--- title: Ecclesiastes 2:26 — For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowl… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth the task, to gather and to heap up, that he may leave to him that is good in the sight of God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. Who acts: man, God, that, 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, God, that, This — and what happens in the verse to sight, wisdom, task, sinner, God, 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. כִּ֤י לְאָדָם֙ שֶׁטּ֣וֹב לְפָנָ֔יו נָתַ֛ן חָכְמָ֥ה וְדַ֖עַת וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְלַחוֹטֶא֩ נָתַ֨ן עִנְיָ֜ן לֶאֱס֣וֹף וְלִכְנ֗וֹס לָתֵת֙ לְטוֹב֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃ [For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth the task, to gather and to heap up, that he may leave to him that is good in the sight of God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.49/) [This also is vanity and a striving after wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.50/) ## 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:43 # text = כִּ֤י לְאָדָם֙ שֶׁטּ֣וֹב לְפָנָ֔יו נָתַ֛ן חָכְמָ֥ה וְדַ֖עַת וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְלַחוֹטֶא֩ נָתַ֨ן עִנְיָ֜ן לֶאֱס֣וֹף וְלִכְנ֗וֹס לָתֵת֙ לְטוֹב֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃ # verse = ECC.2.26 1 כִּ֤י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 9 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ECC_2:26!1|MId=o210020260011|Strong=3588 2-3 לְאָדָם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:26!2|MId=o210020260021|Strong=3807a 3 אָדָם֙ אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 obl _ Gloss=anyone|Ref=ECC_2:26!2|MId=o210020260022|Strong=0120 4-5 שֶׁטּ֣וֹב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 5 mark _ Gloss=who.[is]|Ref=ECC_2:26!3|MId=o210020260031|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 5 טּ֣וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ Gloss=good|Ref=ECC_2:26!3|MId=o210020260032|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 6-8 לְפָנָ֔יו _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=ECC_2:26!4|MId=o210020260041|Strong=3807a 7 פָנָ֔י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 5 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=ECC_2:26!4|MId=o210020260042|Strong=6440 8 ו הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ Gloss=him|Ref=ECC_2:26!4|MId=o210020260043|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 9 נָתַ֛ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.gives|Ref=ECC_2:26!5|MId=o210020260051|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:210020240172;A1:210020260061;210020260072;210020260082;|Type=qatal 10 חָכְמָ֥ה חׇכְמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 obj _ Gloss=wisdom|Ref=ECC_2:26!6|MId=o210020260061|Strong=2451 11-12 וְדַ֖עַת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:26!7|MId=o210020260071|Strong=2050b 12 דַ֖עַת דַּעַת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 conj _ Gloss=knowledge|Ref=ECC_2:26!7|MId=o210020260072|Strong=1847 13-14 וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:26!8|MId=o210020260081|Strong=2050b 14 שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׂמְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 10 conj _ Gloss=joy|Ref=ECC_2:26!8|MId=o210020260082|Strong=8057 15-18 וְלַחוֹטֶא֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:26!9|MId=o210020260091|Strong=2050b 16 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:26!9|MId=o210020260092|Strong=3807a 17 ה הַ SCONJ _ _ 18 mark _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_2:26!9|MId=o210020260092ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 18 חוֹטֶא֩ חָטָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 19 xcomp _ Gloss=sinner|Ref=ECC_2:26!9|MId=o210020260093|Strong=2398|Type=participle_active 19 נָתַ֨ן נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=he.gives|Ref=ECC_2:26!10|MId=o210020260101|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:210020240172;A1:210020260111;|Type=qatal 20 עִנְיָ֜ן עִנְיָן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obj _ Gloss=[the].business|Ref=ECC_2:26!11|MId=o210020260111|Strong=6045 21-22 לֶאֱס֣וֹף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 לֶ לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:26!12|MId=o210020260121|Strong=3807a 22 אֱס֣וֹף אָסַף VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 19 xcomp _ Gloss=gather|Ref=ECC_2:26!12|MId=o210020260122|Strong=0622|Frame=A0:210020260094;|Type=infinitive_construct 23-25 וְלִכְנ֗וֹס _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 25 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:26!13|MId=o210020260131|Strong=2050b 24 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:26!13|MId=o210020260132|Strong=3807a 25 כְנ֗וֹס כָּנַס VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 22 conj _ Gloss=gather|Ref=ECC_2:26!13|MId=o210020260133|Strong=3664|Frame=A0:210020260094;|Type=infinitive_construct 26-27 לָתֵת֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:26!14|MId=o210020260141|Strong=3807a 27 תֵת֙ נָתַן VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 19 xcomp _ Gloss=give.[it]|Ref=ECC_2:26!14|MId=o210020260142|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:210020260094;|Type=infinitive_construct 28-29 לְטוֹב֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 29 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:26!15|MId=o210020260151|Strong=3807a 29 טוֹב֙ טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=a.[person].good|Ref=ECC_2:26!15|MId=o210020260152|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 30-31 לִפְנֵ֣י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=ECC_2:26!16|MId=o210020260161|Strong=3807a 31 פְנֵ֣י פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 29 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=ECC_2:26!16|MId=o210020260162|Strong=6440 32-33 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 33 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ECC_2:26!17|MId=o210020260171|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 33 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 31 compound:smixut _ Gloss=God|Ref=ECC_2:26!17|MId=o210020260172|Strong=0430 34 גַּם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 35 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=ECC_2:26!18|MId=o210020260181|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No 35 זֶ֥ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ Gloss=this|Ref=ECC_2:26!19|MId=o210020260191|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 36 הֶ֖בֶל הֶבֶל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ Gloss=[is].futility|Ref=ECC_2:26!20|MId=o210020260201|Strong=1892 37-38 וּרְע֥וּת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 38 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:26!21|MId=o210020260211|Strong=2050b 38 רְע֥וּת רְעוּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 36 conj _ Gloss=striving|Ref=ECC_2:26!21|MId=o210020260212|Strong=7469 39 רֽוּחַ רוּחַ NOUN _ Number=Sing 38 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.wind|Ref=ECC_2:26!22|MId=o210020260221|Strong=7307|SpaceAfter=No 40 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 39 punct _ Ref=ECC_2:26!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | נָתַן *he gives* | qatal · qal | | חָכְמָה *wisdom* + דַעַת *knowledge* + שִׂמְחָה *joy* | | | | נָתַן *he gives* | qatal · qal | | עִנְיָן *\[the\] business* | | | | אֱסוֹף *gather* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | כְנוֹס *gather* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | תֵת *give \[it\]* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | 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 לֶאֱנָשׁ דְּתָקְנָן עוֹבָדוֹהִי קֳדָם יְיָ יְהַב חוּכְמְתָא וּמַנְדְּעָא בְּעַלְמָא הָדֵין וְחֶדְוָא עִם צַדִּיקַיָּא לְעַלְמָא דְּאָתֵי וּלְגַבְרָא חַיָּבָא יְהַב גַוָון בִּישׁ לְמִכְנַשׁ מָמוֹן וּלְמִצְבַּר קִנְיָן סַגִּי לְמֶהֱוֵי מִתְנְסִיב מִנֵּיהּ וּלְמֶהֱוֵי מִתְיְהִיב לִגְבַר דְּשַׁפִּיר קֳדָם יְיָ אַף דֵּין הֲבָלוּ הוּא לְחַיָּיבָא וּתְבִירוּת רוּחָא: 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 to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth the task, to gather and to heap up, that he may leave to him that is good in the sight of God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.49/) 2. [This also is vanity and a striving after wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.50/) **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:43`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 2:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.25/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.3.1/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/2/)