Ecclesiastes 11:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.”

Ecclesiastes 11:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 11:519 words

HebrewMeaning

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨רkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אֵֽינְ/ךָ֤ʾēynəkā

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

יוֹדֵ֨עַ֙ywōdēʿa

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

דֶּ֣רֶךְderekə

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

הָ/ר֔וּחַhārwḥa

airparticleH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

כַּ/עֲצָמִ֖יםkaʿăṣāmiym

bodypronH6106

bone · life · same · strength ···

בְּ/בֶ֣טֶןbəbeṭen

bellypronH990

body · as they be born · within · womb

הַ/מְּלֵאָ֑הhaməlēʾāh

fill(-edparticleH4392

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

כָּ֗כָהkākāh

after that manneradvH3602

this matter · so · in such a case · thus

לֹ֤אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תֵדַע֙tēdaʿ

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מַעֲשֵׂ֣הmaʿăśēh

actnounH4639

art · bakemeat · business · deed ···

הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔יםhāʾĕlōhiym

GodparticleH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יַעֲשֶׂ֖הyaʿăśeh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/כֹּֽלhakōl

all (mannerparticleH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

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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