--- title: Ecclesiastes 2:8 — I gathered me also silver and gold, and treasure such as kings and t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: I gathered me also silver and gold, and treasure such as kings and the provinces have as their own; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, women very many. Who acts: I, kings, sons. 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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, kings, sons — and what happens in the verse to silver, me, men singers, 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. כָּנַ֤סְתִּי לִי֙ גַּם־כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת מְלָכִ֖ים וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת עָשִׂ֨יתִי לִ֜י שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֗וֹת וְתַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם שִׁדָּ֥ה וְשִׁדּֽוֹת׃ [I gathered me also silver and gold, and treasure such as kings and the provinces have as their own; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, women very many.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.25/) ## 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:25 # text = כָּנַ֤סְתִּי לִי֙ גַּם־כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת מְלָכִ֖ים וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת עָשִׂ֨יתִי לִ֜י שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֗וֹת וְתַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם שִׁדָּ֥ה וְשִׁדּֽוֹת׃ # verse = ECC.2.8 1 כָּנַ֤סְתִּי כָּנַס VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.gathered|Ref=ECC_2:8!1|MId=o210020080011|Strong=3664|Frame=A0:210010120021;A1:210020080041;210020080052;210020080062;|Type=qatal 2-3 לִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 ל לְ ADP _ _ 3 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ECC_2:8!2|MId=o210020080021|Strong=3807a 3 ִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ Gloss=myself|Ref=ECC_2:8!2|MId=o210020080022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 4 גַּם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 5 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=ECC_2:8!3|MId=o210020080031|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No 5 כֶּ֣סֶף כֶּסֶף NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 obj _ Gloss=silver|Ref=ECC_2:8!4|MId=o210020080041|Strong=3701 6-7 וְזָהָ֔ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:8!5|MId=o210020080051|Strong=2050b 7 זָהָ֔ב זָהָב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 5 conj _ Gloss=gold|Ref=ECC_2:8!5|MId=o210020080052|Strong=2091 8-9 וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 9 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:8!6|MId=o210020080061|Strong=2050b 9 סְגֻלַּ֥ת סְגֻלָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 conj _ Gloss=treasure|Ref=ECC_2:8!6|MId=o210020080062|Strong=5459 10 מְלָכִ֖ים מֶלֶךְ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 9 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.kings|Ref=ECC_2:8!7|MId=o210020080071|Strong=4428 11-13 וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 13 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:8!8|MId=o210020080081|Strong=2050b 12 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 13 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ECC_2:8!8|MId=o210020080082|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 13 מְּדִינ֑וֹת מְדִינָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 10 conj _ Gloss=provinces|Ref=ECC_2:8!8|MId=o210020080083|Strong=4082 14 עָשִׂ֨יתִי עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 1 parataxis _ Gloss=I.acquired|Ref=ECC_2:8!9|MId=o210020080091|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:210010120021;A1:210020080111;210020080122;210020080132;|Type=qatal 15-16 לִ֜י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 ל לְ ADP _ _ 16 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ECC_2:8!10|MId=o210020080101|Strong=3807a 16 ִ֜י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ Gloss=myself|Ref=ECC_2:8!10|MId=o210020080102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 17 שָׁרִ֣ים שִׁיר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 14 obj _ Gloss=male.singers|Ref=ECC_2:8!11|MId=o210020080111|Strong=7891|Type=participle_active 18-19 וְשָׁר֗וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:8!12|MId=o210020080121|Strong=2050b 19 שָׁר֗וֹת שִׁיר VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 17 conj _ Gloss=female.singers|Ref=ECC_2:8!12|MId=o210020080122|Strong=7891|Type=participle_active 20-21 וְתַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:8!13|MId=o210020080131|Strong=2050b 21 תַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת תַּעֲנוּג NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 17 conj _ Gloss=the.delights|Ref=ECC_2:8!13|MId=o210020080132|Strong=8588 22 בְּנֵ֥י בֵּן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.the.children|Ref=ECC_2:8!14|MId=o210020080141|Strong=1121 23-24 הָאָדָ֖ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 24 det _ Gloss=of.(the)|Ref=ECC_2:8!15|MId=o210020080151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 24 אָדָ֖ם אָדָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 22 compound:smixut _ Gloss=humankind|Ref=ECC_2:8!15|MId=o210020080152|Strong=0120 25 שִׁדָּ֥ה שִׁדָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 21 appos _ Gloss=breast|Ref=ECC_2:8!16|MId=o210020080161|Strong=7705 26-27 וְשִׁדּֽוֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 27 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_2:8!17|MId=o210020080171|Strong=2050b 27 שִׁדּֽוֹת שִׁדָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 25 conj _ Gloss=breasts|Ref=ECC_2:8!17|MId=o210020080172|Strong=7705 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=ECC_2:8!17 ``` ## 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | כָּנַסְתִּי *I gathered* | qatal · qal | | כֶּסֶף *silver* + זָהָב *gold* + סְגֻלַּת *treasure* | | | | עָשִׂיתִי *I acquired* | qatal · qal | | שָׁרִים *male singers* + שָׁרוֹת *female singers* + תַעֲנוּגֹת *the delights* | | | 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} כְּנָשִׁית לִי אַף אוֹצְרִין דִכְסַף וּדְהַב דְּאֲפִילּוּ מַתְקַלִין וּמוֹאַדְנִין דִּקְשׁוֹט עֲבָדִית מִן דְּהַב טָב וְטִסְבְּרֵי מַלְכִין וּפַלְכִין אִתְיְהִיבוּ לִי לִכַרְגָא עֲבָדִית לְבֵית מוּקְדְשָׁא זֵיְינֵי זְמָרָא לְזַמְּרָא בְּהוֹן לֵיוָאֵי עַל קוּרְבָּנַיָּא וְקַתְרוֹסִין וַאֲבּוּבִין לְזַמָּרָא בְּהוֹן זַמָּרַיָּא וְזִמְרְיָיתָא בְּבֵית מִשְׁתַּיָא דְּחַמְרָא וְתַפְנוּקֵּי בְּנֵי אֵינָשָׁא וְדִימְסַיָא וּבֵי בַנְיָן מַרְזְיבִין דְּשַׁדְיָן מַיָּא פָשׁוֹרֵי וּמַרְזְבִין דְּשַׁדְיָן מַיָּא חֲמִימֵי: 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 gathered me also silver and gold, and treasure such as kings and the provinces have as their own; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, women very many.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.25/) **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:25`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.7/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.9/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/2/)