--- title: Ecclesiastes 5:14 — As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go back as he… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go back as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. Who acts: evil. 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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 — evil — and what happens in the verse to nothing, labour, hand, 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. כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר יָצָא֙ מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמּ֔וֹ עָר֛וֹם יָשׁ֥וּב לָלֶ֖כֶת כְּשֶׁבָּ֑א וּמְא֙וּמָה֙ לֹא־יִשָּׂ֣א בַעֲמָל֔וֹ שֶׁיֹּלֵ֖ךְ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ [As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go back as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.105/) ## 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:96 # text = כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר יָצָא֙ מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמּ֔וֹ עָר֛וֹם יָשׁ֥וּב לָלֶ֖כֶת כְּשֶׁבָּ֑א וּמְא֙וּמָה֙ לֹא־יִשָּׂ֣א בַעֲמָל֔וֹ שֶׁיֹּלֵ֖ךְ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ # verse = ECC.5.14 1-2 כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 כַּ כְּ ADP _ _ 9 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=ECC_5:14!1|MId=o210050140011|Strong=3509a 2 אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=ECC_5:14!1|MId=o210050140012|Strong=0834|Type=relative 3 יָצָא֙ יָצָא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.came.out|Ref=ECC_5:14!2|MId=o210050140021|Strong=3318|Frame=A0:210050120092;|Type=qatal 4-5 מִבֶּ֣טֶן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=ECC_5:14!3|MId=o210050140031|Strong=4480 5 בֶּ֣טֶן בֶּטֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 3 obl _ Gloss=the.womb|Ref=ECC_5:14!3|MId=o210050140032|Strong=0990 6-7 אִמּ֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 אִמּ אֵם NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 5 compound:smixut _ Gloss=his.mother|Ref=ECC_5:14!4|MId=o210050140041|Strong=0517 7 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ECC_5:14!4|MId=o210050140042|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 8 עָר֛וֹם עָרוֹם ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 9 advmod _ Gloss=naked|Ref=ECC_5:14!5|MId=o210050140051|Strong=6174|Type=adjective 9 יָשׁ֥וּב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.will.return|Ref=ECC_5:14!6|MId=o210050140061|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:210050120092;|Type=yiqtol 10-11 לָלֶ֖כֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 לָ לְ ADP _ _ 11 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_5:14!7|MId=o210050140071|Strong=3807a 11 לֶ֖כֶת הלך VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 9 advcl _ Gloss=go|Ref=ECC_5:14!7|MId=o210050140072|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:210050120092;|Type=infinitive_construct 12-14 כְּשֶׁבָּ֑א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 כְּ כְּ ADP _ _ 9 obl _ Gloss=just|Ref=ECC_5:14!8|MId=o210050140081|Strong=3509a 13 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=as|Ref=ECC_5:14!8|MId=o210050140082|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 14 בָּ֑א בּוֹא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 parataxis _ Gloss=he.came|Ref=ECC_5:14!8|MId=o210050140083|Strong=0935|Frame=A0:210050120092;|Type=qatal 15-16 וּמְא֙וּמָה֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_5:14!9|MId=o210050140091|Strong=2050b 16 מְא֙וּמָה֙ מְאוּמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 18 obj _ Gloss=anything|Ref=ECC_5:14!9|MId=o210050140092|Strong=3972 17 לֹא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 18 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ECC_5:14!10|MId=o210050140101|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 18 יִשָּׂ֣א נָשָׂא VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 9 conj _ Gloss=he.will.carry|Ref=ECC_5:14!11|MId=o210050140111|Strong=5375|Frame=A0:210050120092;A1:210050140092;|Type=yiqtol 19-21 בַעֲמָל֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_5:14!12|MId=o210050140121|Strong=0871a 20 עֲמָל עָמָל NOUN _ Number=Sing 18 obl _ Gloss=toil|Ref=ECC_5:14!12|MId=o210050140122|Strong=5999 21 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ECC_5:14!12|MId=o210050140123|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 22-23 שֶׁיֹּלֵ֖ךְ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 23 mark _ Gloss=which|Ref=ECC_5:14!13|MId=o210050140131|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 23 יֹּלֵ֖ךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3 20 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.will.take|Ref=ECC_5:14!13|MId=o210050140132|Strong=1980|Frame=AA:210050120092;A0:210050140122;|Type=yiqtol 24-26 בְּיָדֽוֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_5:14!14|MId=o210050140141|Strong=0871a 25 יָד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=hand|Ref=ECC_5:14!14|MId=o210050140142|Strong=3027 26 ֽוֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=ECC_5:14!14|MId=o210050140143|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 27 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 26 punct _ Ref=ECC_5:14!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - speech: narration - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יָצָא *he came out* | qatal · qal | | | | | | יָשׁוּב *he will return* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | | לֶכֶת *go* | infinitive construct · qal | | | | | | בָּא *he came* | qatal · qal | | | | | | **not** יִשָּׂא *he will carry* | yiqtol · qal | | מְאוּמָה *anything* | | | | יֹּלֵךְ *he will take* | yiqtol · hiphil | עֲמָל *toil* | | | | 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} הֵיכְמָא דִּנְפַק מִמְּעֵי אִמֵּיהּ עַרְטִילֵי בְּלָא כְסוּ וּבְלָא מִדָּעַם טָב כְּדֵין יְתוּב לְמֵיזַל לְבֵית קְבוּרְתֵיהּ חַסִּיר מִן זְכוּתָא הֵיכְמָא דִי אָתָא בְּעַלְמָא הָדֵין וּמִדָּעַם אֲגַר טָב לָא יְקַבֵּיל בְּטוֹרְחֵיהּ לְסוֹבָרָא עִמֵּיהּ לְעַלְמָא דְּהוּא אָזֵיל לְמֶהֱוֵי לִזְכוּ בִּידֵיהּ: 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. [As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go back as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.105/) **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:96`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.5.13/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.5.15/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/5/)