--- title: Ecclesiastes 2:3 — I searched in my heart how to pamper my flesh with wine, and, my hea… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: I searched in my heart how to pamper my flesh with wine, and, my heart conducting itself with wisdom, how yet to lay hold on folly, till I might see which it was best for the sons of men that they should do under the heaven the few days of their life. Who acts: I, heart, it, men. 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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 — I, heart, it, men — and what happens in the verse to heart, flesh, hold, folly, heaven, 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. תַּ֣רְתִּי בְלִבִּ֔י לִמְשׁ֥וֹךְ בַּיַּ֖יִן אֶת־בְּשָׂרִ֑י וְלִבִּ֞י נֹהֵ֤ג בַּֽחָכְמָה֙ וְלֶאֱחֹ֣ז בְּסִכְל֔וּת עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁר־אֶרְאֶ֗ה אֵי־זֶ֨ה ט֜וֹב לִבְנֵ֤י הָאָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַעֲשׂוּ֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם מִסְפַּ֖ר יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּיהֶֽם׃ [I searched in my heart how to pamper my flesh with wine, and, my heart conducting itself with wisdom, how yet to lay hold on folly, till I might see which it was best for the sons of men that they should do under the heaven the few days of their life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.20/) ## 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:20 # text = תַּ֣רְתִּי בְלִבִּ֔י לִמְשׁ֥וֹךְ בַּיַּ֖יִן אֶת־בְּשָׂרִ֑י וְלִבִּ֞י נֹהֵ֤ג בַּֽחָכְמָה֙ וְלֶאֱחֹ֣ז בְּסִכְל֔וּת עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁר־אֶרְאֶ֗ה אֵי־זֶ֨ה ט֜וֹב לִבְנֵ֤י הָאָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַעֲשׂוּ֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם מִסְפַּ֖ר יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּיהֶֽם׃ # verse = ECC.2.3 1 תַּ֣רְתִּי תּוּר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.searched|Ref=ECC_2:3!1|MId=o210020030011|Strong=8446|Frame=A0:210010120021;|Type=qatal 2-4 בְלִבִּ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_2:3!2|MId=o210020030021|Strong=0871a 3 לִבּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 obl _ Gloss=heart|Ref=ECC_2:3!2|MId=o210020030022|Strong=3820 4 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ECC_2:3!2|MId=o210020030023|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 5-6 לִמְשׁ֥וֹךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 6 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:3!3|MId=o210020030031|Strong=3807a 6 מְשׁ֥וֹךְ מָשַׁךְ VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 1 advcl _ Gloss=gratify|Ref=ECC_2:3!3|MId=o210020030032|Strong=4900|Frame=A0:210010120021;A1:210020030061;|Type=infinitive_construct 7-9 בַּיַּ֖יִן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ECC_2:3!4|MId=o210020030041|Strong=0871a 8 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ECC_2:3!4|MId=o210020030041ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 יַּ֖יִן יַיִן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obl _ Gloss=wine|Ref=ECC_2:3!4|MId=o210020030042|Strong=3196 10 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ECC_2:3!5|MId=o210020030051|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 בְּשָׂרִ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 בְּשָׂר בָּשָׂר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 obj _ Gloss=flesh|Ref=ECC_2:3!6|MId=o210020030061|Strong=1320 12 ִ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ECC_2:3!6|MId=o210020030062|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 13-15 וְלִבִּ֞י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:3!7|MId=o210020030071|Strong=2050b 14 לִבּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Gloss=heart|Ref=ECC_2:3!7|MId=o210020030072|Strong=3820 15 ִ֞י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ECC_2:3!7|MId=o210020030073|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 16 נֹהֵ֤ג נָהַג VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 1 conj _ Gloss=[was].guiding|Ref=ECC_2:3!8|MId=o210020030081|Strong=5090|Frame=A0:210020030072;A1:210010120021;|Type=participle_active 17-19 בַּֽחָכְמָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 בַּֽ בְּ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ECC_2:3!9|MId=o210020030091|Strong=0871a 18 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 19 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ECC_2:3!9|MId=o210020030091ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 19 חָכְמָה֙ חׇכְמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 16 obl _ Gloss=wisdom|Ref=ECC_2:3!9|MId=o210020030092|Strong=2451 20-22 וְלֶאֱחֹ֣ז _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 22 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:3!10|MId=o210020030101|Strong=2050b 21 לֶ לְ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:3!10|MId=o210020030102|Strong=3807a 22 אֱחֹ֣ז אָחַז VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 1 conj _ Gloss=take.hold|Ref=ECC_2:3!10|MId=o210020030103|Strong=0270|Frame=A0:210010120021;|Type=infinitive_construct 23-24 בְּסִכְל֔וּת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=ECC_2:3!11|MId=o210020030111|Strong=0871a 24 סִכְל֔וּת סִכְלוּת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 22 obl _ Gloss=folly|Ref=ECC_2:3!11|MId=o210020030112|Strong=5531 25 עַ֣ד עַד ADP _ _ 1 parataxis _ Gloss=until|Ref=ECC_2:3!12|MId=o210020030121|Strong=5704 26 אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 27 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=ECC_2:3!13|MId=o210020030131|Strong=0834|Type=relative|SpaceAfter=No 27 אֶרְאֶ֗ה רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 25 parataxis _ Gloss=I.saw|Ref=ECC_2:3!14|MId=o210020030141|Strong=7200|Frame=A0:210010120021;A1:210020030151;|Type=yiqtol 28 אֵי־ אַי PART _ _ 27 ccomp _ Gloss=where?|Ref=ECC_2:3!15|MId=o210020030151|Strong=0335|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 29 זֶ֨ה זֶה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ Gloss=this|Ref=ECC_2:3!16|MId=o210020030161|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 30 ט֜וֹב טוֹב ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 29 appos _ Gloss=[is].good|Ref=ECC_2:3!17|MId=o210020030171|Strong=2896|Type=adjective 31-32 לִבְנֵ֤י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31 לִ לְ ADP _ _ 32 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ECC_2:3!18|MId=o210020030181|Strong=3807a 32 בְנֵ֤י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 30 nmod _ Gloss=the.children|Ref=ECC_2:3!18|MId=o210020030182|Strong=1121 33-34 הָאָדָם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 34 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=ECC_2:3!19|MId=o210020030191|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 34 אָדָם֙ אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 32 compound:smixut _ Gloss=humankind|Ref=ECC_2:3!19|MId=o210020030192|Strong=0120 35 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 36 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=ECC_2:3!20|MId=o210020030201|Strong=0834|Type=relative 36 יַעֲשׂוּ֙ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 30 acl:relcl _ Gloss=they.will.do|Ref=ECC_2:3!21|MId=o210020030211|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:210020030182;A1:210020030171;|Type=yiqtol 37 תַּ֣חַת תַּחַת NOUN _ _ 36 obl _ Gloss=under|Ref=ECC_2:3!22|MId=o210020030221|Strong=8478 38-39 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 39 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_2:3!23|MId=o210020030231|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 39 שָּׁמַ֔יִם שָׁמַיִם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 37 compound:smixut _ Gloss=heavens|Ref=ECC_2:3!23|MId=o210020030232|Strong=8064 40 מִסְפַּ֖ר מִסְפָּר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 36 obl _ Gloss=the.number|Ref=ECC_2:3!24|MId=o210020030241|Strong=4557 41 יְמֵ֥י יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 40 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.days|Ref=ECC_2:3!25|MId=o210020030251|Strong=3117 42-43 חַיֵּיהֶֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42 חַיֵּי חַיִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 41 compound:smixut _ Gloss=their.lives|Ref=ECC_2:3!26|MId=o210020030261|Strong=2416 43 הֶֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=ECC_2:3!26|MId=o210020030262|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 44 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 43 punct _ Ref=ECC_2:3!26 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תַּרְתִּי *I searched* | qatal · qal | | | | | | מְשׁוֹךְ *gratify* | infinitive construct · qal | | בְּשָׂר *flesh* | | | | נֹהֵג *\[was\] guiding* | participle active · qal | לִבּ *heart* | | | | | אֱחֹז *take hold* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | אֶרְאֶה *I saw* | yiqtol · qal | | אֵי־ *where?* | | | | יַעֲשׂוּ *they will do* | yiqtol · qal | בְנֵי *the children* | טוֹב *\[is\] good* | | | 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} אֲלָלִית בְּלִבִּי לְנַגָדָא בְּבֵית מִשְׁתַּיָא דְּחַמְרָא יַת בִּסְרִי וְלִבִּי דְבַר בְּחוּכְמְתָא וּלְאַחֲדָא בְּשְׁטוּת עוּלֵימַיָּא עַד דִי בְּחָנִית וַחֲזֵית אֵידֵין מִנְּהוֹן טָב לִבְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא דְּיַעְבְּדוּן עַד דְּאִנּוּן קַיְימִין בְּעַלְמָא הָדֵין תְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא מִנְיַין יוֹמֵי חַיֵּיהוֹן: 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. [I searched in my heart how to pamper my flesh with wine, and, my heart conducting itself with wisdom, how yet to lay hold on folly, till I might see which it was best for the sons of men that they should do under the heaven the few days of their life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.20/) **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:20`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.2/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.4/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/2/)