--- title: Ecclesiastes 3:17 — I said in my heart: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; fo… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: I said in my heart: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.' Who acts: I, God, time. Ecclesiastes 3:17 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, the Targum, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.3.17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Ecclesiastes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/) / [chapter 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/3/) / 3:17 # Ecclesiastes 3:17 קֹהֶלֶת **Who acts:** I, God, time · **What happens:** say, judge, be · **To what, where:** heart, righteous · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse This is Ecclesiastes 3:17 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Ketuvim — the Writings). 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, God, time — and what happens in the verse to heart, righteous, 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. אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י אֶת־הַצַּדִּיק֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣רָשָׁ֔ע יִשְׁפֹּ֖ט הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּי־עֵ֣ת לְכָל־חֵ֔פֶץ וְעַ֥ל כָּל־הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה שָֽׁם׃ [I said in my heart: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.67/) ## 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:60 # text = אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י אֶת־הַצַּדִּיק֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣רָשָׁ֔ע יִשְׁפֹּ֖ט הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּי־עֵ֣ת לְכָל־חֵ֔פֶץ וְעַ֥ל כָּל־הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה שָֽׁם׃ # verse = ECC.3.17 1 אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 0 root _ Gloss=I.said|Ref=ECC_3:17!1|MId=o210030170011|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:210030170021;|Type=qatal 2 אֲנִי֙ אֲנִי PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ Gloss=I|Ref=ECC_3:17!2|MId=o210030170021|Strong=0589|Type=personal 3-5 בְּלִבִּ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 4 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_3:17!3|MId=o210030170031|Strong=0871a 4 לִבּ לֵב NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 1 obl _ Gloss=heart|Ref=ECC_3:17!3|MId=o210030170032|Strong=3820 5 ִ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=my|Ref=ECC_3:17!3|MId=o210030170033|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 6 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ECC_3:17!4|MId=o210030170041|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 הַצַּדִּיק֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_3:17!5|MId=o210030170051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 צַּדִּיק֙ צַדִּיק ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 obj _ Gloss=righteous|Ref=ECC_3:17!5|MId=o210030170052|Strong=6662|Type=adjective 9-10 וְאֶת־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_3:17!6|MId=o210030170061|Strong=2050b 10 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 12 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=ECC_3:17!6|MId=o210030170062|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 11-12 הָ֣רָשָׁ֔ע _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הָ֣ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_3:17!7|MId=o210030170071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 רָשָׁ֔ע רָשָׁע ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=wicked|Ref=ECC_3:17!7|MId=o210030170072|Strong=7563|Type=adjective 13 יִשְׁפֹּ֖ט שָׁפַט VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 ccomp _ Gloss=he.will.judge|Ref=ECC_3:17!8|MId=o210030170081|Strong=8199|Frame=A1:210030170052;210030170072;A0:210030170092;|Type=yiqtol 14-15 הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 15 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ECC_3:17!9|MId=o210030170091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 15 אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ Gloss=God|Ref=ECC_3:17!9|MId=o210030170092|Strong=0430 16 כִּי־ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 19 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ECC_3:17!10|MId=o210030170101|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No 17 עֵ֣ת עֵת NOUN _ Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ Gloss=a.time|Ref=ECC_3:17!11|MId=o210030170111|Strong=6256 18-19 לְכָל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 19 case _ Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=ECC_3:17!12|MId=o210030170121|Strong=3807a 19 כָל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 advcl _ Gloss=every|Ref=ECC_3:17!12|MId=o210030170122|Strong=3605 20 חֵ֔פֶץ חֵפֶץ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=matter|Ref=ECC_3:17!13|MId=o210030170131|Strong=2656 21-22 וְעַ֥ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_3:17!14|MId=o210030170141|Strong=2050b 22 עַ֥ל עַל ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=ECC_3:17!14|MId=o210030170142|Strong=5921 23 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 conj _ Gloss=every|Ref=ECC_3:17!15|MId=o210030170151|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 24-25 הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 הַֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 25 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=ECC_3:17!16|MId=o210030170161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 25 מַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה מַעֲשֶׂה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 compound:smixut _ Gloss=deed|Ref=ECC_3:17!16|MId=o210030170162|Strong=4639 26 שָֽׁם שָׁם ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=there|Ref=ECC_3:17!17|MId=o210030170171|Strong=8033|SpaceAfter=No 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=ECC_3:17!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: no - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | אָמַרְתִּֽי *I said* | qatal · qal | אֲנִי *I* | | | | | יִשְׁפֹּט *he will judge* | yiqtol · qal | אֱלֹהִים *God* | צַּדִּיק *righteous* + רָשָׁע *wicked* | | | 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} אֲמַרִית אֲנָא בְּלִבִּי יָת זַכָּאָה וְיָת חַיָּבָא יְדִין יְיָ בְּיוֹם דִּינָא רַבָּא אֲרוּם עִדָּן מִתְעֲבֵיד לְכָל עִסְקָא וְעַל כָּל עוֹבָדָא דַּעֲבַדוּ בְּעָלְמָא הָדֵין אִתְדוֹנוּן תַּמָּן: 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 said in my heart: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.67/) **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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