--- title: Ecclesiastes 2:21 — For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge,… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. Who acts: man, labour, wisdom, This. 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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, labour, wisdom, This — and what happens in the verse to labour, 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. כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ אָדָ֗ם שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹ בְּחָכְמָ֥ה וּבְדַ֖עַת וּבְכִשְׁר֑וֹן וּלְאָדָ֞ם שֶׁלֹּ֤א עָֽמַל־בּוֹ֙ יִתְּנֶ֣נּוּ חֶלְק֔וֹ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וְרָעָ֥ה רַבָּֽה׃ [For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.41/) [This also is vanity and a great evil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.42/) ## 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:38 # text = כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ אָדָ֗ם שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹ בְּחָכְמָ֥ה וּבְדַ֖עַת וּבְכִשְׁר֑וֹן וּלְאָדָ֞ם שֶׁלֹּ֤א עָֽמַל־בּוֹ֙ יִתְּנֶ֣נּוּ חֶלְק֔וֹ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וְרָעָ֥ה רַבָּֽה׃ # verse = ECC.2.21 1 כִּי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 2 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ECC_2:21!1|MId=o210020210011|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 2 יֵ֣שׁ יֵשׁ ADV _ _ 0 root _ Gloss=there.[is]|Ref=ECC_2:21!2|MId=o210020210021|Strong=3426|Type=demonstrative 3 אָדָ֗ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=a.person|Ref=ECC_2:21!3|MId=o210020210031|Strong=0120 4-6 שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 8 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=ECC_2:21!4|MId=o210020210041|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 5 עֲמָל עָמָל NOUN _ Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ Gloss=toil|Ref=ECC_2:21!4|MId=o210020210042|Strong=5999 6 ֛וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ECC_2:21!4|MId=o210020210043|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 7-8 בְּחָכְמָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=[was].with|Ref=ECC_2:21!5|MId=o210020210051|Strong=0871a 8 חָכְמָ֥ה חׇכְמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ Gloss=wisdom|Ref=ECC_2:21!5|MId=o210020210052|Strong=2451 9-11 וּבְדַ֖עַת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 11 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:21!6|MId=o210020210061|Strong=2050b 10 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ECC_2:21!6|MId=o210020210062|Strong=0871a 11 דַ֖עַת דַּעַת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=knowledge|Ref=ECC_2:21!6|MId=o210020210063|Strong=1847 12-14 וּבְכִשְׁר֑וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:21!7|MId=o210020210071|Strong=2050b 13 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ECC_2:21!7|MId=o210020210072|Strong=0871a 14 כִשְׁר֑וֹן כִּשְׁרוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=skill|Ref=ECC_2:21!7|MId=o210020210073|Strong=3788 15-17 וּלְאָדָ֞ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:21!8|MId=o210020210081|Strong=2050b 16 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:21!8|MId=o210020210082|Strong=3807a 17 אָדָ֞ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=a.person|Ref=ECC_2:21!8|MId=o210020210083|Strong=0120 18-19 שֶׁלֹּ֤א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 20 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=ECC_2:21!9|MId=o210020210091|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 19 לֹּ֤א לֹא ADV _ _ 20 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ECC_2:21!9|MId=o210020210092|Strong=3808|Type=negative 20 עָֽמַל־ עָמַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 17 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.toiled|Ref=ECC_2:21!10|MId=o210020210101|Strong=5998|Frame=A0:210020210083;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 21-22 בּוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_2:21!11|MId=o210020210111|Strong=0871a 22 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ Gloss=it|Ref=ECC_2:21!11|MId=o210020210112|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 23-24 יִתְּנֶ֣נּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 יִתְּנ נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=ECC_2:21!12|MId=o210020210121|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:210020210031;A1:210020210122;|Type=yiqtol 24 ֶ֣נּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ Gloss=will.give.it|Ref=ECC_2:21!12|MId=o210020210122|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 25-26 חֶלְק֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 חֶלְק חֵלֶק NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ Gloss=portion|Ref=ECC_2:21!13|MId=o210020210131|Strong=2506 26 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ECC_2:21!13|MId=o210020210132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 27 גַּם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 28 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=ECC_2:21!14|MId=o210020210141|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No 28 זֶ֥ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ Gloss=this|Ref=ECC_2:21!15|MId=o210020210151|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 29 הֶ֖בֶל הֶבֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ Gloss=[is].futility|Ref=ECC_2:21!16|MId=o210020210161|Strong=1892 30-31 וְרָעָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 31 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:21!17|MId=o210020210171|Strong=2050b 31 רָעָ֥ה רָעָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 29 conj _ Gloss=an.evil|Ref=ECC_2:21!17|MId=o210020210172|Strong=7451b 32 רַבָּֽה רַב ADJ _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 31 amod _ Gloss=great|Ref=ECC_2:21!18|MId=o210020210181|Strong=7227|Type=adjective|SpaceAfter=No 33 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 32 punct _ Ref=ECC_2:21!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** עָֽמַל־ *he toiled* | qatal · qal | אָדָם *a person* | | | | | יִתְּנ *he* | yiqtol · qal | אָדָם *a person* | ֶנּוּ *will give it* | | | 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 אִית גְּבַר דִי טוּרְחֵיה בְּחוּכְמְתָא וּבְסוּכְלְתָנוּ וּבְצִדְקוּ וִימוּת בְּלָא וְלַד וְלִגְבַר דְּלָא טְרַח בֵּיהּ יִתְּנִנֵּיהּ לְמֶהֱוֵי חוּלָקֵיהּ אַף דֵּין הֲבָלוּ וּבִשְׁתָּא רַבְּתָא: 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 there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.41/) 2. [This also is vanity and a great evil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.42/) **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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