“And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.”
Ecclesiastes 1:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 1:1321 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/נָתַ֣תִּיwənātatiy
and I gaveconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לִבִּ֗/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לִ/דְר֤וֹשׁlidərwōš
to studypronH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
וְ/לָ/תוּר֙wəlātwr
and to discoverconjH8446
sent to descry · be excellent · merchant · search ···
בַּֽ/חָכְמָ֔הbaḥākəmāh
by wisdompronH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
עַ֛לʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נַעֲשָׂ֖הnaʿăśāh
it has been doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִםhašāmāyim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
ה֣וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
עִנְיַ֣ןʿinəyan
is a task ofnounH6045
travail
רָ֗עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
נָתַ֧ןnātan
which he has givenverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֱלֹהִ֛יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
לִ/בְנֵ֥יlibənēy
to the children ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
לַ/עֲנ֥וֹתlaʿănwōt
to be busypronH6031
afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for
בּֽ/וֹbwō
pron
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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