--- title: Ecclesiastes 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Who acts: living, dead. 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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 — living, dead — and what happens in the verse to thing, memory, 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. כִּ֧י הַֽחַיִּ֛ים יוֹדְעִ֖ים שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים אֵינָ֧ם יוֹדְעִ֣ים מְא֗וּמָה וְאֵֽין־ע֤וֹד לָהֶם֙ שָׂכָ֔ר כִּ֥י נִשְׁכַּ֖ח זִכְרָֽם׃ [For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.174/) ## 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:164 # text = כִּ֧י הַֽחַיִּ֛ים יוֹדְעִ֖ים שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים אֵינָ֧ם יוֹדְעִ֣ים מְא֗וּמָה וְאֵֽין־ע֤וֹד לָהֶם֙ שָׂכָ֔ר כִּ֥י נִשְׁכַּ֖ח זִכְרָֽם׃ # verse = ECC.9.5 1 כִּ֧י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 4 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ECC_9:5!1|MId=o210090050011|Strong=3588 2-3 הַֽחַיִּ֛ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 הַֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 3 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=ECC_9:5!2|MId=o210090050021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 3 חַיִּ֛ים חַי ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ Gloss=living|Ref=ECC_9:5!2|MId=o210090050022|Strong=2416a|Type=adjective 4 יוֹדְעִ֖ים יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 0 root _ Gloss=[are].knowing|Ref=ECC_9:5!3|MId=o210090050031|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:210090050022;A1:210090050042;|Type=participle_active 5-6 שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 שֶׁ שֶׁ SCONJ _ _ 6 mark _ Gloss=(cmp).they|Ref=ECC_9:5!4|MId=o210090050041|Strong=7578a|Type=relative 6 יָּמֻ֑תוּ מוּת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3 4 acl:relcl _ Gloss=will.die|Ref=ECC_9:5!4|MId=o210090050042|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:210090050022;|Type=yiqtol 7-9 וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_9:5!5|MId=o210090050051|Strong=2050b 8 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 9 det _ Gloss=the.dead|Ref=ECC_9:5!5|MId=o210090050052|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 9 מֵּתִ֞ים מוּת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 12 dislocated _ Gloss=[people]|Ref=ECC_9:5!5|MId=o210090050053|Strong=4191|Type=participle_active 10-11 אֵינָ֧ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 אֵינ אַיִן ADV _ _ 12 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=ECC_9:5!6|MId=o210090050061|Strong=0369|Type=negative 11 ָ֧ם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=they|Ref=ECC_9:5!6|MId=o210090050062|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 12 יוֹדְעִ֣ים יָדַע VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 4 conj _ Gloss=[are].knowing|Ref=ECC_9:5!7|MId=o210090050071|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:210090050062;A1:210090050081;|Type=participle_active 13 מְא֗וּמָה מְאוּמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 12 obj _ Gloss=anything|Ref=ECC_9:5!8|MId=o210090050081|Strong=3972 14-15 וְאֵֽין־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=ECC_9:5!9|MId=o210090050091|Strong=2050b 15 אֵֽין־ אַיִן ADV _ _ 4 conj _ Gloss=there.[is].not|Ref=ECC_9:5!9|MId=o210090050092|Strong=0369|Type=negative 16 ע֤וֹד עוֹד ADV _ _ 15 advmod _ Gloss=still|Ref=ECC_9:5!10|MId=o210090050101|Strong=5750 17-18 לָהֶם֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 ל לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=for|Ref=ECC_9:5!11|MId=o210090050111|Strong=3807a 18 ָהֶם֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ Gloss=them|Ref=ECC_9:5!11|MId=o210090050112|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 19 שָׂכָ֔ר שָׂכָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ Gloss=a.reward|Ref=ECC_9:5!12|MId=o210090050121|Strong=7939 20 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 21 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=ECC_9:5!13|MId=o210090050131|Strong=3588 21 נִשְׁכַּ֖ח שָׁכַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 4 advcl _ Gloss=it.is.forgotten|Ref=ECC_9:5!14|MId=o210090050141|Strong=7911|Frame=A1:210090050151;|Type=qatal 22-23 זִכְרָֽם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 זִכְר זֵכֶר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ Gloss=memorial|Ref=ECC_9:5!15|MId=o210090050151|Strong=2143 23 ָֽם הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ Gloss=their|Ref=ECC_9:5!15|MId=o210090050152|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal 24 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 23 punct _ Ref=ECC_9:5!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** יוֹדְעִים *\[are\] knowing* | participle active · qal | חַיִּים *living* | יָּמֻתוּ *will die* | | | | יָּמֻתוּ *will die* | yiqtol · qal | חַיִּים *living* | | | | | **not** יוֹדְעִים *\[are\] knowing* | participle active · qal | ָם *they* | מְאוּמָה *anything* | | | | נִשְׁכַּח *it is forgotten* | qatal · niphal | | זִכְר *memorial* | | | 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} אֲרוּם צַדִּיקַיָּא יָדְעִין דְּאִין יְחוֹבוּן עֲתִידִין לְמֶהֱוֵיהוֹן חֲשִׁיבִין כְּמֵתַיָּא לְעַלְמָא דְּאָתֵי בְּגִין כֵּן נַטְרִין אוֹרְחֵיהוֹן וְלָא חַיָיבִין וְאִין יְחוֹבוּן תָּיְבִין בִּתְיוּבְתָּא וְחַיָּבַיָּא לֵיתֵיהוֹן יָדְעִין מִדַעַם טַב עַל דְּלָא אוֹטִיבוּ עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן בְּחַיֵּהוֹן וְלֵיתֵיהוֹן יָדְעִין מִדַעַם טַב לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי וְלֵית לְהוֹן אֲגַר טַב בָּתַר מוֹתֵיהוֹן אֲרוּם אִתְנְשֵׁי דָכְרָנֵיהוֹן מִבְּנֵי צַדִּיקַיָּא: 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. [For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.174/) **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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