Ecclesiastes 1:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.”

Ecclesiastes 1:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 1:158 words

HebrewMeaning

מְעֻוָּ֖תməʿuwāt

bow selfverbH5791

crooked · falsifying · overthrow · deal perversely ···

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יוּכַ֣לywkal

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לִ/תְקֹ֑ןlitəqōn

set in orderpronH8626

make straight

וְ/חֶסְר֖וֹןwəḥesərwōn

wantingconjH2642

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יוּכַ֥לywkal

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לְ/הִמָּנֽוֹתləhimānwōt

appointpronH4487

count · number · prepare · set ···

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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