--- title: Ecclesiastes 11:8 — For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remem… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. Who acts: man, you, things, All. 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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 — man, you, things, All — and what happens in the verse to man, vanity, 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. כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁנִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֛ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם בְּכֻלָּ֣ם יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְיִזְכֹּר֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ כִּֽי־הַרְבֵּ֥ה יִהְי֖וּ כָּל־שֶׁבָּ֥א הָֽבֶל׃ [For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.215/) [All that cometh is vanity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.216/) ## 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:205 # text = כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁנִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֛ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם בְּכֻלָּ֣ם יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְיִזְכֹּר֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ כִּֽי־הַרְבֵּ֥ה יִהְי֖וּ כָּל־שֶׁבָּ֥א הָֽבֶל׃ # verse = ECC.11.8 1 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ ExtPos=SCONJ 11 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ECC_11:8!1|MId=o210110080011|Strong=3588 2 אִם־ אִם SCONJ _ _ 1 fixed _ Gloss=if|Ref=ECC_11:8!2|MId=o210110080021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No 3 שָׁנִ֥ים שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 5 obl _ Gloss=years|Ref=ECC_11:8!3|MId=o210110080031|Strong=8141 4 הַרְבֵּ֛ה רָבָה ADV _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 3 advmod _ Gloss=many|Ref=ECC_11:8!4|MId=o210110080041|Strong=7235b|Type=infinitive_absolute 5 יִחְיֶ֥ה חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 11 advcl _ Gloss=he.will.live|Ref=ECC_11:8!5|MId=o210110080051|Strong=2421|Frame=A0:210110080062;|Type=yiqtol 6-7 הָאָדָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ECC_11:8!6|MId=o210110080061|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 אָדָ֖ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Gloss=person|Ref=ECC_11:8!6|MId=o210110080062|Strong=0120 8-10 בְּכֻלָּ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_11:8!7|MId=o210110080071|Strong=0871a 9 כֻלּ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=ECC_11:8!7|MId=o210110080072|Strong=3605 10 ָ֣ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=of.them|Ref=ECC_11:8!7|MId=o210110080073|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 11 יִשְׂמָ֑ח שָׂמַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=let.him.take.pleasure|Ref=ECC_11:8!8|MId=o210110080081|Strong=8055|Frame=A0:210110080062;|Type=jussive 12-13 וְיִזְכֹּר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_11:8!9|MId=o210110080091|Strong=2050b 13 יִזְכֹּר֙ זָכַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 11 conj _ Gloss=let.him.remember|Ref=ECC_11:8!9|MId=o210110080092|Strong=2142|Frame=A0:210110080062;A1:210110080111;|Type=jussive 14 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ECC_11:8!10|MId=o210110080101|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 15 יְמֵ֣י יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 obj _ Gloss=the.days|Ref=ECC_11:8!11|MId=o210110080111|Strong=3117 16-17 הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=ECC_11:8!12|MId=o210110080121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 חֹ֔שֶׁךְ חֹשֶׁךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=darkness|Ref=ECC_11:8!12|MId=o210110080122|Strong=2822 18 כִּֽי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ECC_11:8!13|MId=o210110080131|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 19 הַרְבֵּ֥ה רָבָה ADV _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 11 advcl _ Gloss=many|Ref=ECC_11:8!14|MId=o210110080141|Strong=7235b|Type=infinitive_absolute 20 יִהְי֖וּ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 19 cop _ Gloss=they.will.be|Ref=ECC_11:8!15|MId=o210110080151|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:210110080111;|Type=yiqtol 21 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ Gloss=all|Ref=ECC_11:8!16|MId=o210110080161|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 22-23 שֶׁבָּ֥א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=ECC_11:8!17|MId=o210110080171|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 23 בָּ֥א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 21 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it.has.come|Ref=ECC_11:8!17|MId=o210110080172|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:210110080161;|Type=qatal 24 הָֽבֶל הֶבֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ Gloss=[is].futility|Ref=ECC_11:8!18|MId=o210110080181|Strong=1892|SpaceAfter=No 25 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 24 punct _ Ref=ECC_11:8!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יִחְיֶה *he will live* | yiqtol · qal | אָדָם *person* | | | | | יִשְׂמָח *let him take pleasure* | jussive · qal | אָדָם *person* | | | | | יִזְכֹּר *let him remember* | jussive · qal | אָדָם *person* | יְמֵי *the days* | | | | יִהְיוּ *they will be* | yiqtol · qal | יְמֵי *the days* | | | | | בָּא *it has come* | qatal · qal | כָּל־ *all* | | | | 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} אֲרוּם אִם יוֹמִין סַגִּיאִין חָיֵי אֱנָשָׁא בְּכוּלְּהוֹן חָזֵי לֵיהּ לְמֶחְדֵּי וּלְמֶעְסַק בְּאוֹרָיְתָא דַּיָי יְהֵי דְכִיר יָת יוֹמֵי חֲשׁוֹכָא דְּמוֹתָא וְלָא יֵיחוֹב אֲרוּם סַגִּיאִין אִנּוּן יוֹמַיָּא דְּיִשְׁכּוֹב שְׁכִיבָא בְּבֵית קְבוּרְתָא \[דְחָמֵי לֵיה\] לְקַבָּלָא דִּינָא מִן שְׁמַיָּא בְּחַיּוֹהִי דִי רְחִים כָּל זְמָן דְּיֵיתֵי עֲלוֹהִי פּוּרְעָנוּתָא עַל הֲבָלוּתָא דִי עֲבָד: 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. [For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.215/) 2. [All that cometh is vanity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.216/) **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:205`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.7/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 11:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.9/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/11/)