--- title: Ecclesiastes 2:7 — I acquired men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: I acquired men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem; Who acts: I. 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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 — and what happens in the verse to men servants, servants, house, great possessions, all, Jerusalem, 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. קָנִ֙יתִי֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים וּשְׁפָח֔וֹת וּבְנֵי־בַ֖יִת הָ֣יָה לִ֑י גַּ֣ם מִקְנֶה֩ בָקָ֨ר וָצֹ֤אן הַרְבֵּה֙ הָ֣יָה לִ֔י מִכֹּ֛ל שֶֽׁהָי֥וּ לְפָנַ֖י בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [I acquired men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.24/) ## 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:24 # text = קָנִ֙יתִי֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים וּשְׁפָח֔וֹת וּבְנֵי־בַ֖יִת הָ֣יָה לִ֑י גַּ֣ם מִקְנֶה֩ בָקָ֨ר וָצֹ֤אן הַרְבֵּה֙ הָ֣יָה לִ֔י מִכֹּ֛ל שֶֽׁהָי֥וּ לְפָנַ֖י בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ # verse = ECC.2.7 1 קָנִ֙יתִי֙ קָנָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.acquired|Ref=ECC_2:7!1|MId=o210020070011|Strong=7069|Frame=A0:210010120021;A1:210020070021;210020070032;|Type=qatal 2 עֲבָדִ֣ים עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 1 obj _ Gloss=[male].slaves|Ref=ECC_2:7!2|MId=o210020070021|Strong=5650 3-4 וּשְׁפָח֔וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 4 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:7!3|MId=o210020070031|Strong=2050b 4 שְׁפָח֔וֹת שִׁפְחָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 2 conj _ Gloss=female.slaves|Ref=ECC_2:7!3|MId=o210020070032|Strong=8198 5-6 וּבְנֵי־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 10 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:7!4|MId=o210020070041|Strong=2050b 6 בְנֵי־ בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ Gloss=sons|Ref=ECC_2:7!4|MId=o210020070042|Strong=1121 7 בַ֖יִת בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 6 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.house|Ref=ECC_2:7!5|MId=o210020070051|Strong=1004 8 הָ֣יָה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 cop _ Gloss=he.belonged|Ref=ECC_2:7!6|MId=o210020070061|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:210020070042;|Type=qatal 9-10 לִ֑י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 ל לְ ADP _ _ 10 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:7!7|MId=o210020070071|Strong=3807a 10 ִ֑י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 conj _ Gloss=me|Ref=ECC_2:7!7|MId=o210020070072|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 11 גַּ֣ם גַּם ADV _ _ 12 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=ECC_2:7!8|MId=o210020070081|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation 12 מִקְנֶה֩ מִקְנֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=livestock|Ref=ECC_2:7!9|MId=o210020070091|Strong=4735 13 בָקָ֨ר בָּקָר NOUN _ Number=Sing 12 appos _ Gloss=herd[s]|Ref=ECC_2:7!10|MId=o210020070101|Strong=1241 14-15 וָצֹ֤אן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וָ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:7!11|MId=o210020070111|Strong=2050b 15 צֹ֤אן צֹאן NOUN _ Number=Sing 13 conj _ Gloss=flock[s]|Ref=ECC_2:7!11|MId=o210020070112|Strong=6629 16 הַרְבֵּה֙ רָבָה ADV _ HebBinyan=HIPHIL 13 advmod _ Gloss=many|Ref=ECC_2:7!12|MId=o210020070121|Strong=7235b|Type=infinitive_absolute 17 הָ֣יָה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 19 cop _ Gloss=it.belonged|Ref=ECC_2:7!13|MId=o210020070131|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:210020070091;|Type=qatal 18-19 לִ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 ל לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_2:7!14|MId=o210020070141|Strong=3807a 19 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 parataxis _ Gloss=me|Ref=ECC_2:7!14|MId=o210020070142|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 20-21 מִכֹּ֛ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 21 case _ Gloss=more|Ref=ECC_2:7!15|MId=o210020070151|Strong=4480 21 כֹּ֛ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 obl _ Gloss=than.all|Ref=ECC_2:7!15|MId=o210020070152|Strong=3605 22-23 שֶֽׁהָי֥וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 שֶֽׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 25 mark _ Gloss=[those].who|Ref=ECC_2:7!16|MId=o210020070161|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 23 הָי֥וּ הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 25 cop _ Gloss=they.were|Ref=ECC_2:7!16|MId=o210020070162|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:210020070152;|Type=qatal 24-26 לְפָנַ֖י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=ECC_2:7!17|MId=o210020070171|Strong=3807a 25 פָנ פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 21 acl:relcl _ Gloss=|Ref=ECC_2:7!17|MId=o210020070172|Strong=6440 26 ַ֖י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=me|Ref=ECC_2:7!17|MId=o210020070173|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 27-28 בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 28 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_2:7!18|MId=o210020070181|Strong=0871a 28 ירוּשָׁלִָֽם יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם PROPN _ _ 25 obl _ Gloss=Jerusalem|Ref=ECC_2:7!18|MId=o210020070182|Strong=3389 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=ECC_2:7!18 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | קָנִיתִי *I acquired* | qatal · qal | | עֲבָדִים *\[male\] slaves* + שְׁפָחוֹת *female slaves* | | | | הָיָה *he belonged* | qatal · qal | בְנֵי־ *sons* | | | | | הָיָה *it belonged* | qatal · qal | מִקְנֶה *livestock* | | | | | הָיוּ *they were* | qatal · qal | כֹּל *than 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} קָנִיתִי עַבְדִין וְאַמְהָן מִבְּנֵיהוֹן דְּחָם וּשְׁאַר עַמְמִין נוּכְרָאִין וְגִּזְבָּרִין דִי מְמַנָן עַל מְזוֹנָא דְּבֵיתִי הֲווּ לִי לְפַרְנָסָא יָתִי וְיַת אֵינָשֵׁי בֵיתִי תְּרֵי עֲסַר יַרְחֵי שַׁתָּא וְחַד לְפַרְנָסוּתִי בְּיַרְחָא דְּעִיבּוּרָא אַף קִנְיַן תּוֹרִין וְעָנִין הֲוָה לִי יַתִּיר מִכָּל דָּרַיָּא דִי הֲווּ קֳדָמַי בִּירוּשְׁלֵם: 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 acquired men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.24/) **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:24`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.6/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.8/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/2/)