Ecclesiastes 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לִבִּ/י֙libiy

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

לָ/דַ֣עַתlādaʿat

acknowledgepronH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

חָכְמָ֔הḥākəmāh

skilfulnounH2451

wisdom · wisely · wit

וְ/דַ֥עַתwədaʿat

acknowledgeconjH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

הוֹלֵל֖וֹתhwōlēlwōt

madnessnounH1947

וְ/שִׂכְל֑וּתwəśikəlwt

follyconjH5531

foolishness

יָדַ֕עְתִּיyādaʿətiy

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

שֶׁ/גַּםšegam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

זֶ֥הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

ה֖וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

רַעְי֥וֹןraʿəywōn

vexationnounH7475

רֽוּחַrwḥa

airnounH7307

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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