“And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 1:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 1:1713 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֶתְּנָ֤/הwāʾetənāh
and I gave !conjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לִבִּ/י֙libiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לָ/דַ֣עַתlādaʿat
to knowpronH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
חָכְמָ֔הḥākəmāh
wisdomnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
וְ/דַ֥עַתwədaʿat
and to knowconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
הוֹלֵל֖וֹתhwōlēlwōt
madnessnounH1947
וְ/שִׂכְל֑וּתwəśikəlwt
and follyconjH5531
foolishness
יָדַ֕עְתִּיyādaʿətiy
I knewverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
שֶׁ/גַּםšegam
that alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֥הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
ה֖וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
רַעְי֥וֹןraʿəywōn
is a striving ofnounH7475
רֽוּחַrwḥa
windnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
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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