--- title: Ecclesiastes 11:5 — As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones d… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all things. Who acts: thou, bones, womb, God. 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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 — thou, bones, womb, God — and what happens in the verse to way, womb, work, things, 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. כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵֽינְךָ֤ יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ מַה־דֶּ֣רֶךְ הָר֔וּחַ כַּעֲצָמִ֖ים בְּבֶ֣טֶן הַמְּלֵאָ֑ה כָּ֗כָה לֹ֤א תֵדַע֙ אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֶת־הַכֹּֽל׃ [As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.212/) ## 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:202 # text = כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵֽינְךָ֤ יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ מַה־דֶּ֣רֶךְ הָר֔וּחַ כַּעֲצָמִ֖ים בְּבֶ֣טֶן הַמְּלֵאָ֑ה כָּ֗כָה לֹ֤א תֵדַע֙ אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֶת־הַכֹּֽל׃ # verse = ECC.11.5 1-2 כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 18 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=ECC_11:5!1|MId=o210110050011|Strong=3509a 2 אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=ECC_11:5!1|MId=o210110050012|Strong=0834|Type=relative 3-4 אֵֽינְךָ֤ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 אֵֽינ אַיִן ADV _ _ 5 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ECC_11:5!2|MId=o210110050021|Strong=0369|Type=negative 4 ְךָ֤ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=ECC_11:5!2|MId=o210110050022|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 5 יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 1 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[are].knowing|Ref=ECC_11:5!3|MId=o210110050031|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:210110050022;A1:210110050041;|Type=participle_active 6 מַה־ מָה PRON _ PronType=Int 5 ccomp _ Gloss=what?|Ref=ECC_11:5!4|MId=o210110050041|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 7 דֶּ֣רֶךְ דֶּרֶךְ NOUN _ Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Gloss=[is].the.way|Ref=ECC_11:5!5|MId=o210110050051|Strong=1870 8-9 הָר֔וּחַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=ECC_11:5!6|MId=o210110050061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 ר֔וּחַ רוּחַ NOUN _ Number=Sing 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.wind|Ref=ECC_11:5!6|MId=o210110050062|Strong=7307 10-11 כַּעֲצָמִ֖ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=like|Ref=ECC_11:5!7|MId=o210110050071|Strong=3509a 11 עֲצָמִ֖ים עֶצֶם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 6 obl _ Gloss=bones|Ref=ECC_11:5!7|MId=o210110050072|Strong=6106 12-13 בְּבֶ֣טֶן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 13 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_11:5!8|MId=o210110050081|Strong=0871a 13 בֶ֣טֶן בֶּטֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 11 nmod _ Gloss=the.womb|Ref=ECC_11:5!8|MId=o210110050082|Strong=0990 14-15 הַמְּלֵאָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=ECC_11:5!9|MId=o210110050091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 מְּלֵאָ֑ה מָלֵא ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.full.[woman]|Ref=ECC_11:5!9|MId=o210110050092|Strong=4392|Type=adjective 16 כָּ֗כָה כָּכָה ADV _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=ECC_11:5!10|MId=o210110050101|Strong=3602 17 לֹ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ECC_11:5!11|MId=o210110050111|Strong=3808|Type=negative 18 תֵדַע֙ יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.know|Ref=ECC_11:5!12|MId=o210110050121|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:210120120031;A1:210110050141;|Type=yiqtol 19 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ECC_11:5!13|MId=o210110050131|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 20 מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=the.work|Ref=ECC_11:5!14|MId=o210110050141|Strong=4639 21-22 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 22 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=ECC_11:5!15|MId=o210110050151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 22 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=ECC_11:5!15|MId=o210110050152|Strong=0430 23 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=ECC_11:5!16|MId=o210110050161|Strong=0834|Type=relative 24 יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 22 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.makes|Ref=ECC_11:5!17|MId=o210110050171|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:210110050152;A1:210110050192;|Type=yiqtol 25 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ECC_11:5!18|MId=o210110050181|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 26-27 הַכֹּֽל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 27 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ECC_11:5!19|MId=o210110050191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 27 כֹּֽל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 obj _ Gloss=everything|Ref=ECC_11:5!19|MId=o210110050192|Strong=3605 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=ECC_11:5!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes - indirect: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** יוֹדֵעַ *\[are\] knowing* | participle active · qal | ְךָ *you* | מַה־ *what?* | | | | **not** תֵדַע *you know* | yiqtol · qal | | מַעֲשֵׂה *the work* | | | | יַעֲשֶׂה *he makes* | yiqtol · qal | אֱלֹהִים *God* | כֹּֽל *everything* | | | 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} הֵיכְמָא דְּלֵיתָךְ יָדַע אֵיכְדֵין יְהַלֵּיךְ רוּחַ נִשְׁמְתָא דְּחַיֵי בְּגּוּף עוּלֵימָא שְׁלִילָא דְּשָׁרֵי בְּמַעֲיָנָא דְּאִמֵּיהּ מַעַבְּרָא וְהֵיכְמָא דְּלָא תִנְדַּע אִי דְּכַר אוֹ נוּקְבָא עַד זְמָן דְּאִתְיְלִיד הַכְדֵין לֵיתָךְ יָדַע יָת עוֹבָדָא דַּיָי דַּעֲבַד בְּחוּכְמְתָא יָת כּוֹלָא: 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. [As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.212/) **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). 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