--- title: Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. Who acts: hand, work, thou. Ecclesiastes 9:10 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.9.10/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/9/) / 9:10 # Ecclesiastes 9:10 קֹהֶלֶת **Who acts:** hand, work, thou · **What happens:** attain, do, be, go · **To what, where:** Whatsoever, that, grave This is Ecclesiastes 9:10 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 — hand, work, thou — and what happens in the verse to Whatsoever, that, grave, 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. כֹּ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֧א יָֽדְךָ֛ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְדַ֣עַת וְחָכְמָ֔ה בִּשְׁא֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ שָֽׁמָּה׃ס [Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.179/) ## 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:169 # text = כֹּ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֧א יָֽדְךָ֛ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְדַ֣עַת וְחָכְמָ֔ה בִּשְׁא֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ שָֽׁמָּה׃ס # verse = ECC.9.10 1 כֹּ֠ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obj _ Gloss=all|Ref=ECC_9:10!1|MId=o210090100011|Strong=3605 2 אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 3 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=ECC_9:10!2|MId=o210090100021|Strong=0834|Type=relative 3 תִּמְצָ֧א מָצָא VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 1 acl:relcl _ Gloss=it.finds|Ref=ECC_9:10!3|MId=o210090100031|Strong=4672|Frame=A0:210090100041;|Type=yiqtol 4-5 יָֽדְךָ֛ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 יָֽד יָד NOUN _ Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Gloss=hand|Ref=ECC_9:10!4|MId=o210090100041|Strong=3027 5 ְךָ֛ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ECC_9:10!4|MId=o210090100042|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 6-7 לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_9:10!5|MId=o210090100051|Strong=3807a 7 עֲשׂ֥וֹת עָשָׂה VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 3 advcl _ Gloss=do|Ref=ECC_9:10!5|MId=o210090100052|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:210120120031;A1:210090100011;|Type=infinitive_construct 8-10 בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְּ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=with|Ref=ECC_9:10!6|MId=o210090100061|Strong=0871a 9 כֹח כֹּחַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 11 obl _ Gloss=strength|Ref=ECC_9:10!6|MId=o210090100062|Strong=3581 10 ֲךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=ECC_9:10!6|MId=o210090100063|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11 עֲשֵׂ֑ה עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=do|Ref=ECC_9:10!7|MId=o210090100071|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:210120120031;A1:210090100011;|Type=imperative 12 כִּי֩ כִּי SCONJ _ _ 13 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ECC_9:10!8|MId=o210090100081|Strong=3588 13 אֵ֨ין אַיִן ADV _ _ 11 advcl _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=ECC_9:10!9|MId=o210090100091|Strong=0369|Type=negative 14 מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה מַעֲשֶׂה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Gloss=work|Ref=ECC_9:10!10|MId=o210090100101|Strong=4639 15-16 וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 16 cc _ Gloss=and.[the]|Ref=ECC_9:10!11|MId=o210090100111|Strong=2050b 16 חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ חֶשְׁבּוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 conj _ Gloss=scheme.of.things|Ref=ECC_9:10!11|MId=o210090100112|Strong=2808 17-18 וְדַ֣עַת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_9:10!12|MId=o210090100121|Strong=2050b 18 דַ֣עַת דַּעַת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 conj _ Gloss=knowledge|Ref=ECC_9:10!12|MId=o210090100122|Strong=1847 19-20 וְחָכְמָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_9:10!13|MId=o210090100131|Strong=2050b 20 חָכְמָ֔ה חׇכְמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 14 conj _ Gloss=wisdom|Ref=ECC_9:10!13|MId=o210090100132|Strong=2451 21-22 בִּשְׁא֕וֹל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 בִּ בְּ ADP _ _ 22 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=ECC_9:10!14|MId=o210090100141|Strong=0871a 22 שְׁא֕וֹל שְׁאוֹל PROPN _ _ 13 obl _ Gloss=Sheol|Ref=ECC_9:10!14|MId=o210090100142|Strong=7585 23 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 25 mark _ Gloss=where|Ref=ECC_9:10!15|MId=o210090100151|Strong=0834|Type=relative 24 אַתָּ֖ה אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=ECC_9:10!16|MId=o210090100161|Strong=0859|Type=personal 25 הֹלֵ֥ךְ הָלַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 22 acl:relcl _ Gloss=[are].going|Ref=ECC_9:10!17|MId=o210090100171|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:210090100161;|Type=participle_active 26-27 שָֽׁמָּה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 שָֽׁמּ שָׁם ADV _ _ 25 advmod _ Gloss=to|Ref=ECC_9:10!18|MId=o210090100181|Strong=8033 27 ָה ה X _ _ 26 nmod _ Gloss=(to)|Ref=ECC_9:10!18|MId=o210090100182|Strong=1886c|Type=directional_he 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=ECC_9:10!18|SpaceAfter=No 29 ס ס PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=ECC_9:10!18 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּמְצָא *it finds* | yiqtol · qal | יָֽד *hand* | | | | | עֲשׂוֹת *do* | infinitive construct · qal | | כֹּל *all* | | | | **not** עֲשֵׂה *do* | imperative · qal | | כֹּל *all* | | | | הֹלֵךְ *\[are\] going* | participle active · qal | אַתָּה *you* | | | | 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} כָּל דִי מְסַפְּקָא יְדָךְ לְמֶעֱבַד טִיבוּ וּצְדַקְתָּא עִם מִסְכֵּינָא בְּכָל חֵילָךְ עֲבִיד אֲרוּם בָּתַר מוֹתָא לֵית לִגְבַר עוֹבָדָא וְחוּשְׁבַּנָא וּמַנְדְּעָא וְחוּכְמְתָא בְּבֵית קְבוּרְתָא דְּאַתְּ אָזִיל תַּמָּן וְלָא יְסַיְּעוּן לָךְ אֱלָהֵין עוֹבָדִין טָבִין וּצְדַקְתָּא לְחוֹדֵיהוֹן: 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. [Whatsoever thy hand attaineth to do by thy strength, that do; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.179/) **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:169`. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.9/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 9:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.11/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/9/)