--- title: Ecclesiastes 12:1 — Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them'; Who acts: you, evil days, years, thou. 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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 — you, evil days, years, thou, I — and what happens in the verse to Creator, pleasure, 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. וּזְכֹר֙ אֶת־בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ בִּימֵ֖י בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י הָֽרָעָ֔ה וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ שָׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמַ֔ר אֵֽין־לִ֥י בָהֶ֖ם חֵֽפֶץ׃ [Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them';](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.219/) ## 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:208 # text = וּזְכֹר֙ אֶת־בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ בִּימֵ֖י בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י הָֽרָעָ֔ה וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ שָׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמַ֔ר אֵֽין־לִ֥י בָהֶ֖ם חֵֽפֶץ׃ # verse = ECC.12.1 1-2 וּזְכֹר֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_12:1!1|MId=o210120010011|Strong=2050b 2 זְכֹר֙ זָכַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=remember|Ref=ECC_12:1!1|MId=o210120010012|Strong=2142|Frame=A0:210110090021;A1:210120010031;|Type=imperative 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ECC_12:1!2|MId=o210120010021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔י בָּרָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 2 obj _ Gloss=your|Ref=ECC_12:1!3|MId=o210120010031|Strong=1254|Type=participle_active 5 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=creator(s)|Ref=ECC_12:1!3|MId=o210120010032|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 6-7 בִּימֵ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_12:1!4|MId=o210120010041|Strong=0871a 7 ימֵ֖י יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 2 obl _ Gloss=the.days|Ref=ECC_12:1!4|MId=o210120010042|Strong=3117 8-9 בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑י בְּחוּרֹות NOUN _ Number=Plur 7 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.youth(s)|Ref=ECC_12:1!5|MId=o210120010051|Strong=0979 9 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ECC_12:1!5|MId=o210120010052|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 10 עַ֣ד עַד ADP _ _ 2 parataxis _ Gloss=until|Ref=ECC_12:1!6|MId=o210120010061|Strong=5704 11 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 13 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=ECC_12:1!7|MId=o210120010071|Strong=0834|Type=relative 12 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 13 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ECC_12:1!8|MId=o210120010081|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 13 יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 10 parataxis _ Gloss=they.will.come|Ref=ECC_12:1!9|MId=o210120010091|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:210120010101;|Type=yiqtol 14 יְמֵ֣י יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ Gloss=the.days|Ref=ECC_12:1!10|MId=o210120010101|Strong=3117 15-16 הָֽרָעָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 16 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=ECC_12:1!11|MId=o210120010111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 16 רָעָ֔ה רָעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 compound:smixut _ Gloss=evil|Ref=ECC_12:1!11|MId=o210120010112|Strong=7451b 17-18 וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_12:1!12|MId=o210120010121|Strong=2050b 18 הִגִּ֣יעוּ נָגַע VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Plur|Person=3 13 conj _ Gloss=they.will.arrive|Ref=ECC_12:1!12|MId=o210120010122|Strong=5060|Frame=A0:210120010131;|Type=weqatal 19 שָׁנִ֔ים שָׁנָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ Gloss=years|Ref=ECC_12:1!13|MId=o210120010131|Strong=8141 20 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=ECC_12:1!14|MId=o210120010141|Strong=0834|Type=relative 21 תֹּאמַ֔ר אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 19 acl:relcl _ Gloss=you.will.say|Ref=ECC_12:1!15|MId=o210120010151|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:210110090021;A1:210120010161;|Type=yiqtol 22 אֵֽין־ אַיִן ADV _ _ 21 ccomp _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=ECC_12:1!16|MId=o210120010161|Strong=0369|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 23-24 לִ֥י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 ל לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ECC_12:1!17|MId=o210120010171|Strong=3807a 24 ִ֥י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=me|Ref=ECC_12:1!17|MId=o210120010172|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 25-26 בָהֶ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 ב בְּ ADP _ _ 26 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_12:1!18|MId=o210120010181|Strong=0871a 26 ָהֶ֖ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=ECC_12:1!18|MId=o210120010182|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 27 חֵֽפֶץ חֵפֶץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Gloss=pleasure|Ref=ECC_12:1!19|MId=o210120010191|Strong=2656|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=ECC_12:1!19 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | זְכֹר *remember* | imperative · qal | | בּוֹרְאֶי *your* | | | | **not** יָבֹאוּ *they will come* | yiqtol · qal | יְמֵי *the days* | | | | | הִגִּיעוּ *they will arrive* | weqatal · hiphil | שָׁנִים *years* | | | | | **not** תֹּאמַר *you will say* | yiqtol · qal | | אֵֽין־ *there \[is\] not* | | | 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} וּתְהֵי דְכִיר יָת בָּרְיָךְ לְיַקְרוּתֵיהּ בְּיוֹמֵי רַבְיוּתָךְ עַד דְּלָא יֵיתוּן לְוָתָךְ יוֹמֵי בִישׁוּת וְיִמְטוֹן עֲלָךְ שְׁנִין דְּתֵימַר לֵית לִי בְּהוֹן רַעֲוָא: 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. [Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them';](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.219/) **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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