָבִ֥ים גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ יָרִ֔יקוּ וְאִם־יִפּ֥וֹל עֵ֛ץ בַּדָּר֖וֹם וְאִ֣ם בַּצָּפ֑וֹן מְק֛וֹם שֶׁיִּפּ֥וֹל הָעֵ֖ץ שָׁ֥ם יְהֽוּא׃ [If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.210/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:ECC:200 # text = אִם־יִמָּלְא֨וּ הֶעָבִ֥ים גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ יָרִ֔יקוּ וְאִם־יִפּ֥וֹל עֵ֛ץ בַּדָּר֖וֹם וְאִ֣ם בַּצָּפ֑וֹן מְק֛וֹם שֶׁיִּפּ֥וֹל הָעֵ֖ץ שָׁ֥ם יְהֽוּא׃ # verse = ECC.11.3 1 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 2 mark _ Gloss=if|Ref=ECC_11:3!1|MId=o210110030011|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 2 יִמָּלְא֨וּ מָלֵא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 9 advcl _ Gloss=they.will.be.filled|Ref=ECC_11:3!2|MId=o210110030021|Strong=4390|Frame=A1:210110030032;|Type=yiqtol 3-4 הֶעָבִ֥ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הֶ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_11:3!3|MId=o210110030031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 עָבִ֥ים עָב NOUN _ Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=clouds|Ref=ECC_11:3!3|MId=o210110030032|Strong=5645 5 גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ גֶּשֶׁם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=rain|Ref=ECC_11:3!4|MId=o210110030041|Strong=1653 6 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=ECC_11:3!5|MId=o210110030051|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 הָאָ֣רֶץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_11:3!6|MId=o210110030061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 אָ֣רֶץ אֶרֶץ NOUN _ Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=earth|Ref=ECC_11:3!6|MId=o210110030062|Strong=0776 9 יָרִ֔יקוּ רִיק VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.will.pour.[it].out|Ref=ECC_11:3!7|MId=o210110030071|Strong=7324a|Frame=AA:210110030032;A0:210110030041;|Type=yiqtol 10-11 וְאִם־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_11:3!8|MId=o210110030081|Strong=2050b 11 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 12 mark _ Gloss=whether|Ref=ECC_11:3!8|MId=o210110030082|Strong=0518 12 יִפּ֥וֹל נָפַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 28 parataxis _ Gloss=it.falls|Ref=ECC_11:3!9|MId=o210110030091|Strong=5307|Frame=A0:210110030101;|Type=yiqtol 13 עֵ֛ץ עֵץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Gloss=a.tree|Ref=ECC_11:3!10|MId=o210110030101|Strong=6086 14-16 בַּדָּר֖וֹם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=ECC_11:3!11|MId=o210110030111|Strong=0871a 15 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_11:3!11|MId=o210110030111ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 דָּר֖וֹם דָּרוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=south|Ref=ECC_11:3!11|MId=o210110030112|Strong=1864 17-18 וְאִ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_11:3!12|MId=o210110030121|Strong=2050b 18 אִ֣ם אִם SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=or|Ref=ECC_11:3!12|MId=o210110030122|Strong=0518 19-21 בַּצָּפ֑וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=at|Ref=ECC_11:3!13|MId=o210110030131|Strong=0871a 20 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 21 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_11:3!13|MId=o210110030131ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 21 צָּפ֑וֹן צָפוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 12 conj _ Gloss=north|Ref=ECC_11:3!13|MId=o210110030132|Strong=6828 22 מְק֛וֹם מָקוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 28 dislocated _ Gloss=the.place|Ref=ECC_11:3!14|MId=o210110030141|Strong=4725 23-24 שֶׁיִּפּ֥וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=(of).where|Ref=ECC_11:3!15|MId=o210110030151|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 24 יִּפּ֥וֹל נָפַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 22 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it.falls|Ref=ECC_11:3!15|MId=o210110030152|Strong=5307|Frame=A0:210110030162;|Type=yiqtol 25-26 הָעֵ֖ץ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 26 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_11:3!16|MId=o210110030161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 26 עֵ֖ץ עֵץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ Gloss=tree|Ref=ECC_11:3!16|MId=o210110030162|Strong=6086 27 שָׁ֥ם שָׁם ADV _ _ 28 advmod _ Gloss=there|Ref=ECC_11:3!17|MId=o210110030171|Strong=8033 28 יְהֽוּא הָוָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=it.will.become|Ref=ECC_11:3!18|MId=o210110030181|Strong=1933a|Frame=A0:210110030162;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=ECC_11:3!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִמָּלְאוּ *they will be filled* | yiqtol · niphal | | עָבִים *clouds* | | | | יָרִיקוּ *they will pour \[it\] out* | yiqtol · hiphil | גֶּשֶׁם *rain* | | | עָבִים *clouds* | | יִפּוֹל *it falls* | yiqtol · qal | עֵץ *a tree* | | | | | יִּפּוֹל *it falls* | yiqtol · qal | עֵץ *tree* | | | | | יְהֽוּא *it will become* | yiqtol · qal | עֵץ *tree* | | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## The Targum {#onkelos} אִין מִתְמַלְיָן עֲנָנַיָּא מִטְרָא עַל אַרְעָא מְעַרָן יָת מַיֵיהוֹן בְּגִין זְכוּתָא דְּצַדִּיקַיָּא וְאִין לֵית זְכוּ בְּדָרָא הַהוּא בְּיַמָּא וּבְמַדְבְּרָא נָחֲתָן דְּלָא יִתְהֲנוּן מִנְּהוֹן בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא וְאִי אִתְגְּזַר מִן שְׁמַיָּא לְמִנְפַּל מַלְכָּא וְיָעֲטוֹהִי מִן שְׂרָרוּתְהוֹן מִן קֳדָם מֵימְרָא דִּשְׁמַיָּא הַוֵי וְאִי סוֹבְעָא וְכַפְנָא בִדְרוֹמָא אוֹ בְּצִיפוּנָא אַתֲר דְּאִתְגְּזַר לְמִתְקַיְימָא הַהִיא עֵיטָא תַּמָּן מִשְׁתַּלְחָא לְמֶהֱוֵי: The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.210/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). Hebrew sentence `wlc:ECC:200`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 11:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.2/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.4/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/11/)