Ecclesiastes 1:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

לִבִּ֗/יlibiy

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

לִ/דְר֤וֹשׁlidərwōš

askpronH1875

at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···

וְ/לָ/תוּר֙wəlātwr

chapconjH8446

sent to descry · be excellent · merchant · search ···

בַּֽ/חָכְמָ֔הbaḥākəmāh

skilfulpronH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

עַ֛לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

נַעֲשָׂ֖הnaʿăśāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

תַּ֣חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִםhašāmāyim

heavenparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

ה֣וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

עִנְיַ֣ןʿinəyan

businessnounH6045

travail

רָ֗עrāʿ

adversityadjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

נָתַ֧ןnātan

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֱלֹהִ֛יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

לִ/בְנֵ֥יlibənēy

sonpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām

man (meanparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

לַ/עֲנ֥וֹתlaʿănwōt

abase selfpronH6031

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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