Ecclesiastes 10:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.”

Ecclesiastes 10:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 10:159 words

HebrewMeaning

עֲמַ֥לʿămal

grievancenounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

הַ/כְּסִילִ֖יםhakəsiyliym

foolparticleH3684

תְּיַגְּעֶ֑/נּוּtəyagəʿenw

faintverbH3021

labour · weary

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָדַ֖עyādaʿ

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

לָ/לֶ֥כֶתlāleket

awaypronH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

עִֽירʿiyr

AinounH5892

city · court · town

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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