Ecclesiastes 11:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”

Ecclesiastes 11:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 11:213 words

HebrewMeaning

תֶּןten

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

חֵ֥לֶקḥēleq

flatterynounH2506

inheritance · part · partake · portion

לְ/שִׁבְעָ֖הləšibəʿāh

sevenpronH7651

-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···

וְ/גַ֣םwəgam

againconjH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

לִ/שְׁמוֹנָ֑הlišəmwōnāh

eight(-eenpronH8083

-eenth) · eighth

כִּ֚יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תֵדַ֔עtēdaʿ

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

יִּהְיֶ֥הyihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

רָעָ֖הrāʿāh

adversitynounH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

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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