Ecclesiastes 1:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.”

Ecclesiastes 1:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 1:716 words

HebrewMeaning

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הַ/נְּחָלִים֙hanəḥāliym

brookparticleH5158

flood · river · stream · valley

הֹלְכִ֣יםhōləkiym

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/יָּ֔םhayām

sea ( -faring manparticleH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

וְ/הַ/יָּ֖םwəhayām

sea ( -faring manconjH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

אֵינֶ֣/נּוּʾēynenw

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

מָלֵ֑אmālēʾ

fill(-edadjH4392

she that was with child · -ed with) · full · multitude ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

מְק֗וֹםməqwōm

countrynounH4725

home · open · place · room ···

שֶׁ֤/הַ/נְּחָלִים֙šehanəḥāliym

brookparticleH5158

flood · river · stream · valley

הֹֽלְכִ֔יםhōləkiym

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

שָׁ֛םšām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

הֵ֥םhēm

itprepH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

שָׁבִ֖יםšābiym

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

לָ/לָֽכֶתlālāket

awaypronH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

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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